Kristine Allen / WPSU-FM Producer

The Williamsport Symphony season begins with a concert on October 11th. WPSU’s Kristine Allen talks with the orchestra’s conductor and Music Director, Gerardo Edelstein, about what’s in store for the coming season.

The Altoona Symphony’s concert season begins with a concert October 1st at the Mishler Theatre in Atloona. WPSU’s Kristine Allen recently spoke with the orchestra’s conductor and Music Director, Teresa Cheung, about the ASO’s upcoming season.

The Nittany Valley Symphony concert season begins Tuesday night at Penn State’s Eisenhower Auditorium. WPSU’s Kristine Allen spoke with the orchestra’s conductor, Michael Jinbo, about what’s in store for the coming season.

The Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra opens it’s season with a concert Sunday, September 18th in State College. WPSU’s Kristine Allen spoke with conductor Douglas Meyer about that concert, and the rest of the season ahead.

An hour-long look ahead to the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra’s coming season. WPSU’s Kristine Allen talks with Douglas Meyer, Music Director of the PCO, and brings us music from the coming season of concerts as well as performances by some of the soloists who will appear with the PCO in 2011 and 2012.

Choirs around the country, from the East Coast to Hawaii, will mark the 10th anniversary of nine eleven by singing Mozart’s Requiem in memory of the fallen. WPSU’s Kristine Allen speaks with Russell Shelley, Music Director of the State College Choral Society, as he prepares to conduct the requiem this Sunday afternoon at Penn State, University Park.

Audie Cornish, a former Capitol Hill reporter for NPR News has been named the new host of the program Weekend Edition Sunday, heard Sunday mornings from 8:00 to 10:00 on WPSU-FM. WPSU’s Kristine Allen recently spoke with Cornish about her journalism career, and her plans for Weekend Edition Sunday.

The start of he fall concert season is almost here. WPSU’s Kristine Allen talks with George Trudeau, Director of the Centre for the Performing Arts at Penn State about what’s in store for 2011-2012.

Our occasional series, History in Your Backyard, brings you windows into the history of Central Pennsylvania. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Start of the Civil War. And on July 30th and 31st, a Civil War encampment was held on the grounds of a famous Blair County historical site. WPSU’s Kristine Allen was there.