Emily Boyer
Morning Music HostWe’re thrilled to introduce Emily Boyer, our new morning classical host. Emily is a musician, music educator and passionate music advocate. Best of all, she’s a lifelong classical public radio listener!
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Chanticleer, the Grammy-award-winning vocal ensemble will perform in Connecticut this Sunday. WSHU's Classical Music host Emily Boyer speaks with tenor Matthew Mazzola and Music Director Tim Keeler about their unique repertoire. -
With the college academic year winding down, sights are set on graduation—and its celebrations! Johannes Brahms accepted his honorary doctorate by writing a piece with what he called a “boisterous potpourri” of student drinking songs! -
Sharon Isbin is a multiple Grammy award-winning guitarist who has shaped the landscape for contemporary classical guitar. Hear Sharon Isbin play Flamenco-inspired chamber music! -
April is National Poetry Month! Here’s a wonderful line by E.E. Cummings, “out into the morning the young / morning with a warm world in it”. Augusta Reed Thomas sets those words to music performed by a local group, the Elm City Girls’ Choir. -
Happy Earth Day! The sounds of sunrise, the changing of the seasons, and Frederic Chopin's Prelude No. 15, like a gentle rain. All music that inspires us to care for the world we call home. -
It’s Monday, and if you’re a little bleary-eyed from the weekend, gently wake up with Claude Debussy’s dreamy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. The perfect way to ease back in this morning. -
William Byrd wrote music for the Anglican Church during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He also wrote music expressing his own Catholic faith, which was prohibited in Protestant England. Byrd’s mournful choral work and music by others honoring Good Friday today. -
So much of Rick Sowash’s music is pastoral and lighthearted, so when he wants to express darker feelings, where does he turn? The cello. It’s featured in his Dark Forest Suite. -
It starts with a whisper, then gradually builds into one of the most sensational violin concertos. Hilary Hahn plays music by Jean Sibelius. -
The lowest brass instrument, the tuba, is a powerful voice to tell the story of a soldier from Kansas City going to war—his hopes, his memories of music back home, and experience on the battlefield. Barbara York’s dramatic Tuba Concerto.
