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The Junior Tuesday Musical Club has been mentoring and providing performance opportunities for young classical performers for a century. Some of this year's students stopped by the KPAC studios to share music and chat with host Barry Brake — listen at the link!

The Fiesta Flutes stopped by Classical Connections to share holiday music live on KPAC 88.3 FM and preview their concert on Friday, Dec. 15 at Zion Lutheran Church.

Recorded on May 18 at Madison Square Presbyterian Church, this concert features three great chamber groups playing music by Latin American composers and magical music from the films of Hayao Miyazaki, including "Spirited Away" and "Ponyo."

New music by Carlos Franzetti was a highlight of a recent conference of musicians in San Antonio. Hear the piece at the link, as well as TPR's James Baker in conversation with composer Carlos Franzetti and the performers.

This year's Cactus Pear Music Festival promised spontaneity and surprise, and delivered with unique arrangements and brilliant performances! Hear music by Fanny Mendelssohn and a percussion+piano arrangement of Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story" at the link!

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.