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UpNorth Concert HallThe UpNorth Concert Hall specializes in recordings of live performance in regional venues. Listen to guest artists or submit your own digital audio from your garage band, string ensemble, church choir or poetry slam. Latest Performances
The Orchestra of Northern New York under the direction of Kenneth Andrews performing The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens. Featuring Eugenia Tsarov and Kirk Severtson, piano, and SUNY Potsdam President Dr. John Schwaller, narration. March 27, 2010 in Hosmer Hall at SUNY Potsdam.
La Poule from Sixieme Concert
02/07/10
The Orchestra of Northern New York under the direction of Kenneth Andrews performing at St. Mary's Church, Potsdam, NY. February 7, 2010.
"In Knowing" by Swimming in Speakers
02/04/10
Listen to the song featured on tonight's episode of Grey's Anatomy.
The Orchestra of Northern New York under the direction of Kenneth Andrews performing in Hosmer Hall at SUNY Potsdam. October 24, 2009.
Dr. Arthur Frackenpohl
On May 2, 2009 musicians from across the region got together at SUNY Potsdam to celebrate Dr. Arthur Frackenpohl's 85th birthday through his music. It features performances by Crane School of Music faculty and students as well as the choir from the First Presbyterian Church of Potsdam with compositions covering 61 years of Art Frackenpohl's career, from a 1948 work for clarinet and piano to a 2009 piece written for brass quintet.
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The Adirondack electric/acoustic band Swimming in Speakers were live guests on The Beat Authority. Chris Clarke and his fellow band member, Meadow, brought a cellist, a viloinist and a drummer into the NCPR studios for a special live set on the show. Hear the whole interview/music segment as they perform "Nevergreen," "Near My Ear," "Mind Does Take," "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Svoboda."
Claire Black and Ginevra Ventre of the Elegua Duo.
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The Elegua Duo, Pianist Claire Black (from Long Lake) and Cellist Ginevra Ventre were nice enough to let us record their concert at St. Bernard's Church in Saranac Lake on July 30, 2009. Here's an excerpt.
North Country classical guitarist Lynn McGrath shares music written by Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco to accompany sections of Platero y yo, a popular work by Spanish poet Juan Ramon Jimenez. McGrath also provides her own translations of the poetry.
North Country classical guitarist Lynn McGrath shares music written by Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco to accompany sections of Platero y yo, a popular work by Spanish poet Juan Ramon Jimenez. McGrath also provides her own translations of the poetry.
Two thirds of the Upper Jay-based alternative trio Monsterbuck were Ellen Rocco's live guests in the NCPR production studio. Chris Kowanko and Byron Renderer play a sampling of their original compositions, which earned them Esquire magazine accolades as "one of the top five unsigned bands on MySpace.
Members of the String Fever Jam Band in the NCPR studio.
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String Fever host Barb Heller welcomes a whole slew of traditional musicians into the studio to perform standards and favorites. To encourage the radio audience to play along, all the sheet music was posted online. You can download this audio and play along yourself. Recordings of your home session may be posted on the String Fever page.
Fiddlers Gretchen Koehler and Don Woodcock
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String Fever host Barb Heller welcomes Gretchen Koehler and Don Woodcock into the studio for some great North Country fiddling. Gretchen is the 2008 Northeast Champion fiddler, and Don is a past NYS champion. They take turns at the fiddle and the piano for some favorite tunes, and talk with Barb about the history of traditional fiddle styles. More...
Layssies moy coy, je vous en prye
01/25/09
Asteria performs Layssies moy coy, je vous en prye by Johannes le Grant (fl. 1420-1440). Recorded November 16, 2008 at the Church in the Hollow in Saranac, NY, as part of the Hill and Hollow Music series.
Mon povre cuer
01/25/09
Asteria performs Mon povre cuer, anon. Recorded November 16, 2008 at the Church in the Hollow in Saranac, NY, as part of the Hill and Hollow Music series.
This piece is for piano and 3 violinists, performed by Ryan Smith, Teresa Campbell, Erin Lynne, and Aaron Peters, multi-tracked late at night at a Super 8 Motel lobby in Lake George NY during the "Super Secret Hotel Tour" this past autumn. Mixed by Ryan Smith.
In the final performance in the UpNorth Music Concert Series, The Fraser Clan, a family band of Celtic musicians and singers from Harrisville, NY, dazzled a full house at The Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek.
In the final performance in the UpNorth Music Concert Series, Adrenaline Hayride, a group of well-seasoned bluegrass players from Saratoga Springs, NY, dazzled a full house at The Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek.
Cabbage Head
08/20/08
Performed by Dave Ruch at the NCPR Studio for UpNorth Music. This song is included on his new CD The Oldest was Born First.
The Barefoot Boy with Boot
08/20/08
Performed by Dave Ruch at the NCPR studio for UpNorth Music. This song is included on his new CD The Oldest was Born First.
Wisconsin
08/20/08
Performed by Dave Ruch at the NCPR studio for UpNorth Music. This song is included on his new CD The Oldest was Born First.
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In Concert
July 28, 2010 | NPR · See a complete list of the concerts included in this year's Newport Folk Festival webcast and broadcast. All set times and artists are subject to change.
July 28, 2010 | WXPN · The glitchy techno DJ turned soul revivalist has explored many genres and methods of music-making over the years, but his latest album, Compass features a full band and collaboration with Beck. Listen to the set here.
July 28, 2010 | WVPB · The Australians are living representatives of the far-reaching influence of American country music. Chambers and Nicholson recently made their first album as a duo, 2008's Rattlin' Bones; they play from it here, in a concert with Chambers' father.
July 27, 2010 | WXPN · The gifted singer-songwriter performs tunes from her fourth full-length, See You on the Moon, and unpacks the personal ties to her highly narrative songs.
July 27, 2010 | WVPB · In 1973, three songwriters released their first album together; it was available only as an 8-track tape. The record was reissued 18 years later, after each member (Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock) had risen to individual fame. With its classic Texas sound intact, the band plays songs from its new album.
