Peter DuBois, director of music and organist at Third Presbyterian Church and assistant professor of sacred music at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, has been named host of With Heart and Voice, WXXI-FM’s sacred choral and organ radio program. He has served as interim host of WXXI’s local version of the program since July 2009, and signs on as the national host beginning Sunday, September 12.
Produced by WXXI and broadcast on over 100 public radio stations across the country, the program spans a full range of Western religious music, from the Gothic period to the 21st century. With over 30 years experience as a practicing church musician, choral conductor, and concert organist, DuBois will continue the tradition established by Richard Gladwell, creator of With Heart and Voice, who passed away on October 15, 2009.
DuBois holds a bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music, where he was a student of David Craighead, and a master’s degree from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Robert Glasgow. He has performed as an organ recitalist throughout the United States and abroad at such venues as Notre-Dame de Paris, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, and the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde in Paris.
With Heart and Voice began as a local program on WXXI-FM in 1975 and was hosted by the late Richard Gladwell until he retired in May 2009. Gladwell worked with WXXI in selecting Peter DuBois as the new host; in addition to his own personal collection of recordings, DuBois uses Gladwell’s collection of more than 6,000 records and 4,000 compact discs to produce the show.
The local two-hour edition of With Heart and Voice airs Sundays at 8 am, and the national one-hour edition airs Sundays at 7 pm on Classical 91.5/FM-HD91.5-1 and on public radio stations.
For information: www.withheartandvoice.org.
Peter DuBois concertizes under the auspices of Windwerk Artists (www.windwerkartists.com) and resides in Rochester with his wife.
