Marty Wimmer
BTPM Classical Midday Host/ProducerMarty 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. His music degrees are from Syracuse University and the University at Buffalo with additional study at Berklee.
As a composer, Marty won first prize in the 2010 Unitarian-Universalist Choral Competition and was a finalist in the 2007 Ithaca College Choral Composition Competition. His music is published by Imagine Music Publishing and has been performed locally by the Buffalo Gay Men’s Chorus, the Freudig Singers, Vocalis, the Buffalo Niagara Youth Chorus, the Chromatic Club, and other school and church ensembles. His choral work Through Music is included in the NYSSMA manual as a competition piece.
Marty grew-up near Syracuse. His uncle and cousin were both world welterweight boxing champions. When Marty’s fingers weren’t on the piano keyboard, they were inside boxing gloves. He says the piano hurt more.
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If you are reading the BTPM Classical Blog, chances are that you have an interest in classical music and may even like to share that interest with others. Today, we're talking about Amy Beach! -
BTPM Classical Host Marty Wimmer goes through his favorite classical composers in this blog. Today, it's Debussy. But it could change next week, or tomorrow! -
BTPM Classical Host Marty Wimmer explores how boats have inspired many songs in the history of music. And that inspiration even goes so far back in the history of classical music. -
BTPM Classical Host Marty Wimmer reflects on piano teachers who have made him the piano player that he is today. -
Marty Wimmer of BTPM Classical reflects on what a vacation should feel like, with some help from classical composers. -
I wrote a blog post in 2023 titled, Who Brought Classical Music into Your Life? I mentioned Don Dolloff, a legendary classical music radio announcer on WCNY-FM in Syracuse, NY, where I grew up. Last month, I received a message that Mr. Dolloff called me at BTPM. -
March 7th marks Ravel’s 150th birthday. We’ll celebrate on WNED Classical with several Ravel masterworks. RAVEL is cool – always has been – always will be. But what makes Ravel the Fonzi of classical music? -
High school musicals are a tradition in WNY and once again BTPM Classical is celebrating them on the air! -
We’re celebrating two big composer birthdays in 2025 on BTPM Classical – Giovanni Palestrina and Johann Strauss, Jr. -
I had a milestone birthday in June. I talked about it in my recent blog post, The BINGO Card of Life. Since then, I’ve made changes. Not big changes – just small ones to make this decade a little healthier and more interesting than the last.
