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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at 

Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.

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Since 2000, Fred Child has been the host of Performance Today, the most-listened-to classical music radio show in America. He also is the commentator and announcer for Live From Lincoln Center, the only live performing arts series on television. He also hosts musical events on stages around the country, working with major orchestras and festivals, and connecting with audiences coast to coast.


Host

Fred Child

Kathryn Slusher is the senior producer of Performance Today, where she leads programming and production for the show. In her spare time, she enjoys the vibrant Twin Cities music and theater scene, and loves to read, hike and spend time with her family.


Senior Producer

Kathryn Slusher

As a Producer for Performance Today, Meghann chooses music to broadcast on the show, writes web articles and scripts, facilitates, conducts and edits interviews, creates video content and manages PT’s social media pages. She created Performance Today’s Black History Spotlight Series and the My Name is Series to highlight Black classical musicians. Meghann is also the producer for the PT Young Artist in Residence Series. In her free time, she is a mom, a part-time actress and fashion lover.

Meghann also created and hosted “Wondrous Strange”, a national radio program about uncommon musical instruments, she is the official underwriting voice for ‘The New York Times’ The Daily, and she can occasionally be heard guest-hosting Performance Today.


Producer

Meghann Oglesby

As an Associate Producer for Performance Today, Kathleen Bradbury writes scripts and assists with external communications. In her spare time, she likes to read fiction, lift heavy weights at the gym, and frolic about in nature. But above all else, Kathleen loves to sing Broadway showtunes--much to the delight of her wife, her infant son, and her rescue dog.


Kathleen Bradbury

Jon Gohman is an associate producer for Performance Today. He is responsible for various behind-the-scenes functions, including liaising with artists and creating materials for national distribution. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, playing the guitar, and thinking about Langrange points.


Associate Producer

Jon Gohman

Craig Thorson is the Technical Director for Performance Today. In addition to mastering the live music recordings that are programmed for each daily program, he records guest performances and interviews. Craig enjoys skiing, tennis, and bicycling, and boating.


Technical Director

Craig Thorson

Jeanne Barron is the technical producer of Performance Today.


Technical Producer

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Jeanne Barron

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On Monday's Performance Today, we'll go to a concert at Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles to hear the Los Angeles Philharmonic play a piece that Felix Mendelssohn called his "celebration of a religious revolution."


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The Reformation Symphony

On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear the warm sound of ensemble Arcangelo as they perform music by Handel on period instruments at Carnegie Hall.


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Ensemble Arcangelo

For his Carnegie Hall debut, PT Young Artist Steven Lin asked a friend to compose something new - but he had one special request. Find out what it was, and hear Lin play music by a friend on Friday's Performance Today.


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Music by a friend

Our current PT Young Artist in Residence is OK with music competitions - up to a point. On Thursday's Performance Today, Steven Lin will tell us why he believes competitions should never be taken too seriously.


Steven Lin on competitions

This fall, the PT team spent a week at the Curtis Institute of Music. Come see photos from PT's special musical event at Curtis, which included performances by Curtis students, faculty, and alumni.


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PT in residence at the Curtis Institute of Music

Pianist Steven Lin is our latest Young Artist in Residence. While talking with Fred, Steven revealed that while he was a student at Juilliard, he didn't practice all that much. But why? We'll find out on Wednesday's Performance Today.


Music from the Curtis Institute

Beethoven: Allegro and Presto from Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3

Schumann: Allegro brillante from Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14

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Steven Lin Interview Part 2

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David Hertzberg: notturno incantato

Listen to in-studio interview with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by pianist Steven Lin.


Young Artists in Residence

Young Artist in Residence: Steven Lin

On Tuesday's Performance Today we have a stellar performance by a musical dream team: Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, and Denes Varjon play Schumann's Piano Trio No. 1 in concert in Poland.


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A musical dream team

Maurice Ravel wrote his Mother Goose Suite as piano pieces for children. But then he realized that fairy tales aren't just for kids, so he turned the music into a lush piece for full orchestra. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll go to a concert in Hamburg, Germany to hear Ravel's grown-up take on Mother Goose.
