The vibrant and youthful energy of a new family member inspired this original composition by Andy Clausen. In our exclusive in-studio video, the Westerlies capture the excitement of early childhood—as well as some of its unexpected turns.
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An old English ballad gets a brassy new spin in the Westerlies’ rendition of “Saro,” which borrows from an arrangement by Nico Muhly and Sam Amidon. The tune, which dates back to the 18th century, is timeless
Violinist Marley Erickson was the winner of the 2017 KING FM Young Artist Awards for the lower age division.Watch her performance of Paganini’s Caprice No. 17.
Pacific Musicworks performs “Tu, mi dios” by Esteban Salas, a Cuban composer and contemporary of Haydn.
Cellist Kristy Park was the winner of the 2017 KING FM Young Artist Awards for the upper age division. Watch her performance of the Allegro from Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata.
Husband-and-wife duo Ryan and Heather Dudenbostel perform a selection from Ricky Ian Gordon’s opera on the famous Greek myth of Orpheus & Euridice.
It takes two to tango! The husband-and-wife horn and violin duo Gustavo and Laura Camacho perform “Autumn” from Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.
Bassoonist Dana Jackson, a winner of the Ladies Musical Club’s Frances Walton Competition, performs Saint-Saëns’ sparkling Sonata for Bassoon & Piano.
Violist Aaron Conitz, a winner of the Ladies Musical Club’s Frances Walton Competition, performs Liszt’s aching Romance Oubliée.
Harpist Sophie Baird-Daniel plays a romantic harp sonata by Germaine Tailleferre, an influential French composer of the 20th century.
Magical Strings are a harp and dulcimer duo comprised of Philip and Pam Boulding. In this sparkling performance, they lend their fingers to an old Irish folk tune.
Angelo Rondello lends his fingers to a sparkling selection from Debussy’s first volume of Images. The piece evokes the image of light reflecting off the rippling surface of the water.
The genre-defying TangleTown Trio lends their voices to two musical haiku by composer Samuel Jones, recorded live in our KING FM studios.
Conductor and pianist Teddy Abrams and his team of musicians straddle the line between classical and jazz in this dynamic and exciting in-studio performance.
Debussy described his Études as “a warning to pianists not to take up the musical profession unless they have remarkable hands.” Michael Refvem plays Étude 3: pour les quartes.
The KING FM video library is filled with great performances featuring top NW talent. In this video, Trio Brillante performs Robert Muczynski’s Fantasy Trio, Op. 26.
The KING FM video library is filled with great performances featuring top NW talent. Here’s a lovely piece by Popper, a composer who clearly loved cello(s). Enjoy!
The Girsky Quartet with Cellist Andrew Cook perform an excerpt from the third movement of Schubert's String Quintet in C Major, D.956 on NW Focus Live.
Pianist Alexander Lu, one of the winners of KING-FM's 2016 Young Artist Awards, plays Chopin's Etude Op 25, No. 12 live in our studio.
Guitarist Mark Wilson plays Adolfo Mejía Navarro's "Bambucco" live in the KING-FM studio for NW Focus Live.
Recorded June 17th, 2016