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Radio Matt Jackfert, Oct. 09, 2025

Guitarist Sharon Isbin Dazzles In New Latin Dance-Inspired Album

Guitarist Sharon Isbin is back at it again with her latest album, Romantico, featuring her performing with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s led by Enrique Lopez-Yañez in music written by composer Karen LaFrak.

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Radio Matt Jackfert, May. 29, 2025

Listen: WVU Musicians Perform Live In-Studio At WVPB

WVPB recently hosted a pair of musicians from West Virginia University (WVU) to come perform live in-studio during Classical Music with Matt Jackfert. Albert Houde, associate horn professor at WVU and principal horn with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra (WVSO), and Sun Jung Lee, collaborative pianist at WVU, serenaded our Wednesday afternoon with a live performance of Reimaginings by Frank Gulino.

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Radio Matt Jackfert, May. 13, 2025

Maestro André Raphel Returns To The WSO For 95th Anniversary Concert

Maestro André Raphel who served as music director of the WSO from 2003-2018, will be taking the podium once again at the Capitol Theater in Wheeling on Thursday May 15 to conduct La Valse by Maurice Ravel, to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the WSO as well as the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ravel.

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Radio Matt Jackfert, Jan. 08, 2025

Juliana Soltis Releases Album 'American Woman' And Performs Live At WVPB

In this album, Soltis performs works all by American female composers, highlighting a group of underrepresented musicians in the Classical realm. Soltis says this album shows how “American women in classical music are not isolated novelties … but rather they represent an unbroken tradition of compositional excellence.” Some highlights from the album include Amy Beach’s “Berceuse” and Florence Price’s "Adoration."

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Radio Matt Jackfert, Oct. 01, 2024

US Marine Band To Perform In West Virginia

The “President’s Own” United States Marine Band is kicking off its Fall tour with two concerts in the Mountain State. The first concert will be held in Morgantown at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center on October 1st at 7:30 PM, while the second con...

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Radio Matt Jackfert, Sep. 18, 2024

Lindsey Goodman Is Back With 'In The Company Of Music'

New Music champion and flutist, Lindsey Goodman, is back at it again with her 4th album called "In the Company of Music" from the Navona imprint of Parma Recordings. In this album, Goodman, along w...

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