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Steve Seel: Even the 'angsty' bits can be a musical refuge for mental health

In the final in a series of three essays, classical host Steve Seel explains that even the "angsty" bits can be a musical refuge for mental health — and if that wasn't the case, the blues or classic country wouldn't exist

Steve Seel: Music gives our lives balance, and we need it now more than ever

YourClassical host Steve Seel explains why we need music more than ever in the second of three essays.

Steve Seel: Classical music is a lifeline to mental health

YourClassical host Steve Seel shares how classical music is a lifeline to mental health in the first of three essays.

'Alone Together' with Cantus

Finding human connection, and love, in this technological age. That's what inspired the all-male ensemble Cantus to create Alone Together. The term "Alone Together" has taken on new meaning in this age of COVID-19 and social distancing. What does it mean to be "Alone Together," and how do we find that connection? Music helps address those questions in this beautifully crafted program filled with popular music and classical pieces.

This is the most beautiful thing you'll hear all day

Classical MPR gets to the heart of the matter with music that brings you healing, balance and beauty. In fact, it might be the most beautiful thing you'll hear all day. Join Classical MPR host John Birge for music specially chosen to make a place for space and grace in your day. It's part of MPR's Call to Mind initiative for Mental Health Month.

Listen to Regions of the Heart with host Steve Seel

Regions of the Heart is an hour of special programming for Mental Health Month, in collaboration with Call To Mind — highlights some of the rich connections between classical music and mental health. Through works of Bach, Rachmaninov, and Beethoven, as well as living composers Carter Pann, Jake Runestad, and Pasek & Paul, join host Steve Seel as he explores some of the powerful ways classical music invites us to channel, uplift, mourn, and reckon with what life throws our way.

'Fire and Ice,' Bring the Sing's intrepid duo

On a frigid January Saturday in 2017, friends Mary Beth Thesing and Susan Kimball joined hundreds of others at Lourdes High School auditorium in Rochester, ready to lift their voices for Bring the Sing, the traveling community choral events Classical MPR takes around the region.