Each year the Public Radio Program Directors Association hands out its Awards for Creative Excellence, recognizing stations for outstanding programming in public radio’s primary formats. Count on this: next year Classical Minnesota Public Radio will not be winning an ACE Award. That’s because MPR won its third consecutive ACE Award for classical programming this year, which disqualifies it from winning a fourth time.
Classical Music: The Trickle-Down Effect?
You may have seen the article by Leon Botstein October 3rd in the Wall Street Journal Online: The Unsung Success of Classical Music. Botstein writes:
The heralding of the demise of classical music is based on flimsy evidence. The number of concert venues, summer festivals, performing ensembles and overall performances in classical music and opera has increased exponentially over the last four decades. There are currently nearly 400 professional orchestras in America, according to the League of American Orchestras,
Classical listeners testify to their love of music
People say they listen to classical music for the emotional connection — the feelings stirred by a beautiful performance. Perhaps more than any other fare on public radio, classical aims for the heart. This makes classical stations natural participants in a new public-awareness campaign for public broadcasting, “My Source.”
This is What I Mean When I Write About Diversity
An upcoming concert by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Oct. 23-25:
The Inca Trail
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Jessica Warren-Acosta, Andean flutes
Kenneth Olsen, cello