Choral Stream Stories

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.

This week on Birge’s Picks, three legendary composers are celebrated through performances and documentaries.

The "First Lady of Gospel Music" delivers a sampling of her vast music ministry in this Tiny Desk home Concert.

This week on Birge’s Picks, choir performances take Minnesota by storm.

Hear music from jazz and gospel pianist/vocalist Damien Sneed and how he got his start in Augusta, GA and went onto work with Wynton Marsalis and give piano lessons to Aretha Franklin.

Invited to write a new work for Houston's Rothko Chapel, the composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey created a work that is both intimate and vast, like those Mark Rothko paintings.

Troy Kotsur has become the first deaf man to be nominated for an acting Oscar, for the choral-centric film ‘CODA,’ in which he plays a father whose teenage daughter is passionate about singing.