2025 CMS Young Composers Competition
Community Music School of Webster University (CMS) Director Justin Blackburn, Guest Composer Dr. Daniel Pesca, and first place winners Aadit Shrivastava and Emily Chen talk with Kathy Lawton Brown about the 2024-2025 CMS Young Composers Competition and free concert of winning works played by Chamber Project St. Louis on March 29, 2025. Learn more at webster.edu/cms-ycc…
Classic 107.3 Beat Beethoven 5K
Join us Sunday, May 4 at Queeny Park for our 4th Annual run/walk event for Classic 107.3 – Radio Arts Foundation, the only community-supported arts and classical radio station in St. Louis! In the 5k race, the goal is to finish before the end of Ludwig van Beethoven’s famous Symphony No. 5 (about 33 minutes).…
The 2025 St. Louis Bach Festival
The Bach Society of Saint Louis Artistic Director and Conductor A. Dennis Sparger and Executive Director Melissa Payton talk with Kathy Lawton Brown about the 2025 St. Louis Bach Festival, with musical events throughout the St. Louis area. Tickets, locations and full details for each event can be found at bachsociety.org/festival. Classic 107.3 · 2025…
Bach Society to Present Brahms Requiem
Bach Society of St. Louis Music Director and Conductor Dr. A. Dennis Sparger and Soprano Bethany Worrell talk with Kathy Lawton Brown about the upcoming BSSL performance of Johannes Brahms’ A German Requiem on March 22, 2025. Learn more and purchase tickets at bachsociety.org/requiem. Pictured, left to right: Kathy Lawton Brown, Bethany Worrell, and A.…
A Celebration of Women Composers
Kathy Lawton Brown spotlights “Voices of Her Own: A Celebration of Women Composers” in our conversation with violinist Twinda Murry and oboist Cathy Woelblin-Paul. Learn more about this celebration of Women’s History Month with an inspiring afternoon of FREE music featuring remarkable works by women composers like Florence Price and Fannie Mendelssohn Hensel. Enjoy captivating…
Jazzmatazz and More with the McKinley Goldbug Band
As part of Classic 107.3’s partnership with the Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative, McKinley Classical Leadership Academy Middle and High School Band Director Bob Dorries and members of the Goldbug band invite listeners to “Jazzmatazz” on March 8, 2025. Hear from Band Director Dorries and McKinley Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band musicians Senior Jack…
Nicholas McGegan Returns
Nicholas McGegan, conductor and baroque and classical specialist, and Chamber Music Society of St. Louis (CMSSTL) Executive and Artistic Director Marc Gordon join Kathy Lawton Brown in conversation. Learn about “Nicholas McGegan Returns”, coming to the CMSSTL stage on February 10 with an unforgettable evening of music! Bring a friend, bring your family with this…
Winter Opera St. Louis to Premiere Anna Bolena
Kate Slovinski is making her directorial debut with Winter Opera St. Louis this week. Hear her conversation about directing Anna Bolena with Kathy Lawton Brown. See the St. Louis premiere of “Anna Bolena” by Gaetano Donizetti at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center.Runtime 2 hours 45 minutes including intermission.January 17th at 7:30pm & January 19th at…
2024 Chanukah Programs
Thursday, December 26 from 5pm – 6pm and Tuesday, December 31 from 5pm – 6pm • Join Itzhak Perlman the superstar violinist as he tells the story of the Jewish festival of lights. This engaging one-hour special includes numbers from Itzhak Perlman’s radio addicted childhood in Israel; evocative songs in Yiddish and Ladino; classical music that revolves…
Forty-Eight Hours of Christmas Classics
Christmas Eve & Christmas Day • Bring all the warmth and joy of past Christmases to life once again with the Classic107.3 FM and 96.3 HD2 48 hours of commercial-free music. Enjoy masterpieces from Tchaikovsky, Bach, Handel, Britten and Menotti and welcome back old friends like Robert Shaw, Luciano Pavarotti, Harry Belafonte, the Boston Pops with Arthur…