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
Home Is Where The Classical Music IsMay 11, 2017 | Kevin DohertyIt’s seven thirty on a Wednesday night, and UC Davis Grad Student Natalie Popovich is having some friends over for a party. But this is no ordinary college shindig, Popovich has something special planned for her audience.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezMusic With A Spin: New Releases On Old ClassicsMay 11, 2017 | Kevin DohertyClassical host Kevin Doherty will host this week's Sound Advice. The theme he will be following is classics you've heard of, but with a new take on them.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezConductor Peter Jaffe Plans Large-Scale Concert With Auburn SymphonyMay 10, 2017Conductor Peter Jaffe has an ambitious plan for the Auburn Symphony for its next performance involving thunder simulators, cow bells and a wind machine.
Davis Visit Has Multifaceted Rachel Barton Pine Focused On YouthMay 5, 2017World renowned violinist Rachel Barton Pine is in Davis this weekend for a series of events centered around young musicians. She spoke about that and other topics with CapRadio's morning classical host, Kevin Doherty.
Don't Hire Me. Hire A Female Composer InsteadMay 1, 2017The number of female composers represented in the programming at America's top orchestras is dismal — less than 2 percent. Guest essayist Mohammed Fairouz proposes one provocative solution.
Arts and LifestyleMetropolitan Opera Soprano Leads Cast In Return Of Opera To SacramentoApril 28, 2017 | Kevin DohertyMetropolitan Opera soprano Jennifer Black stars as Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata. The production marks the return of opera to Sacramento after an absence of almost four years. Kevin Doherty talks to Black about what audiences can expect.
Bill Murray Goes Classical? Hey, Why Not?April 21, 2017The beloved actor and comedian will debut a new show with cellist Jan Vogler where he sings Gershwin and recites Whitman. There's a little Schubert and Bach on the side.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezSound Advice With Afternoon Classical Host Cale WigginsApril 13, 2017Afternoon Classical Host Cale Wiggins brings variety into this week's Sound Advice.
'To Be Useful Is Something Incredible': Leo Brouwer Reflects On His LegacyApril 12, 2017Brouwer, one of Latin America's most renowned classical composers, sees music as a form of service. "When [humans] give ... they're doing one of the most beautiful things in life," he says.
Du Yun Wins Music Pulitzer For 'Angel's Bone'April 12, 2017The opera, by the 39-year-old Shanghai native, is a searing parable of human trafficking set to a score that ranges from Renaissance choral music to punk rock.
