Choral music is powerful. We here at YourClassical MPR and the Choral Stream want to share this power with people in the community, in places where they least expect it but where they could benefit from a little “feel better, live bigger” — like this performance by Cantus at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
St. Olaf College choral conductor Anton Armstrong has been sharing the power and beauty of singing since he was a child. His work in choral music involves breaking down racial and cultural barriers that keep us from uniting in song. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.
Steve Staruch speaks with Matthias Maute, the artistic director of the Bach Society of Minnesota, about upcoming concerts featuring a collaboration with the vocal ensemble Cantus.
The Disneyland Boys Choir's 1964 recording of "It's a Small World" has been selected by the Library of Congress as one of 25 landmark titles worthy of preservation on the National Recording Registry for 2022. Listen to the classic song now.
Happy 90th birthday to choral legend Dale Warland! In the 34-year existence of his Dale Warland Singers, he and the ensemble commissioned 270 works and released 29 recordings. Listen now as he introduces some of his favorite performances.
Thousands of recordings made before 1923 entered the public domain earlier this year, as part of the 2018 Music Modernization Act. Now you can listen to them online from sources such as the Library of Congress and share them, edit them, remix them, make them your own — all for free.
In ‘A Knee on the Neck,’ composer Adolphus Hailstork and librettist Herbert Martin pay tribute to George Floyd's memory and offer hope for the future – while wrestling with the realities of the present day.
Listen now to the Singers’ Dale Warland Tribute Concert to celebrate the 90th birthday of the choral legend, hosted by Steve Staruch.
Much British choral music of the Victorian and Edwardian period has drifted into obscurity. But a University of Minnesota project, led by music professor Matthew Mehaffey, is rescuing these “lost” works and making their scores freely available as part of the English Heritage Music Series.
John Birge interviews Tesfa Wondemagegnehu about his project “To Repair” and his upcoming three-day conversation series, “Let’s Not Go Back To Normal: Racial Reckoning, Repair, and Reconciliation” which opens Thursday night in Minneapolis.
