Apr 16 Blog Public Radio Music Day Today we’re celebrating the first-ever annual Public Radio Music Day together with 91.9 WFPK! Hosted by the noncomMUSIC Alliance, Public Radio Music Day is a nationwide celebration uniting public radio music stations, fans, artists and other members of the music industry to celebrate and spread the word about the special role noncommercial stations play in […] By WUOL Apr 16 Blog Public Radio Music Day By WUOL
Jan 30 Education News The Story of Ferdinand 90.5 WUOL partners with Squallis Puppeteers to tell a musical version of The Story of Ferdinand. Shawn Hennessey has built a wonderful suitcase puppet show to go along with the music and narration of Sara Soltau, our education programs manager. Sara performs“Ferdinand the Bull” for speaker and violin (music by Alan Ridout and words by Munro Leaf) […] By Sara Louise Callaway Jan 30 Education News The Story of Ferdinand By Sara Louise Callaway
Feb 12 Artsbreak SOLI’s Portraits SOLI Chamber Ensemble from San Antonio Texas recently released a new album titled “Portraits.” This album features four newly commissioned works from composers Erich Stem, Peter Farmer, Elliott Miles McKinley, and Diego Vega. Composer Erich Stem is also Associate Professor of Music at Indiana University Southeast and produced the album at New Dynamic Records. It […] By WUOL Feb 12 Artsbreak SOLI’s Portraits By WUOL
Feb 06 Blog Artist Spotlight: Casey Cangelosi Casey Cangelosi Michelle Frech recently joined Classical 90.5 as an intern. She is a student of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville studying Music Business. Over the next few months Michelle will be writing for our website, focusing on some of her interests which include percussion music. Award-winning percussionist Casey Cangelosi is an outstanding performer, composer, and […] By WUOL Feb 06 Blog Artist Spotlight: Casey Cangelosi By WUOL
Dec 19 Blog Christmas in England Christmas Eve (1912) is a symphonic poem by British composer Arnold Bax, which he composed while staying at Glean na Smól in County Dublin in Ireland. The work was originally premiered in 1913 as “Christmas Eve on the Mountains”, but the composer revised the work and abridged the title twenty years later. In the opening […] By Alan Brandt Dec 19 Blog Christmas in England By Alan Brandt
Jun 20 Blog Children’s Tales On the next English Pastorale, we’ll hear music inspired by tales for children. Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote only one work intended for the ballet stage. Old King Cole was written for the English Folk Dance Society’s Cambridge branch, which premiered the work on June 5, 1923, at Trinity College. It was written for orchestra with […] By Alan Brandt Jun 20 Blog Children’s Tales By Alan Brandt
Mar 07 Blog Women’s History Month – Dobrinka Tabakova Dobrinka Tabakova was born in 1980. But she has gained a huge following and many commissions for compositions in her short time as a composer. Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, her talent was recognized very early. She won the Jean-Frederic Perrenoud Prize of the 4th International Competition of Music in Vienna when she was only 14 […] By Alan Brandt Mar 07 Blog Women’s History Month – Dobrinka Tabakova By Alan Brandt