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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at 

Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.

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Since 2000, Fred Child has been the host of Performance Today, the most-listened-to classical music radio show in America. He also is the commentator and announcer for Live From Lincoln Center, the only live performing arts series on television. He also hosts musical events on stages around the country, working with major orchestras and festivals, and connecting with audiences coast to coast.


Host

Fred Child

Kathryn Slusher is the senior producer of Performance Today, where she leads programming and production for the show. In her spare time, she enjoys the vibrant Twin Cities music and theater scene, and loves to read, hike and spend time with her family.


Senior Producer

Kathryn Slusher

As a Producer for Performance Today, Meghann chooses music to broadcast on the show, writes web articles and scripts, facilitates, conducts and edits interviews, creates video content and manages PT’s social media pages. She created Performance Today’s Black History Spotlight Series and the My Name is Series to highlight Black classical musicians. Meghann is also the producer for the PT Young Artist in Residence Series. In her free time, she is a mom, a part-time actress and fashion lover.

Meghann also created and hosted “Wondrous Strange”, a national radio program about uncommon musical instruments, she is the official underwriting voice for ‘The New York Times’ The Daily, and she can occasionally be heard guest-hosting Performance Today.


Producer

Meghann Oglesby

As an Associate Producer for Performance Today, Kathleen Bradbury writes scripts and assists with external communications. In her spare time, she likes to read fiction, lift heavy weights at the gym, and frolic about in nature. But above all else, Kathleen loves to sing Broadway showtunes--much to the delight of her wife, her infant son, and her rescue dog.


Kathleen Bradbury

Jon Gohman is an associate producer for Performance Today. He is responsible for various behind-the-scenes functions, including liaising with artists and creating materials for national distribution. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, playing the guitar, and thinking about Langrange points.


Associate Producer

Jon Gohman

Craig Thorson is the Technical Director for Performance Today. In addition to mastering the live music recordings that are programmed for each daily program, he records guest performances and interviews. Craig enjoys skiing, tennis, and bicycling, and boating.


Technical Director

Craig Thorson

Jeanne Barron is the technical producer of Performance Today.


Technical Producer

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Jeanne Barron

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On this weekend's Performance Today, join us for conversation and music with guitarist Thomas Viloteau, PT Young Artist in Residence. Among his numerous honors and accomplishments, Viloteau is a winner of the Guitar Foundation of America and the Francisco Tarrega competitions.


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Guitarist Thomas Viloteau

On Friday's Performance Today, join us for conversation and music with guitarist Thomas Viloteau, PT Young Artist in Residence. Among his numerous honors and accomplishments, Viloteau is a winner of the Guitar Foundation of America and the Francisco Tarrega competitions.


Thomas Viloteau

In studio with Thomas Viloteau Part 1

In studio with Thomas Viloteau Part 2

In studio with Thomas Viloteau Part 3

Join host Fred Child for in-studio interviews with guitarist Thomas Viloteau, as well as exclusive musical performances.


In studio with Thomas Viloteau

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Young Artist in Residence: Thomas Viloteau

In the mid 1970s, composer Arvo Part became obsessed with the peal of bells, and even began to imitate bells in his own music. Music with a spartan beauty: Fratres, by Arvo Part, on Thursday's Performance Today.


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Arvo Part: Fratres

In 1824, Gioachino Rossini wrote an unusual string duet. It was played once, and then disappeared for nearly 150 years. The manuscript re-emerged in 1968 and is now back in circulation.  On Wednesday's Performance Today, hear Rossini's Duet for Cello and Double Bass, from a concert in Atlanta.


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An unusual duet

Amy Beach, nee Cheney, debuted with the Boston Symphony at the age of 17. She married two years later, and her husband forbade her from having a career on stage, so... Amy Beach became a great composer. A story of perseverance and the power of music, on Tuesday's Performance Today.


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Amy Beach

In 1930, Maurice Ravel wrote a special concerto for Paul Wittgenstein, a pianist who had lost his right arm in the First World War. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear a performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, from a concert in Round Top, Texas.


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A piano concerto for the left hand

Barbara Haws has been the New York Philharmonic's Archivist/Historian since 1984. On this weekend's Performance Today, Haws shares stories and memories of the great American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.


Leonard Bernstein on a TV set with the NY Phil

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A glimpse into the NY Phil archives

Barbara Haws has been the New York Philharmonic's Archivist/Historian since 1984. On Friday's Performance Today, Haws shares stories and memories of the great American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
