ArtsFocus

Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 7:55AM & 4:55pm

Discover Classical presents ArtsFocus every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:55am and 4:55pm. Each segment features a guest from the regional arts community discussing current activities, such as concerts, exhibitions and festivals. This page contains the most recent ArtsFocus interviews, and archived episodes can be found on a variety of podcast platforms.

8/26

Dr. Lina Yoo Min Lee
Chair of Piano Performance and Literature Studies at WSU
Music: Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959 by Franz Schubert

 

8/21

Misti Spillman
Concerts at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
Music: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 No. 1, by Joseph Haydn

 

8/19

Brad Mattingly and Steve Makovec
Bach Society of Dayton's Sing Dayton

 

8/14

Peter Benkendorf
Porchfest
Music: Bouree by Johann Sebastian Bach / Jethro Tull

 

8/12

Douglas Merk and Ruth Reveal
"Dancing in the Moonlight," Muse Machine in Concert
Music: Overture to Tip-Toes by George Gershwin

 

8/7

Todd Stoll
Springfield Jazz and Blues Festival
Music: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs by Leonard Bernstein

 

8/5

KL Storer
Dayton Theatre Guild Season Preview
Music: Music for the Theatre by Aaron Copland

 

7/31

Jess Sands
Downtown Dayton Partnership's Art in the City

 

7/29

Isabelle Ford
Vocalist and composer
Music: Selections from Penelope by Isabelle Ford

 

7/24

Peter Stafford Wilson
Springfield Symphony Orchestra Season Preview
Music: The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky

 

7/22

Tina McPhearson
Dayton Playhouse Season Preview
Music: Theatre Quadrille by Josef Strauss

 

7/17

Karsyn Williams
Alice Dunbar-Nelson Exhibition
Music: Selections from Cello Suites by Johann Sebastian Bach

 

7/15

Emily Gray and Chris Westhoff
Muse Machine Summer Institute
Music: Symphony No. 55 "Schoolmaster" by Franz Joseph Haydn

 

7/10

Jackson Leung, Part 2
Recently retired from Wright State University

 

7/8

Jackson Leung, Part 1
Recently retired from Wright State University

 

7/3

Neal Gittleman, Part 3
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Music: In the South by Edward Elgar

 

7/1

Neal Gittleman, Part 2
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Music: Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven

 

6/19

Neal Gittleman, Part 1
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Music: Symphony No. 30 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 

6/17

Hannah Kasper, Isaac Jones and Jordan Millard
Dayton Dance Initiative
Music: Bolero by Maurice Ravel played by the Gibbons String Quartet

 

6/12

Grant Wareham
Organist
Music: Symphony No. 3 "Organ" by Camille Saint-Saens and Organ Concerto in F by George Frideric Handel

 

6/10

Jerry Smith
Curtis Barnes, Sr., Dayton Icon at the Dayton Art Institute
Music: Color Music by Michael Torke

 

 

This page contains the most recent ArtsFocus interviews, and archived episodes can be found on a variety of podcast platforms.