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Celebrate the holiday season with live classical music over lunch in person, on the radio, and streaming online in A Cup of Good Cheer with Madrigalia on Live from Hochstein Wednesday, December 17th at 12:10pm, in person at the Hochstein Performance Hall and broadcast live on WXXI Classical.

Landon Chang is an educator, arranger, and saxophonist based in Rochester, NY. In addition to his studies at the Eastman School of Music, he is an intern at WXXI Classical, serves as adjunct professor of saxophone at Roberts Wesleyan University, and instructs at the Eastman Community Music School. In his free time he enjoys running and hiking with friends in the greater Rochester area.

A Strong Memorial baby and Greece Arcadia grad, Julia Figueras was the Music Director and mid-day host for WXXI Classical until June 30, 2023 when she retired after more than 26 years of service. She also hosted the award-winning monthly interview/performance show, Backstage Pass.

Michael Lasser grew up just across the Hudson in New Jersey at a time when Broadway was still Broadway, and kids, parents, and grandparents could all sing the same songs. He is a broadcaster, writer, lecturer, writer, critic, and teacher. He is also the author of America’s Songs II: From the 1890s to the Post-War Years (2013), a companion volume to his and Philip Furia’s America’s Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley (2006). A graduate of Dartmouth College, he is the former theater critic for The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, and appears often at museums, universities, and performing arts centers around the country. In 1994, Fascinatin’ Rhythm won a prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, and, in 2010, he was named a Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Rollins College. He recently completed his third book, City Songs: The American Popular Song, 1900-1950.

Evan Dawson joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.

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