Classical 101

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.

05/14/2025

Centuries-old poems of love and fate are the inspiration for one of today’s most riveting musical works—Carl Orff’s powerhouse cantata Carmina Burana. Now those poems have inspired Columbus-based Oyo Dance Company’s new dance adaptation of Orff’s work.

Columbus-based Oyo Dance Company performs the world premiere of its new dance adaptation of Orff’s powerhouse cantata, Carmina Burana, May 23 and 24 at the Lincoln Theatre.

05/02/2025

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05/01/2025

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04/11/2025

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04/10/2025

A chorus of a thousand voices from across the state will perform in Columbus next month, with hopes that the harmony they create will transcend the stage.

04/10/2025

Journey to Poland, Spain and more in the new season of Great Performances l PBS Now Hear This. Watch Fridays at 9 p.m. on WOSU TV.

Journey to Poland, Spain and more in this season of Now Hear This.