Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on 

Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on YourClassical Radio.


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Steve Seel is the host of YourClassical’s weekly SymphonyCast and the trailblazing music show Extra Eclectic. He possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at radio stations around the country. Steve began his love affair with public radio at 24 working whatever shifts he could at his hometown station of WUSF-FM in Tampa, Florida, and from there worked his way to snowy Buffalo, New York, and its renowned classical station WNED-FM, where he hosted middays and the weekly experimental-music show Present Tense.  In 2005, Steve became one of the founding voices on Minnesota Public Radio's eclectic station, the Current. While there, he hosted afternoons and mornings, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. Steve is a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.


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Composer John Adams expresses grief through a beautiful piece, “Put Your Loving Arms Around Me.” Listen to that and more on this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic, with host Steve Seel.


Music can unite us in grief

A woman leans her head on a man's shoulders.

Extra Eclectic

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Composer Valerie Coleman pays tribute to her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, and one of its proudest sons, Muhammad Ali, in 'Shotgun Houses.' Listen on the latest episode of Extra Eclectic, with host Steve Seel.


Valerie Coleman's "Shotgun Houses"

Valerie Coleman is an American flutist and composer. 

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Valerie Coleman's 'Shotgun Houses' honors Louisville and Ali

Women composers of the 20th century have helped pave the way for the women of the 21st. Listen as Extra Eclectic’s celebration of Women’s History Month continues, with host Steve Seel.


Trailblazers, Past and Present

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Listen to trailblazers, past and present

Composer Dobrinka Tabakova’s Cello Concerto is one of the most powerful and passionate new works in recent memory.


Dobrinka Tabakova's Passionate Power

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Hear Dobrinka Tabakova's passionate power 

Women’s History Month opens with a sampling of some of the women moving classical music forward.


Women Lead the Way

Dayna Szyndrowski

Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble asks, “What happens when strangers meet?” The idea of "creating peace across borders" is on many people’s minds now, and that’s the focus of this week’s Extra Eclectic, with Steve Seel. 


Creating Peace Across Borders

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Creating peace across borders

A journey out of darkness and into the light this week.


From Shadow to Light

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Composer Shelley Washington wants you to move. Find out more about her exciting music on the latest episode of Extra Eclectic, with host Steve Seel.


Shelley Washington Wants You to Move

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Shelley Washington wants you to move

Bassist and composer Xavier Foley sees genres as “limitations best left ignored.”

