WFIU: Classical Music

"There's a way to impact people with the language of music, that we simply cannot do with words!"

Cellist Emilio Colón remembered his teacher and colleague János Starker through the music of Bach.

Fresh from their concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Jacobs School quartet visited WFIU during Classical Music with George Walker.

...a lecherous braggart, a boaster, a liar, a cheat, a coward and a bit on the heavy side...

Nicholas Hersh orchestrated "Bohemian Rhapsody" as a little more than an encore piece, but then the video of the performance went viral. The Department of Telecommunications and the Jacobs School of Music have collaborated to create high-quality audio and video recordings of the piece.

"I empathize with him more and more and he gives me great humor at my age." Robin Guardino

The Roundabout Opera For Kids has been commissioning new operas for kids and performing them in schools across Bloomington for seven years.

"I’ve tried to create flow of action through the scenes. It’s imperative that this world become very clear and very human." stage director Candace Evans

"... the end of The Simpsons’ theme sounds a little like the beginning of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony." composer Chappell Kingsland

The modern percussion quartet performs live and talks about their own fusion of classical, popular, and even world music genres.

The Indiana University Opera Theater presents Philip Glass' protrayal of the biography of Pharoah Akhnaten.

WFIU will welcome the members of the Jacob School's ensemble-in-residence during the 10 o'clock hour of Classical Music with George Walker on February 12th.

Indiana University Opera Theater's "Xerxes" aims to catch your eye, your ear and your sense of humor.

"We chose music that holds a special place in our hearts," Marja Harmon

"It's kind of amazing how much in the dark my character is," Amanda Russo on Xerxes