Crossover

Join Jill Pasternak as she interviews Delaware Symphony Orchestra Music Director David Amado.

• More Information about Maestro Amado

Philly Pops Music Director Peter Nero is Jill Pasternak's guest this week. The Philly Pops 2011 holiday concert series runs from December 14th to 22nd at the Kimmel Center.

• Philly Holiday Pops ticket info

Grammy-nominated flutist Joshua Smith is Jill Pasternak's guest this week. He's performing at the American Philosophical Society on December 13th in a Philadelphia Chamber Music Society concert.

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• Joshua Smith

Jill Pasternak chats with two young musicians from our community about their experience being featured on the nationally syndicated radio show FROM THE TOP. Meet 18-year-old trumpeter Jacob Hernandez from Philadelphia, and 16-year-old violinist Amy Semes from Broomall.

Jacob and Amy will be featured on FROM THE TOP on Sunday, November 20th at 2 pm on WRTI. Don't miss it!

Join Jill Pasternak for highlights from interviews with three opera icons: Tenor Stephen Costello, baritone Thomas Hampson, and tenor Salvatore Licitra who died tragically this past September in a Vespa accident; he was only 43 years old. Jill interviewed him in 2005.

Enjoy Opera Day on WRTI!

Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Harpist Elizabeth Hainen is Jill Pasternak's guest this week.

Elizabeth Hainen's website

Join Jill Pasternak as she interviews multiple Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin. Her latest CD, Sharon Isbin & Friends: Guitar Passions is highlighted.

• More about Sharon Isbin Here

Organist Marilyn Keiser is Jill Pasternak's guest this week. She'll be in Philadelphia performing on the Kimmel Center's Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ on November 5th.

More Information:

• Marilyn Keiser's website

Jill Pasternak and Maureen Malloy bring you a conversation with legendary jazz instrumentalist, band leader, and arranger Jimmy Heath. Jimmy and his brother, Albert "Tootie" Heath, will perform at the Kimmel Center on October 15th in the first installment of the Jazz Up Close series.

• More about Jimmy Heath

Join Jill Pasternak when she speaks with members of the India Music and Dance Society (SRUTI) about the two styles of Indian classical music, Carnatic and Hindustani, and about upcoming performances of this music at the Independence Seaport Museum on September 3rd and 4th.

More Information:

• India Music and Dance Society