Weekend tours begin November 18th – 20th and will continue through November 26th and 27th for family Thanksgiving weekend outings. Tickets are $25 in advance, $35 at the door, and $35 for Candlelight Tours. All proceeds will be to support the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.  Visit https://pittsburghsymphonyassociation.org for more information!

Composer Reinaldo Moya and Butler County Symphony Musical Director Matthew Kraemer, discuss their upcoming concert entitled, "Voices of Nature," on Saturday, November 5th at 7:30pm. This concert features the 2nd world premiere of Reinaldo's Dark Earth: Anthropogenic Amazon. Tickets available at butlersymphony.org

Pittsburgh Philharmonic's Musical Director and CMU alumni, Daniel Nesta Curtis, discusses his upcoming concert, "Poetry in Music," on Sunday, November 6th at 4pm at the Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center in Ross Township. Selections include William Grant Still's Poem for Orchestra and Dvorak's 8th Symphony. Tickets can be found at pghphil.org.

Science fiction writer and Pittsburgh native, Lawrence C Connolly, discusses his upcoming premiere of Frankenstein at Prime Stage Theater, Friday November 4th at 8 pm. This show runs until Sunday November 13th. Opening night includes a preview of clues from Prime Stage's new Mystery Theater Podcast. Tickets at primestage.com.

Twelfth Night Ensemble performs their "Flash and Elegance" concert at Shadyside Presbyterian Church on Saturday October 29th, 7:30pm as part of the Chatham Baroque/Renaissance and Baroque Concert Series.  Anna Singer spoke to Rachel Ellen Wong about what the audience can expect at the concert.  

Organ Artists Series guest organist Vincent Dubois joins Jim Cunningham to talk about his recital in Pittsburgh at St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland Friday night October 28 7:30pm   Bach is included in the French masterworks plus Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre for Halloween, Cesar Franck and Maurice Durufle. Dubois is one of the three organists at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. He discusses the state of the renovation which French President Emanuel Macron says will be finished by December of 2024. The accordion in his musical world, the French and Halloween and many other musical topics in this beautiful soufflé!  With Ken Danchik, Associate organist at St. Paul Cathedral, who teaches at the University of Pittsburgh.  He is Dean of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, teaches for the Pittsburgh Organ Academy, and is a charter member of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Pastoral Musicians.

Trombone Joe Williams and tuba Russ Pederson join Jim Cunningham to discuss Unity Brass and the free concert at Heinz Memorial Chapel at the University of Pittsburgh Sunday October 23, 3pm. Lennon and McCartney, Ewald, Gabrieli and Puttin on the Ritz are on the setlist which you can find at unitybrass.net  With Catherine Getchell, trumpet  Todd Obidowski, trumpet and Barbara Folb, horn,

The Pittsburgh Savoyards continue their 85th season this Fall with Gilbert and Sullivan’s magical operetta, The Sorcerer. Performances will be held October 21-23 and 28-30 2022 at the Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center in Ross Township, PA.  Some cast members of the Sorcerer stopped by WQED-FM to talk with Anna Singer.