Last Saturday, I spent the day with hundreds of other Miami Valley residents at the Asian Cultural Festival in Miamisburg.  It was a wonderful day and cool temperatures were a welcome relief from the prior week’s heat.  Classical 88.1 was a[more...]

As I sit in my office streaming Classical 88.1FM during office hours, I frequently hear beautiful music that makes me stop and listen for a few minutes — I click over to our homepage to see what was playing — then I[more...]

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...]

I love classical music, but firmly believe in a balanced musical diet….consisting of all the food groups!  I’ve had a great time this summer sampling some fun outdoor music concerts, including Dr. John, Robert Randolph Band, Joe Cocker, Heroes of[more...]

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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