WDAV celebrates the vital role public radio plays in supporting musicians and music lovers by spotlighting local talent, including this session with Charlotte-based Phoenix Down RPG from the John Clark Performance Studio. Featuring Teil Taliesin, oboe; Dr. Dylan Taliesin, clarinet; and Nicholas Ritter, bassoon.

WDAV celebrates the vital role public radio plays in supporting musicians and music lovers by spotlighting local talent, including this session with Charlotte-based Chamber Music for All from the John Clark Performance Studio.

Organist and keyboardist Clara Bartz, a Davidson native, play Bach selections before her performance of the Goldberg Variations at the Davidson Bach Festival. Learn more about the Davidson Bach Festival (PDF)

The Poiesis Quartet—winners of the prestigious Fischoff Competition—performs a program called The Poetry of Music for the Seventh Street Concerts at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Charlotte. Charlotte poet laureate Junious Ward joins the group, which also features former Charlottean Drew Dansby on cello. They preview the performance From the John Clark Performance Studio.

Mark and Maggie O’Connor kick off a national tour in support of their new album, Life after Life, at The Cain Center for the Arts in Cornelius, NC. Before that, they perform a few tracks for us and speak to Frank Dominguez about how the pandemic isolation allowed them to focus on songwriting, much of which forms the basis of the new release. Learn more about Mark and Maggie O’Connor's Life after Life concert Pictured: Mark and Maggie O’Connor (r-l) by Maia Rosenfeld

Pianist Cynthia Lawing performs several musical selections during WDAV’s holiday open house. She talks about what brought her to music and being inducted into the Steinway Piano Teacher Hall of Fame. Also, Mark and Katherine Love of Steinway Piano Gallery (Charlotte) are in studio to talk about bestowing the honor.

Countertenor Reginald Mobley and pianist Henry Lebedinsky preview a program of vocal music by black composers for the Music at St. Alban’s Series. Learn more about Reginald Mobley and Henry Lebedinsky at the Music at St. Alban's Pictured: Reginald Mobley/ CLB Management

From the John Clark Performance Studio welcomes two of the Queen City’s finest jazz musicians, Dawn Anthony and Rick Bean, to preview a concert that mixes jazz with classical choral music. The two talk about this unique collaboration for a Fall Jazz Fest concert at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Charlotte.

Pianist Greg Knight, finalist in the Van Cliburn Piano Competition amateur division, and conductor Matthew Troy, preview the season opening concert for the Western Piedmont Symphony. Learn more about the Western Piedmont Symphony's Masterworks I program Gregory Knight, piano Matthew Troy, conductor

The Beo String Quartet, which specializes in contemporary music, visit the John Clark Performance Studio to talk and to share their talent. The quartet gives a preview of the new works they will premiere live at WDAV's Small Batch Concert Series .