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/
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Members of the U.S. Air Force Band of the West dropped by KPAC 88.3 FM this week to preview their Holiday in Blue concerts, happening on Dec. 17 & 18 at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. Hear some holiday favorites, and music by J.S. Bach, at the link! -
The Adelante Winds this weekend are offering holiday fun with music, a photo booth, and yes, an Ugly Sweater Contest. Hear a preview of their performances at the link! -
Members of the UIW Cardinal Singers visited with TPR's Barry Brake on Classical Connections last week. Click the link to hear their in-studio performance and learn more about their Dec. 7-8 festival featuring music by the French composer Francis Poulenc. -
On Saturday Nov. 23 at 4 p.m., the Children's Chorus of San Antonio presents a concert of songs based on earth, wind, fire and water. Hear a preview at the link, as they performed in-studio for KPAC 88.3 FM. -
Violinist Nancy Zhou stopped by the KPAC Performance Studio to collaborate with pianist Jeffrey Kahane on music by Brahms. Hear their complete performance at the link! -
Multi-talented musician and composer Nathan Felix this weekend is presenting a celebration of newly-written opera. TPR's Nathan Cone will serve as one of the on-stage hosts. Hear a preview of the music at the link! -
The San Antonio Philharmonic's Music Director, Jeffrey Kahane, joins host Barry Brake in our performance studio at the piano to guide you through Beethoven's most famous piece, making surprising connections along the way! Listen to the full segment at the link for a fascinating musical illustration of this piece, which Kahane says is more than music—"it is a statement of belief in some fundamental human values." The SA Phil performs Beethoven's Ninth on Nov. 16 & 17. -
Duo Baldo and soprano Maria Luigia Borsi stopped by the KPAC studios this week to preview their concert happening Sunday, Nov. 10 at San Fernando Cathedral with Musical Bridges Around the World. Hear two selections recorded in our studio at the link. -
Sarah Davis, Natalie Baker and Zachary Ridgway stop by KPAC 88.3 FM's Classical Connections to perform music inspired by and featuring the words of the famous German poet who 'launched romanticism,' Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. -
Hear a preview of this week's First Friday concert at St. John's Lutheran Church, featuring mezzo-soprano Crystal Jarrell Johnson.
