This year’s annual residency by the Voces8 U.S. Scholars at Minnesota Public Radio attained new heights thanks to a special appearance by Lyyra. They joined forces for the holiday classic ‘Ding Dong Merrily on High’ before the Scholars went solo for a delightful ‘God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman.’ Watch now!
Christmas With Cantus weaves together holiday stories with time-honored carols and new classics. Blending narration and song, the program offers an opportunity to reflect on the meaning and joy of the holiday season. Listen now!
Join us for ‘Songs of Thanks,’ an innovative new production by Cantus presenting stories and songs celebrating gratitude and community. Listen now — and then tell us why you’re thankful so we can include your feedback in next year’s program.
In ‘Dreams of the Fallen,’ Minneapolis-based composer Jake Runestad worked with a poet and war veteran to create a piece of music about post-traumatic stress disorder. It’s one of two songs he composed on the Grammy-nominated album ‘A Dream So Bright: Choral Music of Jake Runestad.’
There’s excitement in Rochester for fans of the arts, with the arrival of two new directors for the city’s premier music ensembles as they begin new seasons. Chia-Hsuan Lin will lead the Rochester Symphony, and Ryan Deignan joins the Rochester Choral Arts Ensemble.
Actor James Earl Jones, who died this week at 93, is fondly remembered as the voice of Darth Vader and for many other notable roles. But the man with the powerful pipes also had a profound impact on classical music, including serving as the catalyst for a Twin Cities world premiere.
Fans of four-part harmony won’t want to miss Como Chorus Cascade, a 125-voice mass choir concert Tuesday, Aug. 20, hosted by St. Paul’s North Star Chorus at Como Park Pavilion.
Louis Cole is a prolific musician known primarily as a drummer, but whose music over the past decade has fallen in the nexus of jazz, funk and rock. Now he's in a whole new space with choral and orchestral music.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Shimmy Jiyane and Latroit about their new project to reimagine classic house tracks to tell the story of the roots of the genre – translated and sung by the Soweto Gospel Choir in Zulu.
As we observe July Fourth, enjoy this soaring performance of "From Sea to Shining Sea" by the Aeolians of Oakwood University and about 750 Minnesota high school choir students.
