You might be hearing a new voice lately on YourClassical MPR. Tynia Major recently joined us as a board operator, managing the soundboards in our studios during live broadcasts and making short on-air announcements.
“I am so excited to join YourClassical MPR,” she says. “Music is my heart and soul. It keeps me going through life and has healed me in many ways. Living in Minnesota is a different experience, but I am ready to start this new journey here.”
Major grew up in the Bronx, where hip-hop dominated the airwaves.
“I have come to like classical music through researching the sounds and samples that were used in hip-hop and R&B,” she says. “I started to listen to every genre of music and realized how history repeated itself. It all comes from the first type of music, classical music.”
Her favorite composers are Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach.
“I look forward to learning more about the classical music community and gain a growing appreciation of it from my peers. I want to gain experience and leave an impression on-air by bringing my authenticity to the studio,” she says. “I want to show that it doesn’t matter where you are from or how you look; anyone can enjoy classical music.”
When Major is not on-air, she enjoys spending time with her daughter, taking dance classes, working out and traveling back to New York to visit family.
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