On March 27th, 2022, organist Adam Brakel played a recital at Pleasant Hills Presbyterian Church.  Adam spoke with WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham about the recital, his background and more.

Opera superstar Marianne Cornetti will return to her alma mater for a special performance to benefit the City Music Center of Duquesne University. "Marianne Cornetti and Friends: A United Way Concert for City Music Center" will be held in PNC Recital Hall on Sunday March 27th at 4pm. During the concert, Cornetti will be joined by pianist David Allen Wehr, dean of music and the Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair, alongside students from the Mary Pappert School of Music and the City Music Center. Together, they will perform selections form opera and musical theater.  David Allen Wehr and Marianne Cornetti joined WQED-FM's Anna Singer to tell us more about the concert.

The Pittsburgh Savoyards close their 84th season with Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular operetta, The Pirates of Penzance. Performances will be held March 25-27, April 1-3, and April 8-10 2022 at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie, PA.   WQED-FM's Anna Singer spoke with Production Manager Lynette Garlan and Stage Director Robert Hockenberry about the production.

The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh presents "Toward the Unknown Region" Saturday April 2, 7:30pm at the Hillman Center for Performing Arts, and Sunday April 3rd, 2:30pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church.  This concert will feature two dynamic works for chorus: Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Toward the Unknown Region and Jonathan Dove’s blistering song cycle "The Passing of the Year."  Music Director Matthew Mehaffey stopped by WQED-FM to chat with Anna Singer about the concert.

The Butler County Symphony Orchestra concludes it's 2022 season with a semi staged production of the Tony Award winning 1950 classic musical Guys N Dolls by Frank Loesser. Matthew Kraemer conducts and fills us in on the joy of working with the Musical Theatre Guild of Butler.

Theodossis Isaias, Associate Curator of the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art, talks about artist Zoe Zenghelis with her first American solo show in Pittsburgh and her visit to discuss her work with an April Pittsburgh gathering of architects from around the globe. Theo discusses his recent appointment in Pittsburgh and work at MIT, Yale, and in his native Greece. Theo describes Zoe’s work, her relevance to the world of today, her political thought, educational influence and collaboration with world renowned architects such as Rem Koolhas in this interview with Jim Cunningham.

March 26th through April 3rd, Pittsburgh Opera present's Bizet's "Carmen" at the Benedum Center.  WQED-FM's Anna Singer spoke with Scott Quinn, the production's "Don Jose."   He talks about his character being a pretty messed up guy, growing up in Texas, and more.

March 26th through April 3rd, Pittsburgh Opera present's Bizet's "Carmen" at the Benedum Center.  WQED-FM's Anna Singer spoke with mezzo-soprano Zanda Svede about singing the title role, why she still enjoys singing this role, growing up in Latvia, and much more.

March 26th through April 3rd, Pittsburgh Opera present's Bizet's "Carmen" at the Benedum Center.  WQED-FM's Anna Singer spoke with Pittsburgh Opera's Music Director Antony Walker about this production, why he loves "Carmen" so much, and more in this conversation.

March 26th through April 3rd, Pittsburgh Opera present's Bizet's "Carmen" at the Benedum Center.  WQED-FM's Anna Singer spoke with Stage Director Garnett Bruce about this production, why he's doing a version using dialogue, how Bizet died thinking the opera was a failure, and more.