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This Juneteenth, we're celebrating by featuring black classical composers each hour on air on June 19. Listen now to some of the music with our 2-hour playlist. And learn more about six other great pieces from classical host Garrett McQueen.


Celebrate great classical music in honor of Juneteenth

As the world begins to heal following the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, people are taking another look at the ways in which racism has impacted institutions beyond law enforcement -- including classical music, host Garrett McQueen says.


The power (and complicity) of classical music

Celebrate Women's History Month on March 5 with Her Voice Productions and its vocal program 'Short & Sweet,' featuring the Twin Cities Women's Choir, Twin Cities Girls Choir and Encore!


Celebrate Women's History Month with Her Voice Productions

Composer Andre Previn, who died earlier this year, celebrated a career in classical music that few will ever achieve. But it wasn't enough to keep the Emmy Awards from showing a photo of the much-alive conductor Leonard Slatkin instead during a memorial tribute.


Emmys misidentify the much-alive Leonard Slatkin as Andre Previn during memorial tribute

America's relationships with slavery, the civil rights movement and modern race-based challenges aren't the only things to think about for Black History Month. Members of the African diaspora have contributed to classical music since there was a "classical music."  Here are nine notable performances of black pieces of music to explore.


Nine classical performances to help you celebrate Black History Month

The elite ensemble Sphinx Virtuosi, part of an organization that promotes inclusion and diversity in the world of classical music, is coming to the Ordway Center in St. Paul. Listen to their performance live at 3 p.m. Sunday on Classical MPR.


Listen as Sphinx Virtuosi perform at Ordway, live on Classical MPR

The Illharmonic Orchestra unites classically trained musicians with the music of 'old-school' hip-hop artists such as Wu-Tang, Lauryn Hill and the Roots to create a truly unique sound. Its latest album, 'Maniac Maestro,' is out now.


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