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.

Series

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70 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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100 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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"Heckedy Peg" and "Petrosinella"

  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 28:10
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"The Gingerbread Man" and "Anansi and the Talking Melon"

  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 27:06
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In July 2, 1944, Norman Granz, a jazz fan and small-time LA promoter staged a concert in the Philharmonic Auditorium with $300 of borrowed money. H...

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


  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 21
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In the last hour, we heard from Thelonious Monk, Elmo Hope and Herbie Nichols – three closely associated New York pianists in the 1950s. In this ho...

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


  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
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"Jack the Giant Chaser" and "Look, There is a Turtle Flying!/Yertle the Turtle"

  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 28:07
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"Rainbow Bird" and "Days of the Blackbird"

  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 28:39
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The 1950s were a very productive decade for Thelonious Monk, perhaps his most productive as a composer. During the fifties his reputation and impac...

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


  • Added: Dec 11, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 20
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Because it acted as a safe harbor for the New Orleans diaspora of the teens and twenties, Chicago played a key role in early jazz. By the 1950s, mu...

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


  • Added: Dec 11, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 22
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"Burgoo Stew" and "Horton Hatches the Egg"

  • Added: Dec 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:06
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"Fin M'Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill" and "A Bad Case of Stripes"

  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 28:03