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When poets write about art, that’s called “ekphrasis,” and yes, it is very much a thing today and yesterday.

Composer John Williams on Friday debuts a new arrangement of "The Star Spangled Banner". He'll lead the National Symphony Orchestra, the Army Herald Trumpets and two full choirs to update the song.

Amanfu's sung with everyone from the Nashville Symphony Chorus to Kelly Clarkson to Jack White. Hear her perform unreleased songs with the instrumental duo Steelism.

Liane Hansen speaks with guitarist/composer Ralph Towner, from the jazz/classical/world music group Oregon. After playing together for 30 years, the quartet has had collaborations with orchestras in the past, but only now has put their orchestral repertoire on disc:Oregon in Moscow (Intuition Records #3303) features the group performing with the Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra. We'll also hear from producer Steve Rodby, who organized the Moscow project.

playlist etc.We're spending a couple of days with an outstanding Canadian orchestra, Les Violons du Roy, which translates as The King's Violins. They stopped by NPR's Studio 4A to play the Symphony No. 5, by Franz Schubert. And Fred talks with conductor and founder Bernard Labadie.

As a part of our continuing series of Mozart commentaries, Jane Glover, conductor and author of Mozart's Women, introduces us to the composer's mother, Maria Anne; his sister, Nannerl; and wife, Constanze, pictured at left. All three had an influence on his music.

Tuesday, a large totem pole was installed at Sheldon High School in Eugene. As KLCC’s Brian Bull reports, the pole is the culmination of a…

The hot and dry weather this week in Oregon is raising concerns about potential wildfire starts.National Weather Service meteorologist, Dave Elson, says…

After signs of success the Corvallis Police Department is expanding its bait bike program.The program began in 2017 as a growing effort to prevent bicycle…

Eugene Police don’t disproportionately target minorities according to a recent state report. Some Oregon Christmas tree growers are facing tough times.…