In this weeks WCRI Classical Kids Hour hosts Jamie Jones and the Newport Music Festivals Education & Outreach Coordinator Trevor Neal invite you to join them as they introduce you to a Requiem. 

In this program WCRI host Mike Maino and Newport Music Festival Executive Director Pamela Pantos discuss artists who will be performing at this years 52nd Newport Music Festival. In this program Pamela highlights Charlie Albright. Charlie is an internationally award-winning pianist, composer, and improviser Charlie Albright brings music to everyone, uniquely connecting with audiences like no other through his music, speaking, and making concerts fun. For more information on Charlie Albright visit charliealbright.com . For more information on the Newport Music Festival, to purchase tickets to an upcoming concert or to make a donation please visit newportmusic.org or call 401-846-1133.

This weeks 95.9 Company Break Mike talks with Innerlight Mindfulness Teacher Nancy Bennett. Nancy was trained by the Center for Mindfulness at the UMASS Medical School, she is a qualified MBSR teacher and has been leading mindfulness and stress reductions workshops including MBSR for several years. She has an MA in Pastoral Care & Counseling in the Buddhist track from New York Theological Seminary and the NY Zen Center for Contemplative Care with experience as a chaplain intern in NY & RI hospitals including work in psychiatric care units. She has been a long time meditator in the Vipassana/Insight tradition working with renown Insight meditation teachers Joseph Goldstein, Guy & Sally Armstrong, Larry Rosenberg, and Analayo among others. For more information on Nancy Bennett and Innerlight Center for Yoga & Meditation call 401-849-3200 or innerlightyoga.com.

This week Zan Berry, teacher, singer and cellist is our special guest. We talk about the upcoming programs he is involved with and listen to some selections of music that will be presented at the Music Mansion in Providence during the First Fridays programs. For more information you can go to www.musicmansion.org. ​

This week Joe is featuring harmonica player Toots Thielemans from his 1993 Pacific Music recording "The Brasil Project: Vol 2."

In this weeks WCRI Classical Kids Hour hosts Jamie Jones and the Newport Music Festivals Education & Outreach Coordinator Trevor Neal invite you to join them as they listen to Jack and the Beanstalk! In this fun filled children's opera we will hear selections by composer John Davies based on scenes from the operettas of Sir Arthur Sullivan.

In this program WCRI host Mike Maino and Newport Music Festival Executive Director Pamela Pantos discuss composers with a birthday in the month of January and particularly January 27th. For more information on the Newport Music Festival, to purchase tickets to an upcoming concert or to make a donation please visit newportmusic.org or call 401-846-1133.

The Mystic River Chorale is the subject of this week's program with Dr. Frank Martginetti, Artistic Director and Kit Foster, President.        We talk about the upcoming concert and listen to some of the music from the program being presented on Sunday, January 19th at 3 PM in Harkness Chapel at Connecticut College. For more information you can call (860) 460-1487 or go to www.mysticriverchorale.org.