Steve Staruch

Host, Classical Music
Minnesota Public Radio
sstaruch@mpr.org

Steve Staruch can be heard on Classical Minnesota Public Radio Monday through Friday from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Previously he hosted a number of programs on WCAL, including a weeknight program of sacred and contemplative music. An accomplished musician, Staruch is a violist with the Lyra Baroque Orchestra and his own group, the WolfGang. He was a tenor in the Dale Warland Singers for seven seasons and also sang in the Oregon Bach Festival. Staruch enjoys early music, the Baroque era, the works of quite a few living composers and many other categories of classical music. Steve and his wife, Naomi, love traveling and have been tour guides in Europe and India.

Steve Staruch Feature Archive

The Executive Board in 1910
The Schubert Club Museum in Saint Paul is celebrating its 30th anniversary. (11/19/2009)
Osmo Vanska
Osmo Vanska picked up his clarinet and joined a group of his fellow Minnesota Orchestra musicians for the US premiere of a quintet by Finnish composer Kalevi Aho. (11/12/2009)
Summer Singers
Tune in to Classical Minnesota Public Radio Thursday afternoon for Regional Spotlight. Host Steve Staruch will highlight Minnesota choir The Summer Singers. (11/05/2009)
On Thursday's Regional Spotlight we'll feature Armenian pianist Nareh Arghamanyan. She performed just a few weeks ago for the Frederic Chopin Society of Minnesota. (10/13/2009)
On Thursday's Regional Spotlight, classical host Steve Staruch features a recent performance by the visiting Oslo Chamber Choir at Boe Memorial Chapel at St. Olaf College in Northfield. (10/08/2009)
MacPhail School of Music instructor Beatrice Blanc visits the home of the Suzuki method of violin education. (10/06/2009)
Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian talks about her music and heritage. (09/24/2009)
Lyra Baroque kicks off their 25th anniversary season by commemorating two other important anniversaries: the birth of Henry Purcell (1659-1695) and the death of George Frederic Handel (1685-1759). (09/22/2009)
As the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra plans to say farewell to Artistic Partner Douglas Boyd next week, Classical Minnesota Public Radio is featuring some of his most memorable performances of the last six seasons. (09/17/2009)
His musician colleagues call him "Dougie," but Douglas Boyd is all about hard work in rehearsals and concerts. That has allowed him to forge a strong connection with the SPCO and audiences for the six years of his artistic partnership. He bids adieu to Minnesota this month. (09/16/2009)
MPR classical host Steve Staruch talks with the Minnesota Orchestra's Michael Steinberg about the Beethoven "Missa Solemnis," in the final concert of the orchestra's 2008-2009 season. (06/12/2009)
Two Minnesota-based national touring choirs are performing together in a concert titled, "Soul," featuring the music of Gabrieli, William Byrd and new arrangements of traditional gospel songs. (04/23/2009)
Two soloists from the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony preview weekend concert. (03/05/2009)
Bakken Trio member Mina Fisher and cellist Kirsten Whitson talk about the upcoming cello festival. (02/11/2009)
Carrie Vecchione and Rolf Erdahl perform from the limited repertoire of oboe and double bass. (02/03/2009)