Sarah Zaslaw joined GPB in 1998 and two years later won the GABBY Award for best locally produced radio show. Now as music director she produces and hosts three programs—Serendipity, Front Row Georgia and The ASO on GPB—and is the voice of GPB Classical. Sarah grew up playing violin and never stopped. She did classical radio for fun in college, studied half a dozen languages, earned two history degrees and worked as a freelance book editor before melding her loves for sounds, cultures and words into a career in public media. About music, she agrees with Duke Ellington: “If it sounds good, it is good.”
Atlanta Symphony Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann is the second woman to lead a major U.S. orchestra. She joined ASO in 2022 and is in the middle of the 2023-2024 season, which debuted this week on GPB Radio and airs Thursdays and Sundays and streams across the state of Georgia on GPB Classical. This weekend, GPB TV will air the documentary, My Boléro, about Stutzmann's first time conducting the famous 1928 orchestral work by French composer Maurice Ravel.
Katie Lehman talks with GPB's Sarah Zaslaw to discuss all things Spivey, from community educational programs and creativity on campus to its famed concert series.
Norwegian-born Julie Coucheron acts as artistic director of the Georgian Chamber Players, which is gearing up for its 2023–24 season. Julie recently sat down in the studio with GPB Front Row Georgia host Sarah Zaslaw.
Anh Ho is hitting the right notes: The 16-year-old percussion player from Lawrenceville, a rising junior at Collins Hill High School, performs in the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, Georgia’s All-State Band and is about to tour nationally.