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
My Classical MomentCarrie Detwiler's Classical MomentDecember 31, 2016Carrie remembers always hearing classical music in her childhood friend's living room.
My Classical MomentJo Culberson's Classical MomentDecember 31, 2016Jo says she grew up with classical music and some pieces bring back family memories.
My Classical MomentKay Tiffany's Classical MomentDecember 29, 2016As a child, Kay used to hide behind a couch so she could hear her mother play piano.
My Classical MomentSherry Rebstock And Leslie Chandler's Classical MomentDecember 28, 2016Sherry and Leslie began to enjoy classical music when they moved to Grass Valley.
My Classical MomentAnn Cline's Classical MomentDecember 28, 2016Ann had her classical moment while working on her first Music Appreciation class assignment in 1987.
My Classical MomentRichard Eric Worrell's Classical MomentDecember 28, 2016A spellbinding performance by guitar master Andres Segovia produced this classical moment.
My Classical MomentRobert Presto's Classical MomentDecember 28, 2016Robert quickly became obsessed with classical music while in high school and wanted to learn how to play it.
My Classical MomentJane Van Camp's Classical MomentDecember 27, 2016Jane had her classical moment while watching the movie "Shawshank Redemption."
My Classical MomentEloise Weiler's Classical MomentDecember 27, 2016Eloise had her classical moment when she wandered into a church back in 1955 while she was an exchange student in Germany.
My Classical MomentDan Baldwin's Classical MomentDecember 27, 2016Dan had his classical moment when he gave his friend Cpl. Tony Handley a tape cassette of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus two months before he was killed.
