Stations Please Note: Virtuoso Voices is a Subscription Service. Please read below for information on how to sign up.
Use this Funder Spot during your Classical Music Fundraising, but especially before or after playing any performance by Alexander Kobrin (Koe-Brin). (Harmonia Mundi 907404) For additional information on Alexander Kobrin, go to http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=548, or http://www.classiccat.net/performers/kobrin_alexander.htm.
FUNDER TRANSCRIPT
"Hello, I'm Alexander Kobrin, winner of the 2005 Van Cliburn Piano Competition. Playing great music in competition can be very stressful. A musician must manage that stress in order to focus and perform their best. The same can be said for you as well. You have to manage stress to get through your day and to perform your best. I'm sure this Public Radio station helps you to do that by playing the music you love. Right now, you have a chance to return the favor by making a contribution. It only takes a few minutes, but the benefits last all year long. You can call or pledge online. Here's how and thank you."
SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO
Please call (insert station phone number), or pledge online at (insert station web address). How do you use the classical music you hear on (insert station name)? Does it make the time you're stuck in traffic a little easier, does it drown out distractions at home or at work....
(To download a .txt file of this suggested copy, click on the Attachments tab above.)
HOW DO I GET THIS VIRTUOSO VOICES(tm) CLIP ON THE AIR?
There are two ways to get Virtuoso Voices on your station.
You can receive a CD each month containing 15 to 25 different clips from 3 to 4 performers, in addition to the classical music fundraising spots. Or, you can download any clip or fundraising spot (anytime) from PRX by following the instructions below.
Virtuoso Voices is available to local Public Radio stations by annual subscription. Yearly fees are determined by station market size and help pay for a portion of our engineering, production and distribution costs.
The annual subscription fee for the Virtuoso Voices(tm) clips and fundraising material is:
-- $250 for stations with an Arbitron market ranking of 151 and above;
-- $500 for stations ranked between 51-150;
-- $750 for stations with a market ranking of 1 to 50.
For more information, or to receive the short subscription form, please send an email to info@listenerdirect.org or call (703) 751-0342.
DOWNLOADING VIRTUOSO VOICES AUDIO FROM PRX.
Virtuoso Voices Subscribers can download audio from PRX at any time. On each spot you wish to download, click on License/Download. You will see a link to a broadcast-quality MP2 version of the piece. Right-click this link (Mac users: ctrl click) and indicate where on your hard drive you'd like to save the file, most likely to your desktop or a shared drive at your station. From there you can either burn a CD or import it into your on-air audio hard drive.
WHAT IS VIRTUOSO VOICES?
Virtuoso Voices(tm) is an interview clip service for classical music stations, presenting today's preeminent classical music performers, conductors and composers talking in 15 to 35 second sound bites.
These topical and evergreen clips enable announcers to bring an additional insider's perspective to the music they introduce and play on their shifts.
Virtuoso Voices(tm) is also Public Radio's primary source for classical music fundraising messages. Each month, subscribing stations receive at least two different fundraising spots read by the performers we interview.
Twice a year, we provide your station with fully produced fundraising messages with options enabling you to customize each spot to the specific sound and fundraising terminology of your station.
The produced fundraising messages are distributed in February and September in advance of when most stations fundraise, including the nationally coordinated drive. Stations may request custom fundraising scripts read by the performers we interview. We fill these requests whenever possible and in the order in which they are received.
VIRTUOSO VOICES(tm)
"Classical Music's Virtuosos Want a Word with Your Listeners(tm)."
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