Kathryn Barnard, conductor and founder of the Pittsburgh School for Choral Arts, stopped by the QED Morning Show to talk about their upcoming concerts.

Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Doublebass Jeffrey Turner discusses the Johann Vanhal Concerto with Maestro Edward Leonard who conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh at Chatham University’s Campbell Memorial Chapel Thursday May 12 at 7:30 Topics include the new basses hired by the Pittsburgh Symphony, Copland’s Quiet City and Haydn’s Farewell Symphony.

Members of Alia Musica talk about the Pittsburgh Festival of New Music taking place throughout Pittsburgh in May 2016.

Broadway actor Eddie Korbich is in town for Pittsburgh Public Theater's production of "Tru." Eddie stars as Truman Capote in this one-man play based on Capote's words and works. WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham talked to Mr. Korbich about the work.

Lindsey Goodman stopped by to talk about her new CD "Reach through the Sky." You'll also hear some selections from the recording.

Byron Janis is in Pittsburgh to celebrate his 88th birthday. He stopped by WQED-FM to talk about his storied career and to play some selections in our performance studio.

James W. Iman doesn’t care if you bring a good novel while listening to his performance of Morton Feldman’s For Bonita Marcus. It’s over an hour and forty minutes of continuous mood enhancing piano. He’ll play it at the Church of the Redeemer in Squirrel Hill Saturday May 21 2016 at 2pm. Hear all about it and the Iman cd on the way soon from Brussels with Boulez and Gilbert Amy. With performances in the Bayer Broadcast Studio from Morton Feldman—his Piano Piece 1953 and Sugar Cubes by Bunita Marcus. Unabashed modernism lives!

Pittsburgh Opera Music Director Antony Walker joined Jim Cunningham on the QED Morning Show to talk about Pittsburgh Opera's production of Stravinsky's "The Rake's Progress."

Trumpet Gabriel Colby and trombone Hakim Bilal from C Street Brass got up early for a 7:30am discussion of their concert Saturday night April 30 at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie Pa. Also brass talk from their recent trip to San Francisco, a new member joining the group, about PSO trumpet Neal Berntsen’s son Jake is Rain and alter ego Beauty Slap with great music from the group.

Chamber Music Pittsburgh presents Lance Laduke and the New Malcontents: An Incomplete and Highly Biased History of the Greatest Comedy Songs Ever Written Ever. Lance fills us in on the event at the Ace Hotel in East Liberty Wednesday May 11 at 7pm. You will hear everything about the concert which includes a guest appearance from banjo virtuoso Chris Fennimore. Also the future of classical music as taught at CMU.