
Summerfest Postcards: Hear Audio Snapshots of Colorado’s Summer Music Festivals
Summerfest Postcards are audio snapshots of some of Colorado’s summertime classical music festivals.

By Karla Walker

Summerfest 2022: What to hear and when
Every summer the classical music world comes to Colorado. The Centennial State boasts more summer classical music festivals per capita than any other state!

By Karla Walker

Mozart’s shadow looms large over the city of Salzburg
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a petite 5′ 4″, but his shadow looms large over his city of birth, Salzburg, Austria.

By Karla Walker

Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’: The lovable Papageno
Mozart lived to write opera, but he struggled with box office success. The initial run of “The Marriage of Figaro” in Vienna ran only nine times before closing.

By Karla Walker

Mozart and ‘The Sound of Music’: Inside Salzburg’s Mirabell Palace
Fans of the movie “The Sound of Music” know the gardens of Salzburg’s Schloss Mirabell (Mirabell Palace) well.

By Karla Walker

Who was the female Mozart?
Mozart’s star shines so brightly in history that it overshadows nearly everyone around him, including his extraordinarily talented sister, Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart.

By Karla Walker

Was Mozart outshined by his sister?
The tiny St. Johanneskirche am Imberg is rumored to have been the favorite little hideaway of Wolfgang and Nannerl Mozart as children.

By Karla Walker

Mozart’s homeopathic cure for a painful ailment
A strong cup of coffee may be the cure you need in the morning to wake up and begin working, but in Mozart’s time it was thought to also cure […]

By Karla Walker

The man with the money behind Mozart’s childhood travels
Mozart didn’t have an ordinary childhood. He never went to school. And he didn’t live at home very much.

By Karla Walker

That time when Haydn beat out Mozart for a job
Mozart had friends in high places, most notably his father who was one of the most important musicians in Salzburg.

By Karla Walker

Mozart was a fashionista. Stylish clothes were a must for him.
Mozart loved to dress well and spent large sums of money on extravagant clothes and the latest fashions. His sense of style was just another extension of his creativity.

By Karla Walker

Come sing with The Spirituals Project Choir and CPR Classical at the Newman Center for Journey to Freedom LIVE!
UPDATE 5/4/2022: The concert is SOLD OUT. Watch the live event here Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.

By Karla Walker

WATCH: Mozart’s father, Leopold, was a strict but nurturing parent. His son was not his only legacy.
Wolfgang Mozart’s father, Leopold, often gets a bad rap in history as a domineering, fame-obsessed father who exploited his children’s talents. There is a kernel of truth in those accusations.

By Karla Walker

Mozart’s favorite meal
Mozart was wined and dined by royalty, yet in his extensive correspondences with family and friends, he rarely commented on the food he was served.

By Karla Walker

Mozart’s birthplace: the room where it happened
In this episode of Mozart Snapshots, Katie Mahan takes us into Mozart’s Geburtshaus (birthplace) for a tourist-free walk through the house and shares a wealth of information about his early years.

By Karla Walker

WATCH: Violinists play for Ukraine
Ukrainian violinist Illia Bondarenko filmed himself in a basement shelter in Kyiv. He’s playing an old Ukrainian folk song called Verbovaya Doschechka (arranged by Illia Bondarenko).

By Karla Walker