Derby Dinner Playhouse
Derby Dinner Playhouse revisits the 1950’s and ‘60’s with “Smokey Joe’s Café”, a musical R & B romp and revue, till April 1. Classical 90.5’s Alan Brandt talks to musical director Scott Bradley about the music and its presentation.
Smillie’s Picks – March
This month Thomson speaks with Rachel Grimes and Jane Halliday, co-founders of the group Hear + Now, a group dedicated to performances of new compositions by local composers. Thomson also spoke with pianist Joanna Goldstein, music educator at Indiana University Southeast, about the value of arts in Louisville and James Rightmyer, founder and director of the Louisville Choral Arts Society, about their performance of Mozart’s Requiem at St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church on March 23 at 8:00pm.
Rachel Grimes and Jane Halliday
Joanna Goldstein
James Rightmyer
Louisville Ballet
Louisville Ballet brings back their former artistic director, Alun Jones, to recreate his setting of Cinderella for the company (March 9 and 10). Classical 90.5’s Alan Brandt talked to Mr. Jones about the production and what he’s been up to lately.
Music eX Series
The University of Louisville School of Music will end its “Music eX” series this year with the Brahms Quartet and Quintet for piano and strings Sunday, February 12. Violinist Patrick Rafferty and pianist Dror Biran talk to Classical 90.5’s Alan Brandt about the complexities of Brahms’s works.
Chamber Music Society of Louisville
The Chamber Music Society of Louisville presents the Emerson String Quartet in a performance Sunday, February 5, at 3 pm. CMS member and violinist Peter McHugh talks to Classical 90.5’s Alan Brandt about the program and the long history of the music group.
Louisville Ballet
Louisville Ballet presents “Studio Connections” as its next production at the Louisville Ballet Studios, 315 East Main Street February 1 – 4. Company dancer Ben Needham-Wood will introduce his new choreography as set to music by J.S. Bach. Ben talked to Classical 90.5’s Alan Brandt about how he was asked to create his dance by the company’s Artistic Director, Bruce Simpson.
Music eX Series
Paul York (cello) and Dror Biran (piano) present the next recital of the Music eX series at the University of Louisville Sunday, January 29, at 3 pm. Classical 90.5’s Alan Brandt talked to the musicians about the two sonatas by Johannes Brahms. Pictured, at left, Dror Biran and Paul York
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Smillie’s Picks – February
Thomson’s guests this time around include John Austin Clark, co-founder of Louisville’s period instrument ensemble, Bourbon Baroque; Melissa Bernstrom, Associate Producer – Kentucky Author Forum and Alice Gray Stites, Chief Curator and Director of Art Programming for 21c Museum.
Alice Gray Stites
Melissa Bernstrom
John Austin Clark
Millikin University Choir
The Millikin University Choir will perform at Christ Church United Methodist under the direction of Dr. Bradley Holmes Tuesday, January 17, at 7:30 pm. Dr. Holmes discussed the concert and his choir with Classical 90.5′s Alan Brandt.
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Smillie’s Picks – January
Thomson talks with David Roth, General Director of Kentucky Opera about a ‘business model’ and how it might apply to an arts organization; Elizabeth Kramer, arts columnist for the Courier-Journal and her take on the current arts scene in Louisville and with Stephen Klein, President and CEO of The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts about the January 12 {7:30pm} concert at the Kentucky Center with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
David Roth
Elizabeth Kramer
Stephen Klein
