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 this week (2/14) checks in with the New Jersey Youth Symphony for a conversation with two young accomplished artists, whose work will be featured in upcoming concerts, about the inspiration and examples they hope to pass on to the young musicians. -
A Tempo (2/7) looks at the upcoming tour of Fellow Travelers, whose creators have found new relevance in its story of those caught up in the 1950s Lavender Scare. -
A Tempo this week (1/31) checked in with Delaware Opera, whose general director will be stepping down at the end of this season. -
A Tempo (1/24) spotlights efforts by an Italian conductor, musicologist and composer to find, preserve and share music written by victims of the Holocaust and other authoritarian regimes. -
A Tempo features a conversation with composer Gregory Spears about several of his works that are being premiered this season. -
In its series on holiday season traditions, A Tempo (12/20) features a conversation about the Metropolitan Opera's family-friendly production of Mozart's The Magic Flute. -
A Tempo Saturday (12/13 at 7 pm) features an interview with conductor Anthony Parnther, who will lead the New Jersey Symphony's performances of The Messiah and the Philadelphia Orchestra's All-Hollywood New Year's concert. -
A Tempo (12/3) features a conversation about the discovery of a document that might represent some of the oldest known pre-cursors of Western music notation, and also includes a preview of this year's Make Music Winter program scheduled for the Winter Solstice. -
A Tempo chats with Ian Koebner, who was recently named Inaugural Chair and Endowed Professor of Arts in Health at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, about the connections between the arts and wellness. -
A Tempo (11/8) covers a recent conference on the connection between the arts and wellness.
