Remembering Mel Leipzig
Much-loved artist and teacher Mel Leipzig died last week, on October 31, 2025, at the age of 90. He was legendary ...
Oh God…Beautiful Machine
At State of the Arts, our cameras often put us in places where we have rare opportunities to see the ...
Capital Philharmonic Performs Antheil at the Historic Roebling Factory
New Jersey has been home to lots of famous artists and performers. Of course, there are poets like William Carlos ...
Feminist Artist Judith Brodsky
My first thought when I started planning a State of the Arts feature about Judith Brodsky was, there's too much ...
DBR at the New Jersey Symphony
Daniel Bernard Roumain, also known as DBR, is a fascinating character. He’s a violinist who accompanies Hip Hop artists and ...
W. Carl Burger Remembered
I first met artist W. Carl Burger several weeks after moving to New Jersey in 2001. I’d come to produce features ...
Classical Music Favorites with Producer Eric Schultz
On a recent trip to downtown Pittsburgh over the holidays, I passed a 7-Eleven blaring classical music onto the sidewalk. ...
Exploring our archive with Boheme Opera
This week’s broadcast episode of State of the Arts features four of the most fascinating and unusual classical music stories ...
W. Carl Burger: Mastery of the Medium
The much-loved New Jersey artist and teacher W. Carl Burger celebrates his 95th birthday this year and I’m producing a ...
Ode to Joy
December 17th this year is Beethoven's 250th birthday. Musicians and music lovers around the world are celebrating. We'd like to ...