Sascha Groschang
HostSascha Groschang has performed extensively across the United States and Asia. She has appeared at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall numerous times, and gave her solo debut recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in 2009. She has shared the stage with Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Michael Bublé, Peter Gabriel, Josh Groban, Sarah Mclachlan and has recorded for NBC, Atlantic and Rhino Records. Sascha is principal cellist of NewEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble and co-founder, co-composer and cellist of the string duo, “The Wires” which explores unorthodox styles through original compositions. She joins Classical KC as a co-host of Sound Currents.
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We're continuing our ode to women and celebrating Women's History Month on Sound Currents with an episode about music and motherhood. Hear music and conversation with this week's guest: Stacey Barelos. -
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the most fiddle-y of holidays, hear music from the Fretless, a supergroup fiddle quartet. Hear fiddle tunes and folk melodies turned into intricate, beautiful, high-energy arrangements that have quickly gained a dedicated following and accolades from around the world.
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March is Women's History Month. Celebrate with Sound Currents, as we explore music by and inspired by women.
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Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Eleanor Alberga is a highly-regarded mainstream British composer with commissions from the BBC Proms and The Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Her music reflects not only the human experience, but also particular milestones in her life. Listen to it on this week's Sound Currents.
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Allison Loggins-Hull's music is often resonant with social and political themes of the current moment, encompassing motherhood, Blackness, and cultural identity. Hear her music on this week's Sound Currents.
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It’s all hearts on this week's Sound Currents! Share the love — whether its romantic or self-love — with music fit for Valentines Day.
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This week on Sound Currents, composer and social justice artist Anthony R. Green shares how music can be a tool to increase equality in the world, as well as spark joy and understanding.
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newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. To honor this milestone, explore music from Kansas City composers — like guest Hong Hong Gianakon — in the third of a series of shows highlighting artists with local connections.
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After two weeks of music inspired by controlled substances, take time for a detox. In this episode of Sound Currents, explore music reflecting on recovery and healing with guest Ben Stevenson.
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Classical music has a long history of substances inspiring composers. Guest Seth Andrew Davis joins us for the second show in our series exploring music influenced by drugs and alcohol in light of Missourians voting for recreational use of marijuana.
