Wrcj In-studio Guests

DSO Principal Clarinetist Ralph Skiano takes center stage with the orchestra on this weekend's Neighborhood Concert Series. Peter catches up with Skiano to talk about Mozart and more...plus the Gerald Finzi Clarinet Concerto...

Douglas Bianchi conducts the International Symphony Orchestra in their "At the Movies" concert this weekend. The concert consists of 20th and 21st century masterworks and new music by an international array composers. 90.9's Peter Whorf sits down with conductor Bianchi and Executive Director Anthony Wing. Doug begins the discussion by considering Sergie Prokofiev's intense Romeo and Juliet score...

DSO Principal Oboist Alexander Kinmonth and Associate Concertmaster Kimberly Kaloyanodes Kennedy play Bach's Oboe and Violin Concerto this weekend on the orchestra's Neighborhood Series. Also included are works by Joseph Boulogne and Nicolai Rimsky Korsakov. 90.9's Peter Whorf catches up with Alex to talk about DSO news...and the Bach concerto...

The 20th Anniversary of "Too Hot To Handel" in Detroit at the Detroit Opera is just around the corner. Here's a sneak peek of Cecelia's conversation with tenor Rodrick Dixon and learns how Detroit's "Too Hot To Handel" started 20 years ago, what people can expect to see and hear, and how Handel's Messiah and the mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are in perfect harmony.

The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra performs for the first time at Orchestra Hall in Detroit on Friday, January 26. It's part of a music-rich weekend in Midtown, which also brings the Sphinx Competition Finals to Orchestra Hall and DPTV. WRCJ's Peter Whorf speaks with A2SO Executive Director Sarah Calderini about this historic happening...

Cecelia Sharpe speaks with Yolanda Jack, Director of the play TopDog/UnderDog running at the Detroit Repertory Theatre through December 17, 2023.

Cecelia Sharpe speaks with award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter who will be at the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit on December 16, 2023 to talk about her book "The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Right Thing to Black Panther".

Jader conducts the DSO in music by Bonds, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky this weekend. He spoke with Peter about the upcoming Florida tour, and Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony...

Linda Yohn host of 90.9's Swing Set talks to Kris Johnson, who is the director of the Paradise Theatre Big Band and is having a very special concert on Friday, November 17th.

90.9's Peter Whorf speaks with Detroit Symphony Orchestra guest conductor Kevin John Edusei about this week's program featuring a world premiere, a beloved violin concerto and Alexander Zemlinsky's The Mermaid...

DSO Music Director Jader Bignamini opens the DSO season with violinist Gil Shaham and one of the instrument's most beloved works...

Sarah Calderini, Executive Director of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra speaks with Peter Whorf about the symphony's 2023/2024 season which begins this weekend, September 23rd at Hill Auditorium.

It's the 78th anniversary season of the Michigan Philharmonic and the 25th anniversary of the appointment of Music Director and Conductor Nan Washburn. Dave Wagner talks with Nan about the orchestra, this coming season, and her love and promotion of new orchestral music.

In this excerpt from "Live with C#" Cecelia speaks with Patty Isacson Sabee who will take the helm as President and CEO of Detroit Opera in 2024.

Peter Whorf joins Paul Watkins, cellist with the Emerson String Quartet and Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival Artistic Director. Watkins reflects on the Emerson's final season and Saturday's final Detroit area concert...

Cecelia Sharpe speaks with Conductor/Music Director Laureate of the Omaha Symphony Orchestra, Principle Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Family Youth Concerts Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Thomas Wilkins. He is preparing for Black Panther in Concert this weekend at Orchestra Hall with the soundtrack provided by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Learn a bit more about the Maestro in this interview with 90.9.

Isata Kanneh-Mason joins the Detroit Symphony Orchestra this weekend as the soloist in Ernst Dohnányi's Variations on a Nursery Tune. She also has a brand new recording release she talks about in this conversation with Peter...

The recent release, Estampas Americanas showcases new music by Michigan State University composer Paola Marquez and contemporaries Mauricio Charbonnier, Jose Elizondo and Leonardo Le San. 90.9’s Peter Whorf recently spoke with Marquez, Charbonnier and Le San about the works. Marquez opens the conversation with thoughts about her work entitled Speaking to Silence…

In this excerpt from "Live With C#" Cecelia Sharpe speaks with harpist Brandee Younger who performed at The Cube the night of May 28, 2023.

Dr. Julie Jaffee Nagel has written a new book entitled "Career Choices in Music Beyond the Pandemic: Musical and Psychological Perspectives" and Dave Wagner talked with Dr. Nagel about the challenges facing everyone who is considering a career in the performing arts.