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Stay on top of what's happening in the arts community here in the Valley. KBACH's morning host Sterling Beeaff interviews talented musicians, conductors, and other arts leaders who visit the Phoenix area or call it home.

K-BACH 89.5FM Phoenix


    • May 18, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    A Summer Piano Festival in Phoenix

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 9:58


    The Arizona Piano Institute presents its 10th Summer Festival June 1st through the 7th at Phoenix College. Before the festival begins, the faculty of...

    The MusicaNova Orchestra Explores Humor in Classical Music

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 11:55


    The MusicaNova Orchestra presents its "Laughing with Prokofiev, Stravinsky & Haydn" concert May 18th at the Musical Instrument Museum....

    SOUNDS Academy Celebrates 10 Years

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 12:54


    The SOUNDS Academy presents its 10th Anniversary Benefit Concert on May 16th at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix. The Academy's Founder and CEO...

    Phoenix Chorale Brings "American Voices" to Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 10:54


    The Phoenix Chorale concludes its season on Saturday & Sunday, May 3rd and 4th with a program called “American Voices." The Chorale...

    Martin James Bartlett, the 2014 BBC Young Musician of the Year, Returns to Tempe

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 8:53


    British Pianist Martin James Bartlett will perform at Tempe Center for the Arts, Sunday, April 13th, as part of the Hayden's Ferry Chamber...

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    Classical Music Inside Out with the Mike Block Trio

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 10:02


    The Mike Block Trio will be featured on the next concert of the Classical Music Inside Out series at Mesa Arts Center, Wednesday, April 9. The...

    Rachmaninoff & Copland with the Arizona MusicFest Festival Orchestra

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 10:56


    The Arizona MusicFest Festival Orchestra culminates its annual week-long residency in the Valley with a performance Sunday, March 30th at 2pm at La...

    Catch the "Trout" Quintet with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in Phoenix

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 11:07


    The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) will be in performance Saturday, March 22 at Camelback Bible Church in Paradise Valley. The co-...

    The first-ever collaboration between the MusicaNova Orchestra & Phoenix Chorale

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 11:10


    The MusicaNova Orchestra & Phoenix Chorale team up for performances Saturday & Sunday, March 8-9 at Camelback Bible Church in Paradise Valley...

    Connor Chee, Combining His Navajo Heritage and Classical Piano Training in Oracle

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 8:02


    The Oracle Piano Society presents a recital by Navajo pianist/composer Connor Chee, Sunday afternoon, February 16th at 3 at the Oracle Center for the...

    Composer's Choice with Nokuthula Ngwenyama

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 8:52


    The Phoenix Chamber Music Society presents a program curated by composer-in-residence and violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Saturday afternoon, February...

    Women Rise with Cellist Rhonda Rider

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 11:02


    Boston-based cellist Rhonda Rider comes to Phoenix to perform at the MIM with the MusicNova Orchestra this Saturday at 6 P-M. She recently chatted...

    Dances for the Ears in Scottsdale with Jeffrey Siegel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 8:13


    Pianist Jeffrey Siegel continues his 46th season of Keyboard Conversations at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, January 14 at...

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    The East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Blending Old and New in Paradise Valley

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 8:09


    The East Coast Chamber Orchestra brings a program that blends old and new to Camelback Bible Church Saturday, January 11 at 7:30pm. Co-Executive...

    The Oracle Piano Society Kicks Off 2025 with a Festival of Chamber Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 10:42


    The Oracle Piano Society presents its annual Chamber Music Festival January 2-5 in Oracle, Arizona. The society's founder and Artistic Director...

    The Solo Piano Project Vol. 1 with ASU grad Charles Szczepanek

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 17:54


    Former Music Director at the Church of the Ascension in Fountain Hills and ASU graduate Charles Szczepanek has a new album out on Heart Dance Records...

    A Few of Our Favorite Things in Scottsdale with Jeffrey Siegel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 7:10


    Pianist Jeffrey Siegel begins his 46th season of Keyboard Conversations at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, December 10 at 7...

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    An Immersion of Chamber Music and Visuals at Ravenscroft Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 11:52


    Violist and ASU professor Nancy Buck curates a series of chamber music concerts at Ravenscroft Hall in Scottsdale, and will be featured in the...

    Violinist and Sphinx Competition Winner Njioma Grevious comes to Mesa for a Classical Music Inside Out residency

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 11:40


    Violinist and Sphinx Competition Winner Njioma Grevious comes to the East Valley for a Classical Music Inside Out residency, including a performance...

    The Jerusalem Quartet and pianist Inon Barnatan bring Haydn, Shostakovich & Brahms to the Valley

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 13:25


    The Phoenix Chamber Music Society is bringing in the Jerusalem Quartet and pianist Inon Barnatan for a performance of string quartets by Haydn and...

    Dover Quartet's Camden Shaw on returning to Mozart (& Phoenix) after recent Beethoven recordings

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 10:42


    The Phoenix Chamber Music Society opens its 65th season by bringing in the Dover Quartet for a performance Sunday afternoon, October 27 at Camelback...

    Nick Luby and Susan Zhang bring The Concert Truck to Chandler

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 8:12


    The Concert Truck, a fully-functioning mobile concert hall complete with lights, sound system, and piano, will be making a stop in Chandler October...

    Two of Arizona's premiere vocal ensembles team up to perform two 20th-century choral masterpieces

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 14:18


    The Phoenix Chorale and Tucson's True Concord (pictured) will perform the Requiem by Maurice Durufle and Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir Sunday...

    Janet Green on the Phoenix Chamber Music Society's 65th season

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 17:45


    Janet Green has been attending Phoenix Chamber Music Society concerts since she was a teenager, and is now Executive Director of the society. She...

    The Oracle Piano Society's ambitious plans to become the "Ravinia of Arizona"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 15:58


    Pianist Stephen Cook is founder and Artistic Director of the Oracle Piano Society in Oracle, Arizona, which enriches rural Pinal County with a...

    Cellist Zuill Bailey on Classical Music Inside Out 2024-2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 13:53


    Cellist Zuill Bailey created the Classical Music Inside Out series at Mesa Arts Center more than a decade ago and continues to curate the series.He...

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    The Flagstaff Piano Festival brings world-class pianists to the high desert

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 12:41


    NAU piano professor Silvan Negruțiu is the founder and Artistic Director of the Flagstaff Piano Festival. KBACH's Greg Kostraba recently chatted with...

    Conductor Tito Muñoz on his Ten Years with the Phoenix Symphony

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 12:01


    Tito Muñoz just concluded his tenth and final season as Music Director of the Phoenix Symphony. KBACH's Greg Kostraba recently caught up with Maestro...

    Violinist Steven Moeckel in a "Celebration" of chamber music at Ravenscroft Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 6:29


    Former Phoenix Symphony Concertmaster Steven Moeckel will be on the final concert of the second season of Chamber @ Ravenscroft, Saturday, May 18th...

    Phoenix Boys Choir goes "Skyward" with Simply Three and a World Premiere

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 12:59


    The Phoenix Boys Choir presents its season finale concert Friday and Saturday, May 10th and May 11th. The program, called "Skyward," will feature the...

    Pianist Michael Stephen Brown on life, music and Mozart's Piano Concerto #10 for two pianos

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 8:37


    Pianists Michael Stephen Brown and Adam Golka join Maestro Tito Muñoz and the Phoenix Symphony for performances of the Piano Concerto #10 (for two...

    Guitarist Jason Vieaux brings his castanets to Phoenix

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 6:00


    Guitarist Jason Vieaux will join the Escher Quartet for a performance at Central United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Friday, April 12th. The program...

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    Bassoonist Kristilyn Woods brings a touch of the 'Vegas Elvis' to the MIM

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 11:24


    The MusicaNova Orchestra presents "Dead Elvis and Other Gems" Sunday, March 24 at the Musical Instrument Museum. The program includes works by Joseph...

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    Takacs Quartet presents a Phoenix premiere

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2024 13:14


    The Takács Quartet comes to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts for a performance of Flow, a new work by Phoenix composer Nokuthula...

    Composer Christopher Tin & The Lost Birds

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 10:54


    The Phoenix Chorale presents two contrasting yet complementary works for voices and orchestra Saturday & Sunday, March 9 & 10 in Scottsdale:...

    Clarinetist David Shifrin & the Phoenix Chamber Music Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 10:09


    The Phoenix Chamber Music Society (PCMS) presents its 15th annual festival from March 2-8 at various locations throughout the Valley. KBACH's Greg...

    Arizona Bach Festival's "Festival 15"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 12:58


    The Arizona Bach Festival presents its 15th annual festival from February 25 through March 17. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with the chairman of the...

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    "Awakening" with the Isidore Quartet

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 14:14


    The Phoenix Chamber Music Society presents the Isidore Quartet in concert at Central United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Saturday, February 10 at 7:...

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    Pianist Jeffrey Siegel presents "A French Feast"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 8:16


    Jeffrey Siegel (pictured) continues his Keyboard Conversations series at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday, February 6 at 7:30pm...

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    MusicaNova Orchestra presents "Finished Unfinished"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 21:30


    Conductor Warren Cohen (pictured) and the MusicaNova Orchestra present Finished Unfinished, a concert at the Musical Instrument Museum on Monday,...

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    Composer David Ludwig and violinist Bella Hristova

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 12:25


    Composer David Ludwig wrote a violin concerto as a wedding present for his bride, Bella Hristova, who will be performing it January 5-7 with...

    Phoenix welcomes Ilmar Gavilan of Harlem Quartet.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 28:27


    Violinist Ilmar Gavilan, a native of Havana, Cuba, has had a remarkable performing career that has taken him all over the world, including Phoenix...

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    Harpist Rita Costanzi and the Phoenix Chapter

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 26:50


    Phoenix Chapter of the American Harp Society presents Rita Costanzi, an internationally acclaimed harpist and actress that has recently...

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    German-born violinist Steven Moeckel, Germany to Arizona and NAU

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 33:16


    A graduate of both the famous Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg and Indiana University in Bloomington, Steven Moeckel has served as Concertmaster of...

    Dale Trumbore and Phoenix Chorale for World Premiere

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 29:43


    Composer Dale Trumbore  is going to be coming to phoenix for the Oct 13-15 Phoenix Chorale concerts in which the piece she composed...

    Fauré Quartett celebrates 150 Years in Phoenix

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 15:49


    Konstantin Heidrich is the cellist of the Fauré Quartett, which formed in 1995 and still has all four of its original members. Heidrich talks about...

    Mill Avenue Chamber Players from Red Rocks to Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 26:16


    Rose French is the founder and French Horn player of the Arizona ensemble, Mill Avenue Chamber Players. They will be highlighting chamber music from...

    Rachel Barton Pine's new album with Tito Munoz, and friends!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2023 32:48


    Violinist, Rachel Barton Pine released her new album Dependent Arising on Cedille Records this August 11th and is joined by the composer to talk...

    Oracle Piano Society's 11th Year, with Aldo Lopez-Gavilan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 37:59


    Internationally renowned Cuban pianist and composer, Aldo Lopez-Gavilan is opening their Signiture Artist Series on October 1st at 3pm. We sat...

    Cirque Du Soleil composer Roger Hewett

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2023 22:42


    Roger Hewett is an award-winning English composer of film and most recently, Cirque Du Soleil's Corteo. This conversation is all about his...

    Local Composer and ASU Professor celebrates 70 with Red Rock Music Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 22:11


    Composer and pianist Daniel Asia has been an active member in the classical  music scene here in the valley and all over the world as a...

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