Trumpeter Judith Saxton
It's a bugler's holiday for University of North Carolina School of the Arts School of Music Trumpet Artist, Faculty member and Brass Coordinator Judith Saxton.
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WWII 'Canteen Girl' Kept Troops Company From Afar
For 15 minutes each week, Phyllis Jeanne Creore spoke and sang to the servicemen and their loved ones in her NBC radio broadcast. Now 96 years old, the beloved "Canteen Girl" shares her memories — and some personal wartime letters, too.
No. 1 At The Box Office? Four Reasons Why It Doesn't Matter
Every weekend, movies compete to be No. 1 at the box office. But a No. 1 ranking means less about whether a movie will be profitable — and more about a fleeting cultural moment.
Awake the White & Wint'ry Queen
Awake the White & Wint'ry Queen is a winter solstice extravaganza unlike any production you've ever seen or heard before: computer graphics, elaborate costumes, body painting, theatre, dance, and driving it all forward an evening full of gripping original music by artist, composer Scott Fray.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Presents A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
On Sunday afternoon, December 23 at 5:30pm, St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem will celebrate a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in the nave.
'Guilt Trip': Streisand On Songs, Films And Family
In her new movie, singer, actor, writer, director and producer Barbra Streisand plays a well-meaning if overbearing Jewish mom. The star says her own mother both encouraged her talents and was jealous of them.
Behind The Scenes Of The Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour'
A new documentary on PBS about the making of the Beatles' 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour features outtakes from the original and new interviews with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. TV critic David Bianculli calls the film "wonderfully thorough."
Tony Griffey and Friends in Concert
Four-time Grammy Award-winning tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, and acclaimed concert guitarist, recording artist, arranger and University of NC School of the Arts faculty Joseph Pecoraro recently stopped by WFDD's Studio A for a live preview of their new holiday CD This Little Light.