Film music sets the mood and helps elicit the emotional responses that make a good movie a great movie. Each week on CharlottesvilleClassical.org, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour takes a listen to music from the wide world of film scores.  Film music of the 1950s ran the gamut from cynical to epic. For every Ben […]

Michael McArthur will stop by WTJU this Thursday afternoon, June 30, at 1:30 (eastern) for a special half hour session. You can listen at 91.1 FM or online at wtju.net.  You can also live video stream it at WTJU’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. As a kid, Michael McArthur dreamed of becoming the world’s best […]

WTJU is delighted to sponsor this year’s Heifetz Festival of Concerts Independence Day Celebration at James Monroe’s Highland. As a special treat, WTJU will preempt our regular 2-4pm programming this Monday July 4, to broadcast the entire event. You can listen locally at 91.1 FM, and streaming at wtju.net. Celebrate the holiday with some fine fiddling […]

     Episode eighteen of WorldView features Tan Dun, a Chinese-born American composer who has become a leading figure in contemporary classical composition. Known for writing film scores to major motion pictures such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Dun has drawn influence from audiovisual experiences, Chinese theatrical performance, and modern Western classical music.    […]

New Jazz & Blues – 6/28/2022 New Jazz: Lance Conrad – Home (Self-produced): “This is an homage to the end of a chapter, but it is a necessary beginning for the next. It is wistful, yet exciting – looking backwards and forwards at the same time. It encompasses both the comfort of the past and […]

For the month of June, Classics a Day celebrates Pride Month. And the challenge is to post works from classical composers who self-identified as other than heteronormative. There are a lot of composers to choose from — and not just in the modern era. This was a challenge that deepened my knowledge of classical music. […]