Rachel Katz
WWFM Production Manager and Host of A TempoRachel Katz is the host of A Tempo which airs Saturdays at 7 pm.
From an early age, Rachel Katz earned a reputation in her family for both sharing stories (a “town-crier” of sorts) and also sitting back while older family members shared theirs, taking it all in as a quiet observer. Rachel pursued degrees in history at The University of Connecticut and Russian/Soviet studies and journalism at the University of Michigan, which soon set her on the path as a foreign correspondent in the early and mid-1990s. She worked in St. Petersburg, Russia, for three years, writing for UPI, The St. Petersburg Press, AP and The Moscow Times, as well as a variety of other US national and regional publications. Back in the US, she worked at The Connecticut Post and as business editor of The (Norwalk) Hour before moving to Bloomberg News, where she covered retail and other business news.
Interested in exploring radio, she took broadcast classes and landed a job at The Classical Network as a production assistant and the opportunity to produce her own public affairs program, Views and Voices. As host and producer now of A Tempo, she brings her storytelling and reporter experience – and her love of music - to the world of arts and culture, exploring the challenges and opportunities facing the music world today.
In addition to playing violin with the Westminster Community Orchestra, Rachel enjoys fencing, birdwatching and salsa/swing/ballroom dancing.
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A Tempo puts the spotlight on the dance ensemble BOCA TUYA, which is presenting its first full-length, solo performance this month.
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A Tempo Saturday (11/2 at 7 pm) checks in with the Asheville Ballet, Asheville Symphony and Asheville Symphony Chorus about their recovery efforts. -
Opera Praktikos was founded to create opera productions and performances by artists of all abilities and for all audiences, and A Tempo takes a look at its history and upcoming production.
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A Tempo this Saturday (10/19) looks at a production of the musical drama No Cowards in our Band based on the life and work of abolitionist and reformer Frederick Douglass in Hudson, NY. -
A Tempo this Saturday (10/5) checks in with the Rutgers Wind Ensemble, which will have its first experience performing a film score alongside the movie at its concert later this month. -
Composer Joseph C. Phillips Jr. chats with A Tempo host Rachel Katz about his call for submissions for a commission from the American Composers Orchestra. -
A Tempo checks in with composer and flutist Allison Loggins-Hull about an upcoming album release with the quartet ETHEL and her work with the Cleveland Orchestra and New Jersey Symphony. -
Zhang will become Music Director of the Seattle Symphony beginning next season. -
A Tempo features a conversation with composer Missy Mazzoli Saturday (9/7) about her new opera, The Listeners, which will kick off Opera Philadelphia's new season. -
A Tempo this week (9/7) features a conversation with composer Ellen Reid, whose new album brings together the themes and sounds of works she wrote to accompany visitors as they wandered through various parks.
