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Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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Dial-a-Musician
Orli Shaham

Dial-a-Musician, which debuted on February 1, 2006, is a short question-and-answer segment airing on WOSU 89.7 Saturday mornings during the 6:00 am and 8:00 am hours, and are hosted by David Rutherford and pianist Orli Shaham.
These broadcasts can now be downloaded as MP3s from our Web site. Four new Dial-a-Musician podcasts will be available every month.
If you have a question that you'd like Orli to answer, please send it to: dialamusician@wosu.org

September's podcasts:

(N.B. Dial-A-Musician will not be heard on the air this fall as Orli Shaham takes a brief hiatus from production. Orli is expecting a production of her own, and will be on maternity leave for several months. These episodes are the best of past editions.)

mp3 logoRunning time: 6:00
5.4 MB
This podcast features Orli talking with David Amado, Music Director of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, who answers the listener question, "What all is in that big book that the conductor uses?"

mp3 logoRunning time: 6:34
6.0 MB
This podcast features Orli talking with the American bass Eric Owens, who answers the listener question, "How do opera singers learn a new role?"

mp3 logoRunning time: 6:31
5.9 MB
This podcast features Orli talking with Paul Kantor, Eleanor H. Biggs Memorial Distinguished Professor of Violin at the Cleveland Institute of Music, who answers the listener question, "Do sections of string players in an orchestra bow together for aesthetics or for sound?"

mp3Running time: 6:32
5.9 MB
This podcast features Orli talking with Joan Balter, official luthier of the Aspen Music School and Festival, who answers the listener question, "What are the different parts of the violin?"

SymphonyCast

SymphonyCast is a two-hour weekly radio program featuring a full-length concert by a national or international symphony orchestra. Concerts are drawn from Europe's leading ensembles, along with U.S. orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra. SymphonyCast airs on WOSU 89.7 weekly on Sunday evenings at 8pm through September. more...

Serenata with Christopher Purdy

Saturdays at 1pm
Serenata, also known as “Adventures with the Art Song,” is a half-hour program hosted by WOSU’s Christopher Purdy. If you despair of choosing among the 500-plus recordings of Schubert lieder or want to hear Renee Fleming’s new jazz/classical album, this is the program for you. more...