KBACH's Heart of the Arts
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingStay on top of what's happening in the arts community here in the Valley. KBACH's Greg Kostraba interviews talented musicians, conductors, and other arts leaders who visit the Phoenix area or call it home.
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Marvin Scott of Rosie's House
October 21, 2022 21:48 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MBMarvin Scott is the Program and Community Engagement Director of Rosie’s House, a music academy here in Phoenix, now serving over 500 students with...
Artistic Director of Phoenix Chorale, Christopher Gabbitas
October 12, 2022 18:37 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MBGrammy award-winning baritone Christopher Gabbitas is our guest today. A former member of The King’s Singers, now he calls Phoenix home with his...
Hilary Hahn brings wall of sound with Eclipse
October 07, 2022 20:16 - 15 minutes - 20.7 MBOur guest today is Grammy-award winning violinist Hilary Hahn. She collaborated with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and director Andres Orozco-Estrada...
Cellist Zuill Bailey celebrates 10 years with Mesa Arts Center
October 05, 2022 22:13 - 32 minutes - 45.3 MBCellist Zuill Bailey, the curator of the Classical Music Inside Out series is at it again. We dive into the music, the 10th season, the community and...
North the Musical
October 04, 2022 16:12 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBOur guests today are composer and creator of the brand new musical North, Ashli St Armant and choreographer Monik Jones. This is a powerful new...
Renée Fleming premieres Cities that Sing, Paris in IMAX Theaters
September 15, 2022 15:57 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MBWorld renowned and Grammy award-winning Soprano, Renée Fleming is our guest today. She has a brand new documentary film airing in select IMAX...
Carolyn Broe
August 18, 2022 19:36 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MBAmerican violist, conductor, composer, educator, published author, Dr. Caroyln Broe is our guest today. She’s founded the Four Seasons Orchestra, a...
CEO Becky Bell Ballard on the future of Rosie's House
June 08, 2022 21:57 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBToday’s guest is Becky Bell Ballard, the CEO of Rosie’s House which is now located in downtown Phoenix. It’s an amazing music academy for children,...
Herbert Washington continues developing Phoenix Boys Choir traditions and more
May 04, 2022 21:39 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBHerbert Washington is the Artistic Director of Phoenix Boys Choir. Washington discusses the importance of the ongoing mission of the Boys Choir...
MusicaNova Orchestra
April 25, 2022 22:18 - 27 minutes - 38 MBMusicaNova Orchestra presents the world premiere of Anton Bruckner’s once-lost Symphony No. 4 (1878 version) research and conducted by maestro Warren...
Zuill Bailey - Inside Out Season 11
April 06, 2022 22:01 - 23 minutes - 32.1 MBGrammy Award-Winning cellist, Zuill Bailey is back to talk about the upcoming season of his Classical Music Inside Out Series with Mesa Arts Center...
Daniela Galli
March 30, 2022 22:47 - 16 minutes - 22.7 MBBrazilian actress, dancer, and musician Daniela Galli stars as Nannerl Mozart in the award-winning production, The Other Mozart coming to Scottsdale...
Chris Botti
March 24, 2022 18:27 - 6 minutes - 8.32 MBGrammy Award-Winning trumpeter Chris Botti is our guest on this episode of Heart of the Arts. His tour is back in full swing and he’s bringing some...
Zuill Bailey on closing out his 10th Season!
February 15, 2022 21:28 - 13 minutes - 18.8 MBEven amid a global pandemic, cellist Zuill Bailey has kept classical music education at the forefront of developments. In its tenth season, they are...
Sharon Isbin Tours Brand New Music
January 28, 2022 21:17 - 13 minutes - 18.2 MBMulti-Grammy Award Winning guitarist, Sharon Isbin is on tour again and gratefully so. She says she was lucky to have two albums completed and lined...
ASU guitarist brings "The Planets" down to earth for six strings
March 24, 2020 07:00 - 9 minutes - 9.04 MBGuitarist Thomas Wheeler is a Masters candidate in Jiji Kim’s studio at Arizona State University. His recital is scheduled for Sunday, April 5th, at...
Orchestra Week at AZ Music Festival
February 12, 2020 07:00 - 9 minutes - 8.76 MBRobert Moody talks about another exciting Orchestra Week at Arizona Music FestivalOrchestra Week at Arizona Music Festival begins this Sunday,...
Interview with Christopher Gabbitas
October 08, 2019 07:00 - 9 minutes - 8.51 MBThe Phoenix Chorale opens the new season October 18th through the 20th with performances titled Lux Aeterna. The Chorale will be led by its new...
Pianist Inna Faliks at Red Rocks
September 17, 2019 07:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBPianist Inna Faliks appearing at the Red Rocks Music FestivalThis Saturday at the Sedona Creative Life Center at 7:30pm and Sunday at Temple Chai in...
End of an Era
April 30, 2019 07:00 - 4 minutes - 4.26 MBJeff Harris, who founded the Sonoran Desert Chorale a quarter century ago, is retiring. The Chorale will give the last concerts of its 2018-2019...
Harp and Guitar, Beautiful Music
April 10, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.23 MBTomorrow evening at 7:30 the Mesa Arts Center presents harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and guitarist Jason Vieaux. Along with a repertoire of solo pieces...
Arizona Music Fest Orchestra Week 2019
February 19, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.48 MBAll this week the Arizona Music Festival Orchestra, made up of some of the finest players in the world, and Music Director Robert Moody are...
Arizona Bach Festival Tenth Anniversary Season
February 12, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.73 MBThe Arizona Bach Festival 2019 season continues this Sunday afternoon at 3 at All Saints Episcopal Church with guest organist Isabelle Demers and...
Jeffrey Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations® Anniversary at Scottsdale Center for the Arts
February 06, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.69 MBOn Tuesday February 12th Jeffrey Siegel will continue his latest season of Keyboard Conversations® at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts with The...
Awadagin Pratt at Mesa Arts Center November 15th, 2018
November 14, 2018 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.31 MBAwadagin Pratt returns to the Valley Thursday evening, November 15th at 7:30. He appears as part of the Mesa Arts Centers Classical Music Inside Out...
David Finckel and Wu Han at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts
November 07, 2018 07:00 - 4 minutes - 4.17 MBThis Sunday afternoon at three the dynamic husband and wife team David Finckel and Wu Han will play Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Brahms as part of the...
Urban Nocturns at Music At Trinity Cathedral Series
October 29, 2018 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.97 MBThe Music At Trinity Cathedral Series is underway and on Thursday November 8th at 7pm the Artist in Residence ensemble Urban Nocturnes will be...