Lucille Kincaid
Program HostLucille Kincaid is a weekly host of WDIY Classics as well as WDIY's music librarian for the Janet Goloub Classical Music Library. Her background is in music education, having worked as a music educator in New Jersey public schools for 33 years. The last 18 years of her career were spent as vocal music director of Sparta High School in Sparta, New Jersey. During her tenure there, her choirs performed in festivals and workshops across the US, Canada, and Europe.
As a pianist, she has accompanied numerous county, regional, All State, and All Eastern choirs which afforded her the opportunity to perform in Heinz Hall, Meyerhoff Hall, and Carnegie Hall.
Kincaid has been heavily involved with the production of musicals for many years, having contributed to over 100 performances as either a pit musician, vocal coach or musical director/conductor.
Since moving to Pennsylvania from New Jersey in 2005, Kincaid has worked with various area high schools and community theater groups while also serving as a regular music director at the PA Playhouse in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She became a regular weekly on-air host of WDIY Classics in 2015.
Kincaid also enjoys working with soloists and chamber groups, keeping busy as an accompanist, guest conductor, and adjudicator for various choral and teen art festivals. She lives in Easton with her husband, John, a professor at Lafayette College and they both enjoy traveling and spending time with their grandchildren.
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In two small towns, one man's daily cleanup efforts and a community's fight to protect their hometown show the power of neighbors coming together. -
Lucille Kincaid shares heartwarming stories of unexpected kindness, generous strangers, holiday miracles, and small gestures that make a big difference. -
Lucille Kincaid shares stories of unexpected kindness, from neighbors rebuilding a storm-damaged home to everyday people choosing honesty and generosity when it matters most. -
Lucille Kincaid shares a story of a stranger who helped a band make its next gig, and a homeless pianist's viral performance that changed his life. -
Lucille Kincaid shares heartwarming and sometimes amazing stories of seniors who shared joy and kindness with the people around them. -
Lucille Kincaid shares stories of products that were initially created for completely different uses than they have today. -
Lucille Kincaid shares three stories of rescues, not only of or by humans, from across the country. -
Lucille Kincaid shares the story of a local student who received an unexpected welcome celebration on college move-in day. -
Lucille Kincaid shares stories of a stray cat who saved a railway station and the discarded lottery ticket that ended up being worth a million euros. -
Lucille Kincaid shares the story of Eleanor Roosevelt, whose life became a symbol of so much more than she ever could have expected.
