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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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Performance Today

On stage with Adria Ye

Listen to the young pianist's performance and interview on stage at the Aspen Music Festival.


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When pianist Adria Ye was 11 years old, she and her family moved from her home just outside Portland, Oregon to New York City. She became a student at the Juilliard School, one of the great music conservatories in the world. On Friday's Performance Today, Adria Ye will make her PT debut on stage in Aspen with a Tarantelle by Franz Liszt.


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A fifteen-year-old's debut

Performance Today Chat - Robert Spano

Listen to conductor and pianist Robert Spano perform one of his own compositions at the Aspen Music Festival and School.


Aspen Music Festival's Robert Spano performs under water

Performance Today Chat - Nathan Chan

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Nathan Chan

Listen to 19 year-old Nathan Chan play music by Rachmaninoff and Kreisler at the Aspen Music Festival and School.


Chatting with cellist Nathan Chan in Harris Hall

Guitarist Sharon Isbin is a regular at the Aspen Music Festival and School, as are the local black bears. Sharon Isbin talks about a close encounter with what appeared to be a musically curious bear. Plus, 19 year-old cellist Nathan Chan makes his PT debut, on Thursday's Performance Today.


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Sharon Isbin and the musically curious bear

Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg was a student at the Aspen Music Festival and School almost 40 years ago, but the memories are still fresh. On Wednesday's Performance Today, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg talks with us about everything from the Aspen Festival to A-Rod, as our week in Residence at the Aspen Music Festival continues.


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Memories of Aspen

Every summer, the Aspen Music Festival and School welcomes more than 600 of the most talented young musicians in the world. On Tuesday's Performance Today, violinist Stefan Jackiw tells us about his first time as a student at Aspen. We'll also chat with Per Hannevold, Raymond Mase, and Orli Shaham.


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Views of Aspen

This week, PT is in Residence at the Aspen Music Festival and School in Aspen, Colorado. For years, the Aspen Festival has been one of the finest summertime music academies in the world, but until now, the student campus has always been a little...rustic. Aspen Festival President Alan Fletcher takes us on a tour of the brand new campus, on Monday's Performance Today.


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In Residence at the Aspen Music Festival

Christopher Costanza a member of the St. Lawrence String Quartet and he's a talented cello soloist, as well. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear his complete performance of the Solo Cello Suite No. 1, by Bach in concert at the 2013 Spoleto Festival USA, in Charleston, South Carolina.
