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AIREDFeb. 16

This week, it’s a program of unaccompanied works for solo instruments. From Bach’s Chaconne to Valerie Coleman’s Danza de la Mariposa, hear performances for guitar, harp, clarinet, violin, flute, and piano – all by themselves.

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Feb. 10

Saxophone and Friends – Re-Air!

The flag of Argentina and the flag of Spain

Jan. 30

Spain and Argentina

A drawing of people in gowns and suits, dancing

Jan. 26

Dance in Three

Jan. 20

The Key of C Major

Jan. 9

Bach

Jan. 6

Arizona Musicfest: Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff – Re-Air!

An illustration of Haydn and others playing their musical instruments

Dec. 30, 2025

Music for Small Forces – Re-Air!

Phoenix Chorale graphic, showing a violin and wreath over a dark backdrop

Dec. 22, 2025

A 2025 Chorale Christmas

Dec. 16, 2025

Holiday Voices

American flag placed in a field with the sun setting in the background

Dec. 9, 2025

American Composers

Dec. 2, 2025

Strings and Hammers

Nov. 25, 2025

Native American String Quartets

Nov. 18, 2025

Contested Eden

Nov. 11, 2025

Finding a Voice: Fostering Indigenous Composers – Radio Version

Nov. 4, 2025

Winds and Poetry – Re-Air!

Oct. 28, 2025

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Finding a Voice: Fostering Indigenous Composers

In the fall of 2023, the team at Central Sound followed Native American Composer Apprentice Project’s (NACAP) resident quartet throughout the Navajo Nation to schools involved in the project, capturing the process as well as interviewing students, performers and composers.

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Take Note

Carnival

AIREDFeb. 18

Celebrated this year between February 12th and 17th, Carnival is one of the most widely varied holidays in the Christian tradition; and this week on Take Note, we’re learning about music inspired by the holiday.

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Feb. 11

Valentine’s Day

Feb. 4

National Ukulele Day

A boat on the water with lights glowing around it

Jan. 28

Up Helly Aa

Jan. 21

Mariachi Day – Re-Air!

Jan. 14

Korean American Day

Jan. 7

Muslim American Heritage Month

Dec. 31, 2025

Kwanzaa

Two old photos of men signed Mr. Douglas Cook

Dec. 24, 2025

Christmas

A painting of people surrounding a dinner table

Dec. 17, 2025

Saturnalia

Dec. 10, 2025

Hanukkah

Dec. 3, 2025

Bodhi Day

Nov. 26, 2025

Native American Heritage Month 2025

Nov. 19, 2025

Latvian Independence Day

Nov. 12, 2025

Veterans Day

Nov. 4, 2025

Puerto Rican Heritage Month

Oct. 29, 2025

National Immigrants Day

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Paul Johnson | What’s Right With America

AIREDNov. 14, 2025

Henry and Paul discuss American values like freedom, justice, and liberty, and reasons why Americans should be optimistic about their nation

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Nov. 7, 2025

Andre Archie | The Virtue of Color-Blindness

Oct. 30, 2025

Michael Mazarr | America’s National Dynamism and Global Challenges

Oct. 24, 2025

Mary Elise Sarotte | America, Russia, and the Post–Cold War Order

Oct. 17, 2025

Patrick Griffin | The Age of Atlantic Revolution

Oct. 9, 2025

Aurelian Craiutu | Why Not Moderation?

Oct. 2, 2025

Brooke Barbier | Political Moderation in the American Revolution

Sept. 26, 2025

Gerard Baker | Media, Trust, and Political Polarization in America

May 2, 2024

Jennifer Frey | Reviving Liberal Learning and the Pursuit of Virtue

April 4, 2024

Lucas Morel | Patriotism, MLK, Douglass & the Beloved Community

March 7, 2024

Hans Zeiger | Higher Education and Donor Impact

Feb. 1, 2024

Robert P. George | Free Speech and Ideological Conformity

Jan. 4, 2024

Zachary Shore | America’s Ethics in WWII and Policy choices

Dec. 7, 2023

James R. Stoner | British roots of American Democracy

Nov. 2, 2023

John Rose | Free Speech and Diversity in Higher Education

Oct. 5, 2023

Matthew Continetti | 100-year war for American Conservatism

May 3, 2023

R. Shep Melnick | Higher Education in Crisis

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The Magic of Grace Bumbry

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