Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Listener Directed Productions, Inc. is the producer of Virtuoso Voices, an interview clip service for classical music stations, presenting preeminent and upcoming classical music performers, conductors and composers talking in 20 to 35 second clips. This service is available by subscription only. These topical and evergreen sound bites enable announcers to bring an additional perspective to the music they play on their shifts. Virtuoso Voices is Public Radio's primary source for classical music fundraising messages, providing stations a variety of fundraising material featuring most of the performers we interview. Virtuoso Voices was the most downloaded PRX Series in 2007. Please listen to both our enanced intro clips and fundraising spots by clicking on the group pieces link on the left column. You can also visit www.virtuosovoices.org to see and hear how stations are using Virtuoso Voices on their air. HOW DOES VIRTUOSO VOICES WORK? We're continually interviewing leading classical music performers around the country. Every month, a new collection of clips from these interviews is available on CD and here on PRX. The list grows monthly. You have access to an ever increasing bank of content from a wide variety of performers whose views and experiences you can access anytime. Remember, Virtuoso Voices clips are available monthly on CD, and here on PRX. It's available by subscription with fees based on a station's market size. For more information, or to request the monthly CD, send an e-mail to "info at listenerdirect.org".
People who work with Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
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David Srebnik (Admin) |
Supervising Producer |
Alexandria, Virginia |
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Cynthia May (Admin) |
Executive Producer |
Alexandria, Virginia |
Pieces
For your Fundraising campaign, pianist Jonathan Biss says classical music can be used as an escape... to reality. "Some people use classical music ...
For your Fundraising campaign, guitarist Sharon Isbin asks your station's listeners to keep your station musically fluent. Use this 20 second clip ...
Violinist and composer Mark O'Connor wrote a set of solo violin pieces titled "Strings and Threads." In addition to its absolutely charming and in...
Recording duets with yourself, meaning recording both parts of a duet, is not a new invention. You record the first part, and then record the seco...
On her new CD, guitarist Sharon Isbin plays both parts on some Renaissance duets, with the help of modern recording technology. She thinks playing...
Guitarist Sharon Isbin jokes that in a former life, she must have lived during the Renaissance era. Music from the 16th century clearly awakens bo...
You may have heard the saying, "familiarity breeds contempt." In the classical music world, conductor Paavo Järvi says familiarity can sometimes b...
Shostakovich is an important part of Paavo Järvi's repertoire. Although the composer's music often tells the story of Russian history and politics...
It's many a mother and father's dream to have their children follow in their footsteps. Then there's the Järvi family. Use this 28 second clip to...
"Authenticity" became the buzz word for playing Baroque music in the 80's and 90's and the "Authentic Instrument" movement changed the way we now p...
As a young man, and a young composer, Beethoven used the piano as a laboratory, where he could experiment and try out new sounds and musical ideas....
We tend to forget that composing requires advanced skills, in addition to its purely creative inspiration. That fusion of skill, craft and creativ...
There are hundreds of lists that designate the Top Ten or Top 100 of anything, from movies to books to restaurants. Classical music has its "best ...
Its subtitle is the "Elvira Madigan" Concerto, thanks to its presence in the obscure 1967 Swedish film by the same name. But Mozart's Piano Concer...
The musical heights reached by Beethoven stretch even higher when you consider the enormous physical challenges he overcame, from total deafness to...
For your Fundraising campaign, Leif Ove Andsnes talks about the language of classical music being accessible and enjoyable to all, and encourages y...
If you ever enter into a friendly competition over which art form is the most powerful, or holds the greatest potential, you might want to consider...
Before a new piece of music is played for the first time – before it is judged either a masterpiece or a disaster, it exists in a state of musical ...
The middle of the 20th century saw both enormous growth and struggle for new classical music. Part of the struggle, according to composer John Cor...
While some composers are inspired by nature and walks in the countryside, others approach it as a job where they show up and put pencil to music pa...
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