The Heart of Art

This week we speak to Penny Zent, a very decorated flutist as well as Artistic Director and Founder of the Brazos Breeze Flute Choir. We have a great conversation about the Halloween season opener of the Brazos Breeze Flute Choir, how her love for the flute instrument was love at first sight, and her time as Station Manager here at KAMU-FM.

This week we speak to Brent Hairston, Director of the Brazos Valley Acapella, a men's singing group focusing on barber shop and a capella music. We speak about their recent origins and how they began working on their inaugural show that will be taking place on October 12, 2024. We also go into Brent's person history with singing and ask why he believes singing is good for the soul.

This week we speak to Anne Black, Executive Director of OPAS. She introduces OPAS's 52nd Season titled, "Legends & Icons", which bring world-class shows from some of the favorite American artist's such as Tony Bennett, Tina Turner, and Cher.

This week we speak to Wenyi Zhu, winner of this years Visual Art Society's Professional Division Competition. We analyze why she decided to switch careers from being an environmental scientist to artist, her intricate process for creating her pieces, and her theme of innocence in childhood.

This week we speak to Johnny Beikirch, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Skunk Money, a local band that has been performing for 6 years. We talk about his childhood dream to become a rock star, his unconventional way of writing music, and how he thinks music affects the human.

This week we speak to Teasha Crawford, founder of the BCS Ukulele Club that meets weekly at the Clara B. Mounce Library. We talk about why the ukulele is a great instrument to begin learning music with and how she never saw herself playing a string instrument until it was required of her.

Xochitl Flores is founder of Speechless Art, a business that sells art made by her two sons, Cuit & Necalli, who communicate mostly through drawings. All funds raised go towards their therapy to help them deal with their Sensory Processing Disorder, a condition that may affect some autistic people.

Cynthia Bradford is a person of many talents and a great example of time management. When she is not in her day job as a theatre and choir teacher at IL Texas, you can find her at The Theatre Company both on and off stage as a board member. You may even run into her making TikToks for her viral account that has over 40k followers. Find out how she does it all!

Dick Davison, a Professor Emeritus of the Texas A&M College of Architecture, speaks about his immense scale art, how his architecture classes kindled his art career, and how his surrealist and impressionist works invite the unknown.

Owner and founder of the Brazos Valley Youth String Chamber Orchestra, Marianne Henry, discusses with us why she felt the need to create an orchestra where students learn alongside their parents. We also dive into her past accomplishments like being in the first African American ensemble to win a classical music competition and having the opportunity to play her violin alongside the voices of Whit...

Singer, songwriter, & 4-time Grammy award winner, Lyle Lovett '79, sits with some students and local media personalities to talk about his time at Texas A&M, how much has changed, and how he sees the future of performance at the School of Performance Visualization and Fine Arts.

Beth Ralston, owner and founder of Junk Drawer by Beth, speaks on starting an art business after the pandemic, paint pouring, and her merch creation for local bands.