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Music

Marching bands to vie for state title Saturday

Marching bands to vie for state title Saturday

High school marching bands from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and South Dakota will compete at an all-day event at the Metrodome Saturday.
by Tom Weber

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Slideshow: Rosemount marching band practices

Slideshow: Rosemount marching band practices

MPR's Tom Weber visited with the Rosemount High School marching band this week, as they prepare to defend their state title this weekend at the Metrodome.
by Tom Weber

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Jazz influences and Brazilian poetry come to the SPCO

Jazz influences and Brazilian poetry come to the SPCO

What do you get when you cross a grammy award-winning jazz composer, one of the top sopranos in the world and the words of a Brazilian poet? This weekend, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra fans will find out.
by Euan Kerr

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New Classical Tracks: Minnesota's Beethoven

New Classical Tracks: Minnesota's Beethoven

The first Beethoven recordings by Osmo Vanska and the Minnesota Orchestra received rave reviews and whetted listeners' appetites for more. Now, with their newest disc, the cycle of nine symphonies is complete.
by Julie Amacher

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MPR's Michael Barone talks pipe organs and Pipe Dreams

MPR's Michael Barone talks pipe organs and Pipe Dreams

Organ music lovers are rabid, but that's not my word, that's Michael Barone's. Our colleague here at Classical Minnesota Public Radio should know. He's one of the rabid ones.
by Tom Crann

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New Classical Tracks: Unmistakably American

New Classical Tracks: Unmistakably American

The Eroica Trio's new disc, "An American Journey," includes pieces by Mark O'Connor, Gershwin, and Bernstein music that reflects the challenges and the vitality of the American experience.
by Valerie Kahler

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Twin Cities surrounded by composer Portman's music

Twin Cities surrounded by composer Portman's music

Academy Award winning composer Rachel Portman may live in London, but her work is all over the Twin Cities right now. She wrote music for "The Duchess", the Kiera Knightley period drama showing at area movie theaters.
by Euan Kerr

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SPCO names new president

SPCO names new president

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra today named Sarah Lutman as its new president and managing director. Lutman currently serves as a senior vice president at Minnesota Public Radio.
by Chris Roberts

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New Classical Tracks: Pablo Garibay's 'Guitar'

New Classical Tracks: Pablo Garibay's 'Guitar'

On this new release, guitarist Pablo Garibay blends the past with the present as he looks to the future.
by Julie Amacher

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The diva and the ghost writer

The diva and the ghost writer

Minneapolis author George Rabasa's new novel, "The Wonder Singer," explores love, opera and the agony of writing.
by Euan Kerr

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