From the Studio

Premiering September 13-14, 2019 – The Vista House on Mt. Spokane October 3, 2019 – The Lens at Spokane Public Library (Also broadcast live on KPBX 91.1, Oct. 3rd at 7:00 p.m.) “I wonder if there is an exact moment When I gave up the idea of permanence.” The Scent of a Thousand Rains by Damon Falke is a love story. A man ( Ryan Childers ) finds himself alone in an apartment in Budapest. He peers from the window to discover a woman ( Tana Bachman-Bland ) standing on her balcony. Their unlikely

In Part Two of Gonzaga University Music Department's visit to the studio, pianist Greg Presley performs the first movement of Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat, and the discussion about music, performance, and education continues with Tim Westerhaus, Director of Choirs and Vocal studies, and Robert Spittal, Director of the Creative Music Lab. The Gonzaga University Music Department Faculty Showcase begins at 3 PM on Sunday, September 29th. For more information on Gonzaga's Music

In Part One of Gonzaga University Music Department Faculty's visit to the studio, Michael and Kelleren Millham perform two songs on guitar and vocals, respectively. Also in the studio are Robert (Bob) Spittal, Conductor of the Faculty and Student Chamber Orchestra, with selections from the upcoming performance showcase, Greg Presley, pianist, and Tim Westerhaus, Director of Choirs and Vocal Studies and Music Department Chair. The Gonzaga University Music Department Faculty Showcase begins at 3

The Watoto Children's Choir, comprised of Ugandan children of many ages, visits the performance studio with their adult leaders, Paul and Eunice Musaali and Mercy Imusalaba. The children and their accompanying musicians perform songs written by members of the Watoto Church, which serves orphaned and vulnerable children and women with a variety of programs. The choir tours with different children each year, allowing as many children as possible to perform for audiences around the world. The

Spokane Civic Theatre’s Susan Hardie visits the studio to discuss “The Book of Will,” Lauren Gunderson’s play about a pivotal moment in Elizabethan history when the plays of William Shakespeare could have been lost to posterity. Also in the studio are actors Jamie Flannery (John Heminges), Bridget Pretz (Alice Heminges), Kelly Hauenstein (Henry Condell), Rebecca Craven (Rebecca Heminges), and Bill Marlowe (Ben Jonson), to perform a couple of scenes from the play. “The Book of Will” opens Friday,

Rebekah Crane is the author of several critically acclaimed young adult novels, including The Infinite Pieces of Us , The Upside of Falling Down , and The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland . She is a former high school English teacher who found a passion for writing young adult fiction while studying secondary English education at Ohio University. She is a yoga instructor and the mother of two girls. After living and teaching in six different cities, Rebekah finally settled in the foothills of the

Dean Williamson, Conductor of Inland Northwest Opera's "Madame Butterfly," visits the studio to discuss his history in Spokane, conducting Puccini's opera. Also in the studio is Fenlon Lamb, Stage Director, who discusses the nuances of staging a beloved opera, especially one that translates a story and imagery from the East for a Western audience. "Madame Butterfly" opens Friday, September 20, at 7:30 PM in the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox and will have a matinee performance on Sunday,