Amanda Sewell

At our friend Sierra's suggestion, Classical IPR has curated a playlist of music that stars the tuba.

We've included lots of pieces written specifically for the instrument by composers including Paul Hindemith, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Michael Daugherty and Jan Koetsier.

Among the tubists featured are Gene Pokorny, Patrick Sheridan, Carol Jantsch and James Gourlay, plus composer-tubists Kenneth Amis and Øystein Baadsvik.

Listen on demand below.

On Friday, October 23, the nationally syndicated program Performance Today will feature music performed and recorded at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Listen during the 10 a.m. hour of the program on Classical IPR to hear guitarist Nicholas Goluses play a Fantasie by Fernando Sor in a recent recital at the Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall.

Michael Culler engineered the recording. 

Every week, Interlochen Center for the Arts campus safety officer Kevin LaRose records a new video of himself in a different location.

Watch this week's video below. Do you know where Kevin is or what instrument he's playing? Send us an email at classicalipr@interlochen.org - we'll send you a CD!

Last week, Kevin was playing the sopranino recorder at the Upton-Morley Pavilion.

This week's video is below - good luck!

These days, lots of people are working from home.

Classical IPR has curated a playlist to help keep you on track during the workday.

It's a mellow blend of music by composers you know - and a few you might get to know - that we've chosen as just the right background mix for the day. 

The playlist is exactly eight hours long, so when you get to the finale of the William Tell overture, you know it's time to knock off for the day.

Listen on demand below.

On Thursday, October 22, the nationally syndicated program Performance Today will feature music recorded and performed at Interlochen Center for the Arts. 

Join Classical IPR during the 11 a.m. hour of the broadcast to hear the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in a recent concert at Interlochen's Kresge Auditorium.

Conducted by Matthias Pinscher, the orchestra played Maurice Ravel's Mother Goose Suite.

Michael Culler engineered the recording. 

Think you might like opera but don't know where to start? 

Classical IPR has you covered with our "Opera for beginners" Spotify playlist. 

We've collected some of opera's greatest arias (sung by a soloist), duets and choruses in a curated playlist. 

Listen on demand below.

Enjoy great classical music from the Great Lakes region every Monday at 6 p.m. on Classical IPR.

Great Lakes Concerts is co-produced by Interlochen Public Radio, WKAR and WRCJ.

This week's program

Giuseppe Verdi: Anvil Chorus from "Il Trovatore"
Jackson Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Aubin, conductor
(Recorded at Potter Center, November 11, 2017)

Thanks to listeners in Cadillac, Beulah, Traverse City, Frankfort, Ocqueoc, Cheboygan and Sheboygan for your requests this week.

1. Jean Sibelius, Symphony no. 2 (fourth movement); James DePreist/Oregon Symphony

2. Gerald Finzi, Eclogue for piano and strings; William Boughton/English String Orchestra/Martin Jones

3. John Rutter, The Lord is My Shepherd; Cambridge Singers/City of London Sinfonia

4. Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony no. 6 (first movement); Kurt Masur/Gewandhaus Orchestra

Each week, campus safety officer Kevin LaRose plays a different instrument in a specific location at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Watch his video of the week below. Do you know where he is or what instrument he's playing? Email your answer to classicalipr@interlochen.org, and we'll send you a CD!

Last week, Kevin was playing the bass clarinet outside the Transportation Hut.

Hear great performances from the Great Lakes region every Monday at 6 p.m. on Classical IPR. 

Great Lakes Concerts is a co-production of Interlochen Public Radio, WKAR and WRCJ

This week's program

On Friday, October 9, the nationally syndicated program Performance Today will feature music performed and recorded at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Listen to Classical IPR during the 11 a.m. hour to hear the Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein trio perform music of Ernest Bloch from a recent recital at the Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall.

Michael Culler engineered the recording.

During his third shift rounds at Interlochen Center for the Arts, campus safety officer Kevin LaRose makes a video of himself playing a different instrument in a different location.

Watch this week's video below. Do you know where Kevin is or what instrument he's playing? Email us at classicalipr@interlochen.org and we'll send you a CD!

Congrats to David, Jan and Denver, all of whom correctly identified Kevin's location (Bus Barn) and instrument (oval euphonium) last week!

On Tuesday, October 6, the nationally syndicated classical music program Performance Today will feature music performed and recorded at Interlochen.

Join Classical IPR Tuesday during the 10 a.m. hour to hear music of Camille Saint-Saëns performed by pianist Joseph Moog and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Matthias Pintscher.

The performance is from a recent concert in Kresge Auditorium. The recording was engineered by  Michael Culler.

Great Lakes Concerts is a co-production of Interlochen Public Radio, WKAR in East Lansing and WRCJ in Detroit.

Listen every Monday at 6 p.m. on Classical IPR for recent great performances from the Great Lakes region.

This week's program

Sir Arthur Sullivan: Overture to "The Pirates of Penzance"
Jackson Symphony Orch
Matthew Aubin, conductor
(Recorded November 23, 2019 at Potter Center Music Hall)

On Friday, October 2, the nationally syndicated program Performance Today will feature music performed at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Listen during the 10 a.m. hour of the program on Classical IPR to hear cellist Camille Thomas and pianist Roman Rabinovich play an arrangement of Cesar Franck's Violin sonata in A major in a recent recital at the Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall.

Michael Culler engineered the recording.

Kevin LaRose makes music when he's making his rounds as a third shift campus safety officer at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Each week, he records himself playing a different instrument in a different location on the Interlochen Campus. 

Watch his video for the week below, then email us at classicalipr@interlochen.org if you know where he is or what instrument he's playing. We'll send you a CD!

Congrats to Jan, who correctly identified Kevin's location (Red Schoolhouse) and instrument (pocket trumpet) last week. 

Interlochen Center for the Arts campus safety officer Kevin LaRose makes music while he's making his rounds.

Each week, he records a video of himself playing a different instrument in a new location on Interlochen's campus.

Watch this week's video below. Do you know where at Interlochen Kevin is, or what instrument he's playing?

If you know, email us at classicalipr@interlochen.org and you could win a CD!