Citizens' Band Radio on KMUZ 88.5 FM, www.KMUZ.org

15/06/2025

You have heard the music on Citizens' Band Radio. Don't miss the live performance at 3 pm in Rose Auditorium at South Salem High School on Father's Day, June 15. We are bringing more drama and power than you can ever experience on a recording. Support live music with Salem Symphonic Winds and Festival Chorale Oregon.

14/06/2025

Hear this symphony live at Rose Auditorium on Sunday at 3 pm. It's beyond anything you can imagine. Also hear Pippa Randolph perform a remarkable flute concerto. It's going to be a fantastic afternoon!

07/06/2025

On today's Citizens" Band Radio Show I'll preview the June 15 concert Salem Symphonic Winds will perform in Rose Auditorium at South Salem High School at 3 pm. I'll share the third movement of the Mike Meyer Flute Concerto which will feature Pippa Randolph at our concert. As a special treat I'll share Symphony No. 1 The Lord of the Rings by Johan de Meij. Then we will hear Symphony No. 5 Return to Middle Earth by de Meij, the featured work on our concert. I'll share the translation of the lyrics sung in the symphony and an introduction to each movement before playing the movement. Tune in for some wonderful music by Johan de Meij and Mike Mower.

26/04/2025

I'm broadcasting music on my show that I consider to be Music for Our Time. The program began with David Maslanka's St. Francis: Two Studies for Wind Ensemble, my homage to Pope Francis and his concern for the environment, the poor, and the marginalized. Then, Kevin Walczyk's Symphony No. 5, Freedom From Fear. His symphony serves as a plea for civility, and from the tyranny of war, and despots who marginalize the rights of immigrants, orphans, and people of all races to live free of fear. The program closes with Nigel Clarke's Symphony No. 1, "A Richer Dust." It is a sad statement of what it means to live with violence and extremism, the constant companions of human history. I led the Salem Symphonic Winds in a performance of this symphony in 2018. At that time, we would never have believed that our country would be the source of fear to immigrants and to many citizens of our country. Nigel recently commented to me that this work is unlikely to be programmed now, especially in our country. He has expressed his deep concern for our country and the loss of our leadership in the causes of human rights, freedom, and democracy.

14/10/2024

🎬 Join Us for a Special Screening! 🎶

Take in a captivating evening with Giacomo Puccini’s one-act opera Suor Angelica and the enchanting film Casanova and the Three Graces on Sunday, October 20th at 6:30 PM at Salem Cinema. This event is part of A Reel Change for our Community, benefiting the Salem Symphonic Winds.

Casanova and the Three Graces is set in the romantic city of Venice, Italy, and features an aria from the opera and the cello concerto Casanova by Johan de Meij.

🎻 Don’t miss out! Dr. Joseph Harchanko will perform both works live at the Salem Symphonic Winds concert on October 27th at Rose Auditorium, South Salem High School.

✨ Mark your calendars and support a great cause!

Take in a screening of Suor Angelica and Casanova and the Three Graces on Sunday, Oct 20 at Salem Cinema (Salem, OR) — A Reel Change for our Community event benefiting Salem Symphonic Winds.

Then join us at our October 27 concert where soloist Joseph Harchanko will perform an aria from the opera and the full cello concerto Casanova.

12/10/2024

We are listening to Oystein Baadsvik, one of the world's most profound tuba players, perform his daughter Anna Baadsvik's Memory of a Rose.
I'll finish the show with Julie Giroux's Fort McHenry Suite and William Grant Still's Summerland.
Tune in now to KMUZ. Listen at KMUZ.org or 88.5 or 100.7 FM in the MidWillamette Valley of Oregon.
While you are at it, consider making a donation to help keep our station on the air!
Call 503-990-6101 now. Brian would love to chat with you and take your pledge.

12/10/2024

It's pledge drive week at KMUZ, again! We would love to have your support. Call us at 503-990-6101 or visit our website at www.KMUZ.org to pledge support. I've got some rarely heard tunes on the show today. Tune in for some surprises. Next is Lawrence Odom's arrangement of Sheep May Safely Graze by Johan Sebastien Bach, unlike you have ever heard it. Tune in for some favorites and some surprises.

03/08/2024

On the Citizens' BAND Radio show for August 3, we will preview the entire concert that Salem Symphonic Winds will perform on August 11 at the Youngberg Hill Vineyard and Inn in McMinnville. The concert will feature three soloists: Jeff Witt - vocalist; David Chasney - trumpet soloist; and Tim Sasaki - xylophone soloist. It will also include a tribute to John McManus, the first conductor of the Salem Symphonic Winds, then the Salem Wind Ensemble, and later the Salem Concert Band. McManus also taught band in McMinnville, Oregon, from 1951 - 1968. The concert will honor his inspirational work with McMinnville students and will include selections that his McMinnville band students performed.

Our broadcast and this concert celebrate the start of their 50th season as an adult community band serving Salem, Oregon, and the surrounding region. We will also broadcast a couple of teasers to announce the first Salem concert of their 50th season. Our broadcast will feature great bands and soloists from all around the globe playing the music you can hear performed live in the vineyard and concert halls of Oregon by Salem Symphonic Winds.

You can listen to the show from 10 AM to noon by clicking the Listen Now link at www.KMUZ.org or at 88.5 or 100.7 FM in the Mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon.

13/07/2024

The Citizens' Band Radio show for July 13 honors Bastille Day, celebrated on July 14, which commemorates the date of the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution. I'm told that we are having some local issues with our broadcast signal today. The show should be streaming and can be heard on our website for the next couple of weeks. Go to KMUZ.org
and click the Listen Live button to listen during the show, or find Citizens' BAND Radio under the shows tab and select the July 13 show.

Today's show starts with La Marsseillaise and includes the recording of Kazuhiro Morita's Music from Les Misérables. You can hear some amazing trumpet work by Brendan Ball on Nigel Clarke's Mysteries on the Horizon, followed by Faust Ballet Music by Charles Gounod. Les Couleurs Fauves by Karel Husa presents an amazing array of instrumental colors. Kebek - Boreal Rhapsody by Jan Van der Roost celebrates the seasons enjoyed in Quebec, Canada. The title refers to the oldest (Indian) name of Quebec. Paquito D'Rivera's Caribbean Berceuse celebrates the cultures of the Caribbean and features the Barcelona Clarinet Players. A final treat is the Hymn for Bram by Peter Graham, and Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach, performed by one of the world's great brass bands.

01/06/2024

The Citizens' BAND Radio show for June 1 is our Spring Pledge Drive show on KMUZ. My wife, Toni will be joining me to invite you to offer your support to keep KMUZ and Citizens' BAND Radio on the air. You will hear performances by the United States Air Force Band, The US Air Force Band of the Rockies, The Eastman Wind Ensemble, The US Coast Guard Band, The Kinki University Wind Orchestra, The UNLV Wind Orchestra, The US Air Force Heritage of America Band, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony, The Melton Tuba Quartett, the Black D**e Band, and the Harmonieorkest Brabants Conservatorium.

Oh - and by the way, they are all playing great tunes! Tune in to KMUZ at KMUZ.org or 88.5 or 100.7 FM from the Mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon. Make a donation to support the show at: https://donorbox.org/citizens-band-radio

13/04/2024

It's my wife, Toni's Birthday and I'm playing a few of her favorite band pieces in my Citizens' BAND Radio Show from 10 am - Noon on Saturday, April 13. To be fair a two-hour show was not long enough to represent even a small percentage of the music she loves. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TONI!
This show will feature The Candide Overture and Suite by Leonard Bernstein, British Eighth March by Zo Elliott, Shadowcatcher by Eric Ewazen, Symphony #1 Culloden by Julie Giroux, Wings Piano Concerto by Piet Swerts, and The Wind in the Willows by Johan de Meij.
You can listen at www.KMUZ.org. Click the "Listen" button and join the party! We broadcast at 88.5 and 100.7 FM in the Mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon. This show is also available any thttps://kmuz.org/shows/citizens-band-radio.org/shows/citizens-band-Citizens' Band Radio on KMUZ 88.5 FM, www.KMUZ.org

16/03/2024

The Citizens' BAND Radio show for Saturday, March 16, 2024, will be the 12th Anniversary of my show on KMUZ. My first show was on St. Patrick's Day 2012. On this anniversary broadcast, we will start with La Mezquita de Cordoba by Julie Giroux. We will then switch to St. Patrick's Day tunes with Dublin Dances by Jan Van der Roost, Finnegans' Wake by A.J. Potter, The Wild Goose (An Gé Fhiain) by Ryan George, Londonderry Air by James Barnes, Londonderry Air arranged by Evelyn Glennie, Tilbury Point by Nigel Clarke, At Kitty O'Shea's by Johan de Meij, A John Gay Suite by Buxton Orr, Irish Trilogy arranged by Larry Daehn, and we will switch to Kelzmer tunes for the finale with Klezmer Classics by Johan de Meij.
Visit our website at www.KMUZ.org and click the "LISTEN" button to hear the show live. We broadcast at 88.5 and 100.7 FM from the Mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon from 10 am to Noon every Saturday.