Choral Stream

Hear a deceptive take on the winter blues by way of a versatile choir, a young New York composer and a 150-year-old poem by Longfellow.

Listen Thursday, Dec. 10, at 11 a.m., for a Christmas with Cantus special, broadcast live from Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis.

Each week, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Julie Amacher share a choral music story from around the country. This week, they share surprising data on choral singing and highlight an extraordinary professional female choral ensemble.

On Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, at 1 p.m. Central, the Memorial Concert for Sir David Willcocks will air on our Choral Stream. Willcocks, who died in September at age 95, was one of the great choral directors of King's College, Cambridge. Classical host Michael Barone reflects on the life and music of Willcocks.

Each week, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Julie Amacher share a choral music story from around the country. This week, they share a story about the celebration of male singing across the midwest and beyond.

Each week, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Julie Amacher share a choral music story from around the country. This week, they share a moving story about how music provided a connection between a son, and his father who was battling, and eventually succumbed to dementia.

Jonathan Talberg, director of the Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir at California State University, Long Beach, led his choir in song at a vigil for CSULB student Nohemi Gonzalez, who died in the Paris terror attacks. Afterwards, Talberg was inspired to record a performance of Minneapolis composer Jake Runestad's 'Let My Love Be Heard.'

The classically-trained pop vocal group Pentatonix plan to sing - yes, SING - excerpts from John Williams's 'Star Wars' score on this year's American Music Awards.

When the host of a French travel program asked if a group of men in an Icelandic hot spring knew one another, it turns out they did: All are members of a men's choir. The choir treated the TV crew to an impromptu choral performance, even as they were up to their shoulders in steaming water.

Each week, American Public Media/Classical Minnesota Public Radio's Choral Initiative Manager, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, shares a choral music story from around the country. This week, Tesfa shares a story about a choral festival and it's impact on a community for over 35 years.