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Every weekend, Discover Classical presents recorded concerts by many of the region's finest performing arts ensembles, like the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Bach Society of Dayton, Chamber Music Yellow Springs and others.

6/14

Musica

Ginger Minneman, director

Steven Aldredge, accompanist

Tom Sobieski, Cynthia Schindler, William Ayers, Cyerra Pemberton, Gary Brooks and Wes Alexander, soloists

"American Tapestry"

Recorded May 3, 2026, the Dayton Art Institute

Aaron Copland (arranged by Glenn Koponen): Zion's Walls

Steven Aldredge: A Few More Years May Roll

Steven Aldredge: Hymn from "Variations for Violin and Piano"

Richard Hundley: The Astronomers (An Epitaph)

Samuel Barber: Under the Willow Tree

19th Century Shaker Hymn: Lay Me Low

Carlisle Floyd: The Trees on the Mountain

Whitney Perez: Spring in the Hollow

Stephen C. Foster: Some Folks Do

Stephen Sondheim (arranged by Robert Page): Sondheim Medley

Simon and Garfunkel: The Sound of Silence

Frank Wildhorn: Tell My Father

Traditional Spiritual (arranged by Shawn Kirchner): O, What a Beautiful City

6/20

Bach Society of Dayton

David Crean, director

R. Alan Kimbrough, accompanist

Edward Ferran and Carlos Ahrens, tenors; Jim McCutcheon and Thomas Garcia, guitars; Aurelian Oprea and Youjin No, violins; Aliyah Johnson, bass; Kallan Imhoff, Noah Griffiths and Dominic Donile, percussion

"Canta y Bailla"

Recorded May 17, 2026, at Kettering Adventist Church

Read the program booklet and follow along with the lyrics

Ariel Ramirez: Misa Criolla

Guitar Selections: Jim McCutcheon, soloist

Alberto Favero (arranged by Liliana Cangiano): Te Quiero

Pedro Gutierrez (arranged by Angel Sauce): Alma Llanera

Ruben Uquillas (arranged by Gerardo Guevara): Ojos Azules

Jesus Bonilla Chavarria (arranged by Anna Song): Luna Liberiana

Arranged by Waldo Aranguiz: El Tortillero

Jose Fernandez (arranged by Gene Glickman): Guantanamera

Arranged by David Conte: La Bruja

Arranged by David Conte: La Llorana

Arranged by Alberto Carbonell: La Llorana

6/21

Bach Society of Dayton

David Crean, director

R. Alan Kimbrough, accompanist

"Canta y Bailla"

Recorded May 17, 2026, at Kettering Adventist Church

Read the program booklet and follow along with the lyrics

Ariel Ramirez: Misa Criolla

Guitar Selections: Jim McCutcheon, soloist

Alberto Favero (arranged by Liliana Cangiano): Te Quiero

Pedro Gutierrez (arranged by Angel Sauce): Alma Llanera

Ruben Uquillas (arranged by Gerardo Guevara): Ojos Azules

Jesus Bonilla Chavarria (arranged by Anna Song): Luna Liberiana

Arranged by Waldo Aranguiz: El Tortillero

Jose Fernandez (arranged by Gene Glickman): Guantanamera

Arranged by David Conte: La Bruja

Arranged by David Conte: La Llorana

Arranged by Alberto Carbonell: La Llorana

6/27

Cincinnati WindFest

Recorded on March 22, 2026, at Music Hall in Cincinnati

Southeast Missouri State University Wind Symphony

Jim Daughters, conductor

Ron Nelson: Rocky Point Holiday

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Rhosymedre

James David: My Lyre within the Sky

Dennis Llinas: La Chancla

Lakota East High School Symphonic Winds

Robert Tanis, conductor

Katelyn Smith, flute

Rossano Galante: Sailing with Whales

Viet Cuong: Evergreen

Francois Borne: Carmen Fantaisie brillante

Alfred Reed: El Camino Real

Dennis Llinas: Un Cafecito

The Cincinnati Wind Band

Jim Daughters, music director and conductor

Avious Jackson, associate conductor

Jean-Claude Braun, guest conductor

Oscar Navarro: El Olimpo de los dioses

6/28