Don Matthews
Classical Music Director | HostDon Matthews was born in Detroit and is the son of a motion picture sound man. He received a B.A. in Music from Eastern Michigan University and Masters in Vocal Performance from USC. Don performed as a member of the San Francisco Opera chorus for three seasons. He moved to Boston to study and while there became involved in radio, working at both WBUR and WGBH, where he was a producer for Robert J. Lurtsema.
In 1998, Don moved to Ashland to take a job with Jefferson Public Radio. He’s a member of the Southern Oregon Repertory Singers and has also been a guest soloist with both the Rogue Valley Chorale and Siskiyou Singers. Don is well known to Rogue Valley theater goers having appeared in numerous productions including, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Man of La Mancha and Sweeney Todd.
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Featured Works for January – First Concert (*Indicates January birthday)Jan 1 W New Year’s Day Live From Vienna Jan 2 T Mily Balakirev*: Tamara Jan 3 F…
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Featured Works for December – First Concert (*Indicates December birthday)Dec 2 M Antonio Pasculli: Concerto on Themes from Donizetti’s “La Favorite”Dec 3…
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Featured Works for November – First Concert (*Indicates November birthday)Nov 1 F Aaron Copland: Red Pony Suite Nov 4 M Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian…
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Featured Works for October – First Concert (*Indicates October birthday)Oct 1 T Paul Dukas*: Variations, Interlude and Finale on a Theme by Rameau Oct 2 W…
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Featured Works for September – First Concert (*Indicates September birthday)Sep 2 M Alphons Diepenbrock*: Lydische Nacht (Lydian Night) Sep 3 T Johann…
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Featured Works for August – First Concert (*Indicates August birthday)Aug 1 T Jerome Moross*: Symphony No. 1Aug 2 F Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony in D major,…
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Featured Works for July – First Concert(*Indicates July birthday)July 1 M Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1July 2 T Christoph Willibald von Gluck*: Trio…
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Featured Works for June – First Concert (*Indicates June birthday)June 3 M George Whitefield Chadwick: Tam O’Shanter June 4 T Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello…
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Featured Works for May – First Concert (*Indicates May birthday)May 1 W Leo Sowerby*: Florida Suite May 2 T Henry Purcell: Instrumental Music from The…
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Featured Works for April – First Concert(*Indicates April birthday)Apr 1 M Pieter Hellendaal*: Concerto Grosso in D majorApr 2 T Ludwig Van Beethoven:…
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Featured Works for March – First Concert(*Indicates March birthday)Mar 1 F Frédéric Chopin*: Fantasy on Polish Airs Mar 4 M Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:…
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Featured Works for February – First Concert(*Indicates February birthday)Feb 1 F Victor Herbert*: Selections from Natoma Feb 4 M William C. Banfield:…