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Classical Snack | The First Year in Review

It’s a celebration – our twelfth monthly installment of Classical Snack! Whether it’s your first time reading or your twelfth, we’re glad you’re here! The goal of Classical Snack is simple – to offer tidbits of information about classical music that might enhance your WNED Classical listening experience. That’s it!

Today, we’re reviewing the first year of Classical Snack. We’re also asking you to help us plan next year. Is there a classical music topic you’d like to read about in a future Classical Snack? Maybe you’d like to learn more about a certain composer, or performer. Maybe there’s an instrument, term, form, or style you’d like to read about. Whatever comes to mind, please send it to us and we’ll write about it in 2024! Send your ideas to: mwimmer@wned.org.

Here are links to 2023’s installments. Enjoy!

January 2023: What is Baroque? Op. 2301.

https://www.wned.org/blogs/wned-classical-blog/classical-snack-opus-2301/

February 2023: Symphony vs. Concerto: What’s the Difference? Op. 2302

https://www.wned.org/blogs/wned-classical-blog/classical-snack-opus-2302/

March 2023: WNED’s Unofficial House Band: The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Op. 2303

https://www.wned.org/blogs/wned-classical-blog/classical-snack-opus-0323/

April 2023: Alpha-Bach Soup: JS Bach & Sons, Op. 2304

https://www.wned.org/blogs/wned-classical-blog/classical-snack-opus-2304/

May 2023: The Elements of Music, Op. 2305

https://www.wned.org/blogs/wned-classical-blog/classical-snack-opus-2305/

June 2023: Chopin: A Closer Look, Op. 2306

https://www.wned.org/blogs/wned-classical-blog/classical-snack-opus-2306/

July 2023: Chill Classical Piano, Op. 2307

https://www.wned.org/blogs/wned-classical-blog/classical-snack-opus-2307/

August 2023: What’s the Difference: Symphony vs. Orchestra, Op. 2308

https://www.wned.org/blogs/wned-classical-blog/classical-snack-opus-2308/

September 2023: Trek I: Terms in Music to Describe Tempo, Eras, & Forms, Op. 2309

https://www.wned.org/blogs/wned-classical-blog/trek-i/

October 2023: Classical Dance Party Weekend! The Dances of Classical Music, Op. 2310

https://www.wned.org/blogs/wned-classical-blog/classical-snack-opus-2310/

November 2023: The Three B’s: A Quiz, Op. 2311

https://www.wned.org/blogs/wned-classical-blog/classical-snack-opus-2311/

December 2023: Classical Snack: The First Year In Review, Op. 2312

Marty Wimmer has been with BTPM Classical since 1995. He is our Midday Host and Coordinator of BTPM Classical Live on Stage! A retired music teacher with 34 years of experience in the band room, chorus room, and general music classroom, Marty also taught at the college level, worked as a church musician, and directed high school musicals.