Jacqueline Halbloom
Classical Music HostJacqueline Halbloom, now in her 20th year in classical public radio, currently serves as Iowa Public Radio’s producer and host of Symphonies of Iowa, Performance Iowa, The Steinway Café, and The Iowa Arts Showcase. In addition to her on-air duties, before taking on producer and host duties of IPR’s Steinway Café and IPR’s Iowa Arts Showcase, Jacqueline served on the Friends board of UNI’s Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. A true lover of music and public radio, Jacqueline tries to be a great advocate for the fine arts in Iowa.
She brings to her work a background both practical and theoretical: Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Music Education, which she used as a teacher of orchestra students. As a player, she performed in the viola section of the Eugene Symphony, the Des Moines Symphony, and the Cedar Rapids Symphony (now known as Orchestra Iowa). She is adequately familiar with the numerous slanders against the viola versus the violin. (Why is a viola more useful than a violin? Being larger, it burns longer). Even after many bad jokes, Jacqueline remains positive about music and public radio’s ability to enrich the lives of all who listen. You can contact Jacqueline at jhalbloom@iowapublicradio.org.
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CROpera’s free Juneteenth concerts at 7 p.m. on June 18 at Iowa City’s Riverside Festival Stage and on June 19 at the Waterloo RiverLoop Amphitheatre are all about the music!
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In three free events, CROpera commemorates Juneteenth by honoring Simon Estes and hosting a panel “Does the Color of My Skin Really Matter?”
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Sunday evening, June 6, between 6 and 7:30 p.m., grab your folding chair, blankets, picnic basket, liquid libations and friends. The Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra will premiere “Fertile Soil Suite” and other new jazz works by Iowa composers in Cedar Falls.
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The plains are alive with the sound of a wild barber, ghostly apparitions, ornery mythical characters, forbidden love... and music. Read more about the DMMO’s 2021 summer festival season.
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An aria is one of the building blocks of an opera. The word is used to describe a piece for voice. This month on IPR Classical, we're showcasing great ones in our "Arias In April" series.
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The set list for the stream includes works by James "Jimmie" Blanton, Oscar Pettiford, Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Sam Jones, Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Percy Heath and Christian McBride.
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When it's safe to do so, the Des Moines Metro Opera will host a memorial concert to celebrate this extraordinary life.
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What’s an “Operatini?" Great question. Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre is getting creative with their productions during the pandemic. Read this review of their latest from IPR’s Jacqueline Halboom.
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On Fridays during the month of February, tune into IPR Classical at noon for broadcasts honoring Black voices.
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The Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre's free virtual revival of their 2010 production of "Salome," appears on January 14 at 7 pm as part of the CROT’s 2nd Thursday Series on YouTube and will be available to watch at cropera.org through August.