Quantum Music: Dissecting the Modern Musician

10/24/2025

Thanks to for being back on the show! We discussed Florentine and other projects Renata has been working on! Go find her this weekend at with !

10/22/2025

10/16/2025

Catching up on the last few guests on our show! Thank you all of you! We’re now officially a year old! How this year of guests has flown by! Looking forward to many more!

08/13/2025

✨ Introducing this week's guest! ✨ Tune in at 4:30 PM today on 104.1 FM or online.

Ayesu Lartey is the Assistant Professor of Music in Music Theory and Contemporary Commercial Music here at the University of Wisconsin Parkside. He wrote and composed “Lulu and the Long Walk,” which won “Best New Musical for Young Audiences”. He was nominated for “Best Music Director” for the same production. Ayesu composed and wrote lyrics for “What’s Left” commissioned by New York Film Academy. He was a Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist in 2021. Ayesu is a UW-Parkside alumni and earned his MFA in Musical Theater Writing at NYU TISCH School of the Arts.

07/29/2025

✨ Introducing this week's guest! ✨ Tune in at 4:30 PM Wednesday on 104.1 FM or online. Check our website for details.

Puerto Rican bass-baritone David Guzmán is a frequent performer across the stages of the Midwest, including The Florentine Opera, Madison Opera, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The operatic stage has seen David as Leporello (Don Giovanni), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Vodník (Rusalka), Bartolo/Antonio (Le nozze di Figaro), Melisso (Alcina), Truffaldin (Ariadne auf Naxos), Pi***la (Falstaff), and the Fifth Jew (Salome). Meanwhile, the concert stage has heard David in his all-Spanish recital To Children… and Grownups Too!, and in the bass solos from Bach’s cantatas BWV 4, BWV 12, and BWV 78.

Aside from his onstage pursuits, David is an avid language lover, recently focusing on Russian and his native Spanish. He also provides voice lessons, and vocal and language coaching to artists and enthusiasts from his Milwaukee, WI studio.

David Guzmán earned his graduate degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and his undergraduate degree from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music.

07/24/2025

Had a great chat with Jill Anna Ponasik yesterday! Unfortunately, it didn't record, so if you tuned in, you're among the blessed to have heard her wise words. But have no fear! You can still hear our first episode with Jill Anna on our website. Check it out!

07/23/2025

✨ Welcoming back to the show Jill Anna Ponasik! ✨ Tune in at 4:30 Wednesday at 104.1 FM or online.

Jill Anna just completed her 16th season as artistic director of Milwaukee Opera Theatre, where she delights in connecting artists and audiences through musical storytelling. She worked on projects including RUSALKA (Milwaukee Opera Theatre & Danceworks), VIVA LA MAMMA (Florentine), CAMILLE'S RAINBOW (Milwaukee Opera Theatre), and a short animated opera about 3D bioprinting for Froedtert Hospital. She loves taking opera out in the wild and has staged pieces in parks, parking lots, ballrooms, breweries, churches, classrooms, gardens, lobbies, vintage stores, bookstores, masonic temples and, at least a few times a year, in theaters. She last had the pleasure of working with Dewey and Julianne on their creation: NIGHT OF THE LIVING OPERA. She holds degrees from the University of MN and Rice University.

07/17/2025

Had a very enlightening chat about media and access to creative media with our Studio Manager Xav Leplae. Take a listen on our website!