Choral Stream

Each week, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Julie Amacher share a choral music story from around the country. This week, they share a story about a classical music radio host that battled leukemia and found comfort through singing again.

David Cherwin leads the National Lutheran Choir in the serene Samuel Wesley anthem, 'Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace.' Here's a performance that will allow you to simply breathe and breathe deeply.

The people behind drop-in choral-singing series Choir! Choir! Choir! convened a choir of 1,999 voices to sing Prince's 'When Doves Cry' at Massey Hall in Toronto.

Each week, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Julie Amacher share a choral music story from around the country. This week, they share a segment about Conspirare's upcoming Stephen Paulus tribute concert at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.

Each week, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Julie Amacher share a choral music story from around the country. This week, they share a story about a recent study on the benefits of group singing.

We're concluding our Voices of Spring programming on Friday, April 29, by counting down the top 25 favorite choral pieces, as voted by you. Listen 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and follow the countdown online.

For nearly half of his 82 years on this earth, Robert Shaw was arguably the most significant figure in American choral music. 'He changed choral music in the United States of America,' says Ann Howard Jones, director emerita of choral activities at Boston University. Shaw was born 100 years ago this week.

Each week, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Julie Amacher share a choral music story from around the country. This week, they share a segment about the nation's Top 25 choral pieces.

After hearing the news on Thursday that Prince had died, a choir of high school singers, led by American Public Media's choral maestro Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and the Los Angeles Master Chorale's artistic director Grant Gershon, paid tribute to Prince with a version of 'Purple Rain.'

At Classical MPR, we call April "Voices of Spring"; it's a month-long celebration of choral music. Several times a day, we feature choral pieces to highlight excellent singing and music-making. Here's our Voices of Spring programming for April 18 to 22.