Music of the stars and night sky on a new Living Classical

And two micro/Maker stories about agency, curiosity, and making your own way

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Tyler Kline
December 19, 2025

🍃 Loose Leaf Transmissions – Weekly Dispatch

Lately, I’ve been catching myself stepping outside at night and just… stopping. When the nights get longer, and the cold really sets in, I find myself looking up more – lingering outside for a few extra seconds, noticing the stars in a way I don’t always make time for at other times of the year.

That feeling was very much on my mind as I put together the latest episode of Living Classical. Not every piece in the program is explicitly inspired by winter nights, but that perspective shapes the hour: music curated through darkness, distance, and reflection, and the way sound can feel suspended in space. I hope it makes for the perfect soundtrack to a winter evening.

Also, don’t miss this week’s micro/Maker episodes: Shelley Washington reflects on how curiosity and early creative rebellion led her toward composition, while Andrew Noseworthy shares how a DIY mindset helped him build sustainable, community-centered ways of making and sharing music – two thoughtful conversations about claiming space and shaping a creative life on your own terms.

🎧 New on the Feed

📻 Living Classical with Tyler Kline

Now streaming: Living Classical Winter Special 2 for December 14–20, 2025

As the longest nights of the year approach, the sky becomes both mirror and mystery – a place where sound, space, and silence converge. On this special wintertime edition of Living Classical with Tyler Kline, composers turn their attention to the night: to stars, distance, darkness, and the shifting light that moves among them.

Hour 1 features works by Elena Langer, Golfam Khayam, Chris Opperman, Max Vinetz, Helen Grime, Juhi Bansal, Caterina Schembri, and Natalie Moller – music that reflects the atmosphere of starlight and shadow, where brightness and obscurity meet.

In Hour 2, the focus deepens toward the landscape beneath the sky, tracing the intersection of weather, memory, and nocturnal sound. Hear music by Bosba Panh, Alex Dowling, Scott Ordway, Emma O’Halloran, Dai Fujikura, Alice Ping Yee Ho, and Paul Wiancko – each work placed in dialogue through the vast terrain of the night.

🎙 micro/Maker

Episode 061: Inventing Instead of Practicing (featuring Shelley Washington)

Shelley Washington reflects on how her earliest acts of musical rebellion at the piano grew into a collaborative, curiosity-driven path toward composition and creative confidence.

Episode 062: Rejecting Permission-Based Creativity (featuring Andrew Noseworthy)

Andrew Noseworthy shares how a DIY ethos – born from experiencing gatekeeping and limited access – led him to build sustainable, community-focused structures for making and sharing new music outside traditional institutions.

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🔜 Coming Up Soon

Next week, tune in for a Living Classical perfect for the holiday season!

We’ll usher in the winter season with a program of music that leans into the turning point at the heart of the year: when darkness holds steady just long enough for the light to begin its return. This edition of Living Classical with Tyler Kline centers on that quiet threshold between stillness and motion, shadow and renewal.

It’s a Solstice & Season episode of Living Classical, perfect for the upcoming Winter Solstice.

Stream the show starting on December 21 on https://livingclassicalradio.com

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