Oboist Susan Miranda and horn player Allison Akins, who are part of first-time Class Notes Artists Chione Quintet, sat down with Julie Amacher to talk about their experiences using sign-language as a way to get kids to engage with music and telling stories using music.
Every Christmas Eve, millions of people worldwide tune into 'A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols' to hear the ethereal sounds of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Now you can see the choir in person in a live performance at the Cathedral of St. Paul presented by Classical MPR.
As we celebrate Women's History Month, check out these 20 women composers you should know, including Caroline Shaw (pictured) -- a list curated by St. Olaf College senior Siriana Lundgren.
Minnesota's Gaelynn Lea won NPR's 2016 Tiny Desk Contest with the barest of ingredients: a few swooping violin strokes, a loop pedal and her fragile-but-forceful voice. Listen now to her recent performance at the South by Southwest Music Festival.
This week on New Classical Tracks, conductor Stephen Cleobury shares thoughts and reflections on his career as he prepares to wrap up his 37-year tenure leading the renowned Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Enter the giveaway for a chance to win a copy of the ensemble's new CD, 'The Music of King's.'
Once upon a time, in Ireland, there lived a 'gloomery' little girl named Nora. Restoring her smile would take a magical adventure and the intervention of woodland fairies. Listen to the Irish folk tale 'Nora Mavourneen and the Fairy Queen,' the latest episode of Classical Kids Storytime, featuring Irish music plus original illustrations by Nancy Carlson.
Arlys Whitaker earned an MBA and worked for Xerox for many years before becoming the assistant marketing director of the the Utah Symphony Orchestra and then teaching elementary school music. She has stories to tell and a remarkable playlist, too.
The Hennepin County Library is looking for a few good musicians -- especially classical musicians -- for its MnSpin program to stream their recordings.
Looking for new and recommended music? Here are classical music experts' March picks for must-hear recordings, from Baroque arias to contemporary compositions for Women's History Month.
This week on the Daily Download, we're featuring listener requests. Don't forget to sign up for the Daily Download newsletter so you never miss a free classical track every weekday.
Shai Wosner performs the finale of Schubert's Piano Sonata in G. The music is spacious and songlike. And while there are a few dark clouds in the piece, the overall feeling is one of spring sunshine.
As recently as 20 years ago, the phrase "female composer" brought to mind a short-list of familiar names -- a handful of women who had managed to smash the gates of what had been a male-dominated fortress for centuries. While the contributions of the likes of Amy Beach, Joan Tower, and Libby Larsen have been immense toward putting cracks in the classical glass ceiling, the burgeoning number of women composers today have created an exponentially growing world of musical discovery - to the point when unfamiliar names are happily becoming the norm. Steve Seel samples a handful of them this week as our observation of Women's History Month continues.
Today on March 21, 2019, Google celebrates the 334th birthday of world-renowned German composer and musician Johann Sebastian Bach with its first artificial intelligence-powered Doodle.
You can listen to Classical Minnesota Public Radio on Amazon Echo and Google Home, as well as install Alexa skills for all of the themed YourClassical music streams. Here's how.