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Music

Student and teacher show how they click on new clarinet CD

Student and teacher show how they click on new clarinet CD

Through artful, witty performances, clarinetists Sabine Meyer and Julian Bliss bring new life to some little-known 18th-century concertos.
by Julie Amacher

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Leigh Kamman to step down as host of 'The Jazz Image'

Leigh Kamman to step down as host of 'The Jazz Image'

Kamman, who was hosted "The Jazz Image" since 1973, has been in the jazz broadcasting business for some 60 years. His last broadcast will be in late September.

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Duluth shelter enters the music business

Duluth shelter enters the music business

A Duluth's battered women's shelter is holding a music festival fundraiser. Shelter workers say cuts in government funding are forcing them to be creative in coming up with their own sources of money.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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New CD illuminates classic choral music

New CD illuminates classic choral music

The English ensemble called The Sixteen is renowned for performances that span the great European choral tradition. Julie Amacher finds the group's new CD, "Into the Light," illuminating.
by Julie Amacher

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What comes after the Minneapolis Quartet's final curtain?

What comes after the Minneapolis Quartet's final curtain?

One of the Twin Cities' foremost chamber music groups is calling it quits. The members of the Minneapolis Quartet are going their separate ways after six years together
by Karl Gehrke

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An American violin pioneer's legacy goes on record

An American violin pioneer's legacy goes on record

Like many violinists, Rachel Barton Pine looks to the past for great musical models. But the name Barton Pine most esteems is not Heifetz or Kreisler; it's Maud Powell. Her new recording pays tribute to this great American violinist of the late 19th century.
by Julie Amacher

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SPCO and musicians reach new contract

SPCO and musicians reach new contract

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and its musicians have reached a new five-year contract agreement which increases the length of the SPCO season from 34 to 40 weeks.
by Chris Roberts

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Fiddler explores music to die for

Fiddler explores music to die for

Hardanger fiddle music is not exactly a chart topper in this country. Even so, a Minneapolis musician is devoting her life to helping audiences appreciate the centuries-old Norwegian musical tradition. Karen Torkelson Solgard is also giving the music an unmistakable American accent.
by Dan Olson

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Songs line the road to Patrick McGuigan's recovery

Songs line the road to Patrick McGuigan's recovery

A serious accident derailed a Minneapolis singer/songwriter's career in music but music continues to be one of his most important modes of expression.
by Chris Roberts

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Between saloon and salon, there's ragtime

Between saloon and salon, there's ragtime

A new CD called "Rhapsody in Ragtime" explores not only straight-ahead rags by usual suspects like Scott Joplin but also explores the rag-influenced writings of jazz greats Fats Waller, Bix Beiderbecke and Eubie Blake.
by Valerie Kahler

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