Minnesota Public Radio announced today that it will provide listeners in Ely, Minn. a stronger Classical MPR signal. Starting May 1, 2012, listeners should set their radios to 90.1 FM to hear Classical MPR programming. (Prior to May 1, Classical MPR broadcast on lower-power 89.5 FM in Ely.)
: Classical MPR is proud to present violinist Chad Hoopes in concert, along with accompanist Dina Vainshtein, on Thursday, May 24 at the Sundin Music Hall. Chad Hoopes is Classical MPR's 2011-2012 Artist-In-Residence and this will be the final concert of his residency. Hoopes will perform an all-French program, including Cesar Franck's Violin Sonata in A major.
How will the Garden be rocked this summer? Tune in to 89.3 The Current, 3-5 p.m. for a special broadcast on Wednesday, April 18 to find out! Tickets go on sale to Walker Art Center and Minnesota Public Radio Members at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18.
Classical MPR announced today the Showcase Artists for "Minnesota Varsity"--a program celebrating some of the best young Minnesota classical musicians. To participate in Minnesota Varsity, music students ages 14-18 (grades 9th-12th) from around the state were asked to submit a recording of themselves performing.
The Current's Morning Show is inviting the public to a live breakfast broadcast from the Red Stag Supperclub in NE Minneapolis on April 13, 6-10 a.m. The Current's Morning Show hosts Steve Seel and Jill Riley, heard weekday 6-10 a.m., will be ringleaders of the fun, chatting with guests and celebrating the arts community. Renowned local musicians Jeremy Messersmith and Slug from Atmosphere will join the crew to perform for the live and radio audiences.
89.3 The Current in the Twin Cities and KCSN 88.5 FM at California State University will swap songs from hometown artists in "The Local Music Exchange" -- The Current's ongoing project to share emerging music from different scenes around the country.
For this installment of the Bright Ideas series, host Steven Smith will talk with Kristy Curry Rogers, a vertebrate paleontologist and assistant professor of geology at Macalester College in St. Paul. They will discuss dinosaur bones, why a handful of sauropods shrunk through the course of evolution and how Rogers reconstructs the lives of these extinct creatures.
Minnesota Public Radio announced today that it has named Lisa Radzak managing director for Public Strategy. In this role, Radzak will oversee MPR's government relations efforts, both on the state and local level as well as nationally in Washington, D.C.
89.3 The Current host Steve Seel and guests singer-songwriter Jeremy Messersmith, graphic designer Mike Davis from Burlesque of North America, and attorney Mick Spence, will sift through the changing landscape of copyright law and intellectual property.
Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series has invited two renowned authors and journalists for lively and topical discussions about their craft--NPR News' Ron Elving on March 26 and The New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Ross Douthat on April 23.