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Nicole Lacroix

Nicole Lacroix is the weekday afternoon host on Classical WETA 90.9 FM. After receiving a degree in music from Trinity College, Lacroix spent fifteen years at WGMS in Washington, with stints at VOA, KDFC San Francisco and at Baltimore's WJHU and WBJC.

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Classical WETA's online station VivaLaVoce presents classical vocal music in all its forms, from the Middle Ages to the present, 24 hours per day. Featuring Opera, Choral Music, and Art Song, the station offers something for everyone who loves vocal classical music.

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Take beautiful music with you on-the-go with our new mobile app.

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Take beautiful classical music with you on-the-go with our new Classical WETA mobile app. Now available in the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store.

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Test your classical music IQ by clicking the play button to listen to the sound clips. Identify the composer for each piece and reveal your score!

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Wolf Trap Opera Presents "Roméo et Juliette"

Wolf Trap Opera's 2018 production of Roméo et Juliette is available for free online viewing on ClassicalWETA.org.

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Readjusting Your Reality: Ellen Reid Wins Music Pulitzer For 'P r i s m'

April 15, 2019

The young composer's opera, which debuted at the Los Angeles Opera, was inspired by her own experience as a survivor of sexual assault.

How A Performing Arts Center In The Middle Of Illinois Became One Of America's Cultural Hubs

April 10, 2019

The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana, Illinois, is celebrating 50 years of bringing music, theater and dance to a part of the country where many are surprised to find it.

For Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Making Music Is 'Like A Religious Call'

April 4, 2019

Nézet-Séguin uses every part of his body when he conducts — including his eyes, eyebrows, shoulders and feet. He's the music director at New York's Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Think Of Your Favorite Song. Got It? Here's Why It's Stuck With You

April 4, 2019

Music and the human brain. A neuroscientist and opera singer guides us through the science of how and why music moves us.

From A Piano Virtuoso, An Album For Beginners

April 2, 2019

Steve Inskeep speaks with superstar pianist Lang Lang about his new album, Piano Book, a reexamination of the classical music repertory he learned as child.

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