Kristine Allen

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.

In Performance at Penn State is a monthly hour-long program that showcases performances from Penn State's School of Music. This month, hear Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat with pianist Steven Herbert Smith as soloist from the Penns Woods Music Festival; The Penn State Concert Choir, directed by Christopher Kiver singing “The Peace of Wild Things” by Cynthia Powell; and an oboe sonata by Francis Poulenc played on the saxophone by PSU facutly members David Stambler, saxophone and Christopher Guzman, piano.

This month, hear “Le Tombeau de Couperin” by Maurice Ravel, from the Penn's Woods Music Festival; a sonata for clarinet and piano by Marion Bauer from a faculty recital; The Penn State Glee Club singing Franz Biebl’s “Ave Maria” and “Elegy for a Young American,” written in tribute to President John F. Kennedy by Ronald Lo Presti and played by the Penn State Symphonic Band.

This month, hear The overture to the opera “Cephale et Procris,” composed in 1694 by Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, played by the Penn State Early Music Ensemble; six songs by Johannes Brahms, arranged for cello and piano from the Penns Woods Music Festival; “Five Improvisations” by Amy Beach, played by PSU pianist Timothy Shafer; and a suite from the ballet, “Daphnis et Chloe” by Maurice Ravel, played by the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Gerardo Edelstein.

This month, In Performance at Penn State observes Black History Month with an hour devoted to performances of music in the African and African American choral traditions by Penn State’s student choir, Essence of Joy. The program is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Anthony Leach, who leads the choir in all of the performances on this program. We’ll also hear some comments from Dr. Leach from a 2011 interview, and from the concert stage.

In Performance at Penn State is a monthly hour-long program that showcases performances from Penn State's School of Music. This month, hear an opera overture by Domenico Cimarosa from the Penns Woods Music Festival Orchestra; the Penn State Philharmonic in the overture, “From the South” by Sir Edward Elgar; and PSU faculty members Margaret Fey, bassoon and Timothy Shafer, piano in a piece called “Mathematics” by contemporary composer Alyssa Morris.

WPSU-FM will celebrate Black History Month with a series of special programs airing during the month of February, highlighting African American history and culture.

Tony Leach, professor emeritus of music and music education at Penn State, has died at the age of 73.

Here is our 2024 list of holiday specials for Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year's Eve on WPSU-FM.

As the movie "Twisters" enjoys a whirlwind of success at the box office, two Penn State meteorologists and storm chasers talk about the science in the movie and their own experience in the field.