KRCB-FM: Curtain Call

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott. They talk about her musical life and her March 5th concert with Miró Quartet in Weill Hall, Green Music Center. Then, Jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, bassist, educator and activist Marcus Shelby previews the concert "Blues in America" by the Marcus Shelby Quartet with vocalist Terrie Odabi, March 3 at the Raven Theater, to benefit Healdsburg Jazz Music Education Programs in the Schools. Finally, tenor Nicholas Phan talks about the Valley of the Moon Music Festival at Green Music Center Schubert program, March 4th in Schroeder Hall.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with Emerson String Quartet violinist Philip Setzer. They talk about his musical life and his performance of three Beethoven piano trios with pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel, February 19th at Weill Hall, Green Music Center. Then, violinist Christian Tetzlaff talks about his musical life and his performance with pianist Lars Vogt, February 18th at Weill Hall, Green Music Center.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with director Larry Williams and actors Gene Abravaya and Steven Kent Barker. They talk about the musical “1776," February 10th through 26th at Spreckels Performing Arts Center. Then, Actor Eric Thompson, puppeteer Sheila Devitt and producer Ellie Lichenstein preview Trevor Allen’s "One Stone,” February 10th through 19th at Cinnabar Theater. Finally, period clarinetist Eric Hoeprich talks about his musical life and the performances of his trio with cellist Tanya Tomkins and pianist Eric Zivian, February 11th at Schroeder Hall, Green Music Center and February 12th at Occidental Center for the Arts for Redwood Arts Council.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with actor Patrick Varner and director Sarah Muirhead. They talk about their artistic lives and about Jonathan Tolins’ hit one-man comedy "Buyer & Cellar,” February 3rd through 19th in the Studio Theatre at 6th Street Playhouse. Then, composer and multi-instrumentalist Mariah Parker talks about her musical life and the CD-release performance of her band “Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble!” February 4th at Occidental Center for the Arts.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with pianist Joseph Kalichstein. They talk about the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio in the midst of their 40th season, and their January 29th performance at Weill Hall. Then, harpist and playwright Laura Simpson talks about her collaboration with Lorelei Kornell on their new play "The Telltale Harp,” in its first staged reading by Pegasus Theater Company, January 29th at the Graton Community Center.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with cellist Joshua Gindele. They talk about Miró Quartet and their January 20th performance at Occidental Center for the Arts for Redwood Arts Council. Then, composer and multi-instrumental jazz musician Chris Brubeck talks about his musical life, the Brubeck Brothers Quartet and their January 21st performance at Glaser Center for Redwood Arts Council. Finally, flutist Alexandra Hawley talks about Stanford Woodwind Quintet and their January 22nd performance at Newman Auditorium for Santa Rosa Junior College Chamber Music Series.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with violist Masumi Per Rostad. They talk about the Pacifica Quartet and its January 11th performance for the Music@Menlo Winter Series. Then, Director Marty Pistone and actors Jenifer Coté and Edward McCloud preview Sarah Ruhl's "Stage Kiss,” January 13th through February 5th at 6th Street Playhouse.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with actress Ann Woodhead and director Beth Craven. They talk about Mark St. Germain’s one-woman play ”Becoming Dr. Ruth,” January 6th through 22nd at Main Stage West. Then, Visual Arts Director Catherine Devriese and exhibiting collagist Sherry Parker talk about concurrent exhibitions, “Stranger than Fiction” and “MARVELOUS! International Exhibition of Collage, Assemblage, and Construction,” January 6th through February 12th at Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Finally, Joanna Bramel Young talks about Festival Consort’s annual presentation of “Renaissance Glory,” January 8th at Church of the Incarnation

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with singer/actress/playwright Sharon McNight. They talk about her one-woman musical "Red Hot Mama, the Sophie Tucker Songbook,” January 6th through 29th at Cinnabar Theater, with a Gala Performance on New Year’s Eve. Then, philosopher Elizabeth Minnich brings light from darkness in the very first interview on her new book "The Evil of Banality.”

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with founding singer Carol Maillard. They talk about Sweet Honey in the Rock and their concert “Celebrating the Holydays,” December 22nd at Weill Hall, Green Music Center. Then, distinguished pianist Kirill Gerstein talks about his latest recording, Liszt’s "Transcendental Etudes.”

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with Artistic and Music Director Jeffrey Thomas. They talk about American Bach Soloists’ performances of Händel’s Messiah, December 14th, 15th and 16th at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, and here at Weill Hall, Green Music Center December 18th. Then, Director Annabelle Marie and VOENA singers preview VOENA’s “Voices of the Season... On Broadway Concert Tour,” December 17th at Glaser Center, Santa Rosa.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with Chanticleer Music Director William Fred Scott. They talk about Chanticleer and about “A Chanticleer Christmas,” December 10th through 23rd in venues around the Bay Area, including 2 performances at St. Vincent’s Church, Petaluma on December 11th. Then, pianist Konstantin Lifschitz previews his performance of the complete Bach Keyboard Partitas, December 8th at Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto for Music@Menlo. Finally, violinist Elena Urioste and pianist Adam Golka talk about their December 10th concert at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Sebastopol for Redwood Arts Council.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with Director Elizabeth Craven, actress Mary Gannon Graham and music director Jim Peterson. They talk about the world premiere of Si Kahn’s new musical “Hope,” December 1st through 18th at Main Stage West, Sebastopol. Then, Co-Executive Director Stephan Stubbins previews Transcendence Theatre Company’s holiday program “Joy To The World,” December 2nd through 4th at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts. Finally, Shafiq Spanos talks about “A Cantiamo Christmas,” December 1st and 2nd at St. Seraphim Orthodox Church, Santa Rosa.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with Director Elizabeth Craven, actress Mary Gannon Graham and music director Jim Peterson. They talk about the world premiere of Si Kahn’s new musical “Hope,” December 1st through 18th at Main Stage West, Sebastopol. Then, Co-Executive Director Stephan Stubbins previews Transcendence Theatre Company’s holiday program “Joy To The World,” December 2nd through 4th at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts. Finally, Shafiq Spanos talks about “A Cantiamo Christmas,” December 1st and 2nd at St. Seraphim Orthodox Church, Santa Rosa.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with Sonoma County Philharmonic Music Director Norman Gamboa. They talk about the orchestra’s next program "Overtures & Arias,” November 19th and 20th at Santa Rosa High School Performing Arts Auditorium. Then, pianist Charles Ketcham previews his performance of "The Music of G. I. Gurdjieff,” November 20th in Schroeder Hall, Green Music Center.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with singer, pianist, and music revivalist Michael Feinstein. They talk about his musical passions and his November 12th performance “Great American Songbook” at Weill Hall, Green Music Center. Then, Calidore String Quartet talk about their musical life together and about their November 13th concert for Santa Rosa Junior College Chamber Music Series at Newman Auditorium.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with pianist Lara Downes. They talk about her musical life and her new recording "America Again.” Then, Patrick Ball talks about his artistic life and his November 5th performance “Celtic Harp & Story” at Occidental Center for the Arts.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with Paula Poundstone. They talk about her October 21st appearance at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts. Then, Co-Director Catherine Kudlick previews the 30th annual Superfest: International Disability Film Festival, this year honoring Pixar for Advancements in Accessibility Technology, October 22nd at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art & Life, Berkeley, and October 23rd at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with ZOFO Piano Duet, Eva-Maria Zimmerman and Keisuke Nakagoshi. They talk about their performance of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” October 16th at Cinnabar Theater, Petaluma. Next, Director Elizabeth Craven and actor Steven Abbott preview Brian Friel’s drama “Dancing At Lughnasa,” October 14th through 30th at Main Stage West, Sebastopol. Then, violist Sam Quintal talks about Jasper String Quartet’s October 15th concert at Occidental Center for the Arts for Redwood Arts Council.

Host, Charles Sepos chats first with painter Marsha Connell, sculptor Jan Schultz and painter Bill Gittins. They talk about Sonoma County Art Trails open studios, Saturdays and Sundays, October 8th and 9th and October 15th and 16th, as well as the Preview Exhibit running through October 16th at Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Then, Rialto Cinemas proprietor Ky Boyd talks about MetOpera Live in HD at Rialto Cinemas 2016 - 2017, opening with Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” October 8th and 12th at Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol.