WFDD

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88.5 WFDD,88.5 WFDD, Public Radio for the Piedmont, is the only public radio station of its kind located in the Piedmont Triad. We broadcast news, information, and public affairs programming covering the arts, people, and institutions in the area.
We are the state's charter NPR® member and the longest continuously broadcasting public radio station in North Carolina. WFDD is a member of the North Carolina Public Radio Association. It is a broadcast service of Wake Forest University.

88.5 WFDD
#8850
1834 Wake Forest Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27109

phone: 336-758-8850
news tips: 336-758-3083
fax: 336-758-5193

wfdd@wfu.edu
wfdd.org

In Boone, you can hear WFDD at 100.1 FM.

Series

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Kairoff At The Keyboard 
35 Pieces

Steinway recording artist Peter Kairoff makes classical music accessible to all in Kairoff At The Keyboard.

  • From: WFDD
  • Updated: Feb 25, 2019
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Radio 101 
1 Piece

News, personal reflections, commentaries, interviews, self-narrated pieces and much more. All stories are produced by High School students as part of their Radio 101 class.

  • From: WFDD
  • Updated: Aug 18, 2017

Latest Pieces

Combining Dances From Across Europe - Baroque Suite
From: WFDD
Series: Kairoff At The Keyboard
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For composers like Bach and Handel, a suite meant a collection of dances. In this episode, Peter provides a glimpse into how Baroque society got it...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Impressionism In Art Inspires The Music Of Debussy And Others
From: WFDD
Series: Kairoff At The Keyboard
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In this episode, Peter guides us through a musical movement inspired by Impressionism in art.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 1
Mozart, Chopin And Bach Change The Game With Variations
From: WFDD
Series: Kairoff At The Keyboard
Caption: Measures 1-8 of fourth variation of Bach's Goldberg Variations, Credit: Public Domain (http://bit.ly/2zL7CjB)
In this episode, Peter shows the many ingenious ways in which composers varied melodies, bass lines, harmonies, rhythms and more and how it impact...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Baroque Era
From: WFDD
Series: Kairoff At The Keyboard
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In this episode, Peter reveals the best of the Baroque, including ornamentation, polyphony, and the father of the mighty piano: the harpsichord.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Back To The Basics - Musical Form
From: WFDD
Series: Kairoff At The Keyboard
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Peter explores musical form--how the beginning relates to the middle and end of a musical composition.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Loud Or Soft? It's All In Dynamic Variation
From: WFDD
Series: Kairoff At The Keyboard
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It don’t mean a thing if ain’t got that…dynamic variation. In this episode, Peter explains the importance of loud, soft—and everything in between—i...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 1
The American Franz Liszt - Edward MacDowell
From: WFDD
Series: Kairoff At The Keyboard
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Peter Kairoff reveals the expressive tenderness of late 19th century American composer Edward MacDowell.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Franz Schubert's Lieder
From: WFDD
Series: Kairoff At The Keyboard
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Franz Schubert composed music in nearly every genre imaginable—symphonies, chamber music, operas, piano pieces—and yet each piece was infused with ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Robert Schumann - The Epitome Of 19th Century Romantic Composers
From: WFDD
Series: Kairoff At The Keyboard
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In this episode, Peter looks at Schumann’s obsession with literature of the day and how that obsession infused itself into his music.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 1
Musical Experimenter Frédéric Chopin
From: WFDD
Series: Kairoff At The Keyboard
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Peter explains how Chopin pushed piano music to the limit.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1

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Staff of WFDD

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Emily McCord (Admin)
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Eddie Garcia (Admin)
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Tom Dollenmayer (Admin)
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George Newman (Admin)
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Molly Davis (Admin)
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Gabriel Maisonnave (Admin)
Education Program Manager
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Adam Bennett (Admin)
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Jay Sauerman