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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

Johann Pachelbel: Canon
Pianist Gabriela Montero


Performance Today®

Performance Today for Tuesday, October  2, 2007

Edward MacDowell: Second movement from Piano Concerto No. 2
Pianist Andre Watts with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andrew Litton


Performance Today for Monday, October  1, 2007

Ludwig van Beethoven: Third movement from Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
The Minnesota Orchestra with conductor Osmo Vanska


Performance Today for Saturday, September 29, 2007

Peter Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from "Eugene Onegin"
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with conductor David Zinman


Performance Today for Friday, September 28, 2007

Richard Strauss: Third movement from Symphony in D Minor
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Karl Anton Rickenbacher


Performance Today for Thursday, September 27, 2007

Sergei Prokofiev: "Folk Dance" from "Romeo and Juliet" Suite No. 1, Op. 64a
The Philadelphia Orchestra with conductor Riccardo Muti


Performance Today for Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Vernon Duke: "Autumn in New York"
Violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli; pianist Brian Lemmon; bassist Lennie Bush; and drummer Ronnie Verrell


Performance Today for Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Dmitri Kabalevsky: Overture to "Colas Breugnon," Op. 24
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra with conductor Fritz Reiner


Performance Today for Monday, September 24, 2007

Edward MacDowell: "To a Wild Rose" from "Woodland Sketches"
The Dallas Wind Symphony with conductor Frederick Fennell


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Performance Today for Tuesday, October 2, 2007

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