Arts on the Town

When I'm not blogging, writing program notes for classical concerts, teaching piano lessons, composing music or selling my music/program notes/piano lessons, I can often be found putting together the elements of the weekly radio show, Arts on the Town, which I co-host with my wife, Susan LaFave. The one-hour show, which airs every Sunday at 6 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (that's also Arizona time between April and October) over radio station KFNX, 1100 AM, comprises interviews with the musicians, actors, dancers, painters, etc., who make the arts happen in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live.

What does that have to do with you out there in the rest of the wide, wide world? Nothing, directly. But if you drop by my show's website, you may find of interest some of the podcasts we've archived there from past shows. Go to: www.artsonthetownaz.com, and click on one of the three arts categories listed at the top of the home page. Then click on "Listen to interview." In music, you can hear Michael Christie, music director of The Phoenix Symphony, discuss what it means to lead a symphony orchestra in our time. In visual arts, you can listen to a two-part interview with famed American painter/sculptor Eric Fischl. For fans of the dance, there are interviews with choreographer David Parsons, and with former New York City Ballet dancer, now choreorgapher and artistic head of Ballet Arizona, Ib Andersen.

- KLF