A Marquette Choral Society Retrospective
Saturday, June 27 at 1pm ET

Follow host Stan Wright on a journey through several decades of performances by the
Marquette Choral Society in this four-hour special program. Stan will trace the history
of this storied community chorus through recordings of past concerts, many previously
heard on Public Radio 90's Superiorland Concerts series. Choral Society performances
directed by Douglas Amman, Steven Edwards and their current director, Floyd Slotterback

will be featured. The Marquette Choral Society has been entertaining Upper Michigan 
audiences for nearly forty years with performances of a wide range of choral repertoire,
including world-premiere works commissioned by the society,including "Mass Over A Period
of Time," by Jackson Berkey, and "Earth is Our Mother," by Dave Brubeck, along with joint
concerts with Brubeck, the John Anthony Singers and others. Many concerts also included
members of Northern Michigan University's choral program, including the University Chorus,
Arts Chorale and Madrigal Singers, as well as vocal soloists from the Upper Great Lakes
Region and elsewhere. 

Apollo's Fire  
Monday Afternoons at 1pm ET

Taking its name from the classical god of music and the sun, Apollo's Fire is dedicated to
the performance of 17th- and 18th-century music on the period instruments for which it 
was written. Music Director Jeannette Sorrell gathers a select pool of dynamic and creative
early-music artists from throughout North America and Europe. The ensemble has been 
praised internationally for stylistic freshness and buoyancy, animated spontaneity,technical
excellence, and for the creativity of Sorrell's programming. 

Robert Conrad hosts this 13-part series of two-hour concert programs which were recorded
live in Northeast Ohio venues and possess all the excitement and vitality found only in live
performance.Jeannette Sorrell and her troupe explore Mozart's Light and Shadows, bathe
in Water Music, Crown a King, frolic at Zimmerman's Coffee House, rediscover Four Seasons,
and take pleasure in Lovers and Lyres, Mediterranean Nights, and other lovely adventures.
And PBS, the Prussian Broadcasting System, will take you to Leipzig for an on-the-spot 
broadcast of the competition for Kantor of the Town.  The series culminates in a stirring
reading of Bach's St. John Passion sung in English.

Highlights from the 5th Marquette Blues Festival
Saturday nights at 11 beginning July 4

The 6th annual Marquette Blues Festival is coming up Labor Day Weekend, and to get
warmed up, Public Radio 90 is going to take a look back at last year's festival. Starting
July 4, you can relive great performances from headliners Tab Benoit and Watermelon Slim
and the Workers, along with sets from Johnnie Bassett, Nora Jean Bruso, Erin Jaimes with
special guest Fast Eddie, Eric Tessmer, the On The Spot Blues Band, Motor City Josh, The

Delta Jets, the Red White and Blues Band, and the Flat Broke Blues Band with the Million
Dollar Horns.