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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Meg Howrey about "They're Going to Love You," her new novel about forgiveness set against the backdrop of the New York City ballet scene.

This week’s episode of Saturday Cinema, with host Lynne Warfel, features music from comedies, romances and romantic comedies including ‘Victor/Victoria,’ ‘Casablanca’ and ‘Sabrina.’ Listen now!

The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and diarist died Friday at age 99. Although he won the Pulitzer for an orchestral work, he was most celebrated for his huge body of art songs — over 500 in all.

Each December, the Center for Faith and Life at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, rings out with the sacred and the exuberant: the sounds of the Christmas season.

As part of a project to record more music by composers of color and women, we recently commissioned Navajo pianist Connor Chee to write ‘Unbroken: Music for the Navajo Code Talkers.’ Listen to this engaging piece now!

Jazz vocalist Bobby McFerrin is a musical multi-tasker like no other. Not afraid to break tradition, McFerrin has opened up the world of music to embrace all different kinds of sounds. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.

In this week’s New Classical Tracks, composer Amanda Lee Falkenberg wants you to experience the beauty of our solar system through the story of its moons in her latest album, ‘The Moons Symphony.’

A composer, performer and installation artist from the Navajo Nation, Chacon's winning piece, Voiceless Mass, was composed for chamber orchestra and a specific Milwaukee pipe organ.

The Minnesota Orchestra's season is in full swing, but behind the scenes the organization says it is addressing diversity with the help of a new leader. Sheri Notaro, the new vice president of people and culture, started her job with the orchestra earlier this month. Her newly created position provides “strategic direction and tactical support” for human resources and leads anti-racism initiatives. Find out more below.

Minnesota filmmakers Dawn Mikkelson and Keri Pickett have collaborated on a new documentary that follows a group of women taiko drummers, a Japanese tradition historically dominated by men, in their effort to claim their place in the art form and on the stage. ‘Finding Her Beat’ is getting its Minneapolis premiere this Friday at the Sound Unseen Music & Film Festival in Minneapolis.