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Author: Salvador Perez Lopez

LOCAL CLASSICAL – ORION R. FARRAR

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Salvador Perez Lopez

In this week’s playlist, we feature Indianapolis-born composer, Orion R Farrar! He wrote most of his marches around the turn of the century like Bombasto and Indiana State Band, which are still very popular.

NEW CLASSICAL – OSCARS

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Salvador Perez Lopez

Connect with this great movie music-filled playlist to get in the spirit for Oscar season.

LOCAL CLASSICAL – SOFIA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Salvador Perez Lopez

In this week’s playlist, we feature the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra in honor of their upcoming performance at The Palladium on Friday, February 23rd, at 8 PM. The orchestra has won praise from audiences throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. Since 2017, Nayden Todorov has served as its general director.

LOCAL CLASSICAL – DEMONDRAE THURMAN

Posted on February 5, 2024 by Salvador Perez Lopez

In this week’s playlist, we feature Eugene O’Brien Bicentennial Executive Associate Dean, professor of music in euphonium, and chair of the Brass Department at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Demondrae Thurman.

NEW CLASSICAL – TERENCE BLANCHARD

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Salvador Perez Lopez

This month’s playlist features composer and renowned trumpet player, Terence Blanchard! He is unique in the jazz world as an artist whose creative endeavors go far beyond the genre into film scoring, crafting television series soundscapes and conceiving grand operas that have been recognized at the highest levels of art appreciation.

LOCAL CLASSICAL – EUCLID QUARTET

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Salvador Perez Lopez

In this week’s playlist, we feature the Faculty Quartet-in-Residence at Indiana University South Bend, the Euclid Quartet in honor of their newly released album, Breve. This features short quartet works, made possible by the IU Presidential Arts & Humanities Production Grant.

NEW CLASSICAL – PHILIP GLASS

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Salvador Perez Lopez

Through his operas, his symphonies, his compositions for his own ensemble, and his wide-ranging collaborations with artists ranging from Twyla Tharp to Allen Ginsberg, Leonard Cohen to David Bowie, Philip Glass has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact upon the musical and intellectual life of his times.

LOCAL CLASSICAL – ANTHONY McGILL @ ISO

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Salvador Perez Lopez

In this week’s playlist, we feature performances by clarinetist, Anthony McGill, in honor of his upcoming performances with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra on January 19th and 20th. In 2020, he was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize, one of classical music’s most significant awards given in recognition of soloists who represent the highest level of musical excellence.

NEW CLASSICAL – ERROLLYN WALLEN

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Salvador Perez Lopez

In this week’s playlist, we feature multi-award-winning Belize-born British composer and performer, Errollyn Wallen. She was awarded an MBE in 2007 in the Queen’s Birthday Honours and a CBE in 2020 in the New Year Honours, for services to music.

LOCAL CLASSICAL – HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Salvador Perez Lopez

To wrap up the 2023 year and as the Holidays are approaching, we bring you this special playlist “Home for the Holidays” to celebrate.

NEW CLASSICAL – ERIC WHITACRE

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Salvador Perez Lopez

Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor, Eric Whitacre, is among today’s most popular musicians. His works are programmed worldwide and his ground-breaking Virtual Choirs have united 100,000 singers from more than 145 countries.

LOCAL CLASSICAL – HAN LASH

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Salvador Perez Lopez

In this week’s playlist, we feature the music of Han Lash. They are associate professor of music in composition at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Their piece, “Forestallings,” a musical response to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D Major, was premiered by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

NEW CLASSICAL – JAMES STEPHENSON

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Salvador Perez Lopez

In this week’s playlist, we feature composer, James Stephenson. He came late to his full-time composing career, having performed 17 seasons as a trumpeter in the Naples Philharmonic in Florida.  As such, the composer is largely self-taught, making his voice truly individual and his life’s work all the more remarkable.

LOCAL CLASSICAL – INDY BAROQUE & THOMAS GERBER

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Salvador Perez Lopez

In this week’s playlist, we feature recordings by the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. You’ll hear host, Salvador, speak with Thomas Gerber a founder of, and the keyboardist at Indy Baroque

NEW CLASSICAL – CONNOR CHEE

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Salvador Perez Lopez

In this week’s playlist, we feature Navajo pianist and composer Connor Chee in honor of National American Indian Heritage Month. Chee made his Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 12 after winning a gold medal in the World Piano Competition.

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