The Aeolians: 'Hold Fast to Dreams'

The Havana Quartet joins host Vernon Neal in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio at Minnesota Public Radio’s headquarters in St. Paul to talk about its origins in Cuba, its journey to Minnesota, and how the musicians’ Cuban roots show up in their lives as performers and teachers.

The Havana Quartet joins host Vernon Neal in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio at Minnesota Public Radio’s headquarters in St. Paul to talk about its origins in Cuba, its journey to Minnesota, and how the musicians’ Cuban roots show up in their lives as performers and teachers.

The Havana Quartet joins host Vernon Neal in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio at Minnesota Public Radio’s headquarters in St. Paul to talk about their origins in Cuba, their journey to Minnesota, and how their Cuban roots show up in their lives as performers and teachers.

You voted for your favorite American composers as part of YourClassical’s American Composers Countdown. Now find out which ones our hosts love! Host Tom Crann’s favorite American composer is known for perfecting the sound of a wide open prairie, the wild west and even a country lane. Can you guess who it is?

In the newest episode of Classically Training, host Aerin O’Malley sits down with three composers to discuss how they write classical music. In this excerpt, she asks what they look like when they compose.

In the newest episode of Classically Training, host Aerin O’Malley sits down with three composers to discuss how they write classical music. In this excerpt, she asks how they know their different parts will sound good together.

In this episode, composers Shruthi Rajasekar, Janika Vandervelde, and Dan Nass take a seat at the Composers Roundtable to share how they turn their ideas into music.

‘Classically Training’ host Aerin O’Malley is back for Season 2, and she has some questions. First, how do composers write classical music? Stay tuned for a new episode of Classically Training on Monday, June 29.

‘Classically Training’ host Aerin O’Malley asks three composers about the composers they like and admire the most. Learn more about how composers write classical music in a new full episode, coming soon on YouTube and YourClassical.org.

‘Classically Training’ host Aerin O’Malley is back for Season 2, and she has some questions. First, how do composers write classical music? Stay tuned for a new episode of Classically Training on YouTube and YourClassical.org.