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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Juilliard President Damian Woetzel talks with A Tempo host Rachel Katz Saturday (8/23) about the performing arts school's commitment to make its undergraduate and graduate programs more financially accessible. -
A Tempo (8/9) spotlights a new database designed to bring more visibility to indigenous conductors, musicians, composers, writers and others in the performing arts. -
A Tempo Saturday (8/2) features a conversation about the Library of Congress's acquisition of the late composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim's manuscripts, notes and other papers. -
A Tempo Saturday (7/26 at 7 pm) features a roundtable discussion with the four participants of this year's New Jersey Symphony Edward T. Cone Composition Institute.
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A Tempo Saturday (7/19) features a conversation with Diana Byer, who has wrapped up nearly four decades as director of the New York Theatre Ballet School. -
A Tempo Saturday (7/12) explores the Mann Center for the Performing Arts' plans to renovate its main plaza and other facilities as it prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary. -
A Tempo Saturday (7/5 at 7 pm) features a conversation with a Harmony123, an organization of young musicians who perform and raise funds for worthy causes - most recently, the Trenton-based, arts-centric Sprout U School of the Arts.
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A Tempo this Saturday (6/28 at 7 pm) explores The Library for the Performing Arts, part of the New York Public Library system, which is marking its 60th anniversary this year.
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A Tempo (6/21) features an interview with Thomas Crawford, founder of the American Classical Orchestra. -
A Tempo checks out Make Music Day, a world-wide celebration of music held annually to coincide with the Summer Solstice.
