Janelle Decker, Executive Director of Performance Music, and Cheryl Boga, Performance Music Artistic Director at the University of Scranton, speaking about a recital titled, "Saints & Spirituals," featuring trumpeter Marcus Printup and harpist Riza Printup on Friday,October 30, 2026 at 7:30 pm in the Houlihan-McLean Center, Mulberry Street & JeffersonAvenue in Scranton. Admission is free. That afternoon (10/30) at 4:30, Marcus Printup will offer a free brass masterclass that is open to all brass players. Pre-registration is appreciated but not required at music@scranton.edu/For more information www.scranton.edu/music

Chason Goldschmitz, Executive Director of the NEPA Philharmonic, and Dr. RickHoffenberg, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Marywood University, speaking about a program titled, (Candle)LIT Brass 360 Degrees, featuring the NEPA Philharmonic Brass and the Marywood University Chamber Singers conducted byMusic Director Melisse Brunet. There will be performances on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 6:00 and 7:30 pm at the Marywood University Rotunda, and then Thursday, October 29th at 7:00 pm at the Luzerne County Courthouse Rotunda, 200 N. River Street in Wilkes-Barre. For tickets and information: www.nepaphil.org/

Rudy Caporaso and Rosey Hay, Co-founders and Co-artistic directors of the REV TheatreCompany, speaking about "Never Can Say Goodbye," REV Theatre's Graveyard Cabaret, to be presented Saturday, October 31, 2026, at the Greenhouse Project, 200 Arthur Avenue,Nay Aug Park in Scranton. Doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 8:00. There will be a "ghoulish" after-party and attendees are encouraged to wear costumes to the event.For tickets: www.scrantongreenhouse.org/donate and for more information: www.revtheatrecompany.org/

Dr. Gary Boerckel, Professor Emeritus at Lycoming College,pianist with the Williamsport Symphony; longtime host of"Music to My Ears" on WVIA Radio, and director of the choirat St. Boniface Church, 326 Washington Blvd in Williamsport,speaking about the performance of Mozart's Requiem to bepresented at the Church on Monday, November 2, 2026, at 7 pmto mark All Souls Day. There is no admission fee.For more information: www.stbonifacecatholic.com/

Greg Triggs, a show director and writer with a national career, speakingabout the 50th anniversary of the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance in Narrowsburg,NY, and the production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" that he is directing.The final weekend of the run will take place Friday, October 23 andSaturday, October 24, 2026, at the Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street.Shows are Friday at 7:00 pm and Saturday at 2:30.For more information: www.delawarevalleyartsalliance.org/

Fiona Siobhan Powell, WVIA's Susquehanna Valley producer & host, now retired,with a special feature to mark the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan mining disasterin Wales on October 21, 1966, claiming 144 lives, most of them children.Fiona chose to feature highlights of the Cantata Memoria by Sir Karl Jenkins forthe commemoration.Fiona is a professional storyteller, folklorist, an expert spinner and weaver and aresearcher and writer about historical subjects, including the life and work of Welshcomposer Joseph Parry from Merthyr Tydfil, who spent some of his younger yearsin Danville, PA.

Dr. Caleb Hopkins, Assistant Professor of Music & Director of Choral Activities at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, and newly appointed Artistic Director & Conductor of theSusquehanna Valley Chorale, speaking about the 2026-2027 season and the openingconcert, "Spooky Spectacular," Sunday, October 25th at 3:00 at Zion Lutheran Church in Sunbury. The program will feature music by Mendelssohn, Bach, Grieg, Mozart & more.For more information: www.svcmusic.org/

Gerardo Edelstein, Music Director and Conductor of theWilliamsport Symphony Orchestra, now entering his 17thseason with the ensemble, speaking about the 2026-2027season during which the WSO will celebrate its60th anniversary. The opening concert is titled,"Voices of America: A 250th Celebration," takingplace on Tuesday, October 20th at 7:30 pmat the Community Arts Center, 220 W. 4th Streetin downtown Williamsport. The program willinclude music by Bernstein, Barber, Price andCopland. For more information:www.williamsportsymphony.org/

Moses Andrade, basso, and Brian Farrell, piano, speaking abouttheir lives in music before a performance on Sunday, October 18, 2026,at 3:00 at the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre, 97 S. FranklinStreet. There will be music from opera, as well as art songs and spirituals.For more information: www.fpc-wb.org/This is a rebroadcast of a conversation from 2025.

Dr. Joshua Harper, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Choral Society of Northeast Pennsylvania, speaking about the ensemble's fall concert titled “Sound From Silence: Songs of Resilience.” Centered around Jake Runestad’s “A Silence Haunts Me,” a dramatic setting of the Heiligenstadt Testament letter by Beethoven about the impending loss of his hearing. Also on the program: Beethoven’s “Elegischer Gesang, Op. 118,” and works by Rollo Dilworth, Florence Price and Ysaye M. Barnwell. The concert will include live sign language interpretation by Interpretek.The performance will be held on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 7:00 pm at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Scranton. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted at the door.A reception will follow, and everyone is invited to attend. www.choralsociety.net/