Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media has named Kathy Golbuff Vice President for Underwriting. Golbuff oversees regional and national sales teams as they secure on-air and online funding from more than 1500 businesses for the three MPR programming services and APM national programming.
Longtime friends, but first time collaborators, Kevin Kling and Steve Kramer will deliver a whole new take on the holidays with Of Mirth & Mischief. Presented by Minnesota Public Radio, Of Mirth & Mischief will bring a world of broken fairies and holiday collisions to life December 16 - 18 at the Fitzgerald Theater.
89.3 The Current announced today that after more than six years with the Current, Co-Music Director Melanie Walker is leaving to accompany her husband Aaron Michelson as he begins a new position with music management company Q Prime in San Francisco.
Classical MPR announced today the second annual Minnesota Varsity: a program to showcase the best young Minnesota classical musicians. The program will accept submissions November 7, 2011-January 19, 2012.
Classical MPR will present a holiday concert with New York Polyphony (NYP) on Friday, December 9, at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis. Held in a spectacular acoustic venue to match the quartet's rich, natural sound, the concert will showcase NYP's refined musicianship. For this Twin Cities debut, the group will sing selections from its 2007 album, I Sing the Birth, a meditation on the Christmas season praised by Gramophone and BBC Music magazines.
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and the City of Minneapolis will launch MPR's Sound Point™ tour of Minneapolis Public Art and will demonstrate the Sound Point technology, which allows the public to access a series of stories about new works of public art in Minneapolis and the opportunity to leave their own stories in return
Children's book author, Kate DiCamillo and Caldecott-winning illustrator, Chris Van Allsburg will chat with MPR Morning Edition host, Cathy Wurzer about Allsburg's new book, The Chronicles of Harris Burdick. The book features 14 remarkable stories by 14 best-selling writers including Stephen King, Lemony Snicket and DiCamillo herself. This one-time-only show will include surprises for the whole family, including sweet treats for the kids and a musical performance by Koo Koo Kanga Roo. Following the show, the party will continue in the Fitzgerald lobby where theatergoers will have the opportunity to purchase The Chronicles of Harris Burdick, get their copy signed, and meet and mingle with DiCamillo, Van Allsburg and Koo Koo Kanga Roo.
The Current in the Twin Cities and WFUV 90.7 FM in New York will swap songs from hometown artists in "The Music Exchange."
Classical MPR's innovative video game music podcast Top Score is hosting its first live event. Join host Emily Reese as she welcomes BAFTA award-winning composer Jesper Kyd for a game release event for Assassin's Creed: Revelations, the highly anticipated latest installment in the blockbuster game series.
In celebration of the release of her new album, Castor, The Twin, 89.3 The Current presents Doomtree's Dessa in concert at the Fitzgerald Theater. The sold out show will feature rap ballads, torch songs and Dessa's own brand of charismatic monologue.