Stephanie Elkins hosts Saturday Afternoon Classics and is the new co-host on The Midday with Norman Gilliland. She also produces WPR's Music from Wisconsin and Madison Opera features.

Stephanie is an amateur classical singer with an interest in medieval, renaissance and baroque performance. She was a ten-year radio host and programmer for Musica Antiqua, heard Sunday mornings in Madison, Wisconsin on WORT-FM, and started in radio at WDIY-FM, an NPR affiliate in Allentown/Bethlehem, PA.

Stephanie sang with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem for three years, performing on NBC's Today show with a small ensemble from that group, was a three-year member of the Festival Choir of Madison, and sang the role of the Shepherd in Madison Opera's production of Tosca in 1998. She recorded with the Festival Choir, and for Alfred Publishing and Dorian while with the Bach Choir.

Stephanie studied French in high school and college, including a year at the Sorbonne in Paris. She also studied Italian, some Spanish, and was born in Germany. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Madison Opera and on the Board of Advisors of the Madison Early Music Festival.

"I love virtually all genres of music, from opera to bluegrass, and my favorite times are always focused around music, whether sharing a special evening of original instruments in concert, or sitting around a campfire with friends and family singing in harmony," said Stephanie.

Stephanie co-founded Broadjam, Inc. with her husband Roy. Based in Madison, broadjam.com is home to one of the world's largest web communities for independent musicians.