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

WDAV was pleased to host pianist Pamela Howland in our studios for a live performance during our Fall Campaign. Listen to Howland perform selections from Chopin and talk with us about her work and her upcoming appearances.

Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violinist and conductor of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, chats with WDAV host Matt Rogers about the ensemble's 'Diamonds in the Rough' concert on January 23 and 25. Sitkovetsky will also give us a performance of works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky.

Agave Baroque, a San Francisco-based ensemble specializing in 17th century string chamber music, will be in Davidson as part of BachFest at St. Alban's Episcopal Church. Prior to this performance, they came to the WDAV performance studio to perform live and to chat with Matt Rogers about the upcoming show.

Opera Carolina begins its 2013 – 2014 season with Verdi’s Aida . Two of the performers, baritone Mark Rucker and soprano Othalie Graham, joined us in the WDAV John Clark Performance Studio. Midday host Matt Rogers talked with them about the show, and they sang highlights from Aida .

Soprano Margaret Carpenter joins members of the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra and Dr. David Tang for a visit to the WDAV studios for a live preview of their upcoming service featuring Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri. The service will take place at Sharon Presbyterian Church under the direction of Dr. Tang, Director of Music. Orchestra members include Barbara Blaker Krumdieck (baroque cello), Anthony Harvey (theorbo), and David Wilson and Peter Lekx (violin).

Violinist Karen Gomyo with accompanist Dina Vainshtein visited the WDAV John Clark Performance Studio for a live performance and to chat with host Rachel Stewart. Ms. Gomyo is the feature soloist in the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra's performance of Tchaikovsky's Pathetique , part of the CSO's Classics Series. 

Jessica Lindsey, assistant professor of clarinet at UNC Charlotte, and pianist Christian Bohnenstengel, an assistant professor at Southern Utah University, give a preview of an upcoming concert highlighting women composers. They will perform Sheila Silver's work Lullaby in its entirety.

Grammy-nominated violinist Robert McDuffie   joins host Frank Dominguez for a preview of his upcoming concert to benefit Davidson College and WDAV.  McDuffie, whose son attends Davidson College, has performed with the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics and numerous ensembles abroad, including the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. He is the founder of both the Rome Chamber Music Festival in Italy and the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in his native city of Macon, Georgia.

The A.W. Duo, cellist James Waldo and pianist Alyona Aksyonova, with guest Ariadne Greif visit WDAV to preview the groups two upcoming performances. The ensemble will perform as part of the Music at St. Alban's series and the Center City Concerts at St. Peter's. Their program will include chamber music exploring themes of romantic love in music of the 19th century, from soulful art songs to sassy parlor music.