Classical 88.1 FM is starting our fall pledge drive Friday, September 25.  Until its closing bell on Friday October 2 (we’ll end sooner if we hit goal early!), you can be part of the fun by calling in your pledge[more...]

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As I sat in the audience of Thursday evening’s season opener concert for the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, I was thrilled to hear the orchestra sounding better than ever!  I was especially touched by a tribute to our very own CWW,[more...]

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I am salivating as I look at the upcoming season of the DPO…..Beethoven’s Ninth, Lise de la Salle, Tchaikovsky’s Russian Romantic, Wagner, Gershwin Tribute, and pop acts Jane Monheit, America….and more!  I can’t wait to get back to the Schuster[more...]

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Well…quite frankly, I am excited. This season the Dayton Philharmonic is performing a work that I have always wanted to see performed live. Sir William Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast.Its one of my all time favorite works. I’ve been fortunate enough to see[more...]

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This is a fascinating story of how modern technology helped recreate a long lost dinosaur of the instrument world. This is even better than the digitally recreated piano roll performances of George Gershwin!

Researchers Resurrect Extinct Musical Instrument:

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1697337/researchers_resurrect_extinct_musical_instrument/index.html

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