Mona Seghatoleslami
Announcer/ProducerMona Seghatoleslami is the host and producer on WXXI Classical 91.5 FM weekdays from 3 to 7 p.m. She also hosts the lunchtime concert series Live From Hochstein at 12:10 p.m. Wednesdays, interviews musicians, produces special programs, and works on any project she can find that helps connect people and music in our community through WXXI.
Mona is originally from New Jersey; she ventured out to the Midwest for college, where studied viola at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. She got her start in radio at WFIU in Bloomington, Indiana while in grad school studying musicology and library science at Indiana University. She also spent a few years as a radio announcer and producer in West (by God) Virginia, where she also wrote for the Charleston Gazette and taught American music at West Virginia State University.
When she’s not on the radio, you can find Mona attending concerts and movies, playing viola in community orchestras, occasionally strumming the ukulele, riding her bike everywhere, and reading as much as she can — especially The New Yorker and sci-fi novels. She also books the bands for one of the coolest live music venues in Rochester — The Little Theatre Café.
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The performer and composer’s musical career spanned six decades, more than 30 albums, two Grammy Awards and garnered him international acclaim. -
ConnectionsIn the first hour of "Connections" on July 18, 2025, guest host Mona Seghatoleslami -
In 2013, Corman came to Rochester to be honored with the George Eastman Award for distinguished contribution to the art of film. -
ConnectionsIn the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, February 29, 2024, guest host Mona Seghatoleslami leads a pre-recorded conversation with RPO conductors Andrea Delfs and Jeff Tyzik about the orchestra's 2024-2025 season, announced on WXXI. -
ConnectionsIn the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, December 21, 2023, guest host Mona Seghatoleslami discusses the new film, "Maestro," and the work of composer Leonard Bernstein. -
ConnectionsHere's what's coming up on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, December 21, 2023. -
The renowned soprano, who grew up in Churchville and is also an Eastman grad, is among the latest artists to be honored by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. -
Stories from the Living Tree is an immersive show that combines music, dance, American Sign Language, and animation, performed at the Memorial Art Gallery and streaming online. -
On a recital Monday night, pianist Tamara Wilcox will play music by both contemporary and historic women on unusual instruments, including some that have recently come home to SUNY Brockport. -
ConnectionsIn the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Friday, January 20, 2023, we discuss how music professionals think AI will impact their work. What are the possible pros? What is the pushback?
