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.

3/7

Johnny Catalano
Catalano Film Festival at The Plaza Theatre

Music: Music for Movies by Aaron Copland

 

3/5

Bruce Cromer and Shonita Joshi
Shipwrecked! at the Human Race Theatre Company, Part 2

Music: Fanfare and Story Music by John Gromada

 

2/29

Vahram Sarkissian
Composer featured in the Bach Society of Dayton's Along the Silk Road concert

 

2/27

Morgan Moss
Winner of the Bach Society of Dayton's 2023 Young Composers Competition

 

2/22

William Henry Caldwell
Director of Cleveland Orchestra Martin Luther King Jr. Community Chorus

Music: "My Soul’s been Anchored in the Lord" arranged by Moses Hogan and "Leaving for the Promised Land" from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin

 

2/20

Bruce Cromer and Shonita Joshi
Shipwrecked! at the Human Race Theatre Company, Part 1

Music: Fanfare and Story Music by John Gromada

 

2/15

Kevin Ward and Devin Baker
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company's In Modern Moves

Music: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach

 

2/13

Brandon Ragland
Dayton Ballet's Swan Lake

Music: Swan Lake by Peter Ilyich Tchakovsky

 

2/8

Emma Massey and Marya Spring Cordes
By the Bog of Cats at Wright State Theatre

Music: Irish Roots Medley

 

2/6

Brandon Ragland
Dayton Ballet Studio Company

Music: Opening / Modern Love Waltz by Philip Glass

 

2/1

Neal Gittleman
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert

Music: Harry Potter Prologue and Harry's Wonderous World by John Williams

 

1/30

Randy Cohen
Arts & Economic Prosperity Report, Part 2

 

1/25

Randy Cohen
Arts & Economic Prosperity Report, Part 1

 

1/23

Jerry Smith
The Artistic Life of Aka Pereyma at the Dayton Art Institute

Music: Ukrainian Rhapsody by Yury Ishchenko

 

1/18

Peter Doebler
Telling Stories: World Literature in Art at the Dayton Art Institute

Music: Studies on Ancient Greek Scales by Harry Partch

 

1/16

Doug Lloyd
Dayton Theatre Guild's production of True West

Music: Cello Suite No. 5 (played on guitar) by Johann Sebastian Bach

 

1/11

Stephen Wadsack
Wright State University Brass Festival

Music: Fiesta Processional by Robert Ward