Concert Conversations
Apr 11, 2010
Hear the story behind the music at these free concert previews. Join us
for Kai Swanson's popular Concert Conversations, offered one hour
before the Saturday and Sunday concerts. This year the Conversations
with Kai and Maestro Smith will be held in the concert halls.
Kai
Swanson has been the host of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's Concert
Conversations since the 1996-97 season. In this capacity, he seeks to
increase audience enjoyment of concert programs by providing insight
into both the works to be performed and the artists featured in the
concert. Kai is regularly joined for the Conversation" by Music
Director Mark Russell Smith and soloists for the night's concerts.
A
nearly lifelong resident of the Quad Cities, Kai graduated from
Augustana College, where his studies included coursework in music
appreciation with Dr. Janina Ehrlich, cellist for the QCSO. After
graduating, he joined the staff of WVIK, the Quad Cities' public radio
station, where his duties included serving as host of the Sunday
Morning music program. Under the pen-name Michael Petri, he wrote a
column on classical music for the former local music publication Oil.
