Living Classical with Tyler Kline for June 28 - July 4, 2026

On this edition of Living Classical, Tyler Kline marks July 4th with music by living American composers—from a piece inspired by the Star-Spangled Banner's 200th anniversary to works rooted in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the desert Southwest, and the architecture of Chicago. A survey of the people, places, and ideas that make up this country, told through the composers writing American music today.

Music by Allison Loggins-Hull, Jessie Montgomery, Katherine Bergman, Marcus Maroney, Curtis Stewart, Michael Leibowitz, Shuying Li, Ledah Finck, Nicolás Lell Benavides, Shawn E. Okpebholo, Patrick Harlin, Leilehua Lanzilotti, and Julia Wolfe.

Featuring performances by violinist Jory Lane; clarinetists Joshua Anderson and Andy Hudson; The Cleveland Orchestra; Catalyst Quartet; Winona Symphony Orchestra; Apollo Chamber Players with HSPVA Chorale; Four Corners Ensemble; Friction Quartet; Lincoln Trio; Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble; The Merian Ensemble; and Trio Mediaeval with Bang on a Can All-Stars.

Join Tyler Kline for this special July 4th edition of Living Classical — celebrating the full spectrum of classical music being made in America today.

Hour 1

• Steel from Allison Loggins-Hull’s Grit. Grace. Glory

• Jessie Montgomery’s Banner

• Superior by Katherine Bergman

• For the Fourth from The Color Blue by Marcus Maroney

• Inspired by Taylor Swift, Shake It Off from Curtis Stewart’s 24 American Caprices

• Tumamoc Hill at Sunset from Badlands by Michael Leibowitz

• Shuying Li’s American Variations

Hour 2

• If I Were Only Halfway Home by Ledah Fink

• Tadai from Nicoás Lell Benavides’s El Correcaminos

• Shawn E. Okpebholo’s city beautiful

• Wind Cave by Patrick Harlin

• Leilehua Lanzilotti’s meridian

• The States from Julia Wolfe’s Steel Hammer