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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73 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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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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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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While there were influential piano trios in the 1940s (Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Lennie Tristano, or Nat King Cole, for example), the format rea...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KENW, WCNY, KMUN, KRPS and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2018
  • Length: 38:10
  • Purchases: 22
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"The Three Little Pigs" and "Nanny Goat and her Seven Little Kids"

Bought by Bandon Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2018
  • Length: 28:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Miles Davis was more than a trumpet player, composer and taste-maker - he led some of the greatest bands in the history of jazz. In this hour, we w...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, RadioStPete Florida, KENW, WCNY and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
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"The Foolish Frog (Pete Seeger)" and "Frog Principal"

  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:12
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When Charlie Parker died at 34 in 1955, it was as if an ancient tree fell in the forest with the resulting sunlight promoting the growth of numerou...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, KENW, WCNY, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 22
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"The Mitten" and "Rainbow Crow"

  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 28:07
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Arising out of bebop vocals, a number of singers in the 1950s began to replicate famous instrumental solos with the human voice. The practice, init...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, KENW, WCNY, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 22
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Many jazz singers of the 1950s continued the tradition of recording with major instrumentalists who were given the space to improvise, feeding off ...

Bought by KLCC, KENW, WCNY, KMUN, KRPS and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 19
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"The Month Brothers"

  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 28:05
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"The Sneetches" and "Caps for Sale/Dinorella"

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 28:06