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Music

New Walker performing arts season dreams big

New Walker performing arts season dreams big

The Walker Art Center announces its 2008-2009 performing arts season today. The season will start with a huge performance by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, which will perform "Ocean" in a quarry near St. Cloud.
by Euan Kerr

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A passionate young quartet

A passionate young quartet

The Miro Quartet is one of the top chamber groups in the country. After little more than a decade, the young quartet has gained a reputation for its powerful and sophisticated interpretations of traditional and contemporary repertoire.
by Steve Staruch

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Forty years of the Electric Fetus

Forty years of the Electric Fetus

This Minneapolis music store has lots of goals. Selling music is only one of them.
by Nikki Tundel

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New Classical Tracks: Zukerman and friends sparkle in chamber music

New Classical Tracks: Zukerman and friends sparkle in chamber music

Pinchas Zukerman's latest recording isn't a violin concerto. Instead, he's teaming up in a chamber ensemble that delivers buoyant performances of two beloved pieces by Schubert and Mozart.
by Julie Amacher

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Planting the seeds of jazz

Planting the seeds of jazz

For the past six years, a dozen Twin Cities jazz verterans have been sharing their expertise with young musicians at a jazz camp near Minneapolis. The students say it's an intense experience that helps them grow as improvising soloists.
by Karl Gehrke

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A soprano's summer songs

A soprano's summer songs

Soprano Karen Clift is back in the Twin Cities for the Schubert Club's Summer Song Festival. She stopped by Minnesota Public Radio to perform songs by Benjamin Britten and Clara Schumann.
by Steve Staruch

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Meredith Monk ascends in song

Meredith Monk ascends in song

A new work by composer Meredith Monk opens tonight at the Walker Art Center.
by Marianne Combs

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High school for recording arts is 'hip hop central'

High school for recording arts is 'hip hop central'

A "hip-hop high school" in St. Paul uses music to keep kids on track and help them graduate against tough odds.
by Jessica Mador

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Singing in Grover's Corners

Singing in Grover's Corners

Turning famous works of American literature into operas has become something of a trend lately. St. Paul's Skylark Opera company is presenting the upper Midwest premiere of one of the latest, Ned Rorem's adaptation of "Our Town."
by Karl Gehrke

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Voices of Minnesota: Tom Tipton and Laura MacKenzie

Voices of Minnesota: Tom Tipton and Laura MacKenzie

In this special music edition from Minnesota Public Radio's Voices of Minnesota series, the spotlight shines on Minnesota gospel singer Tom Tipton and Celtic music performer Laura MacKenzie, both musicians who have become famous beyond Minnesota's borders.

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