Friday Favorites: Listener requests and celebration with Steve Staruch

Steve Staruch celebrates his tenure of ‘Friday Favorites’ with an eclectic show. Enjoy choral and instrumental classics for the Easter season right next to Broadway showtunes, and everything in between. Listen now!

Each Friday from 3 to 7 p.m., host Steve Staruch presents four hours of classical music based on listener requests. Start your weekend with the classical or choral music you love. Make a request, then tune in to Friday Favorites on YourClassical MPR.

From a ‘Surprise Symphony’ by Haydn to passionate storytelling by Chopin to a grand chorus by Handel, this week’s episode of ‘Friday Favorites’ was an eclectic dream machine. Be transported to your favorite spring place with sunny requests from YourClassical MPR’s listeners. Listen now with host Steve Staruch!

Amy Leopold, the Project DJ co-host for this week’s episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ will graduate in May with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the College of St. Scholastica. A native of Duluth, she is proud of her hometown and family roots on the north shore. Listen now with host Steve Staruch!

Jenna Kavouras, the Project DJ co-host for this week’s episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ is a natural in front of the microphone. She had an experience of writing and performing her first composition, a piece for wind orchestra. It led to an experience of “wow!” Listen now with host Steve Staruch!

Wesley Friberg has been involved with the YMCA’s Youth in Government program for the last four years. He is an experienced public speaker and it shows! Wesley is the Project DJ co-host for this week’s episode of ‘Friday Favorites.’ Listen now as he joins Steve Staruch!

Mark Scannell is the Project DJ Plus co-host on this episode of ‘Friday Favorites.’ Mark is retired, but you wouldn’t know that from his many activities: he’s a published author, life coach and a softball umpire, among many other things. Listen now with host Steve Staruch!

Guest host Steve Seel fills in for Steve Staruch on the latest episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ playing listeners’ requests for their favorite classical music. Listen now!

The Project DJ co-host this week is Ben Shermock. He took his first voice lesson two years ago, and it changed the trajectory of his life. Hear Ben’s story — and your requests, too — on this week’s episode of ‘Friday Favorites.’ Listen now with host Steve Staruch!

The Project DJ co-host for this episode of ‘Friday Favorites’ is Mya Temanson. A native of Minot, North Dakota, she’s an MPR Fellow with a passion for violin and writing. Listen now with host Steve Staruch!