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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 

Hosted by Valerie Kahler, 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.

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Valerie Kahler

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

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 APM Distribution. 


Dani Werner

On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear a special set of Hallelujahs. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's Piano Puzzler.


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Hallelujahs

On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear Christmas music from near and far. Plus, a quicksilver performance of Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2 from a concert in Seattle.


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Christmas music from near and far

What do you get when you combine twelve opera highlights with eleven popular holiday tunes and ten brass players from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra? "Santa and Isolde," of course! On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear a performance of Bruce Adolphe's new holiday classic.


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Santa and Isolde

St. Paul's Choir School Interview

Listen to our interview with leaders and singers from America's one and only choir school. Their new Christmas album was released this season.


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St. Paul's Choir School

Christmas in Harvard Square

Scott Wilkinson is a professional tuba player. He says that people often joke about the tuba...but not in December. 'Tis the season of TubaChristmas! On this weekend's Performance Today, Wilkinson will tell us about TubaChristmas, and we'll hear highlights from one of this year's concerts.


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'Tis the season of TubaChristmas

Scott Wilkinson is a professional tuba player. He says that people often joke about the tuba...but not in December. 'Tis the season of TubaChristmas! On Friday's Performance Today, Wilkinson will tell us about TubaChristmas, and we'll hear highlights from one of this year's concerts.


TubaChristmas Los Angeles

We spoke with Scott Wilkinson, who
runs and directs the Los Angeles TubaChristmas celebration, a celebration for tuba players of all levels. You only need to know how to read basic music and, most importantly, bring your own tuba!


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A merry TubaChristmas

On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll bring you seasonal musical highlights from across the country and around the world; Christmas music from near and far. Plus, from a concert in Riga, Latvia, we'll hear the young ensemble Sinfonietta Riga play Charles Gounod's Symphony No. 1.


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The Handel and Haydn Society was founded in Boston in 1815; they'll celebrate their 200th birthday this coming spring. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll start the party just a bit early with a performance of Haydn's Symphony No. 82.


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