Classical Music Podcasts

Welcome to The Screen Composer’s Studio, a podcast about the musical storytellers behind some of your favorite films, series, video games, and more. In each episode we’ll be taking you behind the screen and talking to the musical magicians who bring these stories to life. These hidden giants may not often bask in the limelight, […]

Works of classical repertoire often exhibit complexity in their use of orchestration, counterpoint, harmony, musical development, rhythm, phrasing, texture, and form. Whereas most popular styles are usually written in song form, classical music is noted for its development of highly sophisticated instrumental musical forms, like the concerto, symphony and sonata. Classical music is also noted […]

Sound Bites is a podcast exploring key themes in classical music, hosted by the concertmaster of the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra, Er-Gene Kahng. Learn more at http://www.arphil.org or http://facebook.com/arphilharmonic

A podcast celebrating traditionally underrepresented performers, scholars, and research topics in early music and historically informed performance. Now We Listen! is curated and produced by members of EMA’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Task Force. NWL is the only early-music podcast written, and hosted, by diverse individuals in the HIP community. One further aim […]

Oh Wow: Operetta! explores the wonderful world of operetta (sometimes known as light opera or comic opera), including the many connected genres such as opera buffa, opéra-bouffe, Zarzuela, ballad opera, musical comedy, and even modern musical theater.

This podcast for artist entrepreneurs, co-hosted by professional musicians ThatViolaKid and Trevor Bumgarner, features playful, authentic conversations with artists, influencers, and future titans of the music industry. Because school can’t teach you everything, we fill in the blanks with enthusiastic curiosity and real-life experience. Fake notes 🎶 until you make notes 💸 Fake yourself into […]

It’s a great big planet, and there are lots of things to think about! In this short podcast for children and those young at heart, trivia from history, science and the arts is woven together in light conversation. Ideal listening for the morning commute, during family time or just before bed.

Being a “classical vocal pro” is a wild ride, a decades-long slog, and hopefully… a deeply rewarding life. Let’s talk about the icky business stuff, the fun, creative sides, and all the things you need to keep going in this unique niche in the arts.

Apple CEO Tim Cook played trombone in his high school’s marching band. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice learned piano from her grandmother. Both are part of a global community of leaders who grew up with intensive musical training. On the After Arts Podcast, we speak intimately with trailblazers in law, medicine, and finance to […]

Interviews with conductors, collaborators, current and former members will give you an insight into what it takes to run a successful boys choir and how that choir influences the lives of those that listen or sing.

The show where musicians come by to change their strings and talk about all kind of things. When the threading and stretching are done, those new strings go right to work in a special performance with our guest.

Beginning Wednesday, September 21, 2022, all future episodes will be merged with the On Demand version of my radio show for Ottawa’s CKCU-FM 93.1, Music for A While. The On Demand version will consist of the 60 minute radio show plus a Dave’s Music Room segment. Lots of good music to listen to! Check out […]

Interviews and concert performances of artists touring the bay area.

Jen Randall, high school choir director and founder of Show Collective, interviews an array of educators and show choir professionals for your “professional development!” Randall and her guests discuss show choir, as well as pop culture, arts entertainment, and occasionally swap recipes. Aimed at directors, arrangers, choreographers and “show pros,” learn about show choir from […]

Since the Royal Academy of Music was founded in 1822, its aim has been to shape the future of music by discovering and nurturing talent wherever it exists. To mark our bicentenary, we’ve created this podcast to celebrate and uncover some of the stories of those people, past and present, that resonate throughout our building […]

60 minutes of Viola da Gamba, all commercial free, with no talking DJ between songs. All songs Creative Commons by-nc-sa 1.0 licensed from the record label that isn’t evil: magnatune.com

Midland Makes Music explores the rich variety of music and musicians in the Midland/Penetanguishene area in Ontario. Join us as we talk to different musicians in the area and learn about their music. It is produced by the Bay Light Orchestra and funded by the Town of Midland Community Grant.

Pop Disciple is a storytelling platform that explores the creative work of entertainment industry professionals. Visit PopDisciple.com for exclusive, in-depth interviews with world-class music supervisors, composers, and business leaders in music and film.

Nerds and non-nerds, I present to you my new series, “Why do I care?” This series is about Opera. Every episode, I will be talking about how we, modern 21st-century humans and aliens (if there is anyone there), can relate to Opera singers. Stay tuned 😉. Samuel Berlad is an opera singer from Germany, based […]

Better Music News is your place for classical music industry news. Helping you to understand classical music better through industry insight – all in around 5 minutes.

Where We Live is a series that celebrates the arts and community leaders; recognizes movements; and addresses issues explored through art.

This Podcast does a deep dive into the music of popular songs that we know and love today, and picks out the classical music influences within that music. All the music you listen to today derives from even the oldest of musical stylings in some way or another, and you’ll quickly find that there is […]

“Let’s get together and create something bigger than us…” Conductor Tom Seligman interviews musicians and other performing artists whose passion and creativity enable people of every age and background to share in something extraordinary. Visit us at www.fivesensesmusic.org Original music by Lopesh www.lopesh.com

Let’s Talk Off The Podium podcast features renowned and aspiring artists. The long list of guests include winners of Grammy Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, MacArthur Fellow​, Rome Prize, ASCAP Awards, WOMEX Awards, & the Polar Music Prize. The mission of this podcast is to create discussion on a variety of topics in music, culture, and […]

Welcome to The Library! These great halls are filled with the stories of our world’s great musical minds, from the masters across ancient civilizations to the champions of our digital age. In this library, Menken, Powell, Zimmer, and Williams share shelves with Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner, and the tales of composers not as widely […]

A production of KNNA Radio of Lincoln Nebraska. This podcast examines the theology and use of Bach’s Cantatas matching with the weeks of the church year.

Two nerds who love music discuss everything about it. We look at composers, artists, influential people, under appreciated people, weird instruments, genres, and anything else you can think of in the world of music.

This podcast, hosted by Principal Cellist Guy Fishman, takes you behind the curtain of Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society. Get behind the scenes scoops from H+H musicians and staff all about the music that you love.

Deep dive discussions on the art of film and television music with composers of today.

OCTAVO is a new podcast launched by Opus One: Berks Chamber Choir, a non-profit community choir in Reading, PA. Each episode will have a main theme/focus pertinent to the world of classical choral music and will feature guests with knowledge and experience in that particular area. “Together, we can make Reading sing!” Hosts: Christopher Hoster, […]

Welcome to The Art of Listening, a Podcast about classical music, conducting, composition, the business of music, and how to listen to it all. Each week, conductor, composer, and violinist Gabriel Gordon and a host of featured guests discuss the Art of Listening.

Orchestra Next brings together music and commentary in this podcast for the pandemic.

Join Skye and Elizabeth as they do deep dives on the footnotes of music history! Strengthen your trivia game as they reveal the imperfections, eccentricities, and sometimes-sordid sides of the composers and shows we’ve put on a pedestal.

Welcome to Music Theory in a Minute. Each week we will learn a new Music Theory concept in one minute. Hopefully, over time this will give even the newest music student a solid understanding of music theory. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shawn-sherwood4/support

This is a podcast about the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff marching band, the “Marching Musical Machine of the Mid-South”. Hosted by Assistant Band Director Ryan Harris. Leaders of the drumline talk about what it take to be the heartbeat of the band and everyday lifestyle of being a percussionist.

In these conversations with our staff announcers Rob Kennedy, Bob Chapman, and Dan McHugh, distinguished musicians talk about their new recordings, their art, and much more.

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If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to listen better, then you’ve found the right podcast! Dame Evelyn Glennie is the world’s first solo percussionist to sustain a full-time career despite being profoundly deaf since the age of 12, and she’s a better listener than many who can hear! Displayed in her TED Talk, Evelyn […]

Modern music, classical music… You name it. Jasper and Ian from MMC discuss music-related topics from the Baroque all the way to the latest and trending.

Music for Life is a music-appreciation and music-history based program that explores the purpose and value of music to humanity’s enrichment. Hosted by Ryan Malone, it features interviews with artists performing at the Armstrong Auditorium sponsored by the Armstrong International Cultural Foundation.

Every week we will take off and travel to a new destination where we will discover some fascinating things about our musical world. Whether it is the classical world of London, the theater music of Japan, or the drums of Ghana, we will discuss pieces, important musical topics, and interview composers and song writers. Our […]

For listeners interested in Australian music culture and the contemporary music scene, the New Waves podcast delivers downloads of diverse ABC-exclusive music recordings and related interviews to your computer. Nardi Simpson shares music and stories of Yuwaalaraay Country in concert with Ensemble Offspring, Kevin Hunt and the Barayagal Choir.

Hi there! I am an operasinger, curious as to how my fellow artists deal with their minds. I created this podcast to bring artists of all different kinds together and learn how they keep their focus when under pressure, and let people see what their life is like behind the scenes.

Jordan Lee and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Piet Levy plug into Milwaukee’s music scene – concert announcements, new releases, local artists breaking out and more.

Incredible conversations with classical musicians about feelings (YES!), finding their value and career transitions. Meet professional classical musicians now thriving as entrepreneurs, master craftsmen, counsellors, personal trainers, software developers, lawyers and more more. We need to NORMALISE the reality of underemployment, unemployment, career pivots and exits for classical musicians. Are you with me? Think classical […]

Ever wanted to take a closer look at the music of Johann Sebastian Bach? The J. S. Bach Files might make that a little easier.

Welcome to Piano Writers & Works! The podcast passionate about pianists. This bi-weekly podcast divulges into composers & pieces of pianists in the music industry. Your host, classical-pianist Holly Harland, brings the pianist works to life and allow their story to be continued. Podcast launch date: 13th June 2021! I hope you enjoyed the podcast. […]

We’re Ellie and Ben, and together we’re on a voyage of discovery to learn about those Western Classical musicians we don’t know so well. At the end of each episode we’ll be swiping left or right on some better and lesser known musicians and deciding whether we think they should be in our brand-spanking new […]

Welcome to the new podcast from the Bristol Ensemble. Join us for interviews, features, news, and an insight into the classical music scene in Bristol, one of Britain’s most colourful and culturally diverse cities. https://www.bristolensemble.com

This podcast aims to explore life from a musician’s point of view: the peaks, troughs and the downright unexpected. Hosted by London-based cellist Davina Shum

All Around Classical is a conversation series born out of our unique experience during the pandemic in 2020. I have absolutely fascinating and incredibly talented friends. As we feel isolated and disconnected, it was a treat to have conversations with these friends and share these good times with the world. The series started as an […]

Interviews with prominent contemporary music composers from around the world, hosted by Alinéa. Recorded during the summer of 2020.

Broadway composer Drew Gasparini has a lot of friends in show business. Sure, he knows what their resume looks like, and what their professional accolades are, but other than that, he doesn’t know shit about them. “Now We’re Talking” is a podcast where Drew invites his show biz friends to discuss things about them you […]

A boozy romp through the musical dramas of GF Handel

The mission of the Association of Concert Bands is to foster excellence in Concert Band music through performance, education, and advocacy.

The EABB Podcast focuses on providing information about past and current Early American (19th-century) brass bands through interviews, lectures, and musical recordings. Each episode will have a topic (specific bands, bandleaders, instruments, composers, etc..) or guest (historian, bandleader, active musician) that the participants will talk about. The participants can be any combination of host, co-host, […]

All Classical Portland’s celebration of the local arts scene. A five-minute program highlighting arts events for the upcoming weekend. Airs Fridays at 8 am. Your five-minute guide to some of the upcoming concerts on the classical calendar.

A podcast for young band and string instrumentalists who like making music but don’t like to practice.

A weekly conversation about music video news and new releases.