Voice of the Arts

Pittsburgh Opera presents "The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson" at the Byham Theater from April 27th through May 5th. WQED-FM's Anna Singer spoke with Christian Mark Gibbs, who sings the role of Frank. Thanks for tuning in to WQED's Voice of the Arts, Pittsburgh's trusted source for arts and culture in our region. Whether you're passionate about classical music, film, theater, opera, or local musi...

Pittsburgh Opera presents "The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson" at the Byham Theater from April 27th through May 5th. WQED-FM's Anna Singer spoke with Alyson Cambridge, who sings the role of Mary Cardwell Dawson. Thanks for tuning in to WQED's Voice of the Arts, Pittsburgh's trusted source for arts and culture in our region. Whether you're passionate about classical music, film, theater, opera, or...

The 2nd annual Vanka Block Party takes place on Sunday, April 28, 2024 from 12-4pm at the St. Nicholas Croation Catholic Parish in Millvale. Becky Gaugler, Director of Education & Interpretation for the Maxo Vanka Murals, and Rick Robinson, aka CutTime Simfonica, spoke with Jim Cunningham about the Murals, the event and more. Thanks for tuning in to WQED's Voice of the Arts, Pittsburgh's trusted s...

Professor of Organ and Sacred Music at Duquesne University, Dr. Ann Labounsky Steele, and world-renowned organist and choral director, Dr. Wilma Jensen, spoke with Jim Cunningham about their upcoming concert and masterclass at the Recital Chapel of the Holy Spirit on Duquesne's campus. The concert will be this Sunday, April 28th, at 3 pm, with the masterclass on Tuesday the 30th at 3 pm. Wilma dis...

The Pitt Men's Glee Club presents their Spring Concert on Saturday April 20th, 7:30pm at First Baptist Church. Director Richard Teaster and Men's Glee Club member Nate Ginck stopped by the QED Morning Show with Jim Cunningham to talk about the concert. Thanks for tuning in to WQED's Voice of the Arts, Pittsburgh's trusted source for arts and culture in our region. Whether you're passionate about c...

Maestro's Edward Leonard and Awadagin Pratt from Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh discuss with Jim Cunningham live about their upcoming concert tomorrow, Saturday April 20th, at 7:30 pm at Rodef Shalom. Awadagin will be guest conducting the program that includes Avro Part's Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten and Beethoven's Symphony No 7. He will also be performing Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in...

Members of the Academy String Quartet, violist Warren Davidson, and violinist Jorie Butler-Geyer, discusses their upcoming concert at the Allegheny Church in the Northside on Sunday, April 21st at 7:30 pm. This last concert at Allegheny Church features a program called Dances and Madrigals. Jorie and Warren talk about the program that combines Mendelssohn's quartet in E-Flat and Czech master Bohus...

Executive Director of Film Pittsburgh, Kathryn Spitz Cohan, spoke to WQED-FM about their upcoming international independent Jewish film festival, JFilm, that runs from May 2nd to May 12th with showings at Carnegie Mellon University's McConomy auditorium and The Oaks Theater in Oakmont. Kathryn highlights the opening night showing of Left Alone Rhapsody: The Musical Memoir of Pianist John Bayless a...

Board members with Friends of Mellon Park, Margy Whitmer and Board President, Cynthia Berger, spoke with Jim Cunningham about their annual Arbor Day Celebration on Saturday, April 27th from 11 am to 2 pm. Margy highlights all the wonderful free activities available for children during the day, as well as the amazing food and music that will be available. Cynthia highlights this year's honoree, Joy...

Tenor opera singer, Jonathan Tetelman, spoke with WQED-FM from Carnegie Hall Studios about his recent Metropolitan Opera debut as Ruggero in La Rondine until April 20th, followed closely by Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly until May 11th. Jonathan discusses his emotions about the debut, the synopsis of La Rondine, and his recent album celebrating the 100th anniversary of Puccini's death. Hear and see...

Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Park artistic director, Jennifer Tober, musician and music director, Matt Calvetti, and writer and actor Charles David “Stoney” Richards, discuss with Anna Singer about the four's collaboration in PSiP's newest performance, Shakespeare: This Could Be True running Tuesday, April 23rd to Friday, April 26th, at the Union Trust Building downtown. Jennifer highlights the g...

Jim Cunningham interviews.....Jim Cunningham!! The Butler County Symphony Orchestra presents "The Music of John Williams" on Saturday April 13th, 7:30pm at the Butler Intermediate High School. WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham spoke with Butler County Symphony Orchestra trumpet Jim Cunningham about the concert as well as the "Dinner, Dancing, and Diamonds" Gala on Sunday April 21st. Thanks for tuning in to...

Executive Director of Saltworks Theater Company, Norma Alrutz, and Board Chair, Amber Fantini, spoke with WQED-FM about their organization and their production of Around the World in 80 Days on Friday, April 19th, and Saturday, April 20th, at the Greenstone UM Church in Bellevue. Norma and Amber highlight Saltworks bread and butter, their school assembly live educational theater shows that showcas...

Costume designer, production designer, performer, writer and now director, Lindsay Goranson, spoke with WQED-FM about their newest play, APIS, at the New Hazlett Theater on Thursday, April 18th, and Saturday, April 19th. A time-travelling bee comes to visit Apis, a female worker at an underground food store, and what happens next changes everything. Lindsay describes this theater experience that i...

Hill Dance Academy Theatre's Annual Spring Dance Concert is back on April 19-21, 2024, at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Downtown Pittsburgh. This year's theme is Sustaining the Legacy & Creating Expressions Of Black History, Culture, and Tradition through Movement...Gospel Style. Founder and CEO Ayisha Morgan-Lee spoke with WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham about the concert. Thanks...

The Organ Artists Series of Pittsburgh presents Anna Lapwood on Friday, April 12th, 7:30pm at St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church in Mt. Lebanon. Anna Lapwood MBE is an organist, conductor and broadcaster, and holds the position of Director of Music at Pembroke College (Cambridge), Associate Artist of the Royal Albert Hall (London) and Artist in Association with the BBC Singers. In 2023 she was awar...

Assistant Conductor of Chanticleer, Garrod Pagenkopf, details the program on Sunday April 14th, 3pm, at Shadyside Presbyterian Church - their sixth trip to Pittsburgh. Garrod spoke with Jim Cunningham about their new cd "On a Clear Day," the special qualities of the all male ensemble, the repertoire of the singers, having diversity, singing music by women, why they are only men, what to see when v...

Founding member and violist of the Ying Quartet, Phillip Ying, was on the phone live with Jim Cunningham, to speak about the Ying Quartet's concert on April 8th, at 7:30 pm at the PNC Theatre, as a part of the Chamber Music Pittsburgh's mainstage live series. The Quartet will be performing with double bassist, Xavier Foley, who will premiere a new work for bass quintet that was commissioned by Cha...

Director of Learning and Visitor Experience, Amanda Gillen, spoke with WQED-FM at the Frick Art Museum about the programming around the new exhibition Vermeer, Monet, Rembrandt: Forging the Frick Collections in Pittsburgh and New York. Amanda highlights two concerts and their Full Day Programs. The first concert is on Sunday, April 14th with the Trio Granato as they play French impressionist and D...

Visual Artist Marie Watt and Curator at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Liz Park, spoke with Jim Cunningham about the museum's upcoming exhibit, Marie Watt: LAND STITCHES WATER SKY, opening on April 13th. This exhibit explores two materials tied to the industrial history of Western Pennsylvania, steel and glass, from Watt's Indigenous perspective. Marie describes the exhibit that includes very large s...

Chief Curator and Director of Collections at the Frick Pittsburgh, Dawn Brean, spoke with WQED-FM at the Frick Art Museum about the opening of Vermeer, Monet, Rembrandt: Forging the Frick Collections in Pittsburgh and New York. This once-in-a-lifetime exhibit features works by masters including one of 36 known works by Vermeer, as well as pieces from Helen Clay Frick's Italian Renaissance collecti...

Broadway singer and Emmy, Tony, and SAG Award nominee, Norm Lewis, spoke with WQED-FM's Anna Singer by phone about his upcoming concert with the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra (TRYPO) on May 5th at 6 pm at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. Norm discusses his storied career on stage and screen, including being the first African American Phantom in Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, and his m...

Acting Principal Bassonist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, David Sogg, spoke live with Jim Cunningham on the Morning Show about his role in Nielsen's Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable, being performed this Friday, April 5th and Sunday, April 7th. Sogg talks about his first introduction to Nielsen's work with his Wind Quintet, and his personal connections to Denmark. This concert also in...

Director of IDEA Initiatives and Community Engagement with the Pittsburgh Opera, Rebekah Diaz, spoke with Jim Cunningham in this Voice of the Arts Gospel podcast about two upcoming events at the Pittsburgh Opera. The first event is a collaboration with the Afro-American Music Institute. Opera Meets Jazz, is Friday, April 5th at 7 pm at the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Homewood....

Harpist Parker Ramsay, discusses with Anna Singer about his upcoming concert with Arnie Tanimoto as a part of Chatham Baroque and Renaissance Baroque's concert series. Parker and Arnie's concert, In the Court of the King, will be Friday, April 5th, at the Teutonia Mannerchor and Saturday, April 6th, at the Hicks Memorial Chapel. Parker talks about the music they will be playing from the 17th and 1...