America 250

Tonight on America 250: The American Experience, we head into wide open spaces. Follow the current of The Mississippi River, look out across the vast, sunlit edges of the Grand Canyon Suite, and feel the quiet promise of Appalachian Spring.

A new exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian showcases the work of the late minimalist artist Truman Lowe.

NPR's America in Pursuit series examines a presidential treasure, a pistol that was lost by George Washington and now can be found at the Smithsonian.

New York, New York. Home to one of the world’s great orchestras—the New York Philharmonic. If you missed it the first time, here’s another chance to hear this legendary ensemble on America 250: The American Experience, tonight at 8 on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

Philadelphia and Boston were instrumental in America’s founding. They’ve also shaped its music. Tonight on America 250: The American Experience, we hear the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, two ensembles that helped define the American orchestral tradition. That’s tonight at 8 on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

Margaret Buechner’s Civil War Trilogy reflects on one of the nation’s most turbulent chapters, capturing the memory and aftermath of the Civil War in three movements for piano. Hear it on America 250: The American Experience tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

Classical music comes alive through the artists who champion it. Hilary Hahn, Rachel Barton Pine, Lara Downes, and Simone Dinnerstein are among the virtuosas featured on America 250: The American Experience.

Rich, diverse voices throughout history, telling unique stories. Tonight on America 250: The American Experience, hear women composers whose music brings new perspective to what American music can be...from Valerie Coleman to Joan Tower, Margaret Bonds to Barbara Harbach.That's tonight from 8 - 10 pm on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

In a conversation with pianist Lara Downes, the New Yorker staff writer says music in America will keep evolving as long as the country keeps an open door to new people and new sounds.

This week on America 250: The American Experience, we journey alongside trailblazing women. You’ll hear the legendary voice of Marian Anderson, who defied racial prejudice with her historic 1939 performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. And music by Ruth Crawford Seeger, an avant-garde classical composer who later helped preserve American folk music at the Library of Congress.Hear these two pioneers tonight from 8-10pm on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.