From the Studio

Producer & actor Rebecca Cook, director Kearney Jordan and actor Thomas Olson from Spokane Stage Left Theater had a quick chat with us today about their 6th annual “Fast & Furious” Playwright Festival, consisting of 36 original one-page plays from around the world. Performances will be at 7:30 PM on March 15 & 16 with a 2 PM matinee on March 17. This production may not be suitable for all audiences.

Janet Ahrend, Co-Dean of the Spokane Chapter of the American Guild of Organists came for an interview this morning in anticipation of the Guild’s upcoming concert with Crescendo Community Chorus. The performance will be at 3 PM on Sunday, March 17 in Central Lutheran Church.

MusicFest Northwest is an adjudicated classical music program that encourages and aids young people to study music and the arts. There have been over 47,000 entrants in the last 73 years, participating in eight divisions: piano, flute, organ, ballet, voice, string, reed and brass. They range in age from first grade through post-graduate work. Three of the past piano participants—Archie Chen, Greg Presley and Cheryl Carney—stopped by the studio on Tuesday to reminisce with Verne about MusicFest

MusicFest Northwest is an adjudicated classical music program that encourages and aids young people to study music and the arts. There have been over 47,000 entrants in the last 73 years, participating in eight divisions: piano, flute, organ, ballet, voice, string, reed and brass. They range in age from first grade through post-graduate work. Three of the past piano participants—Archie Chen, Greg Presley and Cheryl Carney—stopped by the studio on Tuesday to reminisce with Verne about MusicFest

Conductor Rei Hotoda, one of the Spokane Symphony’s Music Director Finalists, arrived for an interview in our studio today along with talented violinist Angelo Xiang Yu, who is featuring in the symphony’s “Classics 7: Korngold & Shostakovich” concert this weekend. The two performances will be at 8 PM on Saturday, March 9 and 3 PM on Sunday, March 10 in the Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox.

Conductor Rei Hotoda, one of the Spokane Symphony’s Music Director Finalists, arrived for an interview in our studio today along with talented violinist Angelo Xiang Yu, who is featuring in the symphony’s “Classics 7: Korngold & Shostakovich” concert this weekend. The two performances will be at 8 PM on Saturday, March 9 and 3 PM on Sunday, March 10 in the Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox.

Pianist Alison Lee, the seventh of the Coeur d’Alene Symphony’s 2019 Young Artist Competition Winners, plays Scriabin’s “Prelude in B Major, Op. 11, No. 11” and chats with us a bit. Alison and the other winners will be performing in concert with the CdA Symphony at 7:30 PM on Friday, March 8 and 2 PM on Saturday, March 9.

Violinist Elizabeth Hamilton, the sixth of the Coeur d’Alene Symphony’s 2019 Young Artist Competition Winners, plays Bach’s “Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor” and chats with us a bit. Elizabeth and the other winners will be performing in concert with the CdA Symphony at 7:30 PM on Friday, March 8 and 2 PM on Saturday, March 9.

Pianist Yin Zhang, the fifth of the Coeur d’Alene Symphony’s 2019 Young Artist Competition Winners, plays Debussy’s “Prelude from Suite Bergamasque” and chats with us a bit. Yin and the other winners will be performing in concert with the CdA Symphony at 7:30 PM on Friday, March 8 and 2 PM on Saturday, March 9.

Soprano Lindsay Webber, the fourth of the Coeur d’Alene Symphony’s 2019 Young Artist Competition Winners, sings Menotti’s “Steal Me, Sweet Thief” from The Old Maid and the Thief (accompanied by pianist Tiffany Wang) and chats with us a bit. Lindsay and the other winners will be performing in concert with the CdA Symphony at 7:30 PM on Friday, March 8 and 2 PM on Saturday, March 9.