![BarryBrake_2019.jpg](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/161ea36/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3015x4020+0+251/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2F7a%2F7ec470e145ccb2a4de2e953f91e0%2Fbarryb-staff-2022.jpg)
Barry Brake
Host, Classical ConnectionsBarry Brake is a composer, jazz and classical pianist who has been a part of San Antonio's music scene for decades. You can find his musings and musical exploits online here: http://barrybrake.com/
-
KPAC's Barry Brake catches up with Austin violinist Charles Yang to learn about a brand new piece of music by Kris Bowers that's premiering on record this week, "For A Younger Self."
-
"They're all incredibly talented and charming and engaging young people... and we're having a great time learning this music together and putting it all together for our audiences." — Craig Sorgi, Education Director at Cactus Pear Music Festival
-
"Spontaneity is what audiences love," says Cactus Pear Music Festival's artistic director, Jeffrey Sykes. Their programs in the Hill Country and San Antonio this month promise plenty of off-the-cuff musical moments, plus something new this year, free admission! Learn more at the link.
-
The Grammy-award-winning Austin choral group Conspirare has just released a brand-new oratorio by composer Robert Kyr, called "Earth Vigil."
-
New music from Kevin Puts "evokes the security, the joy, the peace" of being in one's home, says John Largess of the Miró Quartet. TPR's Barry Brake features an interview and their new album, "Home," on Classical Connections.
-
"We have music that’s both inspired by space, but is also literally in space!" says pianist Daniel Anastasio, from Agarita. The group plays a free show at the Witte Museum on June 18.
-
Barry Brake visits with Dallas-based composer Sophia Jani, whose new album of solo violin music is brand-new, a bit old-fashioned, and brimming with sounds like campfire stories from a seasoned storyteller.
-
Pianist Daniel Anastasio dropped by the KPAC 88.3 FM studios to perform live on-air, and preview the Unheard Of ensemble's upcoming series bringing composers and performers together to share new music at UTSA, Ruby City, Mission San Jose, and other beautiful spaces in San Antonio.
-
Composer Nathan Felix and cast members of "El Conquistador" stopped by TPR to perform live on KPAC 88.3 FM. Listen to excerpts of the new opera, premiering Saturday, at the link.
-
Violinist Ryan Coppin is featured in this special Leap Day concert programmed with music inspired by the coming of spring.