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Pianist Zachary Ridgway stopped by the TPR studio to perform music by Franz Liszt, Frederic Chopin, and George Gershwin. Hear the session at the link, and learn a little more about the FREE concert series at St. John's Lutheran Church, happening at noon every First Friday!

Over the years, composers who were not white males have not only had to fight to get their music heard, but for basic rights. Learn more about these pioneering women composers and hear there music on this program—full audio at the link, or tune in Saturday night at 7:00 on KPAC 88.3 FM!

San Antonio's premier string quartet stops by KPAC 88.3 FM to perform on-air and preview the first concert of their 2024-25 season. Hear the music at the link!

Composer Anthony Brandt’s newest music features innovative dance scores created in collaboration with NobleMotion Dance and the University of Houston IUCRC BRAIN Center. The projects are both performances and scientific experiments, where dancers wore mobile brain-body imaging devices to better understand brain interaction. Brandt's music celebrates the human mind and its role in shaping our reality.

The Classic Theatre of San Antonio this week opens a new bilingual version of "The Fantasticks" called "The Fantastikos." TPR's Nathan Cone visited with the team behind the music of the show to learn about how the musical is "beautifully rendered" onstage in Spanish and English, according to musical director and pianist Jaime Ramirez.

San Antonio musicians Kevin Salfen and Richard Novak recently released a recording of their song cycle "Stations of Mychal," about Mychal Judge, chaplain for the NYC Fire Department on 9/11. TPR's Barry Brake learns more about this moving project to honor the fallen hero.

The Classical Music Insitute's chamber music series brought a program inspired by a new exhibit of art by Amalia Mesa-Bains at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Listen to this concert, recorded Oct. 4, 2024 and featuring music by Robert Schumann, Juan Pablo Contreras, Gabriela Ortiz, and more composers.

Tatiana Dorokhova not only won the Silver Medal at the 2024 Gurwitz International Piano Competition, she also was voted audience favorite. The pianist will be performing a free concert on Sunday, Oct. 13 at San Fernando Cathedral, and stopped by TPR this week to give us a preview, live on KPAC 88.3 FM.

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.

Stephen Sondheim took American musical theater to places it had never gone before through harmonic invention, and of course, in his lyrics. The Library of Congress recently acquired materials from Sondheim's estate—and TPR's James Baker interviewed the man tasked with overseeing the collection, Mark Horowitz.