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 Saturday (10/10) looks at upcoming performances by two Mercer County performing arts organizations - Chamber Music Works, and Kelsey Theatre. -
A Tempo (8/15 and 8/29) checks in with the participants of this summer’s New Jersey Symphony Edward T. Cone Composition Institute.
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A Tempo (9/26) spotlights a tribute concert remembering the life and music Paul Robeson, part of this year’s Village Trip festival. -
Dr. Michael Kim, who began his role as Dean of Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, discusses his thoughts on preparing students for careers in a changing arts world on this episode of A Tempo (9/5). -
A Tempo Saturday (8/22 at 7 pm) features a conversation with pianist, actor and playwright Hershey Felder, who has created a series of stage and film productions about the lives of great pianists and composers. -
A Tempo (8/8) features a conversation with Tomás García, the new Assistant Conductor of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, who will also lead the Symphony Orchestra ensemble of the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey. -
A Tempo (8/1) spotlights Redivivus Opera, which is staging its first full production this month.
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A Tempo features a conversation with Carol Chickering Burden, the new President and CEO of Wharton Arts. -
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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.
