Kimberlea Daggy

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.