
Davis Gloff |
Davis makes classical music come alive,
regaling listeners with stories describing the
lives and exploits of the great, as well as little-known,
composers. While he loves classical music, one
of his personal maxims is: "Never take yourself
too seriously."
A performer, classical pianist, lyric
baritone, teacher, and announcer, Davis was one
of the popular on-air hosts for many years at WQRS-FM
in Detroit. He has been associated with Michigan
Opera Theater, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the
Piccolo Opera Company and many other orchestras
and ensembles throughout the United States. Audiences
over the past 30 years also will recognize him for
his detailed lectures on classical music and the
performing arts.
Davis was born in Detroit, and has lived here all
his life. Those who know him personally -- and his
radio and Internet listeners -- recognize his real
commitment to the area and the people who live in
the city and surrounding region. Another maxim he
lives by comes from Gandhi, who said: "You
must BE the change you wish to SEE in the world." |

Pat McElroy |
Listeners recognize Pat as one of those friendly,
natural presences that just look and sound just
right -- like he's always been there. Pat's been
there for quite a while, in fact -- for the last
three decades.
An accomplished actor, director and producer of
professional theater, Pat is recognized throughout
the metropolitan Detroit community for his work
supporting classical music and the arts. Pat's career
in broadcasting has taken him from Detroit TV Channel
50 to radio station WDTM-FM (now WWWW-FM) to WQRS-FM,
where he hosted the very popular "Folk Show"
and weekend morning programs, and then on to AM
powerhouse WJR for a decade as host of "Night
Flight 76" and "The Great Weekend."
Then he was back to WQRS Classical for another decade
of Bach and Mozart.
One of Detroit's best known stage performers, he
has appeared at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, the
area's premier professional theater; the University
of Michigan, the University of Detroit-Mercy, Marygrove
College, Wayne State University's Hillberry Theatre,
the Greenfield Village Theatre, the Cleary and the
Elmwood Casino in Windsor and won a great deal of
critical acclaim for his work. He also played Jesus
in the award-winning film "Divine Mercy,"
with Helen Hayes. As an actor, he has appeared in
more than 200 plays. He has directed more than 50
stage plays. As a producer, he was responsible for
more than 150 dramas and musicals. He has served
as Supervisor of Fine Art for the City of Dearborn.
Pat teaches classes in music appreciation and performing
arts.
Dave Wagner of WQRS once wrote of him: "Pat
McElroy is a very practical 'dreamer' who understands
that ideas are not enough and that the business
of 'show business' must be attended to carefully.
Over the years, one word occurs repeatedly in articles
and critiques describing the work of Pat McElroy.
That word is excellence." |

Jack Goggin |
Jack enjoys connecting the world in which classical
music was created with the present.
As host of the Classical Hollywood segment on WQRS-FM,
Jack featured musical works created for the cinema
and demonstrated how often the most moving part
of the cinema results from the sounds. Memorable
show themes included "Classical Navies,"
music from nautical movies that made listeners almost
feel the salt spray and the deck heaving beneath
their feet; and "Classical Science Fiction,"
which also focused on unique instruments created
for that genre that helped listeners visualize what
the future may hold.
Born in 1954 in Canton, Ohio, Jack grew up in Waterford
Township, Michigan. He graduated from the University
of Missouri, where he was a National Merit Scholar,
in 1977. From 1978 to 1997, he was a program host
and producer at WQRS-FM in Detroit, where he did
the overnight show Monday through Friday, and his
weekly show devoted to motion picture music. Jack
also works at the Harmony House Classical Store
in Royal Oak and for the Paint Creek Center for
the Arts as a public relations person. Jack and
his wife, Gail, have a daughter, Liz. |