Dave Wagner talks with Damien Crutcher, the Managing Director of Detroit Harmony at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He talks about getting instruments into the hands of young students in Detroit in a joint effort with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra and Band Directors.

WRCJ In-Studio Guests

Damien Crutcher - October 1, 2021

Maybe you’ve experienced Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s beloved opera The Marriage of Figaro before – but probably never like this. This Saturday in downtown Detroit, Michigan Opera Theatre plays host to the Mozart masterpiece in a startling new way. WRCJ’s Dave Wagner speaks with MOT Artistic Director Yuval Sharon and new Director of Innovation, Matthew Principe about Bliss – the reimagining of one music’s most sublime moments.

Yuval Sharon & Matthew Principe - September 21, 2021

In this interview from "Live With C#", cellist and music educator Cecelia Sharpe speaks with her special guest, the legendary bassist from Detroit Michigan, Ralphe Armstrong.

Ralphe Armstrong - August 29, 2021

Peter Whorf speaks with Michigan native cellist and UT-Austin Professor Bion Tsang about his new release of Bach Cello Suites - performed on a very special instrument.

Bion Tsang - August 13, 2021

WRCJ’s John Penney spoke recently with Saxophonist and Artistic Director of the Detroit Jazz Festival, Chris Collins, about this year’s artist line-up and last year’s virtual event. The world’s largest free jazz festival returns to live audiences in downtown Detroit, September 3 – 6.

Chris Collins - July 31, 2021

Thursday, July 29th at 1:00pm, PUBLIQuartet begins its residency through virtual events that will be free to the community through the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Wright Museum. The first event is "Reflections on Beauty" a multimedia project about the life of entrepreneur, activist and America's first African-American women millionaire - Madame CJ Walker. PUBLIQuartet presents that project both at the DIA on Thursday, July 29 and again at the Wright Museum on August 25 - which will be followed by a discussion panel with the quartet and Madame Walker's great-great granddaughter and autobiographer A'lelia Bundles. WRCJ’s Peter Whorf Speaks with quartet violinist and violist Jannina Norpath and Nick Revel.

PUBLIQuartet - July 27, 2021

In this excerpt from "Live With C#" Cecelia Sharpe speaks with special guest, acclaimed jazz violinist Regina Carter!

Regina Carter - July 18, 2021

Detroit-based Akropolis Reed Quintet returns to live performance this Friday evening in Detroit’s Beacon Park. Saxophonist Matt Landry spoke with WRCJ’s Peter Whorf in May about his group’s recent recording entitled Ghost Light. Matt returns to talk with Peter about this week’s performance of music from that new release…

Matt Landry Pt 2 - June 2, 2021

The Scandinavian Cello School presents concerts weekly at a cattle farm in Denmark, providing a stress-free, soothing environment for its cows, who enjoy the moo-sic.

Christa Grix - Cows and Classical

Detroit-based Akropolis Reed Quintet recently released their latest recording of new works entitled Ghost Light. The collection showcases music by Stacy Garrop, Michael Gilbertson, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Theo Chandler and Jeff Scott with poetry from Detroit’s Marsha Music. Akropolis notes that “over the past two years, we’ve premiered a series of works dealing with life, death and rebirth…with Ghost Light we wanted to shine a light on ghosts around us…and embrace the beautiful cycle of life and death while recalling important moments and practices from our history.” Akropolis saxophonist Matt Landry speaks with WRCJ’s Peter Whorf about Ghost Light, and starts their conversation on the topic of Stacy Garrop’s music…based on ancient Egyptian ideas…

Matt Landry - May 26, 2021

Matt Landry Pt 1 - May 26, 2021

In this excerpt from Live with C#, Cecelia talks with former psychologist and current life coach, Christine Elwart. She has some beneficial tips to help boost our mental wellness.

Christine Elwart - May 23, 2021

The final track of Pat Metheny’s 2021 album Road to the Sun is a confluence of three musical visionaries, featuring the master guitarist playing the music of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, on the Pikasso guitar, an instrument developed by Canadian luthier Linda Manzer. photo credit: Florian Thoss/Courtesy of the artist

Christa Grix - Pat Metheny 30

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