Classical Music

Key Interlochen student cast and band members spoke to IPR about their upcoming weekend productions of the rock musical from May 8-10.

Every spring, light becomes life. Air becomes breathable. The land turns green.

Interlochen faculty pianist Kara Huber performs music of Joan Tower on today's episode.

Classical IPR listeners sound off about how much talking they want to hear on the air.

In the Traverse City Philharmonic's Act 2 band, Sharon Hill is learning to make a frowny face while playing Beethoven on the euphonium.

Hear music from a recent recital that MacArthur Genius Jeremy Denk gave at Interlochen.

Musical remembrances and hopes for the future are among today's selections.

On Saturday, April 25 at 1 p.m., hear the Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of "La Sonnambula" by Vincenzo Bellini.

Thomas led the San Francisco Symphony from 1995 to 2020, helping to establish its reputation as a world-class orchestra. In 2021, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain cancer.

In an era of more frequent and intense storms, wetlands have become even more valuable — and many have been lost beneath pavement.