Classical 101

08/27/2025

The eleventh season of the VIVO Music Festival is underway through Aug. 31, featuring novel high-tech programming, a new take on VIVO’s signature Beer & Beethoven event and performances by world-class performers nurtured in central Ohio.

08/11/2025

An exhibition chronicling efforts to preserve dances on paper is on view in The Ohio State University Libraries' Thompson Library Gallery.

An exhibition chronicling efforts to preserve dances on paper is on view in Ohio State University’s Thompson Library Gallery.

07/31/2025

Federal funding for Classical 101 and WOSU has been eliminated. We are here for you and will continue deliver music for Central Ohio. But we need your support to secure our future. Please go to wosu.org/meet to give today and have your gift amplified.

07/31/2025

WOSU has lost $2 million in federal funding. Give now to help secure WOSU’s future at https://www.wosu.org/meet.

$2 million in federal funds have been cut from WOSU’s budget. Give now to help Meet The Moment at https://www.wosu.org/meet.

07/26/2025

Solo exhibitions by Oladejo-Lawal and northeast Ohio painter Linda Hutchinson, now on view at Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington, offer uniquely colorful and musical takes on musicians, dancers and other people doing what they do as real life clicks along.

Solo exhibitions by Oladejo-Lawal and northeast Ohio painter Linda Hutchinson, now on view at Worthington’s McConnell Arts Center, offer uniquely colorful and musical takes on musicians, dancers and other people doing what they do as real life clicks along.

07/19/2025

Congress has voted to eliminate all federal funding for public media. But WOSU’s mission remains. Thanks to our members like you, we are strong, resilient, and ready to meet this moment.

Please give at https://wosu.pm/3TOAgrU. Every contribution makes a difference.

07/10/2025

Join WOSU Public Media at the Columbus Book Festival on Saturday for family fun, photo ops with Cat in the Hat and engaging activities at our exhibit tent in Topiary Park. Catch WOSU radio hosts in conversation with featured authors throughout the weekend.

06/25/2025

How about a violin thriller for your summer reading? Dwain Lee, author of the mystery novel Plausible Deception, returns to Columbus to talk about and read from his new book at Stonewall Columbus on Saturday, July 12 at 6 p.m. More information and tickets at the link.

Join us for an evening with author Dwain Lee and learn about his LGBTQ+ themed mystery novel, PLAUSIBLE DECEPTION

06/14/2025

The Video Game Symphony is certainly not the only orchestra in Ohio, but it's one of few in the country fully dedicated to the artform of video game music.

06/13/2025

A new season of New Perspectives: From Bach to Biggie premieres Saturday at 1 p.m. on Classical 101. Hosted by Stephen Spotswood of the Columbus Cultural Orchestra, the series present standard classical music repertoire through the prism of gospel, rap and hip-hop.

Check out the new season Saturday afternoons at 1 p.m. on WOSU TV. Listen on Classical 101, online or the WOSU mobile app: https://wosu.pm/3uJ4FyH

06/11/2025

WOSP 91.5 FM in Portsmouth is off the air due to a technical issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.

In the meantime, listen to our livestreams online, with the WOSU Public Media Mobile app or on your smart speaker.

Listen to WOSU's radio livestreams for 89.7 NPR News or Classical 101 wherever you go.

05/28/2025

The lone symphony by a composer whose film music helped define the Hollywood sound is now the star of a landmark recording.

The lone symphony by a composer whose film music helped define the Hollywood sound in the earliest years of sound film is now the star of a landmark recording.