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Music

SPCO and U to share conductor

SPCO and U to share conductor

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the University of Minnesota School of Music have hired a conductor to fill new positions at both institutions. Richmond Symphony Music Director Mark Russell Smith begins his new jobs in the fall.
by Karl Gehrke

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A soprano sweeps into St. Paul

A soprano sweeps into St. Paul

At the time mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux was growing up in Alaska, she wasn't much of an opera fan. When her mother tuned in the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, she'd turn on the vacuum cleaner to drown out the sound. Now Genaux performs in operas and recitals around the world including, this weekend, the St. Paul Summer Song Festival.
by John Birge

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Aimard heads west with the SPCO

Aimard heads west with the SPCO

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and one of its key collaborators will be in California this weekend to make their debuts at the 61st annual Ojai Music Festival. In a conversation with Minnesota Public Radio's Alison Young, Pierre-Laurent Aimard says he expects Ojai to be a musical adventure for him and his colleagues.
by Alison Young

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Violin teacher Mary West "kept it beautiful"

In a five-decade teaching career, Mary West taught the violin to countless young musicians in the Twin Cities. She died on Sunday at the age of 97. West is being remembered as a teacher who loved and nurtured her students but held them to the highest standards.
by Karl Gehrke

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The Emerson Quartet celebrates with Brahms

The Emerson Quartet celebrates with Brahms

The members of the Emerson String Quartet have enjoyed three decades of intimate collaboration and joyful music-making. Their 30th anniversary recording showcases the group's shared spirit of exploration: the complete string quartets by Johannes Brahms.
by Valerie Kahler

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A visit to The Mad Ripple Friday Night Hootenanny

A visit to The Mad Ripple Friday Night Hootenanny

"The Mad Ripple Friday Night Hootenanny" at Java Jack's is thrown together every week by writer and singer/songwriter Jim Walsh, whose stage name is the Mad Ripple. You can share the sights and sounds of the "hoot" in this slideshow.

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Whose hoot

Whose hoot

Every Friday night, the basement at Java Jack's coffee shop in Minneapolis is overtaken by the The Mad Ripple's Friday Night Hootenanny. Organizer and singer/songwriter Jim Walsh, aka the Mad Ripple, says the hootenanny is a rare chance for local musicians and the audience to make a connection.
by Chris Roberts

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Rockin' to the White House

Rockin' to the White House

Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is asking Americans to choose her campaign song. How do today's political anthems compare to those of past candidates?
by Nikki Tundel

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One of the 3 M's stands for music

3M is known for thousands of products--from Post-It Notes and air filters to cancer treatments. But the Maplewood-based company also makes music, much of it produced by the 50-year-old 3M Club Symphony Orchestra.
by Karl Gehrke

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Biondi revives forgotten Vivaldi

Biondi revives forgotten Vivaldi

Italian Baroque specialist Fabio Biondi's latest recording reveals fresh music from a well-known name, Antonio Vivaldi, and from some far less familiar successors.
by Julie Amacher

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