Explore new recordings with top performers and host Julie Amacher
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, conductor Kellen Gray and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra explore the diversity and array of aesthetics among African American composers in their latest album, ‘African American Voices II.’ Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, string ensemble Sybarite5 demonstrates its commitment to new music on its latest album, 'Collective Wisdom.' Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, violist Georgina Rossi and pianist Silvie Cheng explore Brazilian music, present and past, on their latest recording, 'Chorinho.' Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, pianist Shai Wosner presents his latest recording, featuring Ludwig van Beethoven’s ‘Diabelli Variations.’ Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, composer James Newton Howard reimagines the music from director M. Night Shyamalan’s movies on ‘Night After Night,’ an album featuring Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Hilary Hahn and Maya Beiser. Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, pianist Awadagin Pratt, string ensemble A Far Cry and vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth collaborate in ‘Stillpoint,’ an album featuring six newly commissioned works inspired by five lines from a poem by T.S. Eliot. Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, Brazilian guitarist Plinio Fernandes combines Bach and Brazilian music with help from composer Sergio Assad on his new album, ‘Bacheando.’ Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, conductor Simone Menezes collaborates with soprano Camila Provenzale and the Philharmonic Zurich on ‘Amazonia,’ a new album honoring the Amazon rainforest. Find out more!
On this week’s New Classical Tracks, the lute and viola da gamba duo Carolyn Surrick and Ronn McFarlane share the music of their lives on their latest album, 'And So Flows the River.'
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, vocal ensemble Conspirare, led by music director Craig Hella Johnson, collaborate with the Miró Quartet in their debut joint album, ‘House of Belonging.’ Find out more!
Host Julie Amacher provides an in-depth exploration of a new classical music release each week.
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Julie Amacher's desire to introduce others to great music is what led her to radio. She began her professional broadcast career at a station in Sun Prairie, Wis. She went from rock 'n' roll to the Rocky Mountains, where she found her niche in public radio at KUNC in Greeley, Colo. Julie spent 13 years at KUNC, where she managed the announcers and their eclectic music format. During that time, she earned four national awards for best announcer. She joined Minnesota Public Radio in 1997 as an on-air host and also produces New Classical Tracks, a weekly podcast critiquing a new release each week. It airs locally at 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays and 5:15 p.m. Fridays.
