MARCH 23RD CONCERT - ROBERT VODNOY AND MICHAEL SCHELLE AND JOSEPH KINGMA PART 2 artwork
CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte

MARCH 23RD CONCERT - ROBERT VODNOY AND MICHAEL SCHELLE AND JOSEPH KINGMA PART 2

  • S2022E2
  • 28:47
  • January 10th 2022

MICHAEL SCHELLE (b. 1950, Philadelphia)

Michael Schelle’s music has been commissioned and/or performed by over 350 orchestras and professional chamber ensembles across the US and abroad. Including the Chicago Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, He is a Composer-in-Residence at Butler University in Indianapolis and holds degrees from Villanova University, the Hartt School (CT), Trinity College of Music (London), the University of Minnesota, and has studied with Arnold Franchetti, Dominick Argento and Aaron Copland.

·        JOSEPH KINGMA ([email protected])

·        Joseph Kingma wowed audiences with his performance of Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto in the 2020-2021 season with the Chamber Orchestra. Kingma enjoys a prolific national and international career as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. He won first prize in the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition, sponsored by the American Liszt Society, and has won awards in the Cincinnati World Competition and Sorantin Young Artist International Competition. He is on the faculty at Palm Beach Atlantic University.

CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte

Monday 11:30 am + Wed 5:30 pm

“Curmudgeonly Yours” is a show on ‘comparative modern Western life. The title comes from Richard Bonte’s humorous book of the same name, “Curmudgeonly Yours.” In his sometimes-multilingual show, host and author Richard Bonte interviews guests from different countries to get their take on ideas and problems facing the Western world.


Host Richard Bonte is a Bradenton resident and a native-born New Yorker. He has lived much of his life in Canada, California and Western Europe. He has worn many hats in his life including playwright, bi-coastal actor, teacher, writer, linguist and phonetician. He has advanced degrees from Berkeley, UCLA and the Sorbonne. Richard has written ten novels (including ‘Curmudgeonly Yours’ (2017), been given the FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association) 2018 Silver Award for Humor), several plays and screenplays. He is right now co-writing a new novel set in 1930’s Los Angeles.