From the KBACH Performance Studio

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KBACH connects you to the Valley's classical scene, as local artists drop by for music and conversation from the KBACH performance studio.

Episodes

  1. Apr 14

    Artists of Promise 2026

    Winners of the 2026 Artists of Promise Competition of the Maricopa County Community Colleges District (MCCCD) join KBACH's Greg Kostraba for conversation as well as music for solo guitar, guitar quartet, voice, and solo piano from the KBACH Performance Studio. Greg also chats with Rose French, Coordinator of Instrumental Music for the MCCCD about the competition, as well as instrumental programs across the District. Information about the competition is here.

  2. Jan 27

    Driftwood Quintet Plays Piazzolla

    The Driftwood Quintet and accordion player Gabe Hall-Rodrigues join host Greg Kostraba from the KBACH performance studio with selections from their new album of works by Astor Piazzolla, “El Tango Nuevo: Ángeles y Diablos.” For more about the release, visit https://driftwoodquintet.bandcamp.com.Audio engineer: Dario Miranda

  3. 11/03/2025

    Salt River Five

    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.saltriverbrass.org/.

  4. 10/13/2025

    Urban Nocturnes - Fall 2025

    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.

  5. 05/26/2025

    Phoenix Symphony Brass Quintet

    KBACH's Greg Kostraba hosts the Phoenix Symphony Brass Quintet, ahead of the Phoenix Symphony's final concerts of the season.

  6. 03/31/2025

    Tetra String Quartet II

    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.

  7. 03/24/2025

    Mill Ave Chamber Players II

    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.

  8. 02/22/2025

    Guitarist Martha Masters

    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.

  9. 08/21/2024

    Driftwood Quintet

    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.

  10. 04/18/2024

    Urban Nocturnes

    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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