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Midday Meditation Suggested Playlist:
Valentin Silvestrov, Hymn, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Claude Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Minnesota Orchestra, Adam Kuenzel  flute
Philip Glass, Closing, La Pieta
Traditional Donna Nobis Pacem (Give us Peace), Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Midday Meditation Suggested Playlist

Through her many mentors at KROC in Rochester, Minnesota, Melanie Renate learned how to splice tape in tandem with learning how to use her voice. She eventually found her path combining her ability to care for people with her love of radio broadcasting. As a certified health and wellness coach and a passionate yogi and mental-health advocate, she has developed a deep appreciation for ways in which music can aid in overall wellness. She is excited to bring her passion for people with her as she steps back behind the microphone as a classical host.


Melanie Renate

Vernon Neal is the host of the podcast ‘Rhapsody in Black,’ where we turn up the voices of Black artists in the world of classical music.


Host/Producer

Vernon Neal

A guided meditation with music, crafted for you, for this specific midday moment.


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Mindful Moment: Midday Meditation Music

Morning Meditation Suggested Playlist:
Eric Whitacre, Lux Aurumque, Orphei Drangar
Amy Beach, By the Still Waters, Isata Kanneh-Mason  piano
Steve Reich, Duet, Scoring Berlin, Mari Samuelsen  violin
Vladimir Martynov, The Beatitudes, Kronos Quartet

Morning Meditation Suggested Playlist

A guided meditation with music, crafted for you, for this specific morning moment.


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Mindful Moment: Morning Meditation Music

YourClassical MPR’s Tynia Major speaks with Minnesota Opera Intimacy Director Doug Scholz-Carlson about what his job entails and how important his work is for both performers and audiences. Intimacy Directors play integral roles in the arts industry and are particularly needed during productions featuring a love story, such as the opera’s production of ‘The Barber of Seville,’ which opened on May 3 and runs through May 18.


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Videos

MN Opera Interview: What is an Intimacy Director?

Harpist Ashley Jackson’s latest project was inspired by her grandmother. She says some of her earliest memories are of the grounded and rooted feeling she would get as she listened to musical services at church with her grandmother. The result of this inspiration is her latest album, ‘Take Me to the Water.’


Julia Comita

New Classical Tracks: Ashley Jackson

Khatia Buniatishvili speaks with host Julie Amacher about the transformative and healing power of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s music. She dedicated her 10th and latest album to the music of Mozart and recorded it alongside the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. 


Esther Haase

New Classical Tracks: Khatia Buniatishvili

YourClassical Storytime - 'Toroi Bandi'

Get ready to move and gallop in ‘Toroi Bandi,’  the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime featuring traditional Mongolian folk music and original illustration and animation by Joseph Midthun and Daniel Hoffstrom. Listen now!


YourClassical Storytime - June  1, 2025

YourClassical Storytime: Toroi Bandi

YourClassical Storytime

Joseph Midthun for MPR.

'Toroi Bandi'

Countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen performs ‘Mond so Gehst du Wieder auf Edi’ from Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s ‘Abschiedslieder’ with pianist John Churchwell.


Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen: 'Mond so Gehst du Wieder auf Edi' from 'Abschiedslieder' by Erich Korngold

Nicole Keller performs ‘Toccata in F Major,’ BuxWV 156 by Dietrich Buxtehude. This video was filmed in the beautiful sanctuary at Hamline Church United Methodist in St. Paul, Minnesota.


Nicole Keller: 'Toccata in F Major,' BuxWV 156 by Dietrich Buxtehude

Pipedreams had the pleasure of meeting organist and professor Nicole Keller during her visit at Hamline Church United Methodist in St. Paul, Minnesota. Get to know Keller, her background in music and what drives her teaching and performing. 


Nicole Keller Interview with Pipedreams

Nicole Keller performs ‘Almande’ from ‘Klavierbuch der Susanne van Soldt’ (1590). This video was filmed in the beautiful sanctuary at Hamline Church United Methodist in St. Paul, Minnesota.
