KCBP Community Radio: Arts of the San Joaquin Valley

Alethia Alvarez talks with co-host Linda Scheller about teaching and coaching Latin dance, social dance opportunities, and the Modesto Latin Music and Dance Festival 2025.

Vintertainer Alan Arnopole, a founding member of California Zephyr, performs music and talks with co-host Linda Scheller about the band's history and its 50 year anniversary celebration.

Lisa McDermott, Executive Director of Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock, California, talks with co-host Linda Scheller about the Carnegie Arts Center's history, mission, art exhibits, classes, programs, and events .

Two young Central West Ballet dancers, Jack Griffin and Trenton Brouillette, talk with co-host Linda Scheller about their CWB studio experience, performance, focus, and future goals.

Grammy-winning trombonist, composer, arranger, and educator Jamie Dubberly talks with co-host Linda Scheller. A new musical track by Jamie Dubberly, "Mieke Jade," follows the conversation.

MoSt Poetry founding board members Gillian Wegener, Tom Myers, and Gary Thomas talk with co-host and fellow board member Linda Scheller about Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center, an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) that facilitates two poetry reading series, annual summer workshops, a poetry festival, Poetry Out Loud, book donations to area schools, Poetry on the Spot, and the New Year's Poetry Challenge.

Painter Chella Gonsalves talks with co-host Linda Scheller about her art, teaching career, exhibitions, and painting groups.

Deborah Kavasch talks with co-host Linda Scheller about her career as an educator, composer, soprano, and specialist in extended vocal techniques.

Poet and physician Vielka Solano reads her poetry and talks with co-host Linda Scheller about her medical practice, her Heartland Grant project, and "la cultura cura."

Nicholas Hersh, Music Director of Modesto Symphony Orchestra, talks with co-host Linda Scheller about becoming a conductor, music in education, balancing the canon, a music director's responsibilities, and the significance of live musical performances.