eNewsletter | June 2011

Contents:


June Programming Highlights
Welcome new Program Director, Keith Neisler
Win Tickets to The Mikado
KMFA now featured on iTunes radio
Programming Spotlight: Ancient Voices
Download the June Program Guide

June Programming News
KMFA is pleased to announce the first season of Pianoforte! This summer, join Jules Brandon every Saturday night for KMFA’s newest show. Focusing on the greatest keyboard music ever written, this season features performances by University of Texas piano students Trevor Hale, Artina Hunter, Johan Botes, Chris Guzman and Karolina Syrovatkova performing masterworks of the piano, including pieces by composers Brahms, Janacek, Liszt, Debussy and Schubert. Tune in to Classical 89.5 to hear Pianoforte on Saturdays at 8pm, starting June 4th.

Welcome new Program Director, Keith Neisler
KMFA welcomes our new Program Director, Keith Neisler. Mr. Neisler will oversee talent development and production quality, manage special programming and community engagement initiatives, and participate in the continued development of KMFA’s overall broadcasting service to the Austin and Central Texas community. He begins his new role on July 1st. “I am extremely honored and excited to be working with such a vibrant classical music station,” Keith said. Read more about his extensive experience in public radio here.

Win Tickets to The Mikado
The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin presents its production of The Mikado, June 9th - 19th. Populated with memorable characters and colorfully exotic costumes and sets, The Mikado is wildly funny. This operetta delighted audiences for more than a century, and is perhaps the most popular comic opera ever written. The Mikado is filled with masterful Gilbertian lyrics and magnificent Sullivanian musical “hits,” conveyed with orchestral brilliance. Find more information about this event here.

If you would like to win a pair of tickets to this wonderful event, send an email to info@kmfa.org with the answer to this question: name the venue where it will be performed. Send your email by the evening of June 6th, and we'll draw one lucky winner from all the correct answers. Good luck!

Classical 89.5, KMFA is now a featured radio station on iTunes!
If you use iTunes as your primary music resource on your computer, you can now include KMFA as a favorite radio station! Just search for "Classically Austin 89.5, KMFA" on the radio list and add it to your favorites.

And of course, you can always stream through our website.

Programming Spotlight: Ancient Voices

This month, Ancient Voices is presenting listeners with some of the most popular shows from past seasons. Here’s what host Sara Hessel has planned for you for the month of June:

June 5th: That Old Song and Dance — Songs and ballads from France and Scotland, and dances for a variety of instruments including organ, harpsichord, and winds.
June 12th: Music by Johann Hermann Schein — A selection of Schein’s vocal and instrumental music performed by groups like La Capella Ducale and Cantus Cölln.
June 19th: Music from the time of the Crusades — If there had been Billboard charts in the Middle Ages, guys like Walther von der Vogelweide and Thibaut de Champagne would have been at the top!
June 26: Tour of Italy — Not just a bike race! We’ll hear from Corelli, Gesualdo, Gabrieli and more! Ancient Voices airs Sundays at 9am and 4pm on KMFA, 89.5.

Download the June Program Guide here.