Caption: Sharon Isbin
Sharon Isbin 

Virtuoso Voices: Funders - Sharon Isbin (Universal Language)

Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm): Funders
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Length: 00:00:20

For your Fundraising campaign, guitarist Sharon Isbin asks your station's listeners to keep your station musically fluent. Use this 20 second clip as a fundraising message during your classical music fundraising programming. Scroll down to read the Funder transcript and the Suggested Host Outro. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

Use this Funder Spot during your classical music fundraising, but especially before or after playing any performance by Sharon Isbin.

Music Options:  SI's new CD includes Renaissance Lute Duets, "Strings and Threads" by Mark O'Connor and music by Andrew York, John Duarte et al (Sony 745456).  Additional fundraising friendly options include wonderful tracks from Isbin's "Dreams of a World" CD and many other recordings at arkivmusic.com.
 

FUNDER TRANSCRIPT
"I was born in the United States of America but the music I play reflects many cultures.  I'm guitarist Sharon Isbin.  Music is truly a universal language and helps bring our world community together.  Keep this language alive and thriving by contributing to your Public Radio station.  Please call or go online, and thank you."

SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO
Please call (insert station phone number), or make your contribution online at (insert station web address).  Albeniz, Rodrigo and Mark O'Connor:  those are just a few of the musical languages spoken on (insert station name) thanks to your financial support.  Please keep (insert station name) musically fluent.  Call or go online now, and thank you.

(To download a .txt file of this suggested copy, look under the "Additional Files" for this piece.)

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Additional Files

Additional Credits

This clip is also available on the Virtuoso Voices July 2009 CD.

Related Website

www.virtuosovoices.org