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Music

Schubert Club hires new director

Schubert Club hires new director

The St. Paul-based Schubert Club has named a new executive director, who will fill the position left vacant by the death last year of long-time director Bruce Carlson.
by Karl Gehrke

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Pop music's diversity amid downloads

Nearly every genre of music has a specialized record label or radio station to promote it. But artists also have the Internet to use to self-promote and even distribute. A look at the trends in popular music with two DJs from 89.3 The Current.
by Steve Seel

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MacPhail's new Center for Music

MacPhail's new Center for Music

The century-old MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis is moving to a new home. It leaves a deteriorating building designed to be a department store to go to a state-of-the-art-facility designed with music education and the community in mind.
by Marianne Combs

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Edo de Waart takes baton of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Edo de Waart takes baton of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Edo de Waart, who led the Minnesota Orchestra from 1986-1995, was named Thursday as the next music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

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New Classical Tracks: Favorites of 2007

New Classical Tracks: Favorites of 2007

Classical Minnesota Public Radio hosts Julie Amacher and Valerie Kahler take a look at some of their favorite new releases from 2007.
by Julie Amacher

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Pipestone's Hiawatha Pageant to close after 60 years

Pipestone's Hiawatha Pageant to close after 60 years

A summertime play in Pipestone seen by more than a half million people is ending. It's one of several outdoor dramas around the country that have closed in recent years.
by Mark Steil

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SPCO helps acclaimed composer document prize-winning music

SPCO helps acclaimed composer document prize-winning music

George Tsontakis is more interested in getting his music recorded than having it performed in concert. The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra has helped the composer with his goal in its latest CD.
by Karl Gehrke

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Our holiday music picks

Our holiday music picks

We asked staff members of Classical Minnesota Public Radio to select outstanding holiday discs -- and their choices ranged from "Nutcracker" to Christopher Rouse.
by Rex Levang

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Holiday music from Robin and Linda Williams

Holiday music from Robin and Linda Williams

A broadcast of Robin and Linda Williams' Christmas special, recorded at the Fitzgerald Theater on December 1, 2007. Special guests include Chris Brashear Jim Watson and Eliza Gilkyson.

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'All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914.'

'All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914.'

MPR's Brian Newhouse hosts this feature about the day European soldiers and their enemies called a Christmas truce in the middle of WWI. Actors from Theater Latte Da and the Minnesota-based, internationally renowned men's choral group Cantus help tell this story

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