Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
- Location: , Virginia
- http://www.virtuosovoices.org
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. These topical and evergreen sound bites enable announcers to bring an additional perspective to the music they play on their shifts.
Virtuoso Voices is also 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 visiting our website www.virtuosovoices.org. There you can also 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 our ftp site, on CD and here on PRX. You have access to an ever increasing bank of content from a wide variety of performers whose views and experiences you can access anytime.
For more information send an e-mail to "info (at) listenerdirect (dot) org".
Virtuoso Voices is also 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 visiting our website www.virtuosovoices.org. There you can also 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 our ftp site, on CD and here on PRX. You have access to an ever increasing bank of content from a wide variety of performers whose views and experiences you can access anytime.
For more information send an e-mail to "info (at) listenerdirect (dot) org".
Pieces
While Nicolo Paganini's violin playing brought him enormous prestige and adoration from his many female admirers, he also got around on the guitar....
- Added: Sep 25, 2006
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 2
The teenage violinist Gil Shaham was well on his way to a promising career, when one day he received a surprise opportunity that immediately change...
- Added: Sep 25, 2006
- Length: :31
- Purchases: 2
It's one of those tunes you've heard a hundred times but never really caught the name. Guitarist Sharon Isbin introduces Memories of the Alhambra ...
- Added: Sep 07, 2006
- Length: :35
- Purchases: 2
At the one year anniversary observance of 911, Guitarist Sharon Isbin was invited to perform at Ground Zero during the reading of the names of the ...
- Added: Sep 07, 2006
- Length: :32
- Purchases: 2
Have you ever wondered how a performer chooses the music they'll play and record? For Gil Shaham, it's simply a case of love at first hearing. Us...
- Added: Sep 02, 2006
- Length: :18
- Purchases: 2
The "Nocturne" in Classical Music refers to music for night time. Pianist Alexander Kobrin says that Chopin's Nocturnes explore and illustrate man...
- Added: Sep 02, 2006
- Length: :21
- Purchases: 2
Among his many talents, Charlie Chaplin was also a composer. He wrote the sweet and melancholy song, "Smile." Violinist Leila Josefowicz loves th...
- Added: Sep 02, 2006
- Length: :22
- Purchases: 2
Evelyn Glennie may be one of the only full-time percussion soloists, but she reminds us we all have some kind of drum in our past. Use this 21 sec...
- Added: Sep 02, 2006
- Length: :21
- Purchases: 2
What was the secret behind the Leonard Bernstein mystique? Conductor and former Bernstein student, JoAnn Falletta says it was how he inspired her ...
- Added: Aug 31, 2006
- Length: :34
- Purchases: 3
Percussionist Evelyn Glennie plays shoeless, but she says it's not to make a fashion or social statement. Use this 30 second clip to introduce any...
- Added: Aug 31, 2006
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 3
Two modern day rebels meet up in this clip that introduces Leila Josefowicz's performance of (either) Adams' Road Movies or his Violin Concerto. Th...
- Added: Aug 31, 2006
- Length: :33
- Purchases: 2
2005 Van Ciburn Piano Competition Gold Medalist, Alexander Kobrin describes vocal and linguistic requirements to play Chopin. Use this 16 second c...
- Added: Aug 31, 2006
- Length: :16
- Purchases: 2
Conductor Andrew Litton gives Dvorak and a highly polished Wind section some time in the spotlight. Use this 27 second clip to introduce Andrew Lit...
- Added: Aug 31, 2006
- Length: :28
- Purchases: 2
Gil Shaham's violin has enjoyed a noteworthy history, including time spent in the company of a famous Baroque composer and a forward thinking count...
Bought by WITF, WFCR, PRX Administrator, and KBYU
- Added: Aug 31, 2006
- Length: :37
- Purchases: 4
Travel can be a demanding part of the musician's life. But pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet says going on the road is one of the best perks to being a ...
- Added: Aug 31, 2006
- Length: :20
- Purchases: 3
















