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Virtuoso Voices - Janine Jansen (Beethoven’s Sigh)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Janine Jansen
Violinist Janine Jansen has played the Beethoven Violin Concerto but learned something new when she recorded it. Use this 27 second clip to intro...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Simone Dinnerstein (Sleepless Night)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Simone Dinnerstein
On a warm New York night in August, 2007, an unknown pianist went to bed not knowing that she was about to become an overnight sensation. Her name...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Rafal Blechacz (Just Like Me)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Rafal Blechacz, Credit: Felix Broede-DG
Pianist Rafal Blechacz is from Poland, so it’s perhaps natural he would play a lot of Chopin, Poland’s most famous composer. But there are other r...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: :27
Lost Quest
From: City High Radio
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M's father lives in Texas, far from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Life in Tucson with her mom feels unstable, so she decides to run away.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2010
  • Length: 06:42
Read a Book
From: Radio Rookies
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Keith Harris had a secret when he started school in the U.S. for the first time: he didn't know how to read and write.

Bought by WDBM, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 09:24
  • Purchases: 4
Home Alone
From: Radio Rookies
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Krystle loves her mom very much and she feels guilty about how hard her mom has worked to provide a good life for them, but Krystle sometimes wonde...

Bought by The Story, KUT, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 3
Annalyse by Hanna Telander
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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A freshman at St. Francis High School, and member of the team "Brave as a Noun," Hanna competed in the finals of the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen P...

Bought by KUER, KUOW, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 3
Listen by Daniel B.
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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Daniel B is a senior at Mather High School in Chicago, and took part in the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Slam finals, competing as an Indy p...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 2
Incarcerated Parents
From: Radio Rookies
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15-year-old Keith Tingman remembers his tenth birthday better than any other birthday before or since. That was the day he watched his mom get arre...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Vocalo.org, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 4
Thank You by Cia Matthew
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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Cia is a senior at Maine East High School in Park Ridge, IL, and competed in the final round of the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Slam with T...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 2
Ressurection by Jaime "Breeze" Espinoza
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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A senior at Maine East High School in Park Ridge, IL, Jaime represented Maine East in the final round of competition at the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 2
For My Brother, On Leaving for Iraq by Isabel Kesheshian
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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Isabel is a senior at Maine East High School in Park Ridge, IL, and she competed in the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Slam with Team Maine Ea...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 2
Hands by Team Maine East
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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Team Maine East took part in the final round of competition in the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Slam. Team Maine East is Jaime "Breeze" Esp...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 2
A Defined Goddess by Melena Bass
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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A sophomore at TEAM Englewood Community High School on Chicago's south side, Melana helped represent Team Englewood in the finals of the 2010 Loude...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
My Lunar Affair by Myara Robinson
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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A sophomore at Englewood Community Academy High School, Myara says her poem is a love confession to the moon. Myara is part of Team Englewood, one ...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
I'll be Sittin' by Keith "Blu" Warfield
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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Keith is a sophomore at TEAM Englewood Community Academy High School, and says his poem is about meeting his girlfriend on the bus during a school ...

Bought by KUER, YouthCast, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Lynn Harrell (Traditionally Suspicious)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Lynn Harrell, Credit: Christian Steiner
In music, and music schools worldwide, the teacher - student relationship can be a somewhat complicated matter. The traditional view is that the s...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 1
Remember by Tasha Viets-VanLear
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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A finalist in the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Slam, Tasha Viets-VanLear is a junior at Northside College Prep in Chicago. She says "Rememb...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
Dropping Out
From: Littleglobe
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Sam Pearson, a former high school student in Santa Fe, NM, discusses the reasons why he dropped out of school.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 24, 2010
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Yuja Wang (Close to Home)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Yuja Wang
The Piano Sonata No 2 by Chopin is best known for the funeral march in the third movement. That march has been immortalized from its appearances i...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :23
Virtuoso Voices - Yuja Wang (My Choice)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Yuja Wang
In music, and music schools worldwide, the teacher - student relationship can be a somewhat complicated matter. The tradition and traditional view...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :19
Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (The Bach Eras)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Hilary Hahn
Although we primarily think of Bach as a composer and the ultimate keyboard player, he also played the violin. Hilary Hahn has been playing Bach t...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Till Fellner (Big Chamber Music)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Till Fellner
Small or "soft" are not concepts we normally associate with Beethoven's music, and especially the Beethoven Piano Concertos. Pianist Till Fellner ...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :23
Virtuoso Voices - Till Fellner (Life Sentence)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Till Fellner
It's not unusual for performers to devote themselves to a short list of composers. Some have even taken a year off to only study and play one comp...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :23
Virtuoso Voices - Till Fellner (That's My Job)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Till Fellner
Bach's short keyboard works are just that: short. You have to find the musical character quickly, otherwise the piece is over. When pianist Till...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :19

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