KPAC Blog

The KPAC Blog features classical music news, reviews, and analysis from South Texas and around the world. Scroll down for feature writings about the music played on air as well as other interviews and essays about classical music. To listen to KPAC 88.3 FM, simply click the "Listen Live" player at the top of this page and choose KPAC: Classical Music.

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A Champion Of Czech Music, Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek, Dies At 71

By Tom Huizenga • Jun 1, 2017

The Van Cliburn Announces 12 Semifinalists In 15th International Piano Competition

By Bill Zeeble • May 31, 2017

Twenty Cliburn quarterfinalists are down to 12 in the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

San Antonio Youth Wind Ensemble Blows Into New York

By Jack Morgan • May 31, 2017

A group of local young musicians is taking it to the Big Apple. They are the San Antonio Youth Wind Ensemble, and they started out small, with just 35 school-age musicians.

"Now we're in year seven. We have three fully performing ensembles," says Nina McGrath.

She says that members run the gamut from beginners to very good musicians.

"Our youngest students are thirteen years old and our oldest students are under the age of 20, September first of 2016," says McGrath.

One Music Writer On The Joys Of Aaron Copland's 'Rodeo'

By editor • May 30, 2017

Classical music writer Fran Hoepfner (@franhoepfner) joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to discuss why she loves Aaron Copland’s “Rodeo,” and to listen to a few of the composer’s other works.

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive with The Art of Harold Arlen

By James Baker • May 27, 2017

The KPAC series of more than a decade ago, "The Art of American Popular Song," followed a blueprint laid out by the composer and writer Alec Wilder.