Clarinetist Anthony McGill plays Beautiful Music by Johann Sebastian Bach today. The 2000 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner attended Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan and The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and in 2020 he won the Avery Fisher Prize. Since 2014 Antony McGill has been the principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, […]

Wynton Marsalis is a consummate musician, with a seemingly infinite list of talents and interests. The trumpet player has been nominated for Grammy Awards 14 times, and 11 of those were wins. He’s also an EMMY nominee, and he won a Pulitzer Prize for his composition, BLOOD ON THE FIELDS. (there’s a link to some

The Marsalis Family name is as associated with top-notch music making in the 21st century as the Bach Family name was in the 18th century. Branford Marsalis is the saxophone virtuoso member of the multi-talented, multi-generational Marsalis musical family. You may know of Branford Marsalis as the leader of The Tonight Show Band from 1992-1995.

Brandyn Lewis is a Canadian doublebass player who attended McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, and the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal. Brandyn Lewis is now a substitute double bassist with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and is the ensemble’s only Black member. You can hear (and watch) Brandyn Lewis x 4 playing Johann Sebastian

Today’s Beautiful Music is provided by the talented and versatile musician Jonathan Woody. The bass-baritone’s musical passions range from baroque and early music to contemporary music. He has performed music by Bach, Handel and others with groups including Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Bach Collegium San Diego, Portland Baroque Orchestra and Apollo’s Fire. Jonathan Woody has also

Today’s Beautiful Music is a nod to President’s Day. Cellist Alisa Weilerstein is joined by a talented young musician, 8 year old cellist Sujari Britt, playing music by Luigi Boccherini at the White House. That performance was from 2009, and Sujari Britt is all grown up now, and continuing to grow as a musician. You

Happy Valentine’s Day! Pianist Kyle P. Walker and violinist Katherine Dennis make Beautiful Music together today! Music brought the New York-based married couple together, and they both have busy and inspiring lives as performers and music teachers. Kyle’s projects include The Dream Unfinished, Sanctuary Project NYC, and his touring performance project, BACH TO BLACKNOTES, as

One of the advantages of my job is that I get to meet talented, creative and inspiring people, such as Patricia Ann Neely. She plays viola da gamba and vielle (among other instruments) and has performed with a wide range of top ensembles, including The Folger Consort, Smithsonian Chamber Players, New York Collegium, the Washington