Nov 27 Blog “The Island in the City” Wins 2018 Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition Danish composer Bent Sørensen has won the 2018 Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition for “L’isola della Città” (The Island in the City). Written for Trio con Brio, and commissioned by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Trondheim Chamber Music Festival, the 25-minute work is for violin, cello and piano soloists and orchestra. It was premiered […] By Daniel Gilliam Nov 27 Blog “The Island in the City” Wins 2018 Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition By Daniel Gilliam
Nov 20 Blog 2017 Holiday Choral Festival 90.5 WUOL Classical Louisville presents the 2017 Holiday Choral Festival, featuring: University of Louisville Cardinal Singers Floyd Central A Cappella J.W. Tiggs Chorale Western Middle School for the Arts Advanced Choir December 3, 2017 at 7pm St. Stephen Church 1018 S 15th St Louisville, KY, 40210 Tickets at ticketfly.com and Louisville Public Media (and available […] By Daniel Gilliam Nov 20 Blog 2017 Holiday Choral Festival By Daniel Gilliam
Nov 16 Education News WUOLive: 2017 Young Artist Competition Winners Join us for one the most exciting events of the year! On Wednesday, November 22 at noon we’ll present the winners of the 2017 PNC/90.5 WUOL Young Artist Competition. This concert is free and open-to-the-public. Members can reserve a lunch from City Cafe by calling (502) 814-6565 (by Tuesday at noon). Doors open at 11:45am. […] By Daniel Gilliam Nov 16 Education News WUOLive: 2017 Young Artist Competition Winners By Daniel Gilliam
Nov 02 Holiday Thanksgiving Specials 2017 November 23, 9a-10a Every Good Thing Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. – Ralph Waldo Emerson On this day of grace and thanks, who and […] By Daniel Gilliam Nov 02 Holiday Thanksgiving Specials 2017 By Daniel Gilliam
Oct 26 Blog Jake Heggie American opera composer Jake Heggie talks about writing his first opera, Dead Man Walking, 17 years ago and hearing it since then, and his career journey and how he approaches the operatic art form. By Daniel Gilliam Oct 26 Blog Jake Heggie By Daniel Gilliam
Oct 19 WUOLive WUOLive: Art Songs with Kentucky Opera Hear some of Kentucky Opera’s Studio Artists – Joanna Latini and Conor McDonald – outside the opera stage, singing art songs of Francis Poulenc, Vincenzo Bellini, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Libby Larsen’s Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII. Wednesday, October 25 at 12 noon, at Louisville Public Media (619 […] By Daniel Gilliam Oct 19 WUOLive WUOLive: Art Songs with Kentucky Opera By Daniel Gilliam