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Ammy Lin, winner of the 2024 Karin Larson YourClassical Prize, finds her authentic voice by embracing her Chinese heritage, including playing the dizi, a bamboo flute.

Ammy Lin, winner of the 2024 Karin Larson YourClassical Prize, embraces playing the dizi, an instrument dominated by men in Chinese culture.

Ammy Lin, winner of the 2024 Karin Larson YourClassical Prize, demonstrates the bangdi dizi, a Chinese bamboo flute, and describes what makes it distinctive.

Ammy Lin, winner of the 2024 Karin Larson YourClassical Prize, demonstrates the qudu dizi, a Chinese bamboo flute, and describes what makes it distinctive.

Ammy Lin, winner of the 2024 Karin Larson YourClassical Prize, performs her submission piece, “Birds Singing in the Shade,” in the recording studios of Minnesota Public Radio. Lin plays the dizi, a Chinese bamboo flute, with accompanist Gao Hong on pipa.

Ammy Lin, winner of the 2024 Karin Larson YourClassical Prize, performs “New Song of the Herdsmen,” in the recording studios of Minnesota Public Radio. Lin plays the dizi, a Chinese bamboo flute, with accompanist Gao Hong on pipa.

Host Melanie Renate speaks to Kimberly Waigwa, artistic director of One Voice Mixed Chorus, about what the GALA Choruses Festival is and what it means to the singers and the community. This event gathers LGBTQ+ choruses for five days of singing, connecting and creating in Minneapolis, from July 10 to 15. It’s the largest LGBTQ choral event in the world!

As we observe July Fourth, enjoy this soaring performance of "From Sea to Shining Sea" by the Aeolians of Oakwood University and about 750 Minnesota high school choir students.

Transported mysteriously to Mars, our hero John Carter meets a weird ten-legged companion. But is this strange creature a friend or foe? Find out in ‘A Dog of Mars,’ the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime — with storytelling by Randy Salas, illustrations by E.J. Thompson and music by Gustav Holst.

Minnesota Orchestra music director Thomas Sondergard shares a tongue-in-cheek secret of conducting during a chat with YourClassical MPR host Melissa Ousley at an MPR event.