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Public Radio Music Day is here!

A woman in colorful dress grins with her leg on a tree stump as a boy with a cap lays prone.
Rod Millington
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Sarasota Opera
Classical WSMR will bring you a live performance from Sarasota Opera previewing this season's production of "Hansel and Gretel."

Classical WSMR is celebrating with live music, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Public Radio Music Day has arrived. Throughout the day, WSMR will feature performances from musicians, composers, conductors, orchestras and music festivals that call this area home.

The theme of the day is "Sounds like home." This year's celebration reflects how Americans feel about the music on their local public radio stations.

Classical WSMR will bring you a live performance from Sarasota Opera singers previewing this season's production of Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel."

WSMR will also feature pianist Jesse Martins and cellist Nadine Trudel performing Beethoven, Rameau and other composers.

Two children huddle together on the ground as a woman dressed in white stands over them.
Rod Millington
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Sarasota Opera
Classical WSMR will bring you a live performance from Sarasota Opera singers previewing this season's production of Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel."

Classical WSMR's Mark Michaud and Joe Goetz will co-host the live performance from the Sarasota Opera House's Felding Hall, starting at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, with a brief simulcast with Matthew Peddie and WUSF's "Florida Matters Live & Local."

I grew up in a radio household. My dad was a radio newsman, and he used to take me and my siblings to work at his station in Coral Gables. Hearing his voice on the radio was a comfort to me.