Many thanks to all who showed up on Monday night, July 28 for our first-ever WDPR Wine Tasting.  The 50-60 attendees were treated to some fine summer wines, as well as some great, local emerging classical talent: The Ballester Trio.  I hope[more...]

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Over the years I have been hosting the Saturday afternoon opera broadcasts first at WYSO and now at Dayton Public Radio, my feelings about opera as an art form have undergone a significant change.Early on I assumed that if I[more...]

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From Patrick Reynolds, “A Conductor’s Guide to YouTube”   —  For entertainment, while not listening to the radio, I often find myself browsing that enormous video collection found on the website YouTube. Certainly by now most everyone knows of YouTube,[more...]

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When you have about 20 minutes, here’s a link to the talk by Boston Philharmonic conductor Benjamin Zander, who spoke at this year’s TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion.html

I found it laugh-out-loud funny, poignant, and yes, inspirational. My eyes were shining[more...]

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Last week I introduced the Springfield Summer Arts Festival presentation of Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona at Veteran’s Park Amphitheater in Springfield, and had to give credit to the sign interpreters to the right of the stage.

About half way through[more...]

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