Colleen Phelps

May 6, 2024 | lpm.org | Colleen Wheelahan-Phelps |Laura Atkinson |Colleen Phelps

Join WUOL this Sunday for a chance to share in the unique experience of being a mother while being a musician. Tune in throughout the day for audio postcards from working musician moms, sharing how this life can be glamorous, exciting, and also beautifully messy. Hosted by Laura Atkinson, these artists share their wishes for their children, for the music industry, and for the mothers who will follow in their footsteps. Hourly, beginning at 1pm on Mother's Day.

Apr 23, 2024 | lpm.org | Colleen Phelps

With all due respect to the latest from Taylor Swift, classical music has long been the home of many a tortured poet. In the middle ages troubadours and trouveres toured their own tortured songs all over Europe. Opera heroes like Orfeo and Rodolfo were themselves artists with words (and music) having quite the angst-filled time. In the Romantic era composers set famously devastating poems by Heinrich Heine, Friedrich Rückert, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Elizabeth Barret Browning.

Apr 21, 2024 | lpm.org | Colleen Phelps

With the 150th Kentucky Derby coming this Saturday, WUOL is going to celebrate with three hours of music from the year of the first run for the roses. Tune in at 9am on Derby Day for musical works that premiered in 1875, including Bizet's opera , Grieg's incidental music for and more. Preview one of the works that will actually have its first WUOL airing that day. Ballet Egyptienne by Alexandre Luigini.

Apr 19, 2024 | lpm.org | Colleen Wheelahan-Phelps |Colleen Phelps

Note: This story contains references to sexual assault and rape. When I opened TikTok this morning there was a trending question for women. “Would you rather be stuck in the woods with a bear or with a man?” Much to many men’s chagrin, women had universally responded “bear.”Perhaps we should now ask with whom we would prefer to share a stage. Sammy Sussman’s recent reporting on the 2010 misconduct of New York Philharmonic members Liang Wang and Matthew Muckey is only a week old.

Apr 7, 2024 | lpm.org | Colleen Phelps

Musicians are interpreters, performers, and sometimes also detectives. Pianist David Korevaar visited Italy to investigate the pocket-sized manuscript of the Piano Trio by composer Luigi Perrachio, turning it into a performance-ready piece of sheet music. The result is a delightful newly released recording with the Carpe Diem String Quartet. Hear about the adventure, as well as the album’s moving dedication. Listen to the full interview above and preview the album below.