In this weeks WCRI Classical Kids Hour hosts Jamie Jones and the Newport Music Festivals Education & Outreach Coordinator Trevor Neal invite you to join them as they listen to Scheherazade.

In this program WCRI host Mike Maino and Newport Music Festival Executive Director Pamela Pantos discuss this years 52nd Newport Music Festival. In this program Pamela highlights the Viva Verdi! concert at The Breakers Thursday, July 16, 2020 8:00 pm Sponsored by: Marjorie R. Yashar and Gerald Z. Gibian. For more information on the Newport Music Festival, to purchase tickets to an upcoming concert or to make a donation please visit newportmusic.org or call 401-846-113

In this weeks 95.9 Company Break program Mike talks with Capizzano Olive Oils & Vinegars owners Suzanne & Stephen Capizzano. Olive Oils and Vinegars in all their healthy varieties are a family and cultural staple of Stephen’s Italian heritage. Suzanne as an experienced health professional in physical therapy and cardiac rehabilitation, knows well the specific benefits of the Mediterranean Lifestyle by choosing high quality extra virgin olive oils, legumes, vegetables and fish. For more about Capizzano Olive Oil & Vinegars call 860-495-218 or visit capizzanoco.com

This week Peter Berton, organist, choir director and composer is our special guest. We talk about the upcoming programs he's involved with at St. John the Evangelist Church, on the Point in Newport. Then we listen to some selections of music that will be presented during the showing of the silent movie “Hunchback of Notre Dame”, on Friday February 21st at 6:30PM. For more information you can go to www.saintjohns-newport.org

This week Joe is featuring saxophonist Lew Tabackin from his 1994 Concord Records recording "What A Little Moonlight Can Do".

In this weeks WCRI Classical Kids Hour hosts Jamie Jones and the Newport Music Festivals Education & Outreach Coordinator Trevor Neal invite you to join them as they listen to Beethoven Lives Upstairs.

In this program WCRI host Mike Maino and Newport Music Festival Executive Director Pamela Pantos discuss this years 52nd Newport Music Festival. In this program Pamela highlights the Bach, Beethoven, Brahms & Balakirev concert at The Elms Monday, July 13, 2020 11:00 am. For more information on the Newport Music Festival, to purchase tickets to an upcoming concert or to make a donation please visit newportmusic.org or call 401-846-113

The Narragansett Bay Symphony Community Orchestra is the subject of this week's program, with Bruce Goldstein, President and Nathaniel Efthimiou,Guest Conductor. We talk about their upcoming concert and listen to some of the music from the program being presented on Sunday, March 8th, 3:00 PM at McVinney Auditorium. For more information you can call 401-274-4578, or go to www.nabsco.org.

This week Joe is featuring saxophonist Zoot Sims from his 1960 Lone Hill Jazz Records recording "Down Home".

In this weeks WCRI Classical Kids Hour hosts Jamie Jones and the Newport Music Festivals Education & Outreach Coordinator Trevor Neal invite you to join them as they listen to music composed by Hanz Krasa in the opera Brundibar.