Classical

"[Bells] are our earliest timepieces. They’re our earliest form of mass communication. Bell towers signal the start and end of everything," says Trinity University's Stevie Berryman, who leads the TU Handbell Ensemble. Hear the beautiful tintinnabulation in our KPAC Performance Studio at the link.

As presented by The Orchestra San Antonio on Oct. 1, "The Lights Are Going Out" is a concert-length meditation on war, memory, and the fragility of peace. Hear the concert at the link.

“The energy that you get from this group is incredible." Troy Peters conducts the YOSA Philharmonic on Sunday night at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts for a program that features movie music and classical melodies featured in great films. Hear students perform on KPAC 88.3 FM at the link.

Youth Orchestras of San Antonio's Sunday concert will consist of movie themes

Are you a musician who's just waiting for your moment to shine? Are you a fan of modern music? Well then, your opportunity is now, as Texas Public Radio…

Texas composer Nathan Felix's new album was recorded at the studios of KMFA in Austin.

If one wanted to draw a neatly pruned tree showing the progression of popular music in Brazil, it might begin with choro, transitioning over time into an array of dances, distinctly Brazilian. In this episode of "Momentos Musicales" KPAC's James Baker listens to the sound of the choro through the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos.

SungEun Park and Martin Kesuma drove all the way down from San Marcos to visit with Barry Brake on KPAC's Classical Connections, and performed live on the radio. You can hear their beautiful music at the link!

As part of our Momentos Musicales series, KPAC's James Baker looks at the way the Good Neighbor policy of the United States helped foster musical development in the 1940s that introduced Latin American music to the U.S.

San Antonio's 35-member brass band won 3rd place in a prestigious contest—and is about to start its concert season.