Rachel Storlie plays Hesper-Mabel Steam Calliope
Rachel Storlie, a music professor at Luther College, plays the Hesper-Mabel Steam Calliope at Nordic Fest in Decorah, Iowa, in a must-see video that has gone viral on our social channels.
Live Performances
Watch: 750 Minnesota choir students sing patriotic hymn with the Aeolians
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.
Watch: Before Bach's Birthday Bash in St. Paul
Did you miss Before Bach's Birthday Bash on Saturday with ‘Pipedreams’ host Michael Barone? This year's celebration included five free hourlong concerts at venues in St. Paul. Watch the first concert now!
'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' from Bring the Sing Fargo-Moorhead 2023
An enthusiastic crowd sings ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’ at YourClassical MPR's Bring the Sing event on Aug. 15, 2023, in Fargo, North Dakota — led by the Fargo-Moorhead Choral Artists and director Michael Culloton.
Before Bach's Birthday Bash - From YourClassical MPR and Pipedreams
Join ‘Pipedreams’ host Michael Barone for a pipe organ concert to celebrate the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach, broadcast live from the Cathedral of St. Mark. Performers include Samuel Holmberg, Emily Roth and Sarah Palmer, organ; Yura Jung, piano and Charles Asch, cello.
Known MPLS Choir: 'Up Above My Head'
Listen as Known MPLS Choir performs ‘Up Above My Head,’ made famous by Kirk Franklin and written by Myron Butler, at the 2022 Minnesota State Fair. Enjoy!
The Aeolians: 'Hold Fast to Dreams'
Celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday when we commemorate the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, with The Aeolians’ performance of Joel Thompson's ‘Hold Fast to Dreams,’ a captivating work that combines two Langston Hughes poems, ‘Harlem’ and ‘Dreams.’
STMA Concert Choir: Eric Whitacre - 'The Sacred Veil' (Movements I-III)
The St. Michael-Albertville High School Concert Choir had the honor of giving the Midwest premiere of Eric Whitacre's “The Sacred Veil,” a collaboration with Charles Silvestri. Inspired by the death of Silvestri’s wife, Julie, of ovarian cancer at 36, “the intimate, compelling score tells a story of courtship, love, loss and the search for solace,” Whitacre says.
The Aeolians and STMA Festival Chorus: 'From Sea to Shining Sea' (Fantasy on 'America the Beautiful')
“From Sea to Shining Sea” soars in a one-of-a-kind performance by the Aeolians of Oakwood University and about 750 Minnesota choir students performing as the STMA Festival Chorus, recorded by YourClassical MPR in St. Michael, Minnesota.
The Aeolians: 'Zion's Walls' (William Dawson)
The incomparable Aeolians of Alabama's Oakwood University, under the direction of Jason Max Ferdinand, perform William Dawson's ‘Zion's Walls’ at St. Michael-Albertville High School on March 2, 2022.