ArtsFocus

Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 7:55AM & 4:55pm

Discover Classical presents ArtsFocus every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:55am and 4:55pm. Each segment features a guest from the regional arts community discussing current activities, such as concerts, exhibitions and festivals.

6/5

Kappy Kilburn and Emily Wells
Human Race Theatre Company Season Preview, Part 2

Music: London Morning by Noel Coward

 

6/3

Kappy Kilburn and Emily Wells
Human Race Theatre Company Season Preview, Part 1

Music: Footlights Waltz by Eric Coates

 

5/29

Marin Alsop
Concert for Peace, Part 2

Music: Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein

 

5/27

Marin Alsop
Concert for Peace, Part 1

Music: Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven

 

5/22

Peter Stafford Wilson
Springfield Symphony Orchestra Season Preview

Music: The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky

 

5/20

Kevin Wilson
Springfield Symphony Chorale Director

Music: Gloria by John Rutter and Symphony of Psalms by Igor Stravinsky

 

5/15

Flutist Eva Skanse
Star Performer at Rising Stars Gala

Music: Fantaisie brillante on Bizet's Carmen by Francois Borne

 

5/13

Violinist Eileen Currie
Winner of Discover Classical's 2025 Young Talent Search

Music: Partita No. 2 in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach

 

5/8

David Crean
Bach Society of Dayton's concert In Praise of Peace

Music: Magnificat by Johann Sebastian Bach

 

5/6

Flutist Kaitlyn Liu
Winner of Discover Classical's 2025 Young Talent Search

Music: Fantaisie for Flute and Piano by Georges Hue

 

5/1

Pianist Cynthia Li
Winner of Discover Classical's 2025 Young Talent Search

Music: Keyboard Sonata in C Major by Joseph Haydn

 

4/29

Patrick Reynolds
UD Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Music: Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven and Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

 

4/24

Pianist Francesca Harper
Winner of Discover Classical's 2025 Young Talent Search

Music: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871 by Johann Sebastian Bach

 

4/22

Jerry Smith
Curtis Barnes, Sr., Dayton Icon at the Dayton Art Institute

Music: Color Music by Michael Torke

 

4/17

Jerry Smith
Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled at the Dayton Art Institute

Music: String Quartet No. 2 by Charles Ives

 

4/15

Philip Drennen and Josh Stucky
The Full Monty at TheatreLab Dayton

Music: Overture to The Full Monty by David Yazbek

 

4/10

David Crean
Bach Society of Dayton's performance of Handel's Messiah

Music: Messiah by George Frideric Handel

 

4/8

Adrienne Oehlers
How I Learned to Drive at Wittenberg University

Music: Cello Suite No. 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach