Composer Connor Chee explains the making of ‘Unbroken: Music for the Navajo Code Talkers,’ a new work commissioned by YourClassical Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media.
Listen as Known MPLS Choir performs ‘Up Above My Head,’ made famous by Kirk Franklin and written by Myron Butler, at the 2022 Minnesota State Fair. Enjoy!
Celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday when we commemorate the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, with The Aeolians’ performance of Joel Thompson's ‘Hold Fast to Dreams,’ a captivating work that combines two Langston Hughes poems, ‘Harlem’ and ‘Dreams.’
The St. Michael-Albertville High School Concert Choir had the honor of giving the Midwest premiere of Eric Whitacre's “The Sacred Veil,” a collaboration with Charles Silvestri. Inspired by the death of Silvestri’s wife, Julie, of ovarian cancer at 36, “the intimate, compelling score tells a story of courtship, love, loss and the search for solace,” Whitacre says.
“From Sea to Shining Sea” soars in a one-of-a-kind performance by the Aeolians of Oakwood University and about 750 Minnesota choir students performing as the STMA Festival Chorus, recorded by YourClassical MPR in St. Michael, Minnesota.
The incomparable Aeolians of Alabama's Oakwood University, under the direction of Jason Max Ferdinand, perform William Dawson's ‘Zion's Walls’ at St. Michael-Albertville High School on March 2, 2022.
The St. Michael-Albertville Vivace Treble Choir performs Elaine Hagenberg’s “Song of Miriam.” “Inspired by the empowering poem by Rabbi Ruth Sohn, this piece describes the journey of a young woman who finds bravery amid uncertainty and fear,” the composer says.
The Voces8 Scholars (U.S.) perform ‘Almighty and Everlasting God,’ arranged by Paul Smith, at Central Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Voces8 Scholars (U.S.) perform “Mother's Song,” by Jocelyn Hagen, at Central Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
During a recording session at Central Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, Border CrosSing performs the rare early-American hymn ‘Kensington,’ a beautiful 1849 church song based on a Mendelssohn tune. Enjoy!