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We hear chamber works from the winners of the Douglas Wayland Chamber Competition. Undergraduate winners: LAPIS TRIO - Kiersten Lowry (flute), Mahlia Proctor (violin), and Luca Albano (piano) Sonata for Flute, Violin, and Piano (Bohuslav Martinů) Trio for Flute, Violin, and Piano (Nino Rota) Graduate winners:TBD QUARTET (pictured) Cyclops (Theresa Martin) Divertimento (Matt Hightower)

Graduate and Undergraduate winners of the 2026 Conrad Art Song Competition at Bowing Green State University introduce themselves and their music and perform in the WGTE studios.

We're joined by creatives from Toledo Opera for a discussion (and performance) of the opera "The Elixir of Love" by Gaetano Donizetti. We hear from cast members Marnie Breckenridge (Adina) and Jason Budd (Dr. Dulcamara), as well as conductor J. Ernest Green. Kevin Bylsma accompanies Marnie and Jason in selections from the opera.

Acoustic string duo Warren & Flick (Jacob Warren & Grant Flick) play music from their recent album "Cormorant" and chat about their multi-instrumental works and their mission. Musical works are as follows: 1. "Water and Soap" - composed by Grant Flick 2. "Elegy" - composed by Giovanni Bottesini, arranged by Warren & Flick 3. "Bässen" - composed by Jacob Warren 4. "Steak!" - traditional American Old-Time tune called "Streak O'lean, Streak O'fat", arranged by Warren & Flick

Members of Toledo's Junior Monday Musical join their teachers in performance, as a preview of their concert honoring mentors Frances Renzi and Bonnie Ward. Joining us are Junior Musicale advisor Rachel Schmitz, pianist Frances Renzi (pictured) and flutist Amy Heritage, and their students Molly Boyd, Rachel Mueller (both flutists), and pianist Henry Shao.

Winners of the Douglas Wayland Chamber Competition at BGSU appear in conversation and performance. Viola professor and organizer of the competition Hannah Levinson tells us about the competition and how winners were selected. The winners of the graduate division,The Big Su (saxophone quartet), perform music by William Albright, and the second-place winners of the undergrad division, The Vyšehrad Trio, perform music by Antonín Dvořák.

Cellist Juliana Soltis and pianist Robert Satterlee preview Juliana's new album American Woman, with conversation and performances of works by Amy Beach, Helen Crane, and Florence Price.

Singers Claire Leyden (Nellie Forbush) and Keith Phares (Emile de Becque) perform in our studio and join in conversation with conductor Ernest Green and director James Norman about Toledo Opera's production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic South Pacific. Photo, from left: Claire Leyden, Kevin Bylsma, Keith Phares in our studio (credit: WGTE) (Please note that the musical selections have been truncated due to copyright concerns)

We do something a little different: a remote live show via zoom. Saxophone duo Lindsey Welp and Christopher Murphy provide commentary and perform Lost in Conversations by Corey Brodack, Deuce by Robert Lemay, and Eliza Brown's Apart Together.

Pianist Frances Renzi plays in studio and on recording in memory of her close colleague and friend, composer and pianist Paul Schoenfield, with whom she made several recordings.