Artistic Director and Founder of Resonance Works, Maria Sensi Sellner, and soprano Zuly Inirio, discuss with Anna Singer live about their upcoming program, Tumbao! A Celebration of Afro-Latin Music, this Sunday, April 28th at 3 pm at the First United Methodist Church in Bloomfield. Zuly discusses how the program originated from a recording project …

Artistic Director and Conductor of Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, Thomas Douglas, spoke with WQED-FM's afternoon host, Anna Singer, about their upcoming concert, A Satire: Carmina Burana Africana, on Friday, April 26th and Saturday, April 27th at the Campbell Memorial Chapel at Chatham University. Thomas discusses how this version of Carmina Burana diff…

Producing Artistic Director of Prime Stage Theatre, Wayne Brinda, spoke with WQED-FM about Prime Stage's upcoming production of Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution running from May 3rd to May 12th at the New Hazlett Theater. Wayne talks about the shows intrigue and drama, as a man is put on trial for murder with his wife being a witness f…

Music Director and Conductor of the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras (TRYPO), Brian Worsdale, spoke with Anna Singer and Jim Cunningham about their upcoming concert, Cheers to 50 Years! on May 5th at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. Brian highlights the two concerts on the 5th, one at 1:15 pm that showcases all four symphonic groups and the oth…

Founder of Aria412 Desiree Soteres and Board Chair, Dr. Mildred Myers, spoke with Jim Cunningham about several upcoming events for the group. The first event features a program entitled Bad Company, on May 7th at 7 pm at Hop Farm Brewing Company. Following that event, Aria412 will present I Hear America Singing, May 9th to the 11th at the Rauh Stud…

Pittsburgh Opera presents "The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson" at the Byham Theater from April 27th through May 5th. WQED-FM's Anna Singer spoke with Meroe Khalia Adeeb, who sings the role of Isabelle.By WQED Multimedia

Pittsburgh Opera presents "The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson" at the Byham Theater from April 27th through May 5th. WQED-FM's Anna Singer spoke with stage director Kamille Howard.By WQED Multimedia

Pittsburgh Opera presents "The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson" at the Byham Theater from April 27th through May 5th. WQED-FM's Anna Singer spoke with Christian Mark Gibbs, who sings the role of Frank.By WQED Multimedia

Pittsburgh Opera presents "The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson" at the Byham Theater from April 27th through May 5th. WQED-FM's Anna Singer spoke with Alyson Cambridge, who sings the role of Mary Cardwell Dawson.By WQED Multimedia

The 2nd annual Vanka Block Party takes place on Sunday, April 28, 2024 from 12-4pm at the St. Nicholas Croation Catholic Parish in Millvale. Becky Gaugler, Director of Education & Interpretation for the Maxo Vanka Murals, and Rick Robinson, aka CutTime Simfonica, spoke with Jim Cunningham about the Murals, the event and more.…

Professor of Organ and Sacred Music at Duquesne University, Dr. Ann Labounsky Steele, and world-renowned organist and choral director, Dr. Wilma Jensen, spoke with Jim Cunningham about their upcoming concert and masterclass at the Recital Chapel of the Holy Spirit on Duquesne's campus. The concert will be this Sunday, April 28th, at 3 pm, with the …

The Pitt Men's Glee Club presents their Spring Concert on Saturday April 20th, 7:30pm at First Baptist Church. Director Richard Teaster and Men's Glee Club member Nate Ginck stopped by the QED Morning Show with Jim Cunningham to talk about the concert.By WQED Multimedia

Maestro's Edward Leonard and Awadagin Pratt from Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh discuss with Jim Cunningham live about their upcoming concert tomorrow, Saturday April 20th, at 7:30 pm at Rodef Shalom. Awadagin will be guest conducting the program that includes Avro Part's Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten and Beethoven's Symphony No 7. He will a…

Executive Director of Film Pittsburgh, Kathryn Spitz Cohan, spoke to WQED-FM about their upcoming international independent Jewish film festival, JFilm, that runs from May 2nd to May 12th with showings at Carnegie Mellon University's McConomy auditorium and The Oaks Theater in Oakmont. Kathryn highlights the opening night showing of Left Alone Rhap…

Members of the Academy String Quartet, violist Warren Davidson, and violinist Jorie Butler-Geyer, discusses their upcoming concert at the Allegheny Church in the Northside on Sunday, April 21st at 7:30 pm. This last concert at Allegheny Church features a program called Dances and Madrigals. Jorie and Warren talk about the program that combines Mend…

Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Park artistic director, Jennifer Tober, musician and music director, Matt Calvetti, and writer and actor Charles David “Stoney” Richards, discuss with Anna Singer about the four's collaboration in PSiP's newest performance, Shakespeare: This Could Be True running Tuesday, April 23rd to Friday, April 26th, at the Union …

Board members with Friends of Mellon Park, Margy Whitmer and Board President, Cynthia Berger, spoke with Jim Cunningham about their annual Arbor Day Celebration on Saturday, April 27th from 11 am to 2 pm. Margy highlights all the wonderful free activities available for children during the day, as well as the amazing food and music that will be avai…

Tenor opera singer, Jonathan Tetelman, spoke with WQED-FM from Carnegie Hall Studios about his recent Metropolitan Opera debut as Ruggero in La Rondine until April 20th, followed closely by Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly until May 11th. Jonathan discusses his emotions about the debut, the synopsis of La Rondine, and his recent album celebrating the …

Jim Cunningham interviews.....Jim Cunningham!! The Butler County Symphony Orchestra presents "The Music of John Williams" on Saturday April 13th, 7:30pm at the Butler Intermediate High School. WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham spoke with Butler County Symphony Orchestra trumpet Jim Cunningham about the concert as well as the "Dinner, Dancing, and Diamonds" …

Executive Director of Saltworks Theater Company, Norma Alrutz, and Board Chair, Amber Fantini, spoke with WQED-FM about their organization and their production of Around the World in 80 Days on Friday, April 19th, and Saturday, April 20th, at the Greenstone UM Church in Bellevue. Norma and Amber highlight Saltworks bread and butter, their school as…

Costume designer, production designer, performer, writer and now director, Lindsay Goranson, spoke with WQED-FM about their newest play, APIS, at the New Hazlett Theater on Thursday, April 18th, and Saturday, April 19th. A time-travelling bee comes to visit Apis, a female worker at an underground food store, and what happens next changes everything…

Hill Dance Academy Theatre's Annual Spring Dance Concert is back on April 19-21, 2024, at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Downtown Pittsburgh. This year's theme is Sustaining the Legacy & Creating Expressions Of Black History, Culture, and Tradition through Movement...Gospel Style. Founder and CEO Ayisha Morgan-Lee spoke with …

The Organ Artists Series of Pittsburgh presents Anna Lapwood on Friday, April 12th, 7:30pm at St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church in Mt. Lebanon. Anna Lapwood MBE is an organist, conductor and broadcaster, and holds the position of Director of Music at Pembroke College (Cambridge), Associate Artist of the Royal Albert Hall (London) and Artist in Asso…

Assistant Conductor of Chanticleer, Garrod Pagenkopf, details the program on Sunday April 14th, 3pm, at Shadyside Presbyterian Church - their sixth trip to Pittsburgh. Garrod spoke with Jim Cunningham about their new cd "On a Clear Day," the special qualities of the all male ensemble, the repertoire of the singers, having diversity, singing music b…

Founding member and violist of the Ying Quartet, Phillip Ying, was on the phone live with Jim Cunningham, to speak about the Ying Quartet's concert on April 8th, at 7:30 pm at the PNC Theatre, as a part of the Chamber Music Pittsburgh's mainstage live series. The Quartet will be performing with double bassist, Xavier Foley, who will premiere a new …

Visual Artist Marie Watt and Curator at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Liz Park, spoke with Jim Cunningham about the museum's upcoming exhibit, Marie Watt: LAND STITCHES WATER SKY, opening on April 13th. This exhibit explores two materials tied to the industrial history of Western Pennsylvania, steel and glass, from Watt's Indigenous perspective. Mari…

Chief Curator and Director of Collections at the Frick Pittsburgh, Dawn Brean, spoke with WQED-FM at the Frick Art Museum about the opening of Vermeer, Monet, Rembrandt: Forging the Frick Collections in Pittsburgh and New York. This once-in-a-lifetime exhibit features works by masters including one of 36 known works by Vermeer, as well as pieces fr…

Director of Learning and Visitor Experience, Amanda Gillen, spoke with WQED-FM at the Frick Art Museum about the programming around the new exhibition Vermeer, Monet, Rembrandt: Forging the Frick Collections in Pittsburgh and New York. Amanda highlights two concerts and their Full Day Programs. The first concert is on Sunday, April 14th with the Tr…

Broadway singer and Emmy, Tony, and SAG Award nominee, Norm Lewis, spoke with WQED-FM's Anna Singer by phone about his upcoming concert with the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra (TRYPO) on May 5th at 6 pm at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. Norm discusses his storied career on stage and screen, including being the first African American Phan…

Acting Principal Bassonist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, David Sogg, spoke live with Jim Cunningham on the Morning Show about his role in Nielsen's Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable, being performed this Friday, April 5th and Sunday, April 7th. Sogg talks about his first introduction to Nielsen's work with his Wind Quintet, and his per…

Director of IDEA Initiatives and Community Engagement with the Pittsburgh Opera, Rebekah Diaz, spoke with Jim Cunningham in this Voice of the Arts Gospel podcast about two upcoming events at the Pittsburgh Opera. The first event is a collaboration with the Afro-American Music Institute. Opera Meets Jazz, is Friday, April 5th at 7 pm at the St. Jame…

Harpist Parker Ramsay, discusses with Anna Singer about his upcoming concert with Arnie Tanimoto as a part of Chatham Baroque and Renaissance Baroque's concert series. Parker and Arnie's concert, In the Court of the King, will be Friday, April 5th, at the Teutonia Mannerchor and Saturday, April 6th, at the Hicks Memorial Chapel. Parker talks about …

PR and Marketing Manager, Lisa Alexander, spoke with WQED-FM about the many exciting upcoming events happening at Calliope. One such event is a special concert from The Seldom Scene, happening this Saturday, April 6th, at 7pm at the Carnegie Lecture Hall. The Seldom Scene was last in Pittsburgh over 10 years ago and was first established in 1971. T…

Lisa Velten Smith stars as Galactia in Quantum Theatre's "Scenes From An Execution" by Howard Barker directed by Andrew William Smith at Abiding Missions in Pittsburgh's Southside neighborhood of Allentown. They join Jim Cunningham to talk over the special features of the plot set in 16th Century Venice looking at the relationship of art and power …

Senior Curator at the Heinz History Center, Leslie Przybylek, spoke with WQED-FM about her work on a newly opened exhibit at the Center, A Woman's Place: How Women Shaped Pittsburgh. This exhibit takes an interactive journey through women's history from the 1800s to modern day. Leslie discusses the changemaker women that the exhibit highlights, inc…

Gospel choir director from First Unitarian Church and Administrative Pastor to Bishop Thelma Mitchell, Reverend Deryck Tines, discussed with WQED-FM in this Gospel rendition of Voice of the Arts about the First Unitarian Church's Easter Concert on Saturday, March 30th at 6 pm. This concert will feature The Lemington Gospel Choir, the Community Sing…

Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Attack Theatre, Peter Kope, discussed live with Anna Singer about their upcoming show of The Show of 1000 Tomorrows, running weekends April 5th to April 13th. Inspired by worlds fairs and the phrase, 1000 Tomorrows, this 3 act dance piece explores the idea of perpetual motion and the constant renewing cycle of li…

Senior Associate Head and Associate Professor of Acting at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, Kyle Haden, celebrated World Theatre Day (March 27th) with Anna Singer live. To celebrate, they discuss the 2023 Excellence in Theatre Education Award winner, Jason Zembuch Young and the Dr. Joaquin Garcia High School. This award is presented to…

Pianist, Mark Carver, and soprano, Jessica Rivera, discussed with Anna Singer live about their newly released CD, Hommage to Victoria De Los Angeles. Mark and Jessica talk about their collaboration for this CD, their recording at Harvard University before the pandemic, and their upcoming collaboration with another CD. Victoria also talks about her …

Local Sitar player, Michael Griska, discusses with Jim Cunningham about his upcoming concert on Wednesday, March 27th at 7:30 pm at the Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church. Michael discusses the musical components of the raga and how for this concert he will not be performing with a percussionist. Michael and Jim also highlight how the Beatles …

Conductor of the East Winds Symphonic Band, Susan Sands, and Clarinet player, Nanette Mancuso, discuss the annual Three Rivers Community Band Festival, held this year at the Franklin Regional High School on Saturday, April 6th at 2pm. Susan and Nanette talk about the concerts program that features four bands this year. The Community Band South, the…

Accomplished Pittsburgh violinist, Devin Arrington, discusses with Jim Cunningham about his work as a composer, wedding performer, and organizer of Musicians with a Mission. Devin talks about why he started the non-profit Musicians with a Mission (WMAM) in 2010 as a way to bring together isolated people with music. Devin and Jim play three recordin…

Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Glass Center, Heather McElwee, talks about the Glass Center's new $15 million renovation project that doubles the amount of studio space. The center is close to being finished and Heather hopes to have a ribbon cutting in the summer. She also highlights two exciting upcoming events at the Center. The first is Bl…

Student director Spencer Byham-Carson, discussed with Jim Cunningham about his upcoming production at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, Edna Walsh's Penelope, running from Wednesday March 27th to Friday March 29th. Spencer talks about his process in choosing the play to direct and cast as his senior capstone at CMU. The play follows the…

Acclaimed pianist, Brian Woods, discussed with WQED's Anna Singer about his upcoming recital with the Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania on Sunday, March 24th at 3pm at the Kresge Theater on Carnegie Mellon University's campus. Brian talks about the name of his program, Wandering, and how the Ukraine war influenced his curating of the pieces.…

University of Pittsburgh Head of Performance and director, Ricardo Vila-Roger, and PhD candidate and dramaturg, Patrick Mullen, talk about their upcoming production of the rock musical Spring Awakening, running April 6th to the 14th at the Charity Randall Theater. Patrick highlights the history of the show, first starting as a play in the early 19t…

Composer Peter Boyer and pianist Jeffrey Biegel discuss with Anna Singer about their newly released single, Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue. This 17-minute piece was commissioned by Jeffrey in 2020. It was created as a companion piece to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in celebration of its centennial in February 2024. Jeffrey and Peter talk about…

Up and coming soprano singer, Emily Richter, talked with Anna Singer live about her win as one of the Grand Finalists of the 2024 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. She highlights her background in piano and school choir as she traveled around the globe before completing her Bachelors at Lawrence University and Masters at Mc…

Head of Marketing for Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival, Ritika Gokhale, and first-year student, Stephen Makin, discuss the festivals amazing line-up of Oscar nominated films from across the globe. The festival opens on Thursday, March 21st with a Tunisian film, Four Daughters at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater at 7pm. Ritika and Stephen high…

Choreographers Kontara Morphis and Rickia Davenport, discusses their upcoming show of UNDERLAND X Alice, on Thursday March 21st and Friday March 22nd at the New Hazlett Theater as part of their Community Supported Art (CSA) series. This performance based piece of theater is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. It also explores the journ…