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Jennifer Vanasco

The New York Public Library recently received a machine that will read cracked and scratched wax cylinders — which include some of the earliest recorded audio.


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Mystery recordings will now be heard for the first time in about 100 years

Saturday Cinema - April 2, 2022 (air date)

Saturday Cinema - Oscars 2022

Lynne has been at this radio thing since 1984 when she fell into an historic job at KFAC AM and FM, the commercial classical station in Los Angeles.  She was the first woman staff announcer in the station's history, and it was such big news back then, it made the LA newspapers and national radio publications.  She is thrilled women in radio is no longer newsworthy.


Lynne Warfel

Saturday Cinema, hosted by Lynne Warfel, presents highlights from those Best Score nominees you DIDN’T hear on the Oscars live show.


Oscars 2022

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

Rhapsody in Black - Composer Omar Thomas speaks to the importance of representation

Composer Omar Thomas remembers never playing music in concert band that celebrates Black traditions while he was growing up, but he has made it his mission to change that. Find out more about his socially conscious compositions in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.


Omar Thomas

Composer Omar Thomas speaks to the importance of representation

Valerie Coleman's "Shotgun Houses"

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.


Steve Seel

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.


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

Listen to Nashville composer Cristina Spinei's 'Spiral,' commissioned by YourClassical

Cristina Spinei - Spiral

Scott Blankenship started his radio career in college when he began working as a volunteer at a local cable radio station, announcing alternative and new rock music. His love and appreciation of classical music began at public radio station KVNO in Omaha, where he spent 13 years in various on-air and management roles, five of those years as the morning drive-time host.

Indications that radio was in his blood go back to age five, when he used a corkboard and a battered phonograph as a makeshift radio studio; his father's Air Force issue flashlight served as his "on air" light. In his spare time, Blankenship is an avid cyclist and amateur playwright with several produced scripts to his credit.


Scott Blankenship

As part of a project to record more music by composers of color and women, YourClassical recently commissioned Nashville composer Cristina Spinei to write ‘Spiral,’ a trio for violin, cello and piano. Listen now, and find out what went into the creation of her new work.


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Listen to Nashville composer Cristina Spinei's 'Spiral,' commissioned by YourClassical 

New Classical Tracks - Angèle Dubeau (Extended)

New Classical Tracks - Angèle Dubeau

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, violinist Angèle Dubeau celebrates the 25th anniversary of her all-female ensemble, La Pietà, with her newest album, ‘Elle.’ 


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Violinist Angèle Dubeau's new album celebrates womanhood 

An Oscar Retrospective Into the 21st Century

Saturday Cinema, hosted by Lynne Warfel, presents highlights from some of the best Oscar-winning scores from films in the first two decades of the 21st century.


Listen to Oscar-winning scores of the 21st century

Quincy Walters

While the creators of a a new opera about Emmett Till hope it will inspire white people to confront racism, others worry it depicts Black trauma for white entertainment while masquerading as activism.


Nate Palmer

Critics want to shutter new opera about Emmett Till, but creators fight back

Rhapsody in Black - Composer Nkeiru Okoye has a sound all her own

Composer Nkeiru Okoye doesn’t fit neatly into any kind of classical category. Her compositions showcase her genius by incorporating different types of musical styles that help create a sound that’s uniquely hers. Find out more about Okoye’s diverse compositions in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.


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Composer Nkeiru Okoye has a sound all her own

Trailblazers, Past and Present

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.


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Mystery recordings will now be heard for the first time in about 100 years

Oscars 2022

Composer Omar Thomas speaks to the importance of representation

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

Listen to Nashville composer Cristina Spinei's 'Spiral,' commissioned by YourClassical

Violinist Angèle Dubeau's new album celebrates womanhood

Listen to Oscar-winning scores of the 21st century

Critics want to shutter new opera about Emmett Till, but creators fight back

Composer Nkeiru Okoye has a sound all her own

Listen to trailblazers, past and present