Jamie Paisley
Director of Radio ProgrammingQuestionnaire:
Hometown(s)?
Lansing, MI; Los Angeles, CA; Brookline, MA; Ithaca, NY; Avondale, PA
To what faults do you find yourself most indulgent?
Cheesesteaks
How do you spend your free time?
Old movies & TV shows with a sprinkling of boardgames
If you had a superpower, what would it be?
I'd like to instantly transport myself anywhere in the world. I love travel, but hate the traveling.
What sound or noise do you love?
An audience singing along impromptu with a performance.
What sound or noise do you hate?
The scraping of chalkboards... fortunately, chalkboards are on the way out.
Do you like sports?
No... but I like feigning ignorance about sports.
Who is your favorite composer?
NOOO! Too hard! Top 5 of the moment, at least: Stravinsky; Brahms; Dowland; John Adams; Stephen Sondheim
jamie@wkar.org
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The Sphinx Virtuosi is comprised of strings players of color meant to bolster representation in the arts. -
After next year's 2025-26 season, Music Director of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Timothy Muffitt will be stepping down. -
Theatre composer Joey Contreras sits with WKAR host Adam Yankowy to discuss his musical "In Pieces," which has a Sept 2024 workshop performance from the Wharton Center/MSU Dept of Theatre in conjunction with the New Musical Theatre Laboratory -
Lansing Symphony's composer-in-residence, Patrick Harlin, and returning guest pianist Clayton Stephenson, on bringing Harlin's final LSO work, The Fourth Pedal, to life.
