From the John Clark Performance Studio

Irrepressible ragtime pianist Ethan Uslan joins Matt Rogers LIVE in the John Clark Performance Studio to play his ragtime arrangements of seasonal favorites.

Our good friends The Kontras Quartet stop by to chat with host Matt Rogers and give us a preview of an upcoming concert, their last performance as the Western Piedmont Symphony's Quartet in Residence. The Kontras Quartet will also talk about their next project: Origins , the official Kontras Quartet debut album.

Music at St. Albans in Davidson opened its 2013 – 2014 season with Bach Fest, featuring music by Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries. Members of Bach Fest joined us in the WDAV John Clark Performance Studio to perform selections from the upcoming concert and chat with WDAV’s Matt Rogers about Bach Fest 2013.

Members of the Piedmont Baroque Consortium visit the John Clark Performance Studio for a preview of their upcoming premiere of the Gloria in C No 1 by Antonio Lotti. For centuries a lost masterpiece, Lotti's Gloria will be performed in a collaboration between Piedmont Baroque Consortium Director David Tang and British Musicologist Ben Byram-Wigfield.

Classical flutist Ben Smolen joins Matt Rogers in the WDAV studio to talk about his role in the Master Class of the Symphony Guild of Charlotte. In addition, Ben will stay to perform works from JS Bach, Michael Gandolfi, and Claude Debussy. Sally Moody, president of the Symphony Guild, will also be in the studios to share more about the history and mission of the guild. Smolen is a celebrated classical flutist and recording artist who performs across the globe and was appointed Principal Flutist of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in Orange County, CA, in 2011.

Cellist Amit Peled may have begun his career as a basketball player, but now brings his "larger than life" performances to concert halls around the world. The 6'5 cellist visits the WDAV studio and brings with him the personal concert cello of Pablo Casals, the legendary Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor.  Peled speaks with host Frank Dominguez and previews his upcoming performance for the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art's Music and Museum series.

Christopher Gilliam -- director of the Davidson College Chorale, a highly selective, auditioned choir of 24 student singers -- chats with WDAV's Frank Dominguez about the ensemble. You'll also hear recordings from past performances.

Join us to hear classical guitarist Adam Levin and violinist William Knuth perform live in the WDAV John Clark Performance Studio. They'll also talk with Matt Rogers about the duo's role in the chamber music world and their appearance at the Music and Museum program at the Bechtler Museum in Charlotte.

Pianist Valarie Valois joins WDAV in the John Clark Performance Studio to perform selected works, including Danza de la moza donosa by Alberto Ginastera and Forest Murmurs by Franz Liszt. In addition, Dr. Valois will chat with Frank Dominguez about music and her career, which includes local and international performances, music education, and serving as the church musician for St. Michael the Archangel Church in Matthews, NC.

On August 23, Matt Rogers welcomed the winners of the 2013 Music Teachers National Association Senior Piano Duet Competition to the WDAV studio. Hannah Wang and Clara Gerdes, both sixteen years old, shared their experiences in the competition and played a few tunes.