Regional Spotlight™

The beloved former Artistic Partner of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Nicholas McGegan will have 60 candles on his birthday cake today. Celebrate by streaming one of his performances of Bach.

This week, it's the Choral Arts Ensemble singing a piece written just for them by Los Angeles/Tokyo based composer Kentaro Sato.

One of the new pieces heard on this year's St. Olaf Christmas festival was written by a student composer, Stanford Scriven, class of '11. It's a sparkling setting of a familiar text and you can hear it today on regional spotlight.

Joyce Yang has been described as a "million-volt presence" on stage. Those who were at her recital several weeks ago at the Janet Wallace Fine Art Center in St Paul would heartily agree. Listen to Joyce Yang play Brahms on Regional Spotlight and on-line.

Celebrate Thanksgiving Day with the "ambassador" of American song, Thomas Hampson.

The Schubert Club Museum in Saint Paul is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Osmo Vanska picked up his clarinet and joined a group of his fellow Minnesota Orchestra musicians for the US premiere of a quintet by Finnish composer Kalevi Aho.

Tune in to Classical Minnesota Public Radio Thursday afternoon for Regional Spotlight. Host Steve Staruch will highlight Minnesota choir The Summer Singers.

On Thursday's Regional Spotlight we'll feature Armenian pianist Nareh Arghamanyan. She performed just a few weeks ago for the Frederic Chopin Society of Minnesota.

On Thursday's Regional Spotlight, classical host Steve Staruch features a recent performance by the visiting Oslo Chamber Choir at Boe Memorial Chapel at St. Olaf College in Northfield.