Website:
http://www.virtuosovoices.org
Additional Credits and Funding:
Virtuoso Voices is a trademark of Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Tones:
Engaging,
Intriguing,
Thoughtful
Language:
English
Description:
Virtuoso Voices is an interview clip service for classical music stations, presenting today's preeminent and upcoming classical music performers, conductors and composers talking in 20 to 35 second clips. It's free for local Public Radio Stations.
The series also includes performers reading fundraising scripts and produced fundraising messages.
These topical and evergreen sound bites will enable announcers to bring an additional insider's perspective to the music they play on their shifts.
Your listeners will hear performers in their own voices talking about
1. their most recent recordings
2. their personal thoughts on all areas of classical music
3. entertaining aspects of the performer's life, both inside and outside the concert hall.
For example, an announcer playing Joshua Bell's recent recording of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto could introduce it by using a clip of Mr. Bell talking about how he tries to bring a fresh sound to this very familiar work. After the clip, the announcer returns and segues into playing the recording.
To see all the clips currently in the Virtuoso Voices series, click the Pieces tab above. New clips are being added all the time. You can also click on the Attachments tab to hear some examples of stations using a Virtuoso Voices clip within an actual break.
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 clips range from 20 to 35 seconds long. Most are less than 30 seconds.
The Virtuoso Voices service provides you a Suggested Host Intro to effectively set up each clip, and includes a brief Outro to help you segue to the music. Your announcers can use this copy verbatim, or as inspiration to write their own version.
Virtuoso Voices clips are versatile. In addition to music intros, you can also use them to enhance forward promotion, create compelling billboards and create content for your website.
VIRTUOSO VOICES FUNDRAISING SPOTS
Our monthly CDs also include classical music fundraising spots from many of the performers we interview. They will also be posted here on PRX. Click on the ATTACHMENTS tab above to hear examples of Funder Spots from Andrew Litton and Lynn Harrell.
WHO ARE SOME OF THESE VIRTUOSO VOICES?
Gil Shaham, Evelyn Glennie, Joshua Bell, Stephen Hough, Hilary Hahn, Andrew Litton, Richard Stoltzman, Leila Josefowicz, Roy Goodman, Sharon Isbin, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Yolanda Kondonassis, Lynn Harrell, and Alexander Kobrin (winner of the 2005 Van Cliburn Competition).
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. 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 request the monthly CD, send an e-mail to info@listenerdirect.org.
VIRTUOSO VOICES
"Classical Music's Virtuosos Want a Word with Your Listeners."
Virtuoso Voices is a trademark of Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
