The Music Box

Louisville Public Media

The Music Box is an interactive music education podcast for kids, exploring fundamental music concepts through performing, responding and connecting. The current season is hosted by music educators Kiana Del and Fiona Palensky. Each episode gets listeners involved in making music! Short episodes are perfect for a car ride or just hanging out at home. Get printable lesson plans and ideas for extending the learning at musicboxpod.org. The Music Box is produced by Louisville Public Media and made possible in part by support from PNC and the Grace Hopkins Ruml Children's Fund.

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The Music Box

Episodes (94)

Dec 15, 2025 Shapes of America: An audio special about shape-note singing
Nov 6, 2025 Behind the Music with Christian McBride: I'm a Professional Musician!
Oct 30, 2025 Help! My Piano is Haunted!

The Music Box

Dec 15, 2025
53½ minutes
72 MB

The Music Box will be back with a new season in the fall. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this special about shape note singing — one of the oldest musical traditions in this country. It’s a practice that began in colonial America, and after centuries of ups and downs in popularity, today it’s finding an expanded and surprisingly diverse new following… and some of its singers believe the music can teach democracy a thing or two. Join Louisville Public Media’s Laura Atkinson and Justin Hicks as they trace this tradition, from its origins 200 years ago to the larges...

The Music Box

Shapes of America: An audio special about shape-note singing

Louisville Public Media

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