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What happens when 400 harmonica players get together in San Antonio? One heck of a jam session, that's what. Check out this segment from KPAC's Classical Connections featuring some unique arrangements of classical and folk melodies for harmonica and piano.

Celebrating the summer solstice, Make Music Day, and the 60th anniversary of Terry Riley's "In C," a group of 30 musicians came together to perform at the TPR studios on June 21, 2024. Hear the ensemble at the link!

Hear some beautiful melodies by Camille Saint-Saens, as performed live on KPAC 88.3 FM. Wolfgang Draving and Zachary Ridgway will be in concert this Sunday at 3 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church.

This season's offering of Momentos Musicales on KPAC 88.3 FM takes the idea of growing the Great American Songbook into the Great Americas Songbook through songs and melodies from Central and South America that influenced composers in America and elsewhere.

TPR's James Baker shares how soprano Ailyn Pérez and composer Daniel Catán brought something new to the world of opera, rooted in Latin American sounds.

On this episode of Momentos Musicales: From Morelia, we learn about Miguel Bernal Jiménez, and see how a beautiful waltz went international with lyrics and a popular rendition by Mario Lanza.

On this episode of Momentos Musicales: As we consider another entry into the Great Americas Songbook, James Baker listens to Violeta Parra's “Gracias a la vida,” a song which easily crosses borders and dresses easily into any number of different genres.

On this episode of KPAC's Momentos Musicales, host James Baker recalls early reactions to "West Side Story" through interviews with the late songwriter Stephen Sondheim.

“I always fall into South American rhythms, I don't know why." So said Stephen Sondheim of his wordplay and songwriting, the focus of this episode of KPAC's Momentos Musicales, examining the Latin influence on classical and popular music of America.

Still mostly isolated today, Cuba has a proud musical history that includes cross-cultural pollination with Asia and America. TPR's James Baker hosts this episode of Momentos Musicales on KPAC 88.3 FM.