Our old friends the Tower Brass Quintet (with three new members) return to the FM 91 studios to perform a program of Christmas favorites!

Four star singers from Toledo Opera's production of Il Trovatore join us for conversation and performance: soprano Leah Crocetto; tenor Carl Tanner; mezzo Deborah Nansteel, and baritone Kyle Pfortmiller. Also joining us are Co-Artistic Directors Kevin Bylsma (also the pianist) and James Norman.

In this virtual edition of Live from FM 91, we welcome two members of The Sylvan Trio: flutist (and Sunday Baroque host) Suzanne Bona, and pianist (and former WGTE host) Greg Kostraba. Suzanne and Greg talk about and share tracks from their latest album, Music for Flute, Cello & Piano by Women Composers, which you can find here: https://www.amazon.com/Music-Flute-Cello-Piano-Composers/dp/B08L22XY5C. The Sylvan Trio Website: http://www.sylvantrio.com/Sylvan_Trio/Home.html Sunday Baroque's "Beautiful Music in Difficult Times" blog: https://sundaybaroque.org/category/blog/ Please note: due to copyright restrictions, some musical selections have been truncated for this podcast.

For this episode of Live From FM 91, we connect virtually with composers Evan Ziporyn and Christine Southworth as they introduce their own music. On the program: Christine's Sharktooth Frenzy (from pianist Yevgeny Yontov) and Evan's Tunggal (from New Music Detroit and vibraphonist Ian Ding). Both performances come from last year's New Music Festival at Bowling Green State University, when Evan was the featured composer. https://www.ziporyn.com/ http://www.christinesouthworth.com/ https://www.bgsu.edu/festival

Baroque cellist Juliana Soltis stops by the studio for a conversation about (and performances from) her new album Going Off Script: The Ornamented Suites for Cello. Juliana brings a fresh approach to the solo cello suites of Johann Sebastian Bach by looking to the past for inspiration: specifically, the ornamental, improvisatory performance style of the baroque era. Photo by Teresa Tam Studio.

Graduate and undergrad winners of the annual Conrad Art Song Competition at BGSU perform live in our Dana Performance Studio. Nick Kottman, baritone | Emily Morin, piano "In the silence of the secret night" by Sergei Rachmaninoff Mickey Miller, soprano | Humay Gasimzade, piano “Dans un bois solitaire” by Mozart “La petite servant” by Poulenc (from Cinq poemes du Max Jacob) Nick Kottman, baritone | Emily Morin, piano "Nude at the Piano" by John Musto "Mattinata" by Ruggero Leoncavallo Mickey Miller, soprano | Humay Gasimzade, piano “Skogen Sover” by Hugo Alfven “Canto di Primavera” by Pietro Cimara