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Bubbling Up on Now Is the Time

by Kile Smith | May 5, 2017 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI

It’s the spirit of jazz on Now Is the Time, Saturday, May 6th at 9 pm on WRTI.org and WRTI-HD2. We wanted to call #three “Pound Three” but our (increasingly numerous, as the years go by) younger colleagues said, “Hashtag. Duh.” Unperturbed, we contacted...

Lounge Lizards on Now Is the Time

by Kile Smith | Apr 26, 2017 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI

All varieties of vernacular show up this week on Now Is the Time, Saturday, April 29th at 9 pm on WRTI.org and WRTI-HD2. With movements like Sip ’N Stir (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Ramada Inn (Exit 1, New Jersey Turnpike), it sure sounds like Michael Daugherty, and those...

Easter Weekend on Now Is the Time

by Kile Smith | Apr 13, 2017 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI

Life awaits its birth this Saturday before Easter on Now Is the Time, Saturday, April 15th at 9 pm on WRTI.org and WRTI-HD2. Evan Chambers walks through a graveyard and is inspired by inscriptions and poetry in the Introduction to The Old Burying Ground and its last...

From Pi to Prime on Now Is the Time

by Kile Smith | Mar 17, 2017 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI

Another Pi Day, 3/14, just slipped by, so let’s hear the magic of numbers on Now Is the Time on WRTI this Saturday, March 18th at 9 pm. Reginald Bain based his Pi Day on… well, you’ll hear as much of the 3.1415926… sequence that can fit into four...

Overtures, Fanfares, and Brass on Now Is the Time

by Kile Smith | Feb 17, 2017 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI

On Saturday, February 18th at 9 pm, Now Is the Time presents a taste of the upcoming Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia “Sounds of America” concert. We hope you can join us for a different look at some of the composers who will be represented on those...

Ironworks on Now Is the Time

by Kile Smith | Jan 14, 2017 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI

It’s heavy metal on Now Is the Time, Saturday, January 14th at 9 pm on WRTI.org and WRTI-HD2. Techno DJ Steve Bowman starts us off with Pinches of piano and electronica. That’s followed by David Dzubay’s Brass Quintet No. 1 from way, way back in 1988. The Prism...

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17 Mar. The Stars Shine from The Consolation of Apollo. Westminster Schola Cantorum, Christ Church, Easton, MD

18 Mar. The Stars Shine from The Consolation of Apollo. Westminster Schola Cantorum, Trinity Lutheran, Hagerstown, MD

23 Mar. Yes, It’s Beautiful from The Consolation of Apollo. University of Waterloo Choir, Liska Jetchick, Trillium Lutheran, Waterloo, ON, Canada

31 Mar. Canticle. Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, cond. Austin, TX

6 Apr. Yes, It’s Beautiful from The Consolation of Apollo. Huntsville Community Chorus, Ian Loeppky

6 Apr. And Good in Every Thing. L.A. Choral Lab, Los Angeles

7 Apr. And Good in Every Thing. L.A. Choral Lab, Los Angeles

13 Apr. The Waking Sun. Cornell University Chamber Singers, Steve Spinelli, cond.

28 Apr. Jubilate Deo. Premiere. Ursinus College Choir & Meistersingers, John French, cond.

10 May. Where Flames a Word. Madison Choral Project, Albert Pinsonneault. St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee

11 May. Where Flames a Word. Madison Choral Project. Christ Presbyterian, Madison, WI

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17 May. The Waking Sun, excerpts. Northwestern University, Donald Nally

28 Jun. The Arc in the Sky. The Crossing. Chorus America 2019 Annual Conference, Philadelphia

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4 Oct. A Child’s Afternoon. Premiere. Anna Meyer, flute, and Erik Meyer, organ. Christ Church, Philadelphia