Press Coverage
Musical America: All Classical Radio Names Emily Cole & James Shields as its 2024/2025 Artists in Residence
October 8, 2024
By Allison Van Etten for Musical America Worldwide
All Classical Radio has named violinist Emily Cole and clarinetist James Shields as its 2024/2025 Artists in Residence. The network’s Artists in Residence program, one of the first and only artist residencies created by a radio station in the USA, provides opportunities to established and emerging artists for career advancement, radio and community performances, and creative development.
Willamette Week: Coty Raven Morris Named a Grammy Semifinalist
October 7, 2024
By Rachel Saslow for Willamette Week
Portland State University choir professor and All Classical Radio host Coty Raven Morris is a top-25 semifinalist for the Grammy’s 2025 Music Educator Award. This is the second year in a row that Morris has been in the running for the award for U.S. music teachers, which is presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum.
KOIN: ‘I am ecstatic’ – Portland State professor named semifinalist for GRAMMY Award
October 7, 2024
By Michaela Bourgeois for KOIN News
For the second year in a row, a Portland State University choir professor and All Classical Radio host has been named a semifinalist for a GRAMMY educator award.
The Skanner: PSU’s Coty Raven Morris Named a Semifinalist for GRAMMY 2025 Music Educator Award
October 7, 2024
By The Skanner News
Portland State University’s School of Music & Theater faculty member and All Classical Radio host Coty Raven Morris has, for the second year in a row, been named a semifinalist for the GRAMMY 2025 Music Educator Award.
CURRENT.ORG: Three years in, the Recording Inclusivity Initiative is still fighting to diversify classical radio
June 4, 2024
By Marah Eakin for Current.org
On Elevate, the brand new album from All Classical Radio’s Recording Inclusivity Initiative, you won’t find any Bach concertos or quirky new takes on Beethoven’s symphonies. Instead, you’ll find recordings by Japanese-born composer Yuko Uébayashi and Black American composer Damien Geter, as well as a sonata…
OPB: All Classical radio to relocate to downtown Portland in 2024
May 17, 2024
By Prakruti Bhatt for OPB
For All Classical president and CEO Suzanne Nance, “more is more is more.” So when Nance and her team of 30 full-time employees were presented with an opportunity to move to a bigger, more community-oriented space in downtown Portland, there wasn’t an ounce of hesitation.
OregonLive: This nationally syndicated Portland radio show celebrates music of the movies
March 3, 2024
By James Bash for the Oregonian/OregonLive “The Score,” All Classical Radio’s nationally syndicated program that celebrates film music with inspiring and informative one-hour shows, is having a moment. Now on the cusp of its 18th year, weekly episodes of “The Score” are carried by 60 stations and reach an estimated 1 million listeners – not …
Radio World: All Classical Radio Gains a Historic Headquarters
February 12, 2024
By Elle Kehres for Radio World
With the help of a generous benefactor, classical music — and classical music lovers — will soon have a new home in Portland, OR. All Classical Radio, KQAC(FM), has received the largest grant in the station’s 40-year history. The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust of Vancouver, Wash., has gifted $750,000 in support of the network’s relocation campaign.
Oregon Business Magazine: Reinventing a Classic
January 26, 2024
By Sander Gusinow for Oregon Business Magazine
All Classical Radio leaves the Portland name behind while committing to a new downtown space.
During a recent visit to the soon-to-be-former studio for All Classical Radio, it was hard to see why anyone would want to leave.
KGW’s Hello, Rose City: All Classical Radio celebrates 40 Years on the air
January 16, 2024
Thank you to KGW and host Lacey Evans, for having All Classical Radio’s President & CEO Suzanne Nance on Hello, Rose City! View the segment below or on the All Classical YouTube channel, to hear Suzanne discuss the station’s 40th anniversary, the upcoming move to KOIN Tower in Summer 2024, and the ground-breaking Artist Anthology. …
