A Tempo
With Rachel Katz
A Tempo is a 30-minute public affairs program devoted to issues, challenges and opportunities facing the performing arts.The show examines the impact of the economy, technology, and social and cultural changes on musicians, ensembles, venues and other organizations involved with the arts. It also looks into the importance of music and arts education, and public support and appreciation, including philanthropy. In addition to one or two feature interviews, the show includes a short selection of news headlines from around the arts world. A Tempo airs Saturdays at 7 pm.
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2013
Guests: Ronald Feldman, music director, and Mark Gebhardt, principal clarinet, of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra in Boston, MA, which is comprised of medical and healthcare professionals.
Six months after Superstorm Sandy. Guests: William Brittelle, co-founder, New Amsterdam Records; Michael Royce, executive director, New York Foundation for the Arts; and Mary Eileen Fouratt, executive director, Monmouth Arts Council.
Extra: Comments by Alan Harler, artistic director of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, about receiving a Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming..
Guest: Eugene DeAnna, head of the Recorded Sound Section of the Library of Congress, discusses the LOC's National Recording Preservation Plan.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Playwright in Residence initiative. Guests: Matthew Spivey, BSO VP of Artistic Operations, and Didi Balle, BSO Playwright in Residence.
The arts and digital media. Guest: Kristin Thompson, co-author, "Arts Organizations and Digital Technology," Pew Research Center.
Social Media and musical innovations. Guests: Chip Michael, founder, The TWTR Symphony, and Alexis Del Palazzo, a member of the TWTR Symphony.
Community outreach programs - East Coast Chamber Orchestra at Princeton University Concerts. Guests: Marna Seltzer, director, Princeton University Concerts, and Nick Kendall, member, ECCO.
E-learning opportunities. Guests: Joseph Polisi, president, The Juilliard School, and David Ludwig, chair of performance studies, The Curtis Institute.
Guests: Mary Sue Welsh, author, One Woman in a Hundred, about harpist Edna Phillips, the first woman to be hired as a principal in a major U.S. orchestra when she joined the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1930; and Elizabeth Hainen, the Philadelphia Orchestra's current principal harpist.
Extra: Additional comments by Joy Bechtler, founder of Vocal Reach, about an upcoming screening of the documentary Kinshasa Symphony.
Rite of Spring at 100. Guests: Douglas Martin, artistic director, American Repertory Ballet, and Jeremy Rothman, vice president of artistic planning, Philadelphia Orchestra.
Extra: Additional comments by Douglas Martin and Jeremy Rothman.
Carnegie Hall's inaugural National Youth Orchestra of the United States. Guests: Sarah Johnson, director, Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, and Soyeong Park, one of the young musicians chosen to participate. Also - Kristen Madsen, senior vice president of the Grammy Foundation, discusses the foundation's Music Educator Award.
Guest: Bill Zwick, creator of Africlassical.com.
February 23
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Music and musicians in the movies. Guests: William Kinderman, professor of musicology, University of Illinois School of Music, and Stephen Whitty, film critic at the Star Ledger.
Extra: Additional comments by William Kinderman, professor of musicology, University of Illinois School of Music, and Stephen Whitty, film critic at the Star Ledger. PC MAC
February 16
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The Classical Music Project at Pennsylvania State University Center for the Performing Arts. Guests: George Trudeau, director of the Center for the Performing Arts, and Marica Tacconi, professor of musicology at Penn State.
Extra: Additional comments by Philadelphia Orchestra Executive Vice President of Orchestra Advancement Ryan Fleur about the orchestra's recording agreement with Deutsche Grammophon. PC MAC
February 9
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Grammy Preview. Guests: Linda Kernohan, author of the Miss Music Nerd Blog and official classical music blogger for the Grammy's; Julian Wachner, director of music and the arts at Trinity Wall Street, who led the Trinity Choir and Baroque Orchestra in a Grammy nominated recording of Israel in Egypt; and Lisa Kaplan, member of eighth blackbird, whose recording Meanwhile was nominated - and won the group's third Grammy (please note: interviews were conducted before the winners were announced).
Extra: Additional comments by Julian Wachner and Linda Kernohan. PC MAC
February 2
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Opera Philadelphia's performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning opera "Silent Night" and related community activities. Guests: David Devan, general director, Opera Philadelphia; Michael Bolton, vice president of community programs, Opera Philadelphia; and Jennifer Pacanowski of Warrior Writers.
January 26
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The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance's "Groundswell" program. Guest: Michael Norris, vice president of external relations for the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance; Kathryn Ott Lovell, executive director of the Fairmount Park Conservancy; and Siobhan Riordan, president and director of The Free Library of Philadelphia.
January 19
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Guest: Jim Hirsch, executive director of The Chicago Sinfonietta, the "most diverse orchestra" in the U.S.
January 12
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The Chicago Youth in Music Festival. Guests: Madeleine Walsh, Manager of Institute Programs, and Jonathan McCormick, Coordinator of Institute Programs, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Institute for Learning, Access and Training.
January 5
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Guest: Larry Capo, President and CEO of Young Audiences New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania.
2012
December 29
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Choral Roundtable Part 2. Guests: Joseph Flummerfelt, New York Choral Artists; Andrew Megill, Masterwork Chorus; Thomas Lloyd, Bucks County Choral Society; and Ryan James Brandau, Princeton Pro Musica.
December 22
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Choral Roundtable Part 1. Guests: Joseph Flummerfelt, New York Choral Artists; Andrew Megill, Masterwork Chorus; Thomas Lloyd, Bucks County Choral Society; and Ryan James Brandau, Princeton Pro Musica.
December 15
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Guests: Richard Dare, incoming CEO of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Michael Broyles, author, Beethoven in America.
December 8
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Guest: Matthew Guerrieri, author, The First Four Notes.
December 1
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Guest: Robert Viagas, editor, 2011-2012 Playbill Yearbook.
Extra: Additional comments by Robert Viagas. PC MAC
September 15
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Arts collaborations - Dancescapes NJ. Guests: Kacy O'Brien, producer, Passage Theatre in Trenton; Heidi Cruz-Austin and David Austin, co-founders, DanceSpora; Linda Mead, president and CEO, D&R Greenway Land Trust in Princeton.
September 1
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Roundtable: Conservatories and today's challenges. Guests: Robert Sirota, president, Manhattan School of Music; David Ludwig, chair of performance, The Curtis Institute of Music; and Robert Annis, dean and director of Rider University's Westminster Choir College.
July 28
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The arts and communities. Guest: Leonardo Vazquez, director of the Arts Builds Communities program at Rutgers University; also various participants at the Arts New Brunswick kick-off event.
March 31
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Orchestras and arts education. Guests: Ted Wiprud, education director, New York Philharmonic, and Carol Burden, education coordinator, Princeton Symphony Orchestra.
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