Scott Joplin: The King of Ragtime Writes an Opera
Season Six debuts with a feature of Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime. Bridging the gap between the Reconstruction era and the early 20th century, Scott Joplin and his ragtime music became a genre-def...
8 Mar 202325min
CAAPA's Melanated Mission: Bringing Color to the Classics
Angela and Joshua cap Season Five with Terri Allen, Executive Director of the Coalition for African-Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA). From humble origins to a nationally respected model, Terri...
7 Des 202246min
George Bridgetower: A Classical Commodity
Joshua and Angela discuss the life and times of Europe's most renowned virtuoso violinist of the 18th and 19th centuries, George Bridgetower. In the age of the global slave trade, competing empires, a...
30 Nov 202224min
Afton Battle: A Change Agent Without Compromise
Angela and Joshua welcome dramatic soprano and Artistic Director of the Fort Worth Opera, Afton Battle. Known for her tenacity, vision, and unapologetic commitment to programming operatic works that a...
21 Nov 202253min
Harlem Hangout with Liz Player and The Harlem Chamber Players
Joshua and Angela welcome clarinetist and co-founder of The Harlem Chamber Players, Liz Player. Detailing her return to music from a career in computer science, Liz Player traces the origins of The Ha...
16 Nov 202239min
Interpreting Identity with Jessie Montgomery
Joshua and Angela sit down with Musical America's Composer of the Year, Jessie Montgomery. Violinist, educator, and one of the 21st-century's premier composers, Montgomery sheds light on her musical u...
8 Nov 202245min
From Stage to Screen with Robert McFerrin Sr.
Angela and Joshua introduce listeners to extraordinary baritone Robert McFerrin Sr. Tracing McFerrin's performance journey from Broadway to The Metropolitan Opera to Hollywood, Joshua and Angela discu...
2 Nov 202219min
Composing as a Citizen of the World with Tania León
Joshua and Angela share the rich musical and cultural legacy of composer, pianist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Kennedy Center Honors Inductee Tania León. A self-professed ‘citizen of the world,' Leon d...
26 Okt 202218min
