After three years of restoration and decades of disrepair, the magnificent Aeolian-Skinner organ at the University of Minnesota's Northrop Auditorium will sing again in concerts this weekend with Grammy-winning organist Paul Jacobs and the Minnesota Orchestra. Hear them live at 8 p.m. Friday on Classical MPR.
'Music with movement, dance and praising' -- that's gospel music. Twin Cities audiences will have an opportunity to taste the gospel spirit in 'The Sound of Gospel,' a musical extravaganza open to the public that will launch the National Baptist Convention on Sept. 3 in Minneapolis.
The MNKINO Film Score Fest helps prospective filmmakers overcome the obstacles of producing a film by pairing them with composers in a fun and unconventional way. Watch the results on Saturday, July 28, at the Science Museum of Minnesota.
Music therapy is a growing discipline that centers on the use of music, scientific research and clinical experience by a certified therapist to help achieve a nonmusical outcome. Twin Cities music therapists offer insights into the importance of music therapy as a way to treat people of all ages and conditions.
Fitness, like classical music, is very important to Minnesota meteorologist Sven Sundgaard and part of his evening routine. He has run 11 full marathons. For ones where he's allowed music, he jokes about reaching the final stretch and needing only an energy gel pack and some Bach to "remind us we're mortals."
In the northeast Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights thrives a pillar of Minnesota movie history, the Heights Theater. And along with its spectacular lobby and elegant auditorium, there is another steadfastly maintained piece of history: the Heights Organ. Take a photo and video tour of this wonderful piece of music-making.
From Bach to Beat Box is an ambitious project that involves tossing the music of J.S. Bach into a hungry arena of performers, including rapper Terrell Woods (aka Carnage the Executioner), folk-classical string duo the OK Factor, and the classically trained jazz pianist Samuel Rosenstone. It's the latest creation of Mischa Santora's Minneapolis Music Company.
Minnesota Opera premieres 'Fellow Travelers,' an opera that tells the story of a clandestine love affair between two men working for the federal government in Washington, D.C., during the "lavender scare" of 1950s America. Find out why this exciting new work is gaining acclaim.
Giving Voice Chorus began because its founders had parents with Alzheimer's, knew what music could do for memory care and wanted to bring people together. It's now 160 singers strong across the Twin Cities. Relive their recent performance of 'Love Never Forgets,' a song cycle celebrating the power of love and music.
This weekend, the Minnesota Orchestra performs the world premiere of 'Pillars,' an uncommon low-brass concerto composed to honor the memory of a beloved trombonist. Hear it live at 8 p.m. Friday, along with Mahler's Symphony No. 4, on Classical MPR.
