Podcasts

September 13, 2024

Fall Into Music with Chatham Baroque

Co-Artistic Directors of Chatham Baroque, Scott Pauley and Andrew Fouts, spoke about their upcoming Peanut Butter and Jam Sessions. The first session, Fall Into Music, will be at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve on Saturday, September 14th at 10 am. This free RAD day event is perfect for preschoolers and grown-ups! This event features live music by Chatham Baroque and activities led by Kindermusik instructor Lynda Wingerd.

Andrew and Scott highlight the special nature of these sessions, and what Fall Into Music has to offer, which features folk singer and banjoist, Ellen Gozion. They also share their favorite songs they will play in this session, including songs with the fiddle!

Visit https://www.chathambaroque.org/peanut-butter-jam-sessions/ to learn more about the upcoming sessions!

September 13, 2024

Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival 2024

August Wilson African American Cultural Center CEO and Artistic Director, Janis Burley, explains the many events of the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival. The Festival, that runs from September 19-22, includes two days of free events, ticketed happenings at the Cultural Center, the Jazz train from New York to Pittsburgh, and multiple community happenings.

The stars include Robert Glasper, Sean Jones, Chris Coles, Thomas Wendt, Shemekia Copeland, Vanisha Gould, Orrin Evans, Maysa, Howie Alexander, Marsha Ambrosius and many more. Janis compares Pittsburgh to other major jazz festivals in Detroit and Montreal, explains how the Festival will keep everyone safe. Janis also remembers her time working for Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and discusses Charles Bell, recently profiled in the New Yorker Magazine.

Charles Bell, is a Carnegie Mellon University grad, jazz pianist, and composer whose music was performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony. He still has family connections to Pittsburgh through his son , drummer Poogie Bell.

Visit https://pittsburghjazzfest.org/ to get the full itinerary of the weekends events, and find tickets!

September 13, 2024

POTUS, A Farcical Play at City Theatre

City Theatre is starting up its 2024-2025 season with a brand new Broadway play, POTUS Or Behind Every Great Dumba** are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. Actresses Tamara Tunie, Lara Hayhurst, and Missy Moreno, describes the plot of this farcical play, and each of their hilarious characters in the show.

Ankle monitors, secret liaisons, and a wife trying to keep it all together. It’s a play about politics, without all the politics involved, perfect for this election season. Tamara, Lara, and Missy also discuss how collaborative, safe, and fun rehearsal has been. It’s “Friends camp” and never work.

The show runs from Saturday, September 21st to Sunday, October 13th at City Theatre on the South Side.

Visit https://citytheatrecompany.org/ to get tickets and learn more about the production.

September 12, 2024

Musicians of Steel 5K

Pittsburgh Symphony violinist, Irene Cheng, visited the QED Morning Show with Jim Cunningham to speak about the Pittsburgh Symphony Musicians of Steel 5K run in Millvale. The 5K starts with a concert at 9 am on September 14 with Orchestra Denial, led by trumpet Neal Berntsen. You can register to run or walk and participate in the fun run on the spot or register in advance online. Irene runs down the many special features of the walk which benefits the musicians education efforts through the year. She also has fresh perspective on the Pittsburgh Symphony European Festivals tour 2024 and the opening of the season with Itzhak Perlman.

For more details https://www.musiciansofsteel5k.com/event.

September 12, 2024

The Medium – SERIO

There is a new opera company in town, SERIO! Louisa Jonason, artistic and music director of SERIO, and soprano Mary Beth Sederburg, discuss their upcoming performance of The Medium. The show runs at Pittsburgh Music Academy on September 13 to 15th.

Louisa talks about creating SERIO out of a desire to have performers sing a complete role, as opposed to just a select few arias. Sing Entire Role in Opera (SERIO), was born after workshopping Cosi Fan Tutte. Mary Beth Sederburg discusses the entrepreneurial spirit of creating opera companies, by talking about her own opera company, Undercroft Opera.

Louisa and Mary Beth both reminisce about meeting each other at Mercyhurst University and how their friendship developed over the years.

Listen to hear about The Medium, which is just in time for spooky season. Visit https://www.ticketleap.events/events/serio to find tickets.

September 11, 2024

Baroque to Blues at Tuesday Musical Club

It’s the Kaplan Duo, from Baroque times to Gershwin! President of Tuesday Musical Club, Nanette Kaplan Solomon, and her sister, Iris Kaplan Rosenthal, spoke about their upcoming recital concert on Tuesday, September 17th at 1 pm. This free concert will be at Rodef Shalom’s Levy Hall. The sisters highlight the recital’s program, and the challenges involved in practicing in two different states. Amy Beach, Franz Schubert, John Corgliano, and George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue are all discussed in this conversation with the two sisters.

Visit https://www.tuesdaymusicalclub.org/events/ to learn more! There is also a livestream available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/KZd1n9G3G64.