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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68 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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Emerging from the Jay McShann Orchestra from Kansas City and relentlessly curious about how to play the new music he heard in his head, Charlie Par...

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


  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 21
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"Three Sacks of Truth"

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Some of the same forces that launched Bebop as a break from Big Band Swing, also fueled the birth of Rhythm and Blues – the rise of independent lab...

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


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 20
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"The Miller, The Song, And Their Donkey" and "Feather"

  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 28:02
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“By the early 1940s … a new approach to small-combo jazz playing was developing, characterized by a more flexible approach to rhythm, a more aggres...

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


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 22
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"The Legend of Slappy Hooper" and "Sody Sallyratus"

  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 28:13
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"Frederick/Beardream" and "Stellaluna"

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Although Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Woody Herman soldiered on, mostly keeping bands on the road into the 1970s (Ellington) and 1980s (Basie an...

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


  • Added: Jul 21, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 21
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In the late 1930s and early 1940s, the very dance-oriented swinging music of the Big Bands was the most popular music around. Never had jazz been m...

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


  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
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"Clever Tom and the Leprechaun" and "Seven at One Blow"

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:10
  • Purchases: 1