Gallery: Relive the Youth in Music Marching Band Championships at U.S. Bank Stadium

Minneapolis’ Augsburg/Mirandola Chamber Collective recently had the privilege of recording with British vocal powerhouse Voces8 and its Voces8 U.S. Scholars, a stupendous event captured by YourClassical MPR. Listen now as they perform the breathtaking “The Day Sky” and the majestic “Hail, Gladdening Light.”

Who needs a whole band when you have Victor Zupanc? The Children’s Theatre Company’s longtime music director and composer is playing 13 instruments himself to amp up the zany antics of the new production of ‘Alice in Wonderland.’

St. Olaf choral legend Sigrid Johnson will be honored with a performance by the St. Olaf Choir and VocalEssence of Jocelyn Hagen’s ‘Song in My Heart,’ premiering Oct. 29 at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.

The scholastic marching arts were on full display Saturday, Oct. 14, as 34 of the top high school marching bands from Minnesota and beyond competed at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis as part of the Youth in Music Championships. Relive the excitement and pageantry of the event through our huge photo gallery!

Musicians are gathering from around the country this week for the second year of the Duluth Chamber Musical Festival. The event features a roster of world-class performers, as well as the debut of Duluth-raised luthier Marinos Glitsos’ handcrafted ‘Duluth’ viola. Find out more!

The Northern Lights Music Festival celebrates its 20th year of presenting classical music on the Iron Range from July 1 to 21, including a major production of Giacomo Puccini’s ‘La Bohème.’ Find out how the festival comes together and what else is in store for this year.

Watch as the Minnesota-based ensemble 29:11 International Exchange, many of whose singers and instrumentalists hail from South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo, tap into their African roots to, as co-founder Brendon Adams says, “spread love and reconciliation through our music.” Enjoy the results of their recent recording session with YourClassical MPR.

On Saturday, May 20, a storied concert venue on the Iron Range, Goodman Auditorium in Virginia, will host a final celebratory concert before it is decommissioned and razed. Celebrated American composer Rene Clausen has written a new concert-length choral and orchestral work, ‘Mesabi: The Sleeping Giant,’ to celebrate the historic hall. Find out more!

The Paper Clips trombone quartet took a break from its Class Notes tour of Minnesota schools recently to play for a big crowd at Harold’s on Main in Moorhead as part of an MPR event. We asked the ensemble’s Ben Bussey to write about the experience of going from the educational circuit to a bar gig.

YourClassical MPR recently hosted the Voces8 Scholars in our flagship recording studio — and what an endeavor it turned out to be. Among the highlights of the three-day session by the U.S.-based training ensemble for the U.K.’s esteemed Voces8 was a recording of Paul Smith’s ‘Nunc Dimittis’ performed with the Minneapolis-based Augsburg/Mirandola Chamber Collective. Watch now!