On this week’s episode of SymphonyCast, host Julie Amacher goes back to the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, when arts organizations throughout the world demonstrated their extraordinary determination and resilience as they found ways to continue practicing their craft and bringing music to their audiences, even if in a different format than before. “Light in a Time of Darkness

 features works recorded live in Buffalo in 2020 and 2021 as part of the BPO OnDemand series, streamed to audiences during the height of the pandemic.

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Julie Amacher's desire to introduce others to great music is what led her to radio. She began her professional broadcast career at a station in Sun Prairie, Wis. She went from rock 'n' roll to the Rocky Mountains, where she found her niche in public radio at KUNC in Greeley, Colo. Julie spent 13 years at KUNC, where she managed the announcers and their eclectic music format. During that time, she earned four national awards for best announcer. She joined Minnesota Public Radio in 1997 as an on-air host and also produces New Classical Tracks, a weekly podcast critiquing a new release each week. It airs locally at 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays and 5:15 p.m. Fridays.


Julie Amacher

On this week’s episode of SymphonyCast, host Julie Amacher features the Buffalo Philharmonic recorded live in Buffalo in 2020 and 2021 as part of the BPO OnDemand series, streamed to audiences during the height of the pandemic.

 


Buffalo Philharmonic

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