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Souvenir of Russia

Blue Lake Public Radio | By Foley Schuler
Published September 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM EDT
Your afternoon host at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg—September, 2010.
Your afternoon host at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg—September, 2010.

Afternoon host Foley Schuler looks back, through music and memory, at a momentous trip to Russia, 15 years later.

It was just this time of year, 15 years ago, that Foley Schuler took one of those trips of a lifetime when he traveled to Russia for several weeks, making in-depth, street-level explorations of both St. Petersburg and Moscow. With cultural pilgrimages (musical, literary, artistic, historic) aplenty—and even more in-the-moment interactions with the people of that place who are the keepers of today's artist traditions—it was the sort of life-changing experience that becomes a touchstone throughout the rest of one's life. Thursday afternoon, Foley will retrace some of his footsteps in both those great cities and, drawing upon musical selections, to recreate some highlights from that momentous trip upon its 15th anniversary.

You can hear Foley Schuler's musical selections—and stories behind the music—every weekday afternoon from 1 until 4 on Blue Lake Public Radio.

Foley Schuler
Encouraged by creative parents, Foley began his music career at age 7, studying violin with Jean Manning at North Muskegon Public Schools. As a Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp camper, he became Blue Lake Public Radio’s first high school intern. Foley earned an English Literature degree from Hope College, and Masters in Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the Warren Wilson College. He has performed with the West Michigan (formerly West Shore) Symphony; served on the English Department faculty at Muskegon Community College, and been the Music, Art & Theatre reviewer for the Muskegon Chronicle. He follows his love of the arts around the globe, but says, “There is no place like the Blue Lake setting, sharing extraordinary music with our listeners.” Foley hosts Blue Lake Public Radio’s weekday classical music from 1 to 5 p.m. and “Sunday on Blue Lake”.
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