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Join YourClassical MPR as we present an encore broadcast of Minnesota Opera’s Glam Jam, a concert featuring some of the most captivating performers from the Minnesota Opera stage. Listen now!

Wesley Friberg has been involved with the YMCA’s Youth in Government program for the last four years. He is an experienced public speaker and it shows! Wesley is the Project DJ co-host for this week’s episode of ‘Friday Favorites.’ Listen now as he joins Steve Staruch!

This episode of ‘Extra Eclectic’ honors Sofia Gubaidulina, the groundbreaking Russian composer who died last week at 93. As part of our celebration of Women’s History Month, host Steve Seel shares one of her best known works, ‘Offertorium.’ Listen now!

This week on ‘Saturday Cinema,’ beware the Ides of March! Guest host Ward Jacobson shares a Shakespeare-themed lineup with music from ‘Julius Caesar,’ ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ ‘Hamlet,’ ‘Shakespeare in Love’ and more. Listen now!

Mark Scannell is the Project DJ Plus co-host on this episode of ‘Friday Favorites.’ Mark is retired, but you wouldn’t know that from his many activities: he’s a published author, life coach and a softball umpire, among many other things. Listen now with host Steve Staruch!

The 88-year-old composer, who talks as fast as the interlocking phrases of his music, looks back on crucial moments in a career that moved minimalism into the mainstream.

Hazel Collins and Leo Choi of Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs joined YourClassical MPR host Steve Staruch to talk about the ensemble’s upcoming trip to Dallas to sing at the American Choral Directors Association annual convention. Listen now!

Li, who’s VP, Artistic, at the Minnesota Opera, recently joined YourClassical MPR host Steve Staruch to talk about the newly announced 2025-26 season. Listen now!

Sly5thAve is a multifaceted musician from Texas whose arrangements fuse his education in jazz saxophone, his classical arranging skills and his Nigerian roots to create a whole new musical experience. Find out more in the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.

This week on ‘Extra Eclectic,’ our observation of Women’s History Month continues with Akshaya Avril Tucker’s ‘Breathing Sunlight,’ Mamiko Dis Ragnarsdottir’s ‘Fair Flowers,’ Laura Masotto’s ‘Sol Levante’ (‘Rising Sun’) and more. Listen now with host Steve Seel!