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 Saturday (7/11 at 7 pm) checks in with Washington National Opera, which is creating a National Friends organization to bolster its independent operations since departing its long-time home in the Kennedy Center. -
A Tempo Saturday (7/4) marks the American 250th anniversary with a discussion about the Star-Spangled Banner, of which a copy of its first published sheet music is on display at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. -
A Tempo Saturday (4/27) features a conversation with pianist Orli Shaham about her new all-American chamber music recording. -
A Tempo Saturday (6/28) features a conversation with the artistic directors of the Chelsea Music Festival, which this year is celebrating music and storytelling by American composers, musicians, artists, chefs and other creative forces. -
A Tempo (6/13) looks at a collaboration between Opera Philadelphia and Temple University to involve students in recording and marketing projects. -
A Tempo Saturday (6/6) features a conversation about the Carnegie Hall initiative that brings songwriting, composition and other musical workshops to men incarcerated in New York's Sing Sing correctional facility. -
A Tempo Saturday (5/23 at 7 pm) features a conversation with playwright Jack Canfora, whose play The Vienna Lessons debuts next month. -
A Tempo Saturday (5/16 at 7 pm) features a conversation with the incoming General Director of Opera Delaware. -
A Tempo Saturday (5/2 at 7 pm) features a conversation with Mackenzie Melemed about his "Keys Across America" tour. -
A Tempo (4/25) features a conversation about the American Repertory Ballet's celebration of the 250th anniversary of the U.S.
