Kimberlea Daggy
Host, All Things Considered, Airplay and Sing It!Kimberlea Daggy has spent three decades as a public radio announcer/producer. She currently hosts All Things Considered on WMRA, the NPR news station for Charlottesville and the Shenandoah Valley. Kimberlea also hosts and produces two programs on WEMC, Harrisonburg’s all-classical station: Airplay, highlighting classical musicians and ensembles in and around Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley, and Sing It!, a program of mostly contemplative, mostly unaccompanied choral music. Prior to moving to the Shenandoah Valley in 2015, Kimberlea worked for a variety of public radio stations around the country, including both KUSC and the Classical Public Radio Network in Los Angeles, WFDD in Winston-Salem, NC and WILL in Urbana, IL. She has created and presented a wide array of programs on classical music stations in the United States. Kimberlea has co-hosted live broadcasts of Los Angeles Opera performances, providing commentary and interviewing international artists such as Marilyn Horne, Denyce Graves and William Friedkin. She has given pre-performance talks and emceed programs for a variety of organizations, including LA Opera, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Ojai Music Festival and the American Guild of Organists.
In addition to her work in public radio, Kimberlea is the Music Associate at First Presbyterian Church in Waynesboro, VA, where she plays piano for, sings with and conducts the choir. Her husband, Roger, is the Director of Music/Organist. Kimberlea and Roger run a vibrant music program at the church, presenting concerts throughout the year. The series has featured musicians such as the American Boychoir, organist Stephen Tharp, the Vanderbilt University Trombone Ensemble, the Madison Singers and musicians from the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. Kimberlea and Roger's son Max graduated from James Madison University cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Their daughter, Celia, received a Bachelor of Music summa cum laude in Viola Performance from Boston University and is currently the Principal Viola of the Virginia Symphony. Kimberlea received her Bachelor of Music in Voice from Northwestern University. She did graduate work in Opera at Yale University and Arizona State University, where she sang the title role in the opera Carmen.
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A recent study examined whether LED road lighting affects how well people fall – and stay – asleep;The Walmart Chesapeake where six people were killed in November re-opened this/Wednesday morning;Some people in Winchester try to loosen the hold that illicit substances have on the region;And Shenandoah National Park will kick off National Park Week with free admission for all patrons -
Almost six years after the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, a grand jury has indicted several participants;The Virginia Supreme Court agrees to hear an appeal regarding the denial of early release for some people incarcerated in the commonwealth;The Virginia Department of Elections is working to remove a long list of now-deceased voters from the voter rolls;And opinions are divided over who will own a massive new offshore wind farm in Virginia
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The Harrisonburg High School community walked out of class to support the family of a classmate killed over the weekend;The Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA has placed its CEO on administrative leave, after an independent review by the law firm McGuireWoods;A bipartisan coalition of attorneys general is backing a Virginia veteran who is taking his GI benefits claim to the U.S. Supreme Court; And public colleges in Virginia say they will have to raise tuition unless the commonwealth steps in to increase its share of the cost
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The mother of the first-grader who allegedly shot his teacher in Newport News has turned herself in to authorities;A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked federal regulations in Virginia and 23 other states intended to protect thousands of waterways;Charlottesville City Council earlier this week approved a 22 percent increase in the city’s budget;And the General Assembly has concluded its one-day reconvene session
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A grand jury has indicted the mother of a six-year-old who shot his teacher in Newport News, and lawmakers formally commended the teacher for her actions that day;Health care professionals in Virginia say they will continue to supply Mifepristone, unless otherwise instructed by the FDA;A class action lawsuit has been filed against the United Network for Organ Sharing in Richmond;And the city of Harrisonburg has begun renovating its 20-year-old skatepark – but not the way the skateboarding community wants it done
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Senator Mark Warner delivers a million dollar check to the city of Harrisonburg;Major natural disasters have more than doubled in Virginia during the last two decades;U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton says she’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease;And with the return of spring, so return the next generation of wildlife
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Virginia emerges as a national leader in new solar development;The University of Virginia and Resilience Education team up to offer college credit to people who are incarcerated;The U.S. Forest Service extends the public comment period for the Mountain Valley Pipeline; And news from the General Assembly, including legislation referring to education, gambling and abortion
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A third party investigator will explore allegations brought by staff and volunteers of the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA; The General Assembly tells local school districts that they will NOT face a shortfall in state funding;Lawmakers are also considering bills that would change how electric utility companies are regulated in the commonwealth;And the Department of Corrections says that Virginia’s recidivism rate is the second lowest in the country
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A new study shows that trains could be tapped as a potential source of electricity;Legislators approved more than $130 million to help farmers pay for pollution controls''Raises for state employees and teachers approved by committees in both the Senate and the House of Delegates'And Republican lawmakers killed an effort to ban convicted insurrectionists from public service jobs
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Governor Glenn Youngkin’s administration shuts down its tip line for parents;The economic benefits of fighting agricultural pollution flowing into the Chesapeake Bay;Jeff Shapiro and Michael Pope discuss politics in the days before the midterm election;And a new effort underway to help more farmers in southwest Virginia grow malt barley – for craft beer
