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09/11/2026

Season 9 of the Music Box, our interactive music education podcast is OUT NOW! Join Kiana and Fiona as they discover how record players work, get to the bottom of the history behind the Happy Birthday song, tell us about the music of the Gullah Geechee and more! Catch up on all episodes at musicboxpod.org

🖌️ illustration by Brooklynn Collier

09/09/2026

Daniel Gilliam talks with the Louisville Orchestra's new CEO Jude Vaclavik about his vision for organization and what he's looking forward to this season

At two months in, the new CEO talks about how the orchestra will shape its future seasons.

09/04/2026

Louisville Academy of Music names Ghanaian composer and ethnomusicologist Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia as the 2026 Composer of the Year! Tune in to 90.5 WUOL today at 5pm to learn more or go to lpm.org/classical!

09/02/2026

For her new album “Homage to Heifetz” doesn’t just play music Heifetz famously recorded, she also plays one of his *actual* violins

09/01/2026

Kentucky's Wendell Berry, famed poet and novelist, dies at age 92

The Kentucky author and activist died in his hometown in Henry County.

08/31/2026

For a few of the tracks on this recording — the shorter ones — Dueñas played on one of Heifetz' actual violins: a 1731 Stradivarius known as the “Heifetz, Piel."

Recording "Homage to Heifetz" with conductor Gustavo Dudamel was a "non-negotiable" for the Spanish violinist

08/31/2026

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson tackle one of their most famous cases in this murderously funny adventure, which transforms the classic Gothic thriller The Hound of the Baskervilles into a fast-paced comedy fueled by theatrical invention.

Enter at the link in our comments for a chance to win tickets to Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery at Actors Theatre of Louisville !

08/28/2026

The 5th and final week of Concerts from the Commonwealth:

Chamber Orchestra of Louisville presents Beethoven's 5th, and brings the energy! Teddy Abrams leads the Louisville Orchestra from the piano in an American fan favorite: George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

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08/17/2026

The voracious, and thoughtful, musical appetite of the PUBLIQuartet

The New York-based string quartet's new album Rhythm Nation teems with beats ranging from West Africa and Venezuela to jazz standards and Janet Jackson.

08/12/2026

Week 3 on Concerts from the Commonwealth:

Derby City Chamber Music Festival performs Arnold Schoenberg's stunning "Verklaerte Nacht," Louisville Chamber Choir presents movements from Arvo Pärt's "Berliner Messe," Louisville Orchestra plays the first movement from Beethoven's "Pastoral" and NouLou Chamber Players return with the music of Phillipe Gaubert.

Sundays in August with Laura Atkinson
5 p.m.
90.5 WUOL Classical Louisville