Voice of the Arts
Insights and anecdotes from musicians, dancers, artists, actors and directors, as well as audience response.
Episodes
Cameron Gunsbury-Massey has been announced as the new Executive Director of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh! He and the choir's conductor, Daniel Singer, speak with Jim Cunningham about the appointment and MCP's upcoming season.
Cameron began his musical journey as a child in Croatia and studied flute performance at the University of Texas. He most recently served as the Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic O...
New music ensemble NAT 28 will perform Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians at CMU's Kresge Theater on August 22nd! Jim Cunningham speaks with Music Director/pianist Brian Gilling and conductor Daniel Nesta Curtis about the concert and their recent recording of Nancy Galbraith's Piano Concerto No. 4.
Brian and Daniel will both play piano in the Reich piece, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. They talk about the diffic...
Trombonist Jim Pugh and recording engineer Jim Anderson have reunited for a new album featuring the first-ever recording of Roy Harris's long-lost Trombone Symphony. WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham speaks with both of them about the piece, originally written for Tommy Dorsey in 1938.
Jim Pugh talks about discovering the piece, tracking down Harris's archivist, and searching through the Library of Congress. The album also features Nightsui...
Classical QED's Anna Singer will take part in a concert Friday, August 14th at The Church of the Assumption in Bellevue honoring Father Tim Deely. She spoke with Father Tim and organizer Samuele Bozzolla live on the QED Afternoon Show about the concert.
The concert marks the end of Father Tim's seven-year tenure at the church. He'll soon leave for Italy to study canon law for three years. Sam organized this concert as a farewell fo...
The New Hazlett Theater celebrates its 20th anniversary with a screening of the new film, Making Space: The Story of the New Hazlett Theater. The film's producer, WQED Digital Content Manager Emily Brunner, spoke with Jim Cunningham live on the QED Morning Show about the documentary and the event.
Emily explains how the film got its start, originating from Voice of the Arts interviews she had done during her tenure as WQED-FM's pro...
Russian pianist and composer Arsentiy Kharitonov recently released a new Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. WQED=FM's Anna Singer speaks with Arsentiy about the piece.
Arsentiy talks about developing as a pianist and what led him to start composing. He says being a performer was not enough for him---he always wanted to create his own music and to revive the Romantic tradition of the composer-performer. Arsentiy also walks Anna throu...
The New Hazlett Theater celebrates its 20th anniversary with a screening of the new film, Making Space: The Story of the New Hazlett Theater. Executive Director René Conrad and Artistic Director Melissa Cardello-Linton speak with Jim Cunningham about the New Hazlett and the film.
The film, produced by WQED's Emily Brunner, features interviews covering the history of the building and the New Hazlett's relationship with its resident ...
Bill McLaughlin, Peabody Award-winning conductor, composer, and longtime host of Exploring Music, passed away yesterday, July 23rd. To remember and honor him, WQED-FM would like to share a 2013 interview with Bill, in which he joins Jim Cunningham in celebrating 10 years of Exploring Music.
Bill talked about preparing for the program and his intention to create a space where listeners could discover classical music. He also r...
The Singing Sisters Rosalie and Rosemonde Deck were a sibling duo from the Sisters of Divine Providence. Jim Cunningham speaks with Sister Rosamonde and Sister Mary Traupman about the sisters' performing career and more.
Sister Rosamonde talks about growing up in a musical family, recording CDs at WQED, and singing for American troops in Germany. Sister Mary explains the reasons for a recent global decrease in vocations and the cha...
The grand finale of this year's Bach, Beethoven and Brunch series takes place this Sunday, July 26th, featuring Academy Concerts' "HaydnBurgh" project! Artistic Director Warren Davidson spoke with Anna Singer live on the QED Afternoon Show about the program.
"HaydnBurgh" is an initiative to perform all of 57 Haydn string quartets in the Pittsburgh area. This concert will feature three quartets, Opus 9, #5 in B flat major, Opus 50, ...
With the merger between Pittsburgh Public Theater and the Civic Light Opera underway, Interim Board Chair Tom McGough speaks with Jim Cunningham about the process and future of both organizations.
Tom talks about how the merger came about, and how he came to lead the efforts to combine the two organizations. He stresses the challenges that the theater world faces today, citing the COVID-19 pandemic, aging audiences, and the advent ...
Alumni Theater Company present the Tony Award-winning musical Once on This Island, running at the Charity Randall Theatre from July 31st--August 2nd. Jim Cunningham speaks with ATC's Artistic Director Monteze Freeland, Marketing Manager Shae Wofford, and actress Sharae Bynum about the show.
Monteze talks about the show's story and ATC's mission to uplift Black voices in theater. Sharae, who plays one of the storytellers, explains h...
Emmy Award-winning composer Bruce Broughton speaks with Anna Singer about his album, And on the Sixth Day / String Theory from the Naxos label. He also touches on his celebrated career as a film and television composer, having worked on Tombstone, Miracle on 34th Street, Hawaii Five-O, and more.
Bruce talks about his approach to composing, how he handles instrumentation, and writing themes. He tells the story of his piece And on th...
The New Ground Orchestra Festival returns for its second annual concert at Penn State's main campus on Friday, July 31st! Founder and conductor Rebekah O'Brien speaks with Jim Cunningham about the festival.
Rebekah created the New Ground Orchestra Festival as a supportive community for women in classical music. The festival with open with Fanny Mendelssohn's Overture in C and closes with Dvořák's New World Symphony. In addition to ...
Johnstown's Band of Brothers Shakespeare Company continues their run of A Midsummer Night's Dream this weekend in Powell Stackhouse Park. Doug Meagher, who plays Bottom, speaks with Jim Cunningham about the show.
The company celebrates their 35th anniversary this year. Doug has been with performing with them for many years and talks about why he loves Shakespeare and theater. Doug says this production has been a lot of fun to prepa...
Filmmaker Thomas Essig's documentary Something Divine comes to WQED+ this Friday, July 17th! Thomas speaks with Melissa Black about the story of the film.
Thomas calls Something Divine a healing journey about learning how to love yourself and others. He drew on his own experiences--growing up religious, struggling with expression, and discovering spiritualism through yoga philosophy--to form the concept of this documentary. Thomas ...
The University of Pittsburgh Bands will host their first Summer Concert Band performance! Brad Townsend, Director of Bands, and Michael Buckstein, Assistant Director of Bands, speak with Melissa Black about the concert.
This unique ensemble features Pitt students, alumni, faculty and staff, local high school musicians, and community members. Michael talks about taking inspiration from IUP's Associate Director of Bands Jason Worzbyt...
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