From The John Clark Performance Studio

Grammy-nominated violinist Robert McDuffie   joins host Frank Dominguez for a preview of his upcoming concert to benefit Davidson College and WDAV.  McDuffie, whose son attends Davidson College, has performed with the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics and numerous ensembles abroad, including the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. He is the founder of both the Rome Chamber Music Festival in Italy and the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in his native city of Macon, Georgia.

The A.W. Duo, cellist James Waldo and pianist Alyona Aksyonova, with guest Ariadne Greif visit WDAV to preview the groups two upcoming performances. The ensemble will perform as part of the Music at St. Alban's series and the Center City Concerts at St. Peter's. Their program will include chamber music exploring themes of romantic love in music of the 19th century, from soulful art songs to sassy parlor music.

After guitarist Peter Blanchette spent a year learning to play the lute, he decided it just wasn't the right instrument for him. He enjoyed playing guitar, but the guitar wasn't capable of easily playing the renaissance and baroque music he loved. So Blanchette solved his problem by creating the archguitar; combining the characteristics of a lute and a Spanish vihuela (an early guitar-like instrument.) Blanchette visits the station to give a live preview of his upcoming Music and Museum performance at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.