2025 marks the 150th anniversary of Georges Bizet’s opera masterpiece “Carmen”. Scandalous when it was first performed, Bizet sadly didn’t live to see it become appreciated. In this feature by Christa Grix, hear more of the story including some of the famous people who did recognize it’s beauty. Listen HERE

Tune in this Sunday at noon to hear our broadcast of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra concert featuring “Symphony No. 10” by Dmitri Shostakovich and “Overture” by Jessie Montgomery led by Conductor Earl Lee. The concert took place at the Michigan Theater and is hosted for 90.9 WRCJ by Ron Nolan.

On Friday, September 26 at 7 p.m. we’ll have a special live broadcast on 90.9 FM WRCJ of the University Musical Society’s 2025/26 season opener.  Hear Verdi’s choral masterpiece “Requiem,” a monumental work that fuses the drama of opera with the spiritual depth of sacred music. This incredible performance will include the Detroit Symphony Orchestra […]

2025 is the 20th anniversary of 90.9 WRCJ and would be the 150th birthday of conductor Pierre Monteux. He led orchestras like the Boston Symphony and the Metropolitan Opera but had a unpopular debut in Paris of the Rite of Spring. Hear more in this feature from our very own Christa Grix. Listen HERE

The 2025 Detroit Jazz Festival took place over Labor Day Weekend and featured world-class talent of jazz legends, rising stars, legacy and homecoming artists. Located at Hart Plaza, Campus Martius Park, Cadillac Square and the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center, the lineup included more than 60 performances as remarkable and diverse as the genre itself, […]

2025 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson. Hear a bit of his story and how he was influenced by classical music in this little feature from our very own Christa Grix. Listen HERE

We hope you got a chance to visit the 2025 Michigan Jazz Festival. It was their 30th anniversary! The festival was at the Vistatech Center on the campus of Schoolcraft College. John Penney was an emcee through out the day, meanwhile we had a 90.9 WRCJ table set up with goodies and we were fortunate […]

90.9 WRCJ’s Haley Taylor speaks with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director & Conductor Jader Bignamini. The Orchestra performs a 150th birthday celebration for Ravel which includes Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, Piano Concerto in G and Bolero. Listen to them discuss the concert HERE

Did you get a chance to visit the 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival? There was lots of great music! We had our tent setup in Hart Plaza. Hopefully you were able to come by and get some of the goodies we were handing out. 90.9’s Linda Yohn, John Penney and Maxine Michaels were on stage emceeing […]

As cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes his Detroit Symphony Orchestra debut, he joins Peter to talk about his remarkable musical family, and his thoughts on cooperation and competition… LISTEN HERE