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.

11/25

Christin Coffee Rondeau and Sarah Robertson
Sand Dollar Music
Music: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Easy"

 

11/20

Zulya Bashirova
Concertmaster of Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Music: Romance from The Gadfly by Dmitri Shostakovich

 

11/18

David Sievers
Handel's Messiah at the University of Dayton
Music: Selections from Messiah by George Frideric Handel

 

11/13

George Daugherty
Springfield Symphony Orchestra's Bugs Bunny at the Symphony concert
Music: Loony Tunes Theme by Carl Stalling and Overture to The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini

 

11/11

Larry Coressel and Shaun Yu
History and future of Discover Classical

 

11/6

Ian Mullen and Lucas Settineri
Corner Store film production
Music: Grover's Corners by Aaron Copland

 

11/4

Emily Wells and Darlene Spencer
Dracula, a Feminist Revenge Fantasy . . . Really at The Human Race Theatre Company
Music: Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach

 

10/30

Maggie Cooper
To Kill a Mockingbird at Clark State Theatre
Music: Midsummer Nocturne by Aaron Copland

 

10/28

Adrienne Oehlers
Ride the Cyclone at Wittenberg Theatre
Music: Ride the Cyclone by Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond

 

10/23

Qarrianne Blayr and Debbie Blunden-Diggs
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company's "Reflections" performance
Music: Green by Michael Torke

 

10/21

Kathleen Clawson
Dayton Opera season preview
Music: Carmen by Georges Bizet

 

10/16

Nicholas Raines
Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Part 2

 

10/14

Nicholas Raines
Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Part 1

 

10/9

David Crean
Sons of Art concert by the Bach Society of Dayton
Music: Overture and Chorus from Come ye Sons of Art by Henry Purcell

 

10/7

Dr. Justen Seay
The Ordering of Moses with the Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra
Music: Introduction to The Ordering of Moses by R. Nathaniel Dett

 

10/2

Garrick Ohlsson
Soloist with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Music: Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff

 

9/30

Josh Aaron McCabe
The Game's Afoot at Wright State Theatre
Music: Sleuth by John Addison

 

9/25

Jerry Smith
Wonders in Color at the Dayton Art Institute
Music: Bright Blue Music by Michael Torke

 

9/23

Shayna McConville
Rosewood Arts Center
Music: Roses from the South Waltz by Johann Strauss, Jr.

 

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