Category Archives: All Classical Radio
John Pitman Reviews: Simone Dinnerstein’s ‘The Eye is the First Circle’
American pianist Simone Dinnerstein’s latest album, The Eye is the First Circle, features iconic American composer Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata. The album is a live recording of Dinnerstein’s multimedia production at the Alexander Kasser Theater in Montclair State University, New Jersey. The Eye is the First Circle was inspired in part by a quote from …
The Hidden Gems of Famous Composers
The composers we love have written some of the most iconic pieces in classical music. Works like Beethoven’s Für Elise and Symphony No. 5, Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, and many more are synonymous with the genre of classical music and recognized by classical music appreciators of all levels. While these composers wrote …
Radio+Television Business Reporter: ‘All Classical Radio’ Gets NEA Award For Access Recording Project
By Radio+Television Business Reporter
The home of Fine Arts programming in Portland, Ore., and its surrounding communities is the recipient of a cash award from the National Endowment of the Arts. KQAC-FM and its All Classical Radio operation is receiving $20,000 as part of the NEA’s Grants For Arts Projects bequeathments.
Radio Online: KQAC Receives $20,000 NEA Grant for Access Recording Project
By Radio Online
KQAC-FM/Portland, OR, known as All Classical Radio, has received a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support its upcoming Access Recording Project. This initiative is designed to lower financial hurdles to quality recording and performance facilities for artists and groups from diverse backgrounds.
John Pitman Reviews: Joshua Roman’s ‘Immunity’
Cellist Joshua Roman began to experience something beyond a case of Covid, early in the pandemic. It soon became apparent that the virus had advanced to become long Covid, which consists of symptoms that vary widely from one person to the next. While coming to terms with this life-changing condition, Joshua had to learn a …
2024 Classical Countdown Results!
The votes have all been counted, and the winning selections of All Classical Radio’s Classical Countdown to 2025 have aired on New Year’s Eve! Read on to see the results of this year’s listener-voted 100 favorite musical pieces. Thank you for participating in our annual Classical Countdown tradition, and thank you for listening to All Classical Radio. …
All Classical Radio’s 2024 Year in Review
As we begin a new year together, we’d like to take a moment to reflect, with gratitude, on 2024. Together, we have achieved so much! Thanks to your generous support, All Classical has had an exciting year full of high notes and crescendos—from a new state-of-the-art home in downtown Portland to innovative community collaborations and …
Oregon ArtsWatch: All Classical Radio’s Media Arts Center – Portland’s newest cultural hub
By Brett Campbell for Oregon ArtsWatch
Portland’s All Classical Radio, one of the nation’s most successful classical radio stations, is entering a new incarnation. ArtsWatch’s Joe Cantrell was on hand — trusty camera in hand — a couple of weeks ago for the public opening of the station’s gleaming new headquarters on the third floor of downtown Portland’s KOIN Tower.
Congratulations, Elaina Stuppler!
All Classical Radio is thrilled to announce that Elaina Stuppler’s position as the station’s Young Artist in Residence has been extended through Summer 2025! Elaina has already appeared at several high-profile station events, including the unveiling of All Classical’s 40th Anniversary display at the Oregon Historical Society in January 2024, where she performed with Pink …
Oregon ArtsWatch: The legacy of Roger O. Doyle and the new KQAC All Classical choral series that bears his name
By Daryl Browne for Oregon ArtsWatch
KQAC has moved to the third floor of the always eye-catching KOIN Tower near the Keller Auditorium. It’s a gorgeous and expanded footprint (about 33% larger than the Hampton Opera Center) with wood, glass, metal, beveled panels and miles of wires and electronic equipment that would have sent the original Benson teenagers back in 1921 into a techno-geek coma.
