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Music

Joy, faith, and music

Joy, faith, and music

A Grammy award winning choir from South Africa brings their music to Minnesota. Midmorning talks with the director of Soweto Gospel Choir.

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Han-Na Chang carries on a cello "Romance"

Han-Na Chang carries on a cello "Romance"

Young Korean cellist Han-Na Chang paints with the soft, rich colors of the Romantic era on her new CD release, "Romance."
by Julie Amacher

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Moorhead orchestra students rock

Moorhead orchestra students rock

Moorhead orchestra students learn to rock and roll.
by Dan Gunderson

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A man of many talents

A man of many talents

Midmorning welcomes composer William Bolcom, who started out as a piano prodigy and became one of America's greatest composers. He'll discuss his career, his collaboration with wife Joan Morris, and his epic work "Songs of Innocence and of Experience."

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Local musicians hope to go national in Austin

Minnesota musicians hoping to get 'discovered' head to Austin, TX to play at the South by Southwest Music Festival.

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Badly Drawn Boy

A Flash slideshow of Badly Drawn Boy performing at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.

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The Current: Live from SXSW 2007

The Current: Live from SXSW 2007

The Current is bringing South by Southwest to Minnesota with a live broadcast direct from Buffalo Billiards on 6th Street in Austin, Texas, on Thurs. March 15 and Fri. March 16 from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Steve Seel and Mary Lucia will host live performances that you won't be able to hear anywhere else.

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Alsop's Brahms brings out the details

Alsop's Brahms brings out the details

Some call it Brahms' most elusive work. But in her latest recording, conductor Marin Alsop offers an incredibly confident and expressive interpretation of his Symphony No. 3.
by Julie Amacher

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Scottish pianist faces the demands of Brahms

Scottish pianist faces the demands of Brahms

Two years ago when Scottish pianist Steven Osborne was last in the Twin Cities, he played an enormous 20th-century work. On Sunday he's playing a more traditional program, but he says the Brahms will still be physically demanding.
by Steve Staruch

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Fargo's favorite musical son returns home

Fargo's favorite musical son returns home

Composer and musical satirist Peter Schickele is the guest of honor as the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony celebrates its 75th anniversary weekend. Schickele says his success as a composer owes a lot to lessons he learned as a teenage bassoon player in that orchestra.
by Alison Young

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