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For over 40 years, WGTE has been a trusted source of information, music, and entertainment - a valued and vital service that provides award-winning programming to Northwest Ohio, Southeast Michigan and beyond.

Series

Caption: Dr. Louise Toppin
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Dr. Louise Toppin, noted soprano and professor of voice at the University of Michigan, is our guide for a celebration of some of our most historically significant African American composers.

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104 Pieces

"Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green" is a radio series devoted to living American composers and their works. Update: all of Season Ten is now available for auditioning/download!

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307 Pieces

"Celebrating the connections we make through the people we meet."


Latest Pieces

Caption: Jennifer Higdon, Credit: Andrew Bogard
Grammy® and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon (our series curator) co-hosts this episode, introducing recent recordings of her chambe...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Aaron Jay Kernis, Credit: Richard Bowditch
Aaron Jay Kernis introduces us to the works that won him the Pulitzer and the Grammy. Also, composer Jennifer Higdon continues her Living Women Com...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Sarah Cahill, Credit: Christine Alicino
Piano maverick and West Coast radio personality Sarah Cahill co-hosts this episode, sampling her considerable discography as well as her provocativ...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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Water for Ishmael exists to partner with the local church to build a welcoming community for Toledo-area internationals, operating from the core va...

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  • Added: Dec 16, 2019
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Clifford Murphy, one of Toledo's Jazz Icons known for playing in his jazz group, The Murphy's and his Jazz Cafe, Murphy's Place, passed away over t...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2019
  • Length: 06:10
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In this Thanksgiving Special, The Rough Draft Diaries skipped the tradition of learning a new dinner recipe and instead learned to make some holida...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 06:15
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We are, surprise surprise, up in Ann Arbor Michigan again talking to another musician. But we're talking about more than just his instrument, we're...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
  • Length: 06:17
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Today we're meeting another set of musicians from Ann Arbor, Michigan. But their story is a lil different than our previous guests. Meet Andrew and...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 06:22
Caption: Jennifer Higdon receiving an Honorary Doctorate at BGSU, Credit: Bowling Green State University
Pulitzer and Grammy-winning composer Jennifer Higdon returns to her alma mater for the annual New Music Festival.

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  • Added: Nov 05, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Brad Phillips has served as a sideman for some of Michigan’s biggest singer/songwriter acts, but today on The Rough Draft Diaries we're talking all...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2019
  • Length: 06:04