Recent Episodes
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Spring is just around the corner, which means it's time for our newest season of Classical Sprouts - the Awesome Classical Music Podcast for Kids! -
American rock and pop singer Linda Ronstadt sang the role of Mabel in the 1983 movie version of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, "The Pirates of Penzance." But she wasn't known as an opera singer. Hear how she used that to her advantage in this episode of Classical Sprouts! -
How did composer Maurice Ravel write a piece of music that lasts for 15 whole minutes and only has one rhythm and melody? What did audiences think?? Find out this week on Classical Sprouts. -
Love! Handsome soldiers! Quack doctors! Weddings! And love potions? Learn all about this romantic opera on Classical Sprouts!
Welcome to Classical Sprouts, The Awesome Classical Music Podcast for Kids.
Interlochen Public Radio's Emmy-award-winning Kate Botello hosts this exciting exploration of classical music for kids.
Kate makes classical music fun with surprising facts, astounding true stories and inspirational samples from influential classical compositions.
Whether you're in the car or making dinner together, Classical Sprouts brings families together to experience classical music.
Join us and plant the seed of your child’s classical music curiosity.
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Meet the Classical Sprouts Team!
Young Musicians of Note
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Flutist Madelyn Zoller and trombonist Edwin Osorio each appear on this week's episode of From the Top. -
Joaquín Chávez, originally from Callao, Peru, studied clarinet at Interlochen Arts Academy. He recorded his From the Top session in IPR's Studio A, where he performed music of Malcolm Arnold. -
Two high school pianists visited Studio A to perform music of Kapustin and Gershwin. -
Iam Tongi is the first Pacific Islander to win American Idol. His dad died a few months before Tongi's audition, which he says his mom signed him up for and pushed him to practice.
