In the “doesn’t that stink” category
To borrow the phrase from ch. 9′s John Matarese.. WGUC had to turn off their internet stream last night during the broadcast of “The Spectacular Legacy of Erich Kunzel” produced and hosted by Naomi...
View ArticleHow to hear Kunzel tribute
If you missed Sunday’s two-hour special show on WGUC (90.9), which was not streamed over the Internet due to new rules (see below), you can go here to hear the show. But you’ll have to sign in.
View ArticleCSO opens its 115th and a Chamberpalooza photo gallery
There was an appreciative audience of all ages — with many families — for the CSO’s ambitious opening to its subscription season. Here’s the review. And don’t forget, Sunday’s concert is abbreviated...
View ArticleNaomi Lewin to leave WGUC
It’s a sad day for classical music lovers who listen to WGUC. Popular host at WGUC-FM radio (90.9) Naomi Lewin is leaving to become the afternoon drive-time classical music host at the new WQXR in New...
View ArticleSt. Louis to lose classical station
Sarah Bryan Miller at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that the city’s classical station KFUO-99.1 FM will be sold today for $18 million to a Christian contemporary music station. Having a...
View ArticleBig piano Gig
Remember the Big Pig Gig, with dozens of painted pigs all over the city? Get ready for “Play Me, I’m Yours,” an interactive art installation of pianos by Luke Jarram, that will consist of dozens of...
View ArticleJärvi to leave Cincinnati after next season
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is searching for a new music director. Paavo Järvi , 47, told orchestra musicians on Thursday that his last concerts will be in May of 2011, at the end of his tenth...
View ArticleIn memoriam Jeff Krys
I’m getting word this morning that Jeff Krys, former Operations Manager for WGUC in the 70′s, 80′s and 90′s, died yesterday in Los Angeles. He was 57 and died from complications following surgery. Krys...
View ArticleIn memoriam Myron Bennett
You may recall these words broadcast over WGUC classical radio: “Good afternoon! The program is PM, and I’m Myron Bennett.” Bennett, the longtime host who joined the station in 1961, six months after...
View ArticlePlay Me — kids on keyboards
Tomorrow, area piano teachers in the Music Teacher’s National Association, Junior Music Experience, and the National Federation of Music Clubs are all invited to bring their students to one of the...
View ArticleContra dancers to flash mob at painted pianos
Cincinnati contra dancers will be converging on Fountain Square at 2 p.m. this Sunday for a “contra flash mob.” The dancing will tie in with the “Play Me, I’m Yours” painted piano installation honoring...
View ArticlePianos play musical chairs
Those “Play Me, I’m Yours” painted pianos have been a hit across our region. In the next day or so, some of them are departing to new homes … which means other folks are gaining a piano to call their...
View ArticleLocal musicians donate music to Cincy Public Radio CD
Pledge X-dollars (we aren’t sure how much yet) to Cincinnati Public Radio’s annual fund drive and you’ll receive an exclusive holiday CD of 18 tracks recorded by area musicians as the station’s thank...
View ArticlePlay Me winding down
The painted pianos of Luke Jerram’s Play Me, I’m Yours, an art installation to commemorate 150 years of Public Radio in Cincinnati, will be coming down on Friday. The pianos will all be donated. I just...
View ArticleOrchestra broadcasts on WGUC
This just in: 90.9 WGUC welcomes “Classical Live” to its roster of specials. This program from American Public Media will feature live symphony broadcasts from various orchestras on a periodic basis....
View ArticleCSO to beam Yo-Yo Ma concert to Fountain Square
If you were unable to score a ticket to see classical superstar Yo-Yo Ma on May 3 in Music Hall, you can still watch him perform in a live simulcast on Fountain Square’s LED video board, downtown. The...
View ArticleLocal quartet featured on ‘From the Top’
The Polaris Quartet, which formed in September 2010 as part of the Cincinnati Starling Project, a pre-college program for advanced young strings students at the University of Cincinnati—College...
View ArticleVideo of the day: Claude Bolling’s jazz suite
Here’s the reason: Bollling will be one of the featured works this Sunday at “Music Among Friends,” a concert to benefit the Literacy Council, 4 p.m. Sunday at St. John Fisher Church, 3227 Church...
View ArticleNaomi Lewin to host new opera show for WQXR
Naomi Lewin, former producer/announcer for WGUC who is now at WQXR in New York, will be hosting a show that is guaranteed to be eaten up by opera lovers: OPERAVORE. Joining Lewin will be Marilyn Horne,...
View ArticleRobin Gehl to leave Cincy Public Radio
Robin Gehl will be leaving the Cincinnati airwaves behind for her home state of Minnesota and a teaching job at Concordia University in St. Paul. Gehl, vice president for programming at Cincinnati...
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