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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Heifetz On Air 
71 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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Jazz at 100 
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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Jazz at 100 Today! 
50 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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Telemetry 
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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Tell Us A Tale 
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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The Crystal Ball (1 min) 
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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The Crystal Ball (3.5 min) 
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

Hour 62: Hard Bop Tenor, Part 1
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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Over the next four hours of Jazz at 100, we’ll be featuring tenor players and trumpeters who propelled hard bop into the 1960s. In this hour, we wi...

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  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
Tell Us a Tale Episode 224
From: WTJU
Series: Tell Us A Tale
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"How Giraffe Got Such a Long Neck..." and "The Story of Jumping Mouse"

  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 28:10
Hour 61: Horace Silver Continued
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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Despite revisionist history that suggests that the energy of hard bop was spent by the time the sixties came, in the last hour we heard from the gr...

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  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Tell Us a Tale Episode 223
From: WTJU
Series: Tell Us A Tale
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"Oyez! Oyez! The Story of Three Sillies" and "The Funny Little Woman"

  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 28:06
Hour 60: The Jazz Messengers Continued
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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As the 1960s began Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers were fueled by the compositions of Wayne Shorter with the front line of Shorter and Lee Morgan. In ...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 19
Tell Us a Tale Episode 222
From: WTJU
Series: Tell Us A Tale
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"Round Robin" and "The Firebird"

  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 28:07
Hour 59: Jazz and Bossa Nova
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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Fueled by the 1959 international release of the movie Black Orpheus and through reports from US jazz players returning from South American tours, t...

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 20
Tell Us a Tale Episode 221
From: WTJU
Series: Tell Us A Tale
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"Matreshka" and "Tops and Bottoms"

  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 28:14
Hour 58: Still Swinging
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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Duke Ellington and Benny Carter, whose careers stretched back to the 1920s, continued to be vital musical presences in the 1960s. In this hour we w...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Hour 57: Jazz Singers in the 1960s
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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The 1960s featured many recordings by highly musical singers in the company of great jazz instrumentalists. In this hour of Jazz at 100, we will su...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 22

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Staff of WTJU

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benjamin k roe
President & CEO
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Nathan Moore (Admin)