In a new work commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra, composer Carlos Simon and librettist Marc Bamuthi Joseph embrace the aspiration of racial equity through music-centered community healing. With brea(d)th, the artists and the Orchestra lead us on a creative path of reflection, intention and o...

Executive Director of the George Floyd Global Memorial Jeanelle Austin and host William Eddins talk about celebrations at George Floyd Square and the work that's been done in the community since 2020.

Composer Carlos Simon and Librettist and spoken word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph arrive in Minneapolis for an early reading of brea(d)th. Ahead of its world premiere, the creative partners discuss the vision for this new work commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra. It is a moving, yearning, admon...

While preparing for his upcoming performance of Wynton Marsalis' Tuba Concerto, Minnesota Orchestra Principal Tuba Steven Campbell discusses the tuba's starring and supporting roles in the brass section of the Orchestra and what it takes to play this mammoth instrument.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Petite Suite de Concert offers a variety of charming ideas in each of its brief yet affective four movements,
showcasing the composer’s immense talents in capturing the romanticism and sentimentality of early 20th-century British musical tastes.

The rarely spotlighted tuba takes center stage in a recent concerto by the eminent composer, jazz trumpeter and bandleader Wynton
Marsalis—fusing traditions ranging from classical to bebop to boogaloo. Of note are a passage in which the soloist plays the tuba and sings
simultaneously, and a blist...

In the world premiere of brea(d)th, with music by Carlos Simon and libretto by Marc Bamuthi Joseph—who performs as spoken
word artist—the murder of George Floyd is situated in the context of the United States’ centuries-long oppression of Black Americans,
asking the audience to consider how we he...