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Classical Classroom Episode 220: Cello, Is It Me You’re Looking For? with Joel Dallow

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Posted on July 28, 2021 · How to become a symphony orchestra cellist in 5,000 super difficult steps.

Tags Atlanta Symphony Orchestra cello Cello Sherpa Joel Dallow Peabody Conservatory symphony audition process

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Classical Classroom, Episode 219: Arranged and Deranged with Joe Burgstaller

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Posted on May 14, 2021 · What is even happening?

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Classical Classroom, Episode 218: Peter Dugan on the Magic of Collaboration

Todd Hulslander

Posted on February 12, 2021 · Love, baby. That’s where it’s at.

Tags From the Top love musical collaboration npr Peter Dugan Piano

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Classical Classroom, Episode 215: Très Bien! Stéphane Denève Teaches the History of French Music

Todd Hulslander

Posted on October 16, 2020 · Turns out, there’s way more to it than Debussy!

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Classical Classroom, Episode 214: The Harp Will Go On with Yolanda Kondonassis

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Posted on August 21, 2020 · A harp virtuoso demystifies the mystewious instwument.

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Classical Classroom, Episode 213: Orli Shaham Talks Piano (Man)

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Posted on July 20, 2020 · How and why the piano came to be, what it is, and how to learn it.

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Classical Classroom, Episode 212: All Together Now with Lisa Bielawa

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Posted on June 19, 2020 · Building community around music during the pandemic.

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Classical Classroom, Episode 211: Music for (Sacred) Space with Michael Whalen

Todd Hulslander

Posted on June 16, 2020 · What does atmosphere sound like?

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Classical Classroom, Episode 210: Derek Bermel on Travels with Bartok

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Posted on May 14, 2020 · Close your eyes and travel to exotic new lands! (Package includes getting lost, being alienated, and feeling homesick.)

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Classical Classroom, Episode 209: Alexander Pushkin in Opera, Pt. 2

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Posted on April 3, 2020 · Just some of the bazillion operas inspired by Pushkin’s stories.

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Classical Classroom, Episode 207: Rachel Barton Pine Gets Folksy with Dvorak and Khachaturian

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Posted on January 29, 2020 · Folk music, but fancy!

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Classical Classroom, Episode 33: Cracking “The Nutcracker” with Michael Remson and Shelly Power (RERUN)

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Posted on December 24, 2019 · The music! The story! The dancing! The history! The puns!

Tags AFA Houston Ballet Academy Michael Remson Nutcracker ballet Shelly Power Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker

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Classical Classroom, Episode 206: John Luther Adams Walks Through “Become Desert”

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Posted on December 5, 2019 · Music that occupies space instead of moving through it.

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Classical Classroom, Episode 205: Nicholas McGegan on Rameau and Music that Stands the Test of Time

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Posted on November 4, 2019 · Why both Baroque and Beyonce will be listened to in 2525.

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Classical Classroom, Episode 204: A Peculiar Harry Partch Primer, with John Schneider

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Posted on September 18, 2019 · A man on a mission to make music do more.

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