Classical Classroom
Summary: There’s a rumor going around that classical music is hoity toity. At Classical Classroom, we beg to differ. Come learn with classical music newbie Dacia Clay and the music experts she invites into the Classical Classroom.
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Podcasts:
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein talks about her educational initiative, Bachpacking.
How ragtime killed the classical star.
Sean Connors of Grammy-winning Third Coast Percussion talks about what being in a percussion-only ensemble is all about.
Composer Craig Hella Johnson talks about his Grammy-nominated choral work, "Considering Matthew Shepard," and about activism in the classical music world.
A special guest talks about and (sort of) plays instruments (allegedly) from the Renaissance period.
Cellist Amanda Gookin talks about using classical music in activism, and her Forward Music Project. Part 1 of a two-part series about activism in classical music.
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein’s gives an introduction to the music of Sergey Rachmaninov.
Cypress String Quartet cellist Jennifer Kloetzel talks about the quartet's (really for real) final recording of Brahms, and why they recorded it as a sextet.
Tom Steenland is the one-man-DIY-band behind the most punk rock of classical music labels, Starkland Records. Hear the story of Starkland, plus some great music in this episode.
There are no accompanists here. Only people making musical magic together. Marilyn Horne Song Competition winner Madeline Slettedahl gives a lesson on the varieties of collaborative piano.
Houston Ebony Opera Guild's artistic director teaches about the African American Spiritual, its ingenious secrets, and it's history in the classical music world
Dr. George E. Lewis explodes definitions of classical music while exploring landscapes, languages, and electronics.
Pianist Kirill Gerstein talks about how Liszt turned a training exercise into high art (and he uses lots of skiing metaphors for some reason).
Cellist Matt Haimovitz on Bach and commissioning new works that reach Bach in time. #BachPuns
Hear a different kind of classical music in this Chinese New Year episode. Shih-Hui Chen and Katie Chen talk nanguan.
