Podcasts

Could you imagine Don Pasquale in Hollywood? The Fort Worth Opera goes there in 2018 in a retelling of an age old classic remade to appeal to a 21st Century audience. It’s just one of many innovations in play as WRR’s Amy Bishop and FW Opera Artistic Director Joe Ilick lift the curtain on the… Read more »

Dr. Bradley Hunter Welch joins the Dallas Winds April 17th at the Meyerson Symphony Center for “Pipes and Drums” along with the Epoch Percussion Quartet. WRR’s Dave Whitfield sits down with the world class organist and we learn about Dr. Welch’s background, a new composition from Andrew Boss you can experience at “Pipes and Drums”… Read more »

When more than 800 artists vie for 160 display spaces, something must be going right! In this conversation with WRR’s Amy Bishop and Terri Messing of the Southlake Women’s Club and chair of the festival artists committee, tells us that visitors to “Art In The Square” in Southlake will find diversity, variety and some incredible… Read more »

Mariachis and a Symphony Orchestra sharing a stage? It’s one of the highlights of this year’s “Cinco de Mayo” celebration in DFW and takes place Friday, May 4th at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving. WRR’s Amy Bishop visits with Hector Guzman, Music Director and Maestro of the Irving Symphony Orchestra, about “Fiesta Tecaliso”. 

Is it nerve-wracking standing in front of an audience to conduct a major symphony orchestra? That’s one of the questions WRR’s Amy Bishop has for Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya as he prepares the FWSO for an appearance at “SHIFT” a major festival of American Orchestras in Washington D.C. 

“The Great Society”, the second in a series of plays exploring the turbulent presidency of Lyndon Johnson is on stage at Dallas Theater Center through April 1st. Actors Brandon Potter, who plays LBJ, and Shawn Hamilton, who has the role of Martin Luther King, Jr. visit with WRR’s Amy Bishop about acting, politics and the… Read more »

Universal Health Resources, the nonprofit arm of Universal Health Services, is throwing a gala fundraising event in conjunction with the upcoming Royal Wedding in England. John Glover of UHR visits with WRR’s Amy Bishop about the mission of his organization and your chance to participate in the gala festivities. 

“Great Music deserves a great space”- The Dallas Bach Society will provide both with ‘St. Matthew Passion’ at the Meyerson Symphony center on Monday, March 26th. Dallas Bach Society Artistic Director James Richman talks about the concert, the composer and ‘The Passion’ with WRR’s Amy Bishop. 

The Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth unveils Texas composer Pierre Jalbert’s “Piano Quintet” as part of their upcoming April 7th performance at the Kimbell Art Museum. WRR’s Barry Samsula visits with the Society’s Artistic Director Gary Levinson.

WRR’s Amy Bishop visits with Julie K. Hersh and Donald J. Stone, the TACA 2018 Silver Cup Award winners in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the arts.