Brad Cresswell

[4] Cresswell made his professional debut in Richard Strauss's opera Elektra with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, a performance which was later released on Philips Records.

[4] During the early 2000s Cresswell joined the NPR affiliate in New York City, WNYC, as a music host and producer.

At WNYC, Cresswell helped to create one of the first contemporary classical music services on the internet and HD radio, WNYC2.

[13][14] In 2007 Cresswell received the first ASCAP Deems Taylor Multimedia Award for his work on the online music festival 24 Hours and 33 Minutes, The Playful and Playable Cage.

[1] He has also been a regular panelist for the popular Opera Quiz intermission feature heard during the Met's live Saturday matinee broadcasts.

Among the musicians frequently heard is Pulitzer and Grammy winning composer Jennifer Higdon, who is an alumna of BGSU.