Re-air: Composers in Nashville

Today, we’re revisiting an episode about a growing part of the Nashville music family: classical composers.

Nashville has been drawing in musicians of all stripes for the better part of a century. The city offers many outlets for these composers to apply their talents — from scoring the ballet, to writing arrangements on a hit record or even making music for video game soundtracks.

But first our sister station WNXP’s Marquis Munson brings us a new edition of What Where Wednesday.

Guests:

• Marquis Munson, WNXP host
• Wu Fei, composer, guzheng virtuoso and vocalist
• Larissa Maestro, recording musician, arranger, producer and composer
• Dave Ragland, composer, conductor, and vocalist
• Cristina Spinei,  composer and performer
• Kelly Corcoran, conductor and artistic director for Intersection