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There’s a rumor going around that classical music is hoity toity. At the Classical Classroom podcast, we beg to differ. Come learn with classical music newbie Dacia Clay and the music experts she invites into the Classical Classroom. Subscribe on iTunesOther Ways to Listen
Classical Classroom, Ep. 163: MusicWorks – The Starkland Story
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 incredible music.
Classical Classroom, Ep. 162: I Got You Babe – Collaborative Piano With Madeline Slettedahl
There are no accompanists here. Only people making musical magic together.
Classical Classroom, Ep. 161: Sweet Secret Sacred Songs, With Jason Oby
Learn about the deceptively simple spiritual, its ingenious codes and uses, and its art.
Classical Classroom, Ep. 160: There Is No Spoon, With George E. Lewis
A composer and installation artist uses the many languages spoken in Houston as an instrument.
Classical Classroom, Ep. 159: Transcending The Étude Transcendentally, With Kirill Gerstein
Pianist Kirill Gerstein talks about how Liszt turned a training exercise into high art.
Classical Classroom, Ep. 158: Matt Haimovitz Makes Overtures To Bach
The cellist commissioned aural wormholes from our time to the way Bach.
Classical Classroom, Ep. 157: Music For The (Chinese) New Year With Shih-Hui Chen And Katie Chen
Hear a kind of classical music you’ve probably never heard before! (Unless you’re Chinese. Then…maybe.)
Classical Classroom, Ep. 156: Words And Music, With Dale Trumbore
What rhymes with “choral singing”? “Moral ringing,” “Laurel stinging,” “Quarrel dinging”…
Classical Classroom, Ep. 155: Prog Rock Bartok, With Chiara String Quartet
Was the famous Hungarian composer the forefather of bands like Rush and Yes? The Chiara String Quartet breaks it down.
Classical Classroom, Ep. 154: Music Of The Coen Bros. Films, With Craig Cohen (Pt. 2)
“I’m not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your police work there, Lou.” – Marge Gunderson
Classical Classroom, Ep. 153: Music Of The Coen Bros. Films, With Craig Cohen (Pt. 1)
“There’s what’s right and there’s what’s right and never the twain shall meet.” – H.I. McDonnough
Classical Classroom, Ep. 152: Emerson String Quartet. 40.
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