Category Archives: All Classical Radio

Portland Business Journal: Oregon Arts groups, Bonamici declare ‘state of emergency’ amid NEA, NEH cuts

By for Elizabeth Hayes for Portland Business Journal

At a Monday press conference, the art groups announced plans for a series of art summits to “strategize a new plan.”

All Classical Radio: For Humans, By Humans

When you listen to All Classical Radio, you hear handcrafted radio programming that is locally produced and community focused. In collaboration with students from Portland State University’s Branded Media Course and the PSU School of Film, All Classical invites you to explore what it means to make radio for humans, by humans, with a brief …

John Pitman Reviews: Yevgeny Sudbin’s ‘Ver La Flamme’

Renowned for his interpretations of the music of Russian composer and mystic, Alexander Scriabin, celebrated pianist Yevgeny Sudbin is host John Pitman’s latest guest for this Arts Blog interview. On Sudbin’s newest album, Ver La Flamme (Toward the Flame), the pianist shares his deep knowledge and appreciation for the music of the early 20th century …

Tune in weekdays for New at Noon

All Classical Radio invites you to tune in for New at Noon, an original feature airing weekdays at 12:00 PM PT. Join host Brandi Parisi for this midday special showcasing new recordings, recent releases from today’s leading artists and composers, and updated interpretations of classical favorites. Host Brandi Parisi shares, “All Classical Radio’s music library …

Host Brandi Parisi Interviews poets Dao Strom & Alicia Jo Rabins

April is National Poetry Month. All Classical Radio host Brandi Parisi recently spoke with Portland-based songwriters, composers, and poets Dao Strom and Alicia Jo Rabins about their new collaborative project/album, Wild Nights. Hear their interview, including details about the multi-year project, their music choices of folk and Americana, and the poetry of Emily Dickinson below:

John Pitman Reviews: Les Korngold’s Korngold Symphony

Imagine if we could hear, decades after a composer has passed, a note-for-note set of instructions of what how they intended their music to be heard? It’s rarer than you might think. In this Arts Blog, program director John Pitman has a conversation with the grandson of the Austrian born composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold – …

Deadline Extended: Access Recording Project

All Classical Radio’s Access Recording Project is a unique opportunity for Pacific Northwest musicians and artists to enjoy access to the station’s state-of-the-art performance hall and recording studio to further creative projects, expand portfolios, and advance careers.

The deadline to apply has been extended through 12:00 PM PT on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

Host Brandi Parisi Interviews Eugene Symphony’s Alex Prior

Alex Prior, the newly appointed Music Director of the Eugene Symphony, speaks with All Classical Radio host Brandi Parisi. In this wide-ranging discussion, they talked about Alex’s phenomenal career (he was Assistant Conductor of the Seattle Symphony at age 17!), universality in music, the importance of outreach and community, his love of the Pacific Northwest, …

Oregon ArtsWatch: Music news – notes: March 2025

By Brett Campbell for Oregon ArtsWatch

Portland composer, musician and student Elaina Stuppler’s winning streak continues. Stuppler is All Classical Radio‘s Young Artist in Residence (extended through 2025), where she’s performed at various events and participates in programming the station’s International Children’s Arts Network (ICAN), and interviewed Julie Andrews, Itzhak Perlman, and “Weird Al” Yankovic. Last month, the station showcased several of her sparkling, varied scores on its essential weekly Thursdays @ Three live show.

Radio Online: All Classical Radio Names Parisi as Radio Network PD

By Radio Online

All Classical Radio in Portland, OR promotes Brandi Parisi to Radio Network Program Director for both All Classical Radio and the International Children’s Arts Network. In this role, Parisi will oversee the programming staff and lead strategic initiatives across the two networks.