From The John Clark Performance Studio

Pianist Ethan Uslan performs selections for WDAV's 40th Birthday Party. He talks about the origins of ragtime, playing for silent films and what makes ragtime music so appealing. Learn more about Ethan Uslan and The Carolina Shout podcast Heard on this Episode: Mozart : Rondo a la Turka Fisk Jubilee Singers : Oh Them Golden Slippers Harry Carroll : I’m Always Chasing Rainbows from Fantaisie-Impromptu by Frédéric Chopin Holiday Medley  adapted by Ethan Uslan Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy music from The Nutcracker I’m dreaming of a White Christmas Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Jingle Bells Chopin: C sharp minor waltz

Members of Heartland Baroque join WDAV’s Rachel Stewart to perform and preview selections from their touring program, The Winged Lion and the Unremembered Sea , which is making several stops in the region. Event Details : Heartland Baroque: The Winged Lion and the Unremembered Sea This session From the John Clark Performance Studio was mixed in the Samuel R. Spencer Recording and Production Studio, and made possible by a generous gift from Keith and Tommye Miller. Heard on this episode: Giovanni Battista Fontana : Sonata Quartadecima for 2 Violins, Dulcian and Basso Continuo   Martie Perry and David Wilson, Baroque Violins Keith Collins, Dulcian Barbara Krumdieck, Baroque Cello William Simms, Theorbo   Excerpt from Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad  (published 1869) Dennis Delamar, narrator   Giovanni Battista Fontana : Sonata Undecima for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo Martie Perry and David Wilson, Baroque Violins Barbara Krumdieck, Baroque Cello Will

Soprano Margaret Carpenter and organist Nicholas Haigh join WDAV’s Rachel Stewart to perform selections and speak about their new ensemble – L’Académie du Roi Soleil – its mission, and preview their upcoming performances of Couperin’s Lessons for Tennebrae . Event Details : Couperin - Leçons de Ténèbres (l-r) Soprano Margaret Carpenter and organist Nicholas Haigh Nicholas Haigh, organist

Composer Leonard Mark Lewis and tenor Brian Arreola join host Joe Brant for a preview of " Wake-Lucia: A Joycean Operatic Rite ." The performance includes original music by Lewis and dance based on the life of James Joyce and his daughter Lucia. Event Details : Winthrop University: Wake-Lucia: A Joycean operatic rite Brian Arreola, tenor Leonard Mark Lewis, composer

Oboist Joe Robinson '62 and mezzo-soprano Rebecca "Becky" Robinson visit the John Clark Performance Studio to chat about an upcoming Love Songs in the Afternoon recital at Davidson College Presbyterian Church (DCPC) as part of the Davidson College Reunion Weekend. The father and daughter pair will perform highlights from the concert with accompaniment by Wade Dingman. Davidson Reunion Weekend Events Schedule >

For years, fiddler and composer Mark O’Connor has been melding folk, jazz, and classical music into a style that is distinctly his own and distinctly American. He’s one of the most successful artists who works across genres and has won three Grammy Awards for his work in both the country and classical realms. He frequently collaborates with artists like Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, and Matt Haimovitz. Recently, O’Connor and his wife Maggie, who studied violin at the Peabody Conservatory, have made Charlotte their home.  They visit WDAV for some conversation and superb duo fiddle performances.

Members of the Bechtler Ensemble stop by the WDAV studios to preview the Charlotte Composers Forum. The forum consists of composers from Queens University, Winthrop University, UNCC and Central Piedmont Community College. In celebration of the Bechtler's latest exhibition, Celebrating Jean Tinguely and Santana, five composers have written original music to complement the work. Event Details : Music and Museum: Bechtler Ensemble

Pianist Anna Federova joins WDAV for a performance and conversation about her upcoming Music and Museum performance at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. She performs selections from Mozart Fantasie and Chopin Fantasie. Related Music and Museum: Fantasies with Anna Fedorova

Pianist Arlene Shrut, soprano and UNC Charlotte faculty member Alissa Deeter, and baritone Dennis Jesse visit WDAV to talk about the world premiere of a new work by composer Jocelyn Hagen as part of the program "Requiem of Solace." "Requiem of Solace" also features the performance of A German Requiem with four-hand accompaniment, which is the first product of Shrut’s Sustainable Symphony Project . Requiem of Solace at UNC Charlotte --> Program Flower of the Field from Songs of Fields and Prairies Alissa Deeter, soprano Arlene Shrut, piano Call of the Open  from Songs of Fields and Prairies Alissa Deeter, soprano Arlene Shrut, piano In My Soul  solo from "Facets" Dennis Jesse, baritone Arlene Shrut, piano Everything  soprano solo from "Facets" Alissa Deeter, soprano Arlene Shrut, piano

Opera Carolina begins 2017 with Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata. Two of the performers, baritone Reginald Smith, Jr. and soprano Elizabeth Caballero, join host Joe Brant in the WDAV John Clark Performance Studio to talk about the show. Reginald Smith, Jr. Elizabeth Caballero

Pianist Svetlana Smolina joins WDAV for a live performance and conversation during our Christmas in Davidson Open House. She performs selections from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, Chopin's Prelude No. 13 and Pablo de Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy.

Gregory Knight, 2016 Van Cliburn Competition finalist, visits the John Clark Performance Studio to play Van Cliburn’s own piano. Mark Love of Steinway Piano Gallery Charlotte and Greensboro joins to talk about this amazing instrument. Listen to the interview and bonus track of Claude Debussy's L’isle joyeuse below. 

Matt Rogers welcomes guitarist Bob Teixeira and cellist Tanja Bechtler to the John Clark Performance Studio to chat about their upcoming performance at St. Alban's in Davidson, NC. The husband and wife duo will play highlights from the concert and chat about their blended sound.

Bela Fleck has made his mark across many genres -- including bluegrass, jazz, pop, and rock -- and has earned Grammy nominations in more categories than any other musician. Now Bela Fleck has crossed over into classical with his concerto for banjo, "The Imposter," as well as a quintet for banjo and one for strings. Bela Fleck visited the WDAV John Clark Performance Studio to speak with Joe Brant about his upcoming performance with the Western Piedmont Symphony, and he performed music that veered from The Beverly Hillbillies to Bach to his own concerto. This is a Performance/Chat unlike any other!

Matt Haimovitz joins us in the midst of his Bach Listening Room Tour. On this tour, Haimovitz brings Bach’s cello suites to small, intimate settings throughout the southeast, performing Bach’s Six Suites not in concert halls, but in coffeehouses and music clubs. To conclude the tour, he'll perform all six suites in a single day in Bethesda, Maryland.

Matt Rogers host a LIVE in studio performance and chat with the Kontras Quartet prior to their final Chamber Classics concert of the season Sat May 18th at 7:30 p.m.

Members of the NC Baroque Orchestra join daytime host Matt Rogers for a live performance in the John Clark performance studio. The group previews selections from their upcoming Musical Banquet in Davidson, featuring Vivaldi's Concerto for 4 baroque violins, Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 and Concerto for 2 harpsichords, and a Suite by Telemann with baroque trumpets and timpani.

On August 23, Matt Rogers welcomed the winners of the 2013 Music Teachers National Association Senior Piano Duet Competition to the WDAV studio. Hannah Wang and Clara Gerdes, both sixteen years old, shared their experiences in the competition and played a few tunes.

Violinist Karen Gomyo with accompanist Dina Vainshtein visited the WDAV John Clark Performance Studio for a live performance and to chat with host Rachel Stewart. Ms. Gomyo is the feature soloist in the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra's performance of Tchaikovsky's Pathetique , part of the CSO's Classics Series. 

WDAV was pleased to host pianist Pamela Howland in our studios for a live performance during our Fall Campaign. Listen to Howland perform selections from Chopin and talk with us about her work and her upcoming appearances.