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Jeff Lunden

The new David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center, home of the New York Philharmonic, opens this week. And while the outside is the same, everything inside has changed.


Geffen Hall Animation

Michael Moran/New York Philharmonic

Stripped to the bones: Why a new NYC concert hall sounds so much better

Justin Chang

Cate Blanchett learned to conduct, play the piano and speak German for this thought-provoking film about genius and the abuse of power.


Listen to the Story

Courtesy of Focus Features

In 'Tár,' a brilliant but manipulative conductor orchestrates everyone around her

MPR News Staff

A first-of-its-kind concert dubbed “The Listening Project” from the Minnesota Orchestra last fall put the spotlight on rarely heard music by Black composers. Read more about the composers featured in this interview by Cathy Wurzer with Louise Topper.


The Listening Project by the Minnesota Orchestra celebrates rarely-heard Black classical composers.

The Minnesota Orchestra celebrates rarely-heard Black classical composers

The Minnesota Orchestra - The Listening Project

Mark Clague

Minnesota Orchestra celebrates rarely heard Black classical composers

Jeffrey Yelverton is a digital producer of classical music for Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media. He supports the digital portfolio of MPR/APM by creating original content and providing production support for YourClassical Storytime, New Classical Tracks and various seasonal events.


Digital Producer, Classical

Jeffrey Yelverton

The U.S Space Force has unveiled its long-awaited ‘theme song’ — or, as it is known in the military, service song — ‘Semper Supra,’ which means "Always Above."


The Space Force Unveils Semper Supra

Semper Paratus from a CASA | U.S. Coast Guard Band and AIRSTA Cape Cod

80th Birthday of "The U.S. Air Force Song"

Anchors Aweigh | U.S. Navy Music Brass Band

The Marines' Hymn - "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band - 2016

The Army Song | Performed by The United States Army Field Band

Eric Dietrich/U.S. Air Force

U.S. Space Force unveils 'theme song'

Composer Sydney Guillaume came to the United States at 11 from Haiti. While he calls America home, his compositions pay homage to his ancestors and their fight for independence. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast. 


An ecstatic exploration of classical music that’s aesthetically and uncompromisingly Black.

Rhapsody in Black - Syndey Guiilaume

Rhapsody in Black - Syndey Guillaume

Rhapsody in Black

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Composer Sydney Guillaume honors his ancestors' fight for independence

Tom Huizenga

New to the music of Steve Reich? His latest recording, featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic, may be his most approachable.


Runner: I. Sixteenths

Jeffrey Herman

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Steve Reich releases his 26th album, 'Runner'

In 2018, the Together in Hope Choir traveled from its home in Minnesota to sing at the Vatican, where it performed a commissioned piece by Kim Andre Arnesen. On Oct. 15 and 16, the choir returns to St. Paul to perform a new piece by the same composer. 


John Birge: Together in Hope

John Birge: Together in Hope, with Kim Andre Arnesen

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Together in Hope Choir performs Kim Andre Arnesen's works in St. Paul

Valerie Kahler grew up in a musical family and started playing cello and piano in 3rd grade.  She began her radio career in 1989 as a volunteer at KNAU (now Arizona Public Radio) in Flagstaff, Arizona.  She worked there as a classical host and music director for more than a decade before moving to Minnesota to work for MPR.   In addition to classical music, other passions include sewing, singing and cooking.  She shares her life with her partner, John, an artist.


Valerie Kahler

Julie Amacher's desire to introduce others to great music is what led her to radio. She began her professional broadcast career at a station in Sun Prairie, Wis. She went from rock 'n' roll to the Rocky Mountains, where she found her niche in public radio at KUNC in Greeley, Colo. Julie spent 13 years at KUNC, where she managed the announcers and their eclectic music format. During that time, she earned four national awards for best announcer. She joined Minnesota Public Radio in 1997 as an on-air host and also produces New Classical Tracks, a weekly podcast critiquing a new release each week. It airs locally at 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays and 5:15 p.m. Fridays.


Julie Amacher

In this week’s New Classical Tracks, the Knights, conducted by Eric Jacobsen, explore Leo Tolstoy’s reaction to Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ with fantastic music on its latest album, ‘The Kreutzer Project.’ 


New Classical Tracks - The Knights (Extended)

New Classical Tracks - The Knights

The Knights - Janáček (orch. M. Atkinson) - "Kreutzer Sonata" Mvt. I

New Classical Tracks® 

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The Knights reimagine the ideas of Beethoven and Tolstoy 

Minnesota Opera presents ‘The Anonymous Lover,’ an opera written in 1780 by the groundbreaking Black composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Listen to our encore broadcast of this concert now.


Listen: Minnesota Opera performs Bologne's 'The Anonymous Lover'

This special episode is dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the Sphinx Organization. Featuring musical excerpts from a live performance by critically-acclaimed chamber orchestra, the Sphinx Virtuosi, and stories told by the musicians, leaders, and educators whose lives have been changed by Sphinx.  It also explores the pivotal role Sphinx has played in expanding diversity in the arts.


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