Cara Lieurance is one of WMUK's regular classical music hosts, and co-host (with volunteer Dave Marlatt) of The Pure Drop. A music and communications graduate of WMU, Cara comes from a musical family and has been with WMUK since 1989.
Kalamazoo has been home to one of the country's most prestigious competitions for young people for the past 38 years. Saturday, the Stulberg International String Competition returns with performances by twelve semi-finalists during the day and a final concert by six finalists in the evening.
The acclaimed a cappella ensemble Anonymous 4 returns to Kalamazoo to perform a program of 13th century French music Friday night.
A joint presentation of Fontana Chamber Arts and the WMU Medieval Institute, the program blends sacred works honoring the Virgin Mary and secular songs about a fetching shepherdess named Marion.
Pianist Alpin Hong and violinist Jun-Ching Lin are the featured soloists in a free collaborative concert this Thursday called A Night of Musical Promise, which will include over 170 young performers who participate in a variety of regional music programs.
Bayreuth to Broadway is the title of the May 5 concert by the Kalamazoo Singers.
Coming off the heels of an ambitious program in March featuring two major sacred works for choir and orchestra, Kalamazoo Singers conductor Rick Phelps looks ahead to a completely different program and fondly remembers the last one.
