WTJU

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WTJU enriches the culture of Virginia and extends the educational mission of UVa by bringing together diverse individuals and communities through exceptional music and conversation. Founded in 1955 and on-air since 1957, WTJU began as an educational radio station centered around classical music. Today, WTJU continues its mission of education and community engagement encompassing four main genres of music (classical, jazz, folk, and rock), as well as community stories.

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86 Pieces

Each week, "Heifetz On Air" presents captivating performances by Heifetz International Music Institute students, alums, and faculty -- recorded on stage in Staunton and in WTJU's Charlottesville studios.

  • From: WTJU
  • Updated: Feb 10, 2023
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101 Pieces

"Jazz at 100” is that story – one hundred years of jazz recordings – in 100 one-hour programs that will present representative music from a century of recorded jazz history

  • From: WTJU
  • Updated: Feb 22, 2017
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51 Pieces

With 100 years of recorded jazz at our fingertips, it can be difficult for working musicians to be heard. Jazz at 100 Today! celebrates recent music from the living treasures who keep pushing boundaries while standing on the shoulders of giants.

  • From: WTJU
  • Updated: Aug 05, 2020
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2 Pieces

Telemetry, is an unconventional music series, showcasing bold new musical compositions, new instrumentation, and unique collaborations across space and genre. New episodes every month.

  • From: WTJU
  • Updated: Jul 23, 2019
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256 Pieces

Each week Peter Jones and company perform various children's stories for listeners.

  • From: WTJU
  • Updated: May 24, 2013
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9 Pieces

The Crystal Ball with Larry Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoff Skelley features clear-eyed election news, analysis, and projections in a concise package, uploaded every Monday by 12:30pm.

  • From: WTJU
  • Updated: Nov 05, 2012
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9 Pieces

The Crystal Ball with Larry Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoff Skelley features clear-eyed election news, analysis, and projections in a concise package, uploaded every Monday by 12:30pm.

  • From: WTJU
  • Updated: Nov 05, 2012

Latest Pieces

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A showcase of some great musical moments from the Heifetz summer of 2023, including performances by the Borromeo Quartet of an overlooked Haydn qu...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delmarva Public Media, WVTF, WMRA, 106.3 WQSV-LP FM and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
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On the next Heifetz On Air, Czech, Please! We’ll hear from a trio of beloved Bohemian composers featured on the summer 2024 Heifetz stage

Bought by WHRV, KMUN, Delmarva Public Media, New Hampshire Public Radio, WVTF and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 7
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“Fantasies and Fairy Tales” on this edition of Heifetz On Air, featuring maidens, monsters, magicians, and more from Mozart, Schumann, Max Bruch, a...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 7
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On today’s program, “The Holdovers….” featuring some notable Heifetz students who come back to our summer campus year after year. Featuring fres...

Bought by WHRV, WVTF, Delmarva Public Media, New Hampshire Public Radio, WMRA and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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This episode features some of the great works by the “Renaissance Man of the Romantic Generation,” Felix Mendelssohn, including the shimmering Octe...

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  • Added: Aug 10, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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Highlights from the Heifetz Institute’s free afternoon concert series devoted to solo and chamber works set in the galleries of the Staunton Augus...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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In this episode, Ilya Kaler is the soloist and David Stern the conductor in an epic performance of Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's Symposium, ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delmarva Public Media, WMRA, WVTF, 106.3 WQSV-LP FM and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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A program of works both rare and familiar by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, and Norwegians Edvard Grieg and Johan Halverson, all presented live in...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delmarva Public Media, WMRA, WVTF, 106.3 WQSV-LP FM and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
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On this episode, a complete performance of Franz Schubert’s so-called “two-cello” string quintet - the String Quintet in C Major, D. 956. It’s a p...

Bought by WVTF, Delmarva Public Media, New Hampshire Public Radio, WMRA, 106.3 WQSV-LP FM and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
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On the next Heifetz on Air, it’s a Night at the Opera! The grandest music from the greatest operas rings out on the Heifetz stage, in the form of...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2024
  • Length: 58:31