Classical Music
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2 Wisconsin-based performers release album spotlighting Mexican composers
Two Mexico natives who are professors based in Wisconsin have released a new album featuring flute music by living Mexican composers.
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Wisconsin native Michael Torke releases ‘Unseen’
Wisconsin native Michael Torke’s releases a new orchestral album.
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Cellist Anastasia Kobekina’s new release is a musical kaleidoscope of Venice
Cellist Anastasia Kobekina’s new release, “Venice,” explores the city through a musical tapestry of memories, visions and emotions.
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(Bird)songs for your spring listening
Stephanie Elkins writes about birdwatching, receiving bird cards from listeners and birds in classical music.
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Stephanie Elkins on revisiting a banjo player’s classical recording
Virtuoso banjo player Béla Fleck put together a Grammy-winning album over 20 years ago that still provides a rewarding listening experience.
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Daniel Bernard Roumain synthesizes hip-hop and classical in ‘Klap Ur Handz’
Haitian-American composer Daniel Bernard Roumain incorporates hip-hop rhythms into his “Rosa Parks String Quartet.”
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An April Fool’s playlist, inspired by real-life pranks
Memories of a WPR prank, the story of a childhood prank; and classical music for April Fool’s Day.
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Green Bay orchestra performance to share classical music with the next generation
Providing young musicians the opportunity to step outside their comfort zone is one of the goals of “Musician’s Journey: Beginner to Adult,” which the Civic Symphony will perform Friday at St. Norbert College’s Walter Theater.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s ‘24 Negro Melodies’
Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor arranged African-American spirituals and traditional music from Africa for classical piano.
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Amy Beach, American composer, found inspiration in nature
Amy Cheney Beach was born in New Hampshire in 1867 and began composing by the time she was 4 years old.