In this excerpt from "Live With C#" Cecelia Sharpe speaks with harpist Brandee Younger who performed at The Cube the night of May 28, 2023.

Dr. Julie Jaffee Nagel has written a new book entitled "Career Choices in Music Beyond the Pandemic: Musical and Psychological Perspectives" and Dave Wagner talked with Dr. Nagel about the challenges facing everyone who is considering a career in the performing arts.

Jader conducts the DSO this weekend in a program of Johannes Brahms, Carlos Simon and Beethoven. He stopped by our studios to speak with Peter about the concert, Friday's live 90.9 broadcast...and the upcoming performances at Orchestra Hall and the William Davidson Neighborhood Series.

They have been called 'The Rock Stars of Renaissance Polyphony" by the New York Times, and the Tallis Scholars, with their founder Peter Phillips, come to Detroit on Saturday night for a concert at St. Anne Church in Detroit. Dave Wagner had the opportunity to talk with Peter Phillips about their 50th anniversary tour and their stop here in Detroit.

Nathalie Doucet is Head of Music at Detroit Opera. For the past weeks, she's been working with artists preparing for the company's upcoming run of Osvaldo Golijov's electrifying work Ainadamar: Fountain of Tears. 90.9's Peter Whorf speaks with Doucet about the many components of this Spanish language opera...

Nathalie Doucet is Head of Music at Detroit Opera. For the past weeks, she's been working with artists preparing for the company's upcoming run of Osvaldo Golijov's electrifying work Ainadamar: Fountain of Tears. 90.9's Peter Whorf speaks with Doucet about the many components of this Spanish language opera...

A brief featurette about composer & bandleader Maria Schneider's work with soprano Dawn Upshaw and the Australian Chamber Orchestra based on the poems of Ted Kooser.

When bandleader Duke Ellington made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1943, he had already enjoyed a career spanning 20 years as part of the Harlem Renaissance. But the Carnegie Hall concert presented an opportunity to branch out in a new direction, debuting his 45-minute symphonic work, called “Black, Brown and Beige.”

In 2022, Jessie Montgomery was named the Mead Composer in Residence for the Chicago Symphony, receiving commissions to write 3 new orchestral works, and curate the orchestra’s MusicNOW programs.

In 2022, Jessie Montgomery was named the Mead Composer in Residence for the Chicago Symphony, receiving commissions to write 3 new orchestral works, and curate the orchestra’s MusicNOW programs.