Local Artist Feature May 29, 2026: Pulitzer Prize Winner for Music This Year Happens to be LocalWhat a month: Gabriela Lena Frank was named Musical America’s Composer of the Year. Her opera about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera is being performed at the Met. And earlier this month she won the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Wow! Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Local Artist Feature May 22nd, 2026: From the New York Philharmonic to Founding the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento
Opera Star David Daniels Indicted For Sexual Assault In TexasJuly 26, 2019Daniels and his husband, Scott Walters, are both accused of drugging and raping a man in Houston in May 2010. Daniels is also being accused of drugging and raping another man in Michigan in 2017.
'Blind Injustice' Opera Sets Out To Open Eyes About Wrongful Conviction RatesJuly 26, 2019Based on former federal prosecutor Mark Godsey's book of the same title, the new opera Blind Injustice draws on detailed interviews with exonerees to put America's criminal justice system on trial.
Want To Share Your CapRadio Story With Other Listeners? Great!July 24, 2019If you're a fan of CapRadio's music station, we're eager to hear from you!
New Opera 'Blue' Takes On The Tragedy Of Police BrutalityJuly 24, 2019The new opera by Tazewell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori tells the story of a couple in Harlem who are forced to confront their teenage son's sudden death by police violence.
'Rigoletto' In Vegas And The Pleasures Of The Metropolitan OperaJuly 24, 2019A recent Pop Culture Happy Hour trip to New York took the team to see Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera. A jester in a rat pack? We saw it.
New Classical Tracks: Italian Astronomer Galileo Inspires A New Collection Of Irish MusicJuly 24, 2019The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin are celebrating their 20th anniversary with "Perpetual Twilight," a new album featuring a collection of premieres and new arrangements of Irish and Scottish favorites.
New Classical Tracks: Anthony And Demarre McGill Soar With 'Winged Creatures'July 17, 2019Clarinetist Anthony McGill shares insights into the inspiration behind "Winged Creatures," a new recording project brought to life in collaboration with his brother Demarre McGill and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra.
New Classical Tracks: Composer Ludovico Einaudi Turns Daily Walk Into Seven-Part Musical JourneyJuly 10, 2019This week on New Classical Tracks, Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi discusses the experiences that inspired his ambitious new project, 'Seven Days Walking.'
Playlist: American Classical Music For Your Fourth Of JulyJuly 4, 2019 | Kevin DohertyThis Independence Day, CapRadio will be staging an American Revolution of its very own. Listen here to a list of our favorite American classical music to put yourself in a patriotic mood for the Fourth of July.
Chinese Company Backs Out Of Controversial Choir College PurchaseJuly 2, 2019Rider University had planned to sell Westminster Choir College to the China-based Kaiwen Education, but now says it will only move Westminster out of its valuable property in Princeton, N.J.
