Jim Tevenan

2 weeks ago | spokanepublicradio.org | Jim Tevenan

Anticipating their performance of the Stabat Mater of Giovanni Pergolesi in Sandpoint on Palm Sunday (April 13th), Sandpoint Conservatory voice department head Brenda Rutledge, countertenor Cody Ontiveros, alto Jubilant DuValle, and pianist Daniel Hughes talk with Jim Tevenan and perform selections from Pergolesi's sacred music masterpiece.

1 month ago | spokanepublicradio.org | Jim Tevenan

University of Idaho Music Professor and saxophonist Vanessa Silert and pianist Catherine Anderson are the duo "Duality." They came to the KPBX studio to talk with Jim Tevenan about the world of the saxophone and its music, also report on upcoming gatherings at the U of I, including a meeting of the North American Saxophone Alliance and the upcoming Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival.

1 month ago | spokanepublicradio.org | Jim Tevenan

Conductor Shira Samuels-Shragg, former Assistant Conductor of the Spokane Symphony, currently holds that same post with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Shira returns to Spokane to lead the SSO in a Masterworks concert called "L. A. Story," featuring the Toast of the Town Overture by Dallas-based composer Quinn Mason, also the monumental Seventh Symphony of Antonin Dvorak, and, with Canadian violinist Gabrielle Després, the wonderfully romantic Violin Concerto of Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

1 month ago | spokanepublicradio.org | Jim Tevenan

Zuill Bailey and Jim Tevenan talk about many things in their time together today, principally about the Northwest BachFest's upcoming weekend of performances with Zuill welcoming guests Kurt Nikkanen, violin, and Maria Asteriadou, piano, for a Saturday evening performance of music of Ravel, Debussy and Fauré, and a Sunday afternoon program of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Both are at the Barrister Winery in Spokane, with more information at nwbachfest.com

Mar 4, 2024 | spokanepublicradio.org | Jim Tevenan

Violinist and teacher Kyung Sun Lee returned to Spokane to join the Gonzaga University Symphony as soloist in Sergei Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto. This is Kyung Sun's fifth appearance with the orchestra. She came to our KPBX studio for conversation with Jim Tevenan, prefaced by playing the opening movement of Sebastian Bach's first unaccompanied Violin Sonata.