Aug 16 Events Live Streaming Event: Hi, Chuck In 1990, Mary Grace recorded herself talking as she drove home from Frankfort to Louisville, Kentucky. Hi, Chuck is a 75-minute piece for solo performer made from and with her tape by her son Shawn Jaeger. It’s a musical memoir—somewhere between a pop album and an episode of This American Life. Samples from the tape […] By Daniel Gilliam Aug 16 Events Live Streaming Event: Hi, Chuck By Daniel Gilliam
Aug 06 Behind The Playlist Behind The Playlist With Isata Kanneh-Mason Isata Kanneh-Mason’s new release Summertime features piano music from the 20th century – including notes that had never previously been recorded. Hear about the deep connections she shares with these artists as well as what it’s like being part of a big musical family in this look Behind the Playlist. By Colleen Phelps Aug 06 Behind The Playlist Behind The Playlist With Isata Kanneh-Mason By Colleen Phelps
Aug 04 Events New Lens 2021 90.5 WUOL Classical Louisville is proud to continue a collaboration with 21c Museum Hotel to present a new free series of concerts and conversations called New Lens. Exploring diverse and intriguing sounds and ideas in new music, art and society, this season of New Lens begins September 12, 2021 at 21c Museum Hotel. The series […] By WUOL Aug 04 Events New Lens 2021 By WUOL
Jul 09 Behind The Playlist Behind The Playlist With Violinist Randall Goosby Randall Goosby’s debut album Roots has a story to tell. The award-winning violinist enters the classical world with a feeling of freedom that he knows wasn’t afforded to some of his predecessors, like William Grant Still and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. It also includes the first violin recording of Adoration by Florence Price and a collaboration with […] By Colleen Phelps Jul 09 Behind The Playlist Behind The Playlist With Violinist Randall Goosby By Colleen Phelps
Jun 25 Blog Behind the Playlist with Oscar Rossignoli Pianist Oscar Rossignoli’s debut album walks the beautiful line between classical and jazz playing. By Colleen Phelps Jun 25 Blog Behind the Playlist with Oscar Rossignoli By Colleen Phelps
Apr 14 Blog Kentucky Opera Returns To The Stage For Its 2021-2022 Season Kentucky Opera is launching its 2021-2022 Brown-Forman season this December, following over a year of cancellations and dark houses due to the pandemic. It’s also likely it will be one of the first performing arts organizations in Louisville to announce an in-person season. Early in the pandemic, singing was understood to be a “superspreader” activity […] By Daniel Gilliam Apr 14 Blog Kentucky Opera Returns To The Stage For Its 2021-2022 Season By Daniel Gilliam
May 06 Featured Album Jeremy Beck: by moonlight Louisville composer Jeremy Beck has released his sixth album on the Innova label: a collection of works spanning over a decade, both in their composition and their recording. Beck says it “provides a certain overview of my compositional life.” In a conversation with Daniel Gilliam, Beck describes this album as a diary of sorts, revealing […] By WUOL May 06 Featured Album Jeremy Beck: by moonlight By WUOL