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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Jeffrey Kahane, artistic director of the new orchestra Harmonium of Texas, stopped by the KPAC studios to preview their concerts this fall, including an appearance by Yo-Yo Ma. Kahane also treated us to a little piano, which you can hear at the link. -
The concert on Sept. 4 includes a piece that Zachary Ridgway says brings out the "wild side" of Bach. Hear his in-studio performance at the link. -
Members of the Junior Tuesday Musical Club paid a visit to us here at TPR recently, and it stretched out into a nearly-an-hour session, with some stellar performances the students have been working on. Hear their music at the link. -
Guitarist Andrew Blanch and mezzo-soprano Maria Eugenia Nieva are partners both on and off the stage. They dropped by our KPAC 88.3 FM studio to perform live, ahead of their duo concert this Saturday night at 7:00 at Travis Park UMC. -
The long-running San Antonio chamber group, Olmos Ensemble, releases a new album, 'Made in Germany,' this week. -
A WWII-era story with Viennese threads and the world of Japanese Noh performance will take the stage at the Tobin Center's Carlos Alvarez Theater on Friday and Saturday. Preview the unique music at the link, as heard on KPAC 88.3 FM's Classical Connections. -
Hornist Jeff Garza opens the Olmos Ensemble's summer concert series on Sunday afternoon at 3:00, at First Unitarian Universalist Church. The program is free and open to the public. Hear a preview at the link! -
The new album from Consonari is a bewitching collection of nocturnes and tales, often feeling like magic itself being conjured out of the night sky. Hear excerpts, and Barry Brake's interview with the duo, at the link. -
For the past three weeks, these young musicians have been going to work every day with an intense study of chamber music alongside professional musicians. It all culminates in a free concert this Friday evening. -
"We The People" serves up story after story, meditation after celebration, of all the vast variety of people who make up America and have come to it to expand their own stories. Hear the full album, and more from the Houston-based Apollo Chamber Players, at the link.
