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Joe Truskot (b. September 13, 1950, Lorain, Ohio) is a classical music radio host on KSQD Santa Cruz which broadcasts at 90.7 FM and streams live at www.ksqd.org. His Saturday morning show, Music of the Masters, usually connects the music aired with a general theme such as holiday celebrations, nature and seasons, life and spiritual events, geography and historical events. The music presented includes everything from Gregorian chants to the latest compositions by living composers. The genres include symphonies, chamber and choral works, opera, solo instruments plus occasional works from the Broadway stage and pop singers. === Classical Music Life ===

Prior to joining KSQD when the station began its broadcasts in February 2019, Truskot was an on-air host and producer at KUSP Santa Cruz, an independent public radio station, from 2009 to 2015. He was host of 20♪21-Music of the 20th Century and Today, Monday Night at the Opera, and KUSP's Friday night broadcasts of area classical ensembles and presenting organizations including the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Carmel Bach Festival, Monterey Symphony, Chamber Music Monterey Bay, and Santa Cruz Baroque Festival.

From October 2012 to January 2018, Joe Truskot served as Features Editor of The Salinas Californian, part of the USA Today Network, and was responsible for locally produced entertainment, food, gardening, events, and profiles. His articles have appeared in many Gannett Company papers including the Detroit Free Press, Indy Star, Cincinnati Enquirer, Visalia Time Delta and numerous others.

Joe Truskot was the President and CEO of the Monterey Symphony from 1990 to 2010 working with Clark Suttle, Kate Tamarkin, and Max Bragado-Darman as music directors and a long list of leading guest artists including Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak, John O'Conor, Dmitry Yablonsky, Giampaolo Bisanti, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Spivakov. He also served as President of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras where he remains an Emeritus Director. Prior to joining the Monterey Symphony he held several positions at the League of American Orchestras during his nine years of employment there. === Gardening Life ===

His gardening life began with his grandmother Julia Scalzitti Sulpizio who gave him a bean, a paper cup and some soil and told him "Keep the soil moist and watch it grow." From that moment on, he has been fascinated by plants. His uncle Charles Repko was an avid rose grower and during his early years Truskot watched him make rose cuttings and cover them with one-gallon size glass jars in his rose garden.

After spending most of his adult life in apartments and condominiums, Joe Truskot purchased a home in Salinas, California in 1992 and immediately began installing a rose garden. He joined the Monterey Bay Rose Society in 1993 and benefited from the knowledge of its members. In 2000, he became the editor of The Bay Rose, the Society's monthly newsletter. For the next 11 years, he produced an eight-page newsletter offering featured articles and extensive information on the general care and maintenance of roses. In 2011, he self-published The Central Coast Rose Manual, 150 page guide to growing roses on California's Central Coast. The book is available at local books stores and is in its second printing.

=== Early Life ===

After graduating from Miami University with a Bachelors of Science in Education degree, he joined the American Peace Corps and served as an English language instructor in Ardestan, Iran. He attained his Master's Degree from the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont which included a management internship with C.A.R.E. Inc. in Belize, Central America.