Kristine Allen

This month, hear a suite of Nordic folk tunes for string quartet, played by Mark Minnich and Sally Williams Minnich, violins; John Roxburgh, viola and Jonathan Dexter, cello. We’ll also hear Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, played by the Penns Woods Music Festival Orchestra, led by Gerardo Edelstein, with two central Pennsylvania-born brothers as soloists: Jeff Zehngut, violin and Gareth Zehngut, viola.

During the month of March, WPSU will celebrate Women's History Month and Ramadan. Here's our schedule of specials.

Here’s the list of scheduled specials for Black History Month on WPSU-FM.

This month, hear the "Overture on Hebrew Themes" by Sergei Prokofiev from the Penn's Woods Music Festival; Chopin’s Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor from a recital by Penn State Faculty Member Christopher Guzman; and the Penn's Woods Music Festival Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D.

On Halloween Night, WPSU's "Fright Night" will feature some Central Pa. ghost stories as told by Local Historia. Listen to this story to hear one of those stories: about the ghost of Sylvia of Janesville Pike.

This month, hear the “Premier quatour” by Debussy: the first movement of his string quartet arranged for saxophone quartet by Vincent David; The “Danse macabre” by Camille Saint-Saens played by Penn State faculty members James Lyon, violin and Melody Quah, piano; the Penn State University Choir in music from the Mass for Four Voices by William Byrd; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 in F, in a performance from the Penn's Woods Music Festival.

On Monday, October 20, a new episode of "Journeys with Local Historia" takes you to the haunts of 19th century outlaw, David Lewis.

Ari Shapiro's last day as host of NPR's All Things Considered is Friday, September 26. He leaves NPR to pursue other interests, including plenty of singing.

This month, hear Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, played by the Penn State Chamber Orchestra; the Oriana Singers in choral music by Brahms; And “Mladi” by Leos Janacek, from the Penns Woods Music Festival.

This month, hear Tchaikovsky’s “Rococo Variations” for cello and orchestra from the Penns Woods Music Festival, featuring cellist Kim Cook; “Two Eastern Pictures” by Gustav Holst, performed by the Oriana Singers; and Two Rhapsodies by Charles Martin Loeffler for Oboe, Viola and Piano, played by oboist Andreas Oeste, violist Tim Deighton, and pianist Melody Quah.