Lauren Rico
Classical Music Program HostLauren Rico considers herself very lucky. After all, how many people get paid to listen to beautiful music all day and talk about it?! For more than 20 years she has demystified classical music for her audiences by taking it off a dusty old pedestal and putting it into a modern context. But don’t be fooled by her informal manner! Lauren has an extensive background including a Master’s Degree in French horn (which she wasn’t especially good at) and a long list of broadcasting jobs from across the country (which she was especially good at). She has a passion for producing special programs and even picked up a Gracie Award for her syndicated series, Instrumental Women. When she’s not chatting about the idiosyncrasies of the great composers, she lives on Long Island with her husband, two punky schnauzers and their idiosyncrasies.
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It is quite possibly the most famous overture in operatic history. Even its composer was impressed with his handiwork, saying it was so close to genius… -
When the Metropolitan Opera premiered a new work by Howard Hanson, the audience had a very STRONG opinion. Lucky for the composer, it was a positive one.… -
The Grand Canyon became a national park in 1919. It stretches along 277 miles of the Colorado River, which runs through the bottom of the canyon. The… -
He wasn't just a composer...he was a charmer! Reynaldo Hahn was playing the role of the flirt as he sat at the piano in a salon filled with swooning… -
When Edouard Lalo was given four months to throw together a ballet, he got things started but then suffered a bit of a breakdown. Luckily, his friend and… -
Manuel de Falla once said that Maurice Ravel was more Spanish than the Spanish themselves. It’s not hard to understand why when you hear Ravel’s… -
It’s like something out of a horror movie…a whining child gets on his mother’s nerves. When mom warns her little darling to behave or else…And then, as… -
In 1967 the Romeros Family received a special handmade gift -- a concerto custom designed for “The Royal Family of the Guitar.” Los Romeros try it on for… -
Snow White met the man of her dreams…but had to deal with a poison apple.Sleeping Beauty was sleeping off a century-long curse when her Mr. Wonderful… -
Raindrops are shaped liked tears, right? Not according to the US Geological Survey! Apparently they vary in shape, depending on how big they are…small…
