Choral Stream

Each December, the Center for Faith and Life at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, rings out with the sacred and the exuberant: the sounds of the Christmas season. Enjoy the 2023 program, ‘Love, the Rose, Is on the Way.’

This year’s annual residency by the Voces8 U.S. Scholars at Minnesota Public Radio attained new heights thanks to a special appearance by Lyyra. They joined forces for the holiday classic ‘Ding Dong Merrily on High’ before the Scholars went solo for a delightful ‘God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman.’ Watch now!

Christmas With Cantus weaves together holiday stories with time-honored carols and new classics. Blending narration and song, the program offers an opportunity to reflect on the meaning and joy of the holiday season. Listen now!

Join us for ‘Songs of Thanks,’ an innovative new production by Cantus presenting stories and songs celebrating gratitude and community. Listen now — and then tell us why you’re thankful so we can include your feedback in next year’s program.

In ‘Dreams of the Fallen,’ Minneapolis-based composer Jake Runestad worked with a poet and war veteran to create a piece of music about post-traumatic stress disorder. It’s one of two songs he composed on the Grammy-nominated album ‘A Dream So Bright: Choral Music of Jake Runestad.’

Fans of four-part harmony won’t want to miss Como Chorus Cascade, a 125-voice mass choir concert Tuesday, Aug. 20, hosted by St. Paul’s North Star Chorus at Como Park Pavilion.

Louis Cole is a prolific musician known primarily as a drummer, but whose music over the past decade has fallen in the nexus of jazz, funk and rock. Now he's in a whole new space with choral and orchestral music.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Shimmy Jiyane and Latroit about their new project to reimagine classic house tracks to tell the story of the roots of the genre – translated and sung by the Soweto Gospel Choir in Zulu.

Celebrate Earth Day, April 22, with the Choral Arts Ensemble’s performance of ‘The Wisdom of Nature,’ a choral program that celebrates the wonder, the power and the beauty of nature. Listen now with host Steve Staruch.

The Minnesota-based vocal ensemble 29:11 International Exchange recently presented a fantastic display of African-rooted music and traditions to the enthusiastic students of Harding High School in St. Paul. Watch now!