Saturday Cinema - Jan. 20, 2024

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

Join Lynne Warfel for two full hours of your favorite film music on the latest episode of ‘Saturday Cinema,’ in which she celebrates more January birthdays and remembers stars who died in 2023. Listen now.


More January birthdays and in memoriam

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Kerry Sheridan

When people age and begin to lose their memory, they can become isolated or lose touch with community and family. Music can help build those connections again. A special choir in Sarasota, Florida, pairs professional singers with people who have dementia.


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Florida choir helps people with dementia through music

Friday Favorites - Jan. 19, 2024

Steve Staruch can be heard on Classical Minnesota Public Radio from 3 to 7 p.m. weekdays, including hosting Music with Minnesotans, Regional Spotlight and Friday Favorites. Prior to joining the staff of MPR in 2004, Steve presented a variety of radio programs on WCAL in Northfield, Minn., where he created an immensely popular call-in program, and on WXXI in Rochester, N.Y. Outside radio, Steve also enjoys work as a freelance tenor and violist. Steve and his wife, Naomi, enjoy traveling, gardening and hosting dinner parties.


Steve Staruch

On the latest edition of ‘Friday Favorites,’ Steve Staruch welcomes Project DJ guest Chris Johnson, a recruiting coordinator at a financial institution whose happy place is the North Shore. Listen now!


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Friday Favorites: Listener requests and Project DJ co-host Chris Johnson

Extra Eclectic - Jan. 17, 2024

On this episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ host Steve Seel explores composers from South America, including music by Brazil’s Clarice Assad, Venezuela’s Gabriela Montero and Argentina’s Osvaldo Golijov. Listen now!


South American sounds

New Classical Tracks (Extended Interview) - Tina Davidson

New Classical Tracks - Tina Davidson

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

On this week’s episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ composer Tina Davidson explores her connection to family, life and nature on her latest album, ‘Hymn of the Universe,’ with VocalEssence. Listen now!


Tina Davidson connects with family, life and nature on 'Hymn of the Universe'

The impact of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is more important than ever. Join us for a special edition of ‘Performance Today’ honoring King through music. We'll hear the music he loved and the pieces composed by musicians who loved him as we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. 


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Honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Friday Favorites - Jan. 12, 2024

On the latest edition of ‘Friday Favorites,’ Steve Staruch welcomes Project DJ guest Micah De Caro, a 14-year-old bassoonist whose favorite class at St. Croix Prep is band, and takes listeners requests for a winter afternoon. Listen now!


Friday Favorites: Listener requests and Project DJ co-host Micah De Caro

Lloyd Schwartz

In 2018, three years before his death, the pianist and composer gave a concert in Sardinia that included both Mozart and George Gershwin. A live recording of that concert is now available.


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Chick Corea renders Mozart with daring and playfulness on a posthumous new album

Where we turn up the voices of Black artists in the world of classical music, with host Vernon Neal.

Rhapsody in Black - Errolyn Wallen

Vernon Neal is the host of the podcast ‘Rhapsody in Black,’ where we turn up the voices of Black artists in the world of classical music.


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Vernon Neal

Composer Errollyn Wallen has had teachers tell her that classical music is ‘not her sort of music’ and has had to deal with being underestimated her whole life. Now she is one of the United Kingdom’s leading composers. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast. 


Errollyn Wallen mixes Central American heritage with Western classical traditions

Extra Eclectic - Jan. 10, 2024

On this episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ host Steve Seel shares a program featuring music by composers from the United Kingdom, such as Elizabeth Maconchy, Thomas Ades and Helen Grime. Listen now!


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