Program Descriptions

5/11/08 - Season finale concert of the Detroit Symphony's Civic Youth Orchestra
WRCJ is pleased to announce plans to broadcast the season finale concert of the Detroit Symphony's Civic Youth Orchestra. Hosted by Jimmy Rhoades and Detroit School of the Arts student Jared Laws

Featured on the broadcast will be interviews with Denise Davis-Cotton, Principal and Founder of the Detroit School of the Arts, Charles Burke, Music Director of the Civic Ensembles, DSO Principal Guest Conductor Peter Oundjian and 14-year-old violinist Emily Hudock, who demonstrated a virtuosic maturity far beyond her years and entranced the Orchestra Hall audience.

2/3/08 - The Symphony Bowl MMVIII (playlist)
WRCJ's exclusive coverage of the 2008 Symphony Bowl pitting the New York Philharmonic against the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Click here to see more about the match-up.

2/4/07 - The Symphony Bowl MMVII
WRCJ's exclusive coverage of the 2007 Symphony Bowl pitting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra against the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Click here to see more about the match-up.

9/3/06 - DSO Preview (playlist)
Chris Felcyn takes a look at the upcoming Detroit Symphony Orchestra season with special guests DSO Executive Director Anne Parsons, and violist Shanda Lowery.

8/27/06 - Michigan Opera Theatre Special (playlist)
"A Decade of Divas, Drama and Dreams," a broadcast of the gala recital celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Detroit Opera House, hosted by David DiChiera, General Director of Michigan Opera Theatre. Recorded in recital at the Detroit Opera House on April 27, 2006.

2/11/06 - 9th Annual Sphinx Competition
The Finals Concert of the 9th Annual Sphinx competition for Junior High, High School, and College age Black and Latino string players residing in the U.S., held on February 11, 2006 at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit, accompanied by the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Chelsea Tipton II.

2/5/06 - The Symphony Bowl Preview & Tailgate Party
WRCJ's exclusive coverage of the Symphony Bowl which pit the Seattle Symphony Orchestra against the Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra in a musical battle of the titans. This program is not intended for the whimsically challenged!