Pat Alexander came to CPRN in 2004, with broad musical credits including classical pianist, teacher and radio announcer. Classical music listeners in Denver knew her as a regular host on KVOD from 1988 to 2000. Her most devoted followers, however, are her many piano students. Having taught privately for over 15 years, Pat believes teaching is both a way to instill a love of classical music and a way to keep from taking herself too seriously. As President of the Denver Bach Society, Pat is committed to bringing the master's music to as many people as possible, through live performance and outreach programs. Lately, she has been excited to renew her studies on the cello.

Charles Andrews got his start in radio in the 1970s as a student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Within a few years he was part of the founding team that succeeded in putting Hawaii Public Radio on the air. In the mid-1980s, Charles worked as Music Director for KBBI in Homer, Alaska; the late 1980s saw him working at WKSU in Kent, Ohio, the public radio station owned by Kent State University. In the 10 years Charles worked at WKSU he was an announcer, Music Director, and Program Director. He left WKSU in 1998 to work for KUSC in Los Angeles, and from there, for CPRN. Charles feels lucky to be on the air sharing classical music with listeners. When he's not surfing, sailing or road-biking, Charles plays the flute in a community orchestra and coaches students in the Burbank High School Flute Ensemble, in Burbank, California.

Steve was listening to classical music even before he was born. His father was a composer and pianist as well as a conductor in Vienna, then at the Metropolitan Opera, so classical music was everywhere in his New York home. Growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he played violin and guitar. Following graduation from the University of Michigan and three years with the Peace Corps, Steve began his career in classical radio with the original KVOD in Denver. During 12 years there, he was a music host, writer, producer and sales manager. After several years in advertising and marketing he came to the Classical Public Radio Network, where for two years he held the position of managing editor. Now, as an announcer, Steve is able to share his love of classical music directly with listeners.

Alan Chapman came to CPRN in 1998 with a multifaceted musical background. A familiar host on KUSC, Los Angeles, he was a longtime member of the music faculty at Occidental College, Los Angeles, and has also been a visiting professor at UCLA and UC Santa Barbara. He is currently a member of the music theory faculty of the Colburn School Conservatory in Los Angeles. He is well known as a preconcert lecturer, now in his twenty-third season as a regular speaker on the L.A. Philharmonic's "Upbeat Live" series. His lectures have been presented by virtually every major performing organization in southern California. Alan is also active as a composer/lyricist. His songs have been performed and recorded by many artists throughout the United States, Europe and Australia. His children's opera Les Moose: The Operatic Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera, was premiered in fifteen public schools in November, 1997. Alan frequently appears in a cabaret evening of his original songs with his wife, singer Karen Benjamin. They made their Carnegie Hall debut in December, 2000. He is the host and producer of Classical Connections which can be heard every Sunday evening at 6:30pm, and the contemporary music program, Modern Masterpieces, which airs every Saturday night at 10:00pm.

Kimberlea joined Classical Public Radio Network in the summer of 2001, after working as the Music Director for WFDD Public Radio in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for eight years. She received a Bachelor of Music in Voice from Northwestern University, with graduate studies at Arizona State University and Yale University. Kimberlea gives pre-performance talks throughout the Los Angeles area, including the Los Angeles Opera, and writes program notes for a variety of ensembles. She has recently appeared with the Boston Pops for their Holiday Concert at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. When she's not sharing her love of music on the air, she experiences it first-hand. Kimberlea enjoys singing, from choral to operatic, and playing the piano, from solo Bach or Ravel, to four-hand music that she plays with her husband.

Gene Parrish began his radio career in 1973 at KQED-FM in San Francisco, where he co-produced and hosted five seasons of NPR’s national broadcasts of the San Francisco Opera. Between 1979 and 1988, he traveled the world creating great radio broadcasts; six annual visits to Finland for the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, to Holland for an award-winning series on Netherlands/US relations, to Sweden for a chamber music series and documentary on Swedish Midsummer celebrations, and to China as resident producer for the San Francisco Opera’s project with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. From 1984 to 1996, Gene was a host and producer on KUSC-FM in Los Angeles, and since then has been the voice of Worldwide Jazz, having produced more than 800 programs. Recent projects also include his documentary commemorating the centenary of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and his tribute to Duke Ellington. For many lovers of vocal music across the country, Gene is known for producing over 400 programs of The First Art, his popular weekly series that was dedicated to the choral art form.

David Rutherford has been involved in many aspects of music – performing, teaching, conducting and broadcasting. He is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, with degrees in Double Bass Performance and Music Education. At UNC, while playing in six orchestras and announcing on KUNC, he managed to become the first – and to this day, the only – double bassist to win the music department’s annual solo competition. David has taught public school orchestra programs in Nevada, Wyoming and Idaho. During his tenure in Wyoming, David’s orchestra program was featured on the NBC Nightly News, and he was selected as a National Teacher Fellow in conducting with the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. In 1997, David founded the Snake River Chamber Orchestra and served as its musical director for its first four years. Most recently, David was Director of Orchestral Studies and Music Education at Colorado Christian University. He is currently Associate Conductor of the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, as well as Assistant Principal Bass in the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to music, David enjoys spending time in the mountains with his family.

Monika has been immersed in music all her life - classical and otherwise. "Music was like breathing in my house." Her mother taught piano. Her father's family formed a barbershop quartet. Her great-grandfather imported musical instruments from Germany. As a child, Monika performed in both theater and music, playing the flute for the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. She received her B.A in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Northern Colorado. While there, Monika joined the Grammy Award nominated vocal jazz sextet, the Axidentals, headlining clinics and festivals in the US and Canada. Monika's love of music spilled over into public radio in 1986. Since then, she has been in public radio, as a host, feature producer, and interviewer of top classical music artists from around the world. She hosted the popular Sunday morning program, Sacred Classics from December 2003 to August 2005. Monika has taught flute and continues to play and sing professionally. Outside of hosting and producing classical music on public radio, Monika enjoys the outdoors and loves to spend time with her family.

Stephanie Wendt is accomplished as a performer, writer and radio producer and announcer. Raised in Australia, Stephanie began her piano studies at the age of five. She went on to earn degrees in piano performance from The Curtis institute of Music and Indiana University, and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota, studying with illustrious teachers including Jorge Bolet, Gary Graffman and Enrica Cavallo-Gulli. Winner of numerous competitions, she has performed as chamber musician and soloist on five continents, in venues ranging from Avery Fisher Hall in New York to a maximum-security prison. Stephanie has held teaching positions at the University of Indianapolis, Bethel College in St. Paul, and the University of Minnesota. On the radio, she has worked as a producer and host for Minnesota Public Radio and WCAL. In 2003, Stephanie launched her one-woman play about Clara Schumann, Clara’s Visitor, and received the 2003-2004 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Performing Musicians, as well as the Gracie Allen Award for Best Radio Portrait from American Women in Radio and Television. Stephanie debuted on CPRN in August, 2005, as evening announcer and host of the Sunday morning show, Sacred Classics.