Author: Marianne Ward

My Life in Music—Working with Jazz and Pop Greats A few weeks ago, our local classical music radio station, WCPE-FM, made available an interview I did with Rob Kennedy (one of the station’s program...

Romance at the Opera:  Three Valentine’s Day Treats On March 19, 2017, the DSO performed a concert in Memorial Hall on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill, the theme of which was “Romance in Music.”...

This week’s feature is A Western Set: Celebrating Robert Ward’s Lasting Impression on American Music. One of the great American composers I had the privilege to call a friend was Robert Ward. Born in...