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The Salt River Five brass quintet joins host Greg Kostraba from the KBACH performance studio in anticipation of the upcoming "Heroic Sounds" concert by the Salt River Brass. Enjoy music by John Philip Sousa and Samuel A. Ward along with the Londonderry Air, Pure Imagination, the rag That's a Plenty, and Amparito Roca. For more about the ensemble, visit https://www.
From the KBACH Performance Studio
KBACH connects you to the Valley's classical scene, as local artists drop by for music and conversation from the KBACH performance studio.
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The Phoenix-based ensemble, Urban Nocturnes, joins host Greg Kostraba from the KBACH performance studio for a preview of the group's fall 2025 concert that includes works by Franz Schubert, Gordon Jacob, Martin Rokeach, and Danny Elfman.
For more about the ensemble, visit urbannocturnes.com.
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KBACH's Greg Kostraba hosts the Phoenix Symphony Brass Quintet, ahead of the Phoenix Symphony's final concerts of the season.
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KBACH's Greg Kostraba welcomes the Tetra String Quartet and guitarist Diego Miranda to the KBACH Performance Studio for music and conversation about their April 5 performance on the “Arts at Nativity” series at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Scottsdale. Tickets are available at Eventbrite.
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The Mill Ave Chamber Players join Greg Kostraba in the KBACH performance studio for music and conversation about their bassoonist Thomas Braedon's new ballet, Akelarre, which Ballet Arizona will premiere March 27-30 at the Orpheum Theatre. Tickets are available at the Ballet Arizona website.
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Guitarist and ASU faculty member Martha Masters joins host Greg Kostraba in the KBACH performance studio for conversation and music by Silvius Leopold Weiss, Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Sebastian Bach & Francois Couperin. It's a preview of Martha's March 6, 2025, Arizona Bach Festival recital.
For more about Martha Masters, visit her website.
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The Phoenix-based Driftwood Quintet joins host Greg Kostraba from the KBACH performance studio for a preview of the group's upcoming concert that includes works by Ton Ter Doest, Teresa Carreño, Modest Mussorgsky, Kazumi Totaka, and guest singer-songwriter AJ Odneal.
For more about the ensemble, visit driftwoodquintet.com.
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The Phoenix-based ensemble, Urban Nocturnes, joins host Greg Kostraba from the KBACH performance studio for a preview of the group's spring concert that includes works by Hans Gál, Bernhard Crusell, and Julius Röntgen.
For more about the ensemble, visit urbannocturnes.com.
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Musicians from the Downtown Chamber Series, violist Mark Deatherage and cellist Ryan Murphy, dropped by the KBACH performance studio to play selections by John Dowland, William Byrd, Bach and Beethoven, and chat with KBACH's Greg Kostraba.
You can learn more about the Downtown Chamber Series on their website: http://downtownchamberseries.org/
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The Tetra String Quartet joins host Greg Kostraba in the KBACH performance studio for music and conversation about their community work here in the valley.
audio engineer: Dario Miranda
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Musicians from the Downtown Chamber Series dropped by the KBACH performance studio to play selections by Jessie Montgomery, Jonny Greenwood, and Ludwig van Beethoven.
You can learn more about the Downtown Chamber Series on their website: http://downtownchamberseries.org/
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One of the valley’s best ensembles, Mill Ave Chamber Players recently joined us in the KBACH performance studio for a little music and conversation. You’ll hear works by Arturo Marquez and William Grant Still—plus an original work by group member Thomas Breadon.
You can learn about this terrific local group at MillAveChamberPlayers.com.
