WFIU: Directions in Sound

The radio is usually playing at the WFIU reception desk, letting the staff hear the music and news that goes out to our listeners. But on the morning of Friday, April 21st, the radio was silent, and rather than beautiful music, sorrow was in the air as the staff came to terms with the loss of one of their own, announcer and producer Robert Samels.
Samels, 24, was with a group of four other IU music students who had been returning from a rehearsal in West Lafayette for a performance of Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers with the Bach Chorale Singers led by William Jon Gray.
As WFIU staff members spoke of Robert, a portrait emerged of a multi-talented, multi-tasking music-maker who always had time for a friendly chat despite his busy schedule.
Robert first came to WFIU in the fall of 2002 to volunteer as a student announcer. His supervisor, George Walker, was immediately impressed by his "intelligence, drive, and personality," which, George notes, "quickly led to success."
"Even while pursuing a very busy graduate school career," George adds, "he branched out at WFIU, hosting and writing for our musical quiz program Ether Game. While contributing so much in the music field, Robert also was a leader in training other announcers, and in developments in working with WFIU's news production."
Robert had began producing a program of his own conception, Cantabile (a musical term that means "in a singing style"), in January. He had ambitions to distribute the program nationally. He had produced seventeen programs, which are now archived on the WFIU Web site: wfiu.org/cantabile.htm.
"Robert did so much that's amazing in his short life," George added. "WFIU and its listeners are just one of many areas that will miss him deeply. Part of the dark sadness of his death is that it leaves us to think about all his promise, all that he might have done."
George described Robert as "delightful to be around."
"He was smart, well informed on many topics, always working on interesting projects. A big cheerful fellow always on the go and doing multiple things, but also always ready to help, to talk or listen or laugh with a natural grace all his own."
"The loss to all of us is immeasurable," said WFIU Station Manager Christina Kuzmych. "WFIU has been all the richer for Robert's presence. We will build on the talent and programming he left, but we will never be the same."

Laughing on the air

Thomas Pease sent in his thoughts from Washington, D.C., where he is a recorded sound librarian at the Library of Congress. Pease used to work alongside Robert on Ether Game. He describes him as "gregarious, gracious, talented, authoritative, compassionate and giving."
Pease recalls how he and Samels would be working alongside each other late in the evening. "Sometimes we would be typing in our cubicles, and a vocal work would come on and we'd both start singing."
Pease used to answer phones during Ether Game while Samels was on the air, hosting the program. The two would send messages back on the forth on an instant messaging program.
"Usually we use it to report winner's names," says Pease, "but sometimes we had a running dialogue on the pieces, the quality of the performances, or just whatever silly thoughts were going through our heads. We both cracked each other up many times-sometimes to the point where he laughed right on-air."
On-air announcer Annie Corrigan knew Robert from co-hosting WFIU's musical quiz program Ether Game.
"I loved working Ether Games with him," she recalls, "especially when I was able to get him to relax and joke with me on air. He was always so nervous to do that, but it made every comment that much more genuine. I will always say the name "It Came From Cookville" with a sinister tone the way Robert did."
Even when she announced Ether Game with other announcers, Corrigan continued her banter with Samels.
"I always liked poking fun at his horrible puns," she says. "I always knew that he was listening, and every now and again he would call in to defend his puns. He was such a clever guy who never took himself too seriously."

WFIU staff members noted how Samels did more than he was expected, showing extraordinary initiative with regard to learning the complicated on-air announcing procedures, and teaching new announcers how to work the audio board and media players. When he was first hired as an announcer, he took the unusual step of obtaining the software application used by WFIU and downloading it to his computer, so he could be prepared.
Corrigan and fellow announcer Jake Sentgeorge reaped the benefits of Samels' meticulous teaching.
"He was so incredibly thorough with his training and understanding of those of us who didn't catch on quite as quickly as he did," says Corrigan. "He was always a very compassionate teacher."
"He could have, and probably would have if asked, written a "How To" guide for announcers," notes Corrigan. "He would send e-mail after e-mail describing how to write pronouncers. He kept notes and wrote out handouts for us. Typical Robert!"
According to Walker, Samels' efforts with WFIU announcers paralleled his teaching style in his music theory class, where he classified chords with evocative imagery.
"A plain major chord was like vanilla ice cream," says Walker. "A more complicated minor chord was like a rainy afternoon."

Former WFIU Music Director Robert Lumpkin shared his thoughts in an e-mail.
"I have many memories of Robert," he wrote. "He was such a friendly, centered guy and so immensely talented. What a voice he had and such a bright future. To think that they were all almost home-all so painful."
Lumpkin, who is now a Trappist monk who devotes his life to prayer and service, continued, "Believe me, it's no easier for me to come to terms with events like these accidental deaths of such talented, promising young people."
When he was developing Cantabile, Samels frequently sought out fellow announcer and program producer David Brent Johnson. The two visited each other in their respective cubicles while both were working on scripts to compare notes and to learn from each other.
"Robert Samels was one of the most brilliant and genuinely congenial people I've ever worked with," says Johnson, host/producer of Night Lights and Afterglow.
"He was on his way to big things, which he deserved-in all senses of the word. His loss is unspeakably sad."
Robert's passing reminded Johnson of a quote by Thomas Merton: "Every breath we draw is a gift. Every moment of existence is a grace."
"Robert used his gifts with wisdom and with zest," adds Johnson. "In the wake of his sudden and unexpected departure, violent grief mingles with profound gratitude for having had the chance to know this herald of song who spent a few years among us."
Thomas Pease concluded his thoughts by saying, "What a tragedy that we will never know how far Robert would have gone, but I believe he made the most of the time he had."
WFIU presents a special program dedicated to Robert's memory on Tuesday, June 6, at 10:13 p.m. It will feature music from Robert's work as a singer, composer, and conductor.

"Great City Will Rise Again," trumpeted a San Francisco newspaper headline shortly after the 1906 earthquake and ensuing fires that leveled the city. The words embody the perennial human instinct to rebuild after disaster. The great city did, indeed, revive, over a remarkably brief period, to become the urban crown jewel of America's Pacific coast. But the story of San Francisco's rebirth is no simple myth of success in the face of adversity. Much of the destruction had human, rather than natural, causes; and much of the effort of reconstruction was misplaced, misjudged and mismanaged-with consequences that persist to the present day.
The City Will Rise delves deeply into the little-known stories of the landowners, the press lords, the cultural, political and military leaders and the ethnic minorities of the time, and their responses to one of history's greatest natural disasters. The theme of the documentary is "lessons learned and lessons lost," and producer Jesse Boggs takes the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Centennial as his cue to examine our responses to contemporary disasters of equal magnitude: the attacks on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, and the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina in the summer of last year. The emphasis remains on storytelling, not statistics. Boggs re-acquaints us with what is most basic in these horrific events: the irrepressible human urge-with all its costs and all its rewards-to build again, regardless of the extent of the devastation.

June 4
"Brides and Children"
Wars create poverty and a surplus of dispossessed women and children. Following U.S. involvement abroad, many Asian women married American servicemen, and many Asian children were sent to the U.S. and adopted. "Brides and Children" explores the little-told accounts of military brides and Asian American adoptees.

June 11
"The Post-'65 Generation"
The Immigration Act of 1965 allowed Asian family members, entrepreneurs, and skilled workers to immigrate into the U.S. This program shows how each Asian group found a special field of work and offered expertise and skills to a burgeoning economy.

June 18
"Refuge from War"
The U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War caused devastation throughout Southeast Asia. Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian families often had no choice but to seek a new life in America. This program highlights this time of war and resettlement, and examines the differences in culture, education, and socio-economic background of Southeast Asian refugees.

June 25
"New Waves and New Storms"
Economic downturns and tragic events spawned violence, particularly toward Asian Americans, who fought back with grassroots organization. The final program in Crossing East sheds light on discriminatory treatment against Asian Americans during the last two decades and posits what the nation can learn from past mistakes.

Darfur: Genocide and Global Intervention
Sunday, June 11, 8 p.m.

Six decades after the world community vowed never to repeat the horrors of the Holocaust, and twelve years after the massacre in Rwanda, the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan is being called "a genocide in slow motion." Over the past three years, more than 200,000 Sudanese have been killed, and over two million have lost their homes. The United Nations calls it "the worst humanitarian crisis in the world right now." In 2004, the United States labeled it "genocide."
Anchored by Ray Suarez, this America Abroad documentary investigates the history of genocide over the past century and how the United States has responded to the call for help such places as Cambodia, Iraq, and Bosnia. It travels to U.N. headquarters in New York, the fulcrum for the tenuous balancing act of African sovereignty and international outrage. And it examines lessons learned from the crisis in Rwanda.
The program features some of the most authoritative commentators on this issue: Nick Kristof of The New York Times, U.N. Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown, John Prendergast of the International Crisis Group, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power, and former State Department official Prudence Bushnell, whose work during the Rwandan crisis was portrayed by actress Debra Winger in the HBO movie "Sometimes in April."

Joe Ely says it felt like he was breaking the law when he heard it on the "X." What magic could anyone pluck from the air, for free, that could be so much fun, and what was the X?
As host Ray Benson explains, it was border radio: holy-rollin' rhythm, rockin' the universe. Goat glands, crazy water, screamin' preachers, hillbillies, rockabillies, and puro tejano. Benson captures it all in this gritty and glorious hour-long documentary.
Woody Guthrie in Tijuana. Wolfman Jack in Del Rio. W. Lee "Please Pass the Biscuits, Pappy" O'Daniel in Piedras Negras. Rev. Ike across the electromagnetic spectrum. Border Blasters and Outlaw Broadcasters tells the saga of the outlandish media mavericks who forever changed American broadcasting.

Step back in time and celebrate an American tradition. Imagine a lazy summer day on a picture perfect college campus in a Norman Rockwell small town, listening to the world's best brass band musicians playing favorite popular standards and patriotic tunes.
The Great American Brass Band Festival attracts bands from all over the world. Held annually on the campus of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, it draws more than 50,000 visitors from all fifty states and around the globe.
Recorded at the sixteenth annual festival, performers in this program include: Brassroots, the Chicago Brass Band, Rhythm & Brass, the Athena Brass Band, the 202nd Army Brass Band, the Dimartino-Osland Jazz Orchestra (featuring Allen Vizzuti on trumpet), the National Capital Band of the Salvation Army, the Advocate Brass Band, and the Great Olympian Traditional Brass Band.
So serve up some funnel cakes and Philly steaks, mix a pitcher of lemonade, and tune in to the nation's foremost festival of brass band music.

This thirteen part series concludes this month. (Listings below refer to both entire works and movements from works.)

June 4
"Living Composers"
In the late 20th century women increased their visibility and used their talent and tenacity to achieve recognition. Women got awards and grants, and their music was published and performed.

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 1; Thea Musgrave: Monologue; Augusta Read Thomas: Whites; Judith Lang Zaimont: Zones, Temperate (third movement); Ruth Loman: Changing Woman; Barbara Kolb: Quietly and with Cruel Reverberation; Libby Larsen: Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra, Symphony No. 4 (String Symphony).

June 11
"Women of Color: Black, Blue, and Jazz"
We'll enjoy music by Margaret Bonds, a classically trained composer, pianist, and teacher who later in her career made arrangements of spirituals. Also some great blues music written and sung by Ma Rainey and Billy Holliday, and the program ends with jazz, from the top ladies of this field.

Margaret Bonds: Summer Storm, Negro Speaks of Rivers; Zenobia Perry: Homage; Montague Ring: Luleta's Dance, from Three African Dances; Ma Rainey: Countin' the Blues; Billie Holiday: Stormy Blues; Alberta Hunter: My Castle's Rockin'; Mary Lou Williams: Space Playing Blues, Exit Playing, Nite Life; Jessica Williams: The Very Thought of You; Diana Krall: Frim Fram Sauce.

June 18
"New Attitudes and British Women"
This varied program includes British composers, several lesbian composers (who feel that their sexuality is part of their work), and performance artists who use their classical training to blaze new trails.

Pauline Oliveros: Poem of Change (performed by the composer); Paula Kimper: I Want to Live (from the opera Patience and Sarah); Jenifer Higdon: Running the Edge; Judith Weir: Strathspey & Reel, Jig; Hilary Tann: Winter Sun, Summer Rain from Airs from Another Planet; Björk: Hyperballad, It's so Quiet; Laurie Anderson: Statue of Liberty.

June 25
"Contemporary Women of the World "
This program is a roundup of women composers from ten countries: Finland, Iceland, Russia, China, Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Israel and Canada. We've chosen traditional music and politically charged pieces.

Kajia Saariaho: Oltra mar, Amour & Temps; Jorun Vidar: In the Boat; Sofia Gubaydulina: Silenzio; Chen Yi: Dance and Lion Dance; Laura Kaminsky: And Trouble Came; Graciela Agudelo: Meditaciones 1 and 2; Ana Lara: Angel de Alba; Maria Fernandes: Preludio; Shulamit Ran: Big Bands; Nancy Telfer: The Blue Eye of God.

Bloomington Area Arts Council Performance Series
"Christmas Eve at the Flannigans"
Thursday, June 1-Saturday, June 3, 8 p.m.
www.bloomingtonarts.info
812-336-0413

Second Annual Summer Night of Lotus
Friday, June 9, 7 p.m.
Buskirk-Chumley Theater
www.lotusfest.org

Brown County Playhouse
"Smoke on the Mountain"
June 8-11, 14-18, 21-25, 28-July 2
www.theatre.indiana.edu
812-855-1103
812-988-2123

Good Ol' Summertime 2006
John Jorgenson Franco American Swing
Saturday, June 17, 7 p.m.
Buskirk-Chumley Theater
www.buskirkchumley.org
812-323-3020

Eighth Annual Brown County Studio and Garden Tour
Friday, June 23-Sunday, June 25
www.browncountystudiotour.com
812-988-6647

Eighth Annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration
Saturday, June 24
Parade starts at 10 a.m. at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and ends at Bryan Park where activities will continue until 4 p.m.
812-855-9271

Summer Music Festival 2006
June 18-August 13
Performers include: American Chamber Players, Beaux Arts Trio, Penderecki Quartet, Festival Orchestra with Joshua Bell, and Festival Jazz Band. Complete schedule at www.music.indiana.edu.

The words "Dick Bishop" and "WFIU jazz" are almost synonymous-for nearly four decades Dick presented jazz on WFIU. His most famous and beloved program was Afterglow, a Friday-night roundup of jazz and American popular song.
On Sunday, June 4, at 7 p.m., Dick returns to WFIU, this time as a guest on our interview program, Profiles. Dick will reflect on his life in music and radio, and play a few of his favorite musical selections. Dick's final Afterglow broadcast is archived on our Web site, at: afterglow.indiana.edu (click on the "Afterglow Legacy" link).
Dick took his theme from friend Marion McPartland's composition "Afterglow," and her program Piano Jazz is still a part of our Friday-evening jazz lineup. Marion's guests this month include pianist Randy Weston, who incorporates influences from both bop and traditional African music; singer Sandy Stewart and her son Bill Charlap, who recorded a CD together last year; singer and guitarist Madeleine Peyroux, who has often been compared to Billie Holiday; and freebop pianist Orrin Evans.
Afterglow itself also continues as part of our Friday night programming; this month special features include a Dick Bishop tradition, "Songs of the Season" (this one focusing on summer) as well as shows highlighting Julie London's Cole Porter album in honor of the Hoosier songsmith's 105th birthday, new releases from singers Karrin Allyson and Bob Dorough, guitarist Jim Hall's CTI album Concierto, and a little-heard, newly-reissued Duke Ellington album, Cosmic Mood. Afterglow airs every Friday evening at 10:05, immediately following The Big Bands.
The Big Bands is hosted by Joe Bourne, another name synonymous with WFIU jazz. Every weekday afternoon Joe hosts Just You and Me from 3:30 to 5, giving you a chance to hear artists both local and global, as well as old favorites and new releases. Some new CDs finding their way onto the WFIU airwaves this month are likely to include alto saxophonist Phil Wood's American Songbook, trumpeter Dave Douglas' Meaning and Mystery, and Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, and Larry Goldings' ECM tribute to drummer Tony Williams. Another tribute CD comes from pianist George Cables, this one for his former bandleader Dexter Gordon: Polka Dots and Moonbeams.
Also, on Wednesday, June 28, Just You and Me will highlight two little-known albums by legendary musicians from Indianapolis' Indiana Avenue scene: tenor saxophonist David Young's eponymous Mainstream album and bassist Larry Ridley's 1975 Strata East release Sum of the Parts.
This month our Saturday evening jazz program Night Lights offers the big-band/bebop singer Mary Ann McCall, the West Coast jazz group Lighthouse All-Stars, "lost" compositions of pianist Herbie Nichols (recorded by the Herbie Nichols Project; co-founder and pianist Frank Kimbrough), and "Jazz Cameos," a program highlighting the appearances of jazz musicians on pop-rock records (Sonny Rollins with the Rolling Stones? Don Cherry with Lou Reed? It's all true). You can hear all of these programs after they've been broadcast, in the archives section of the Night Lights website: nightlights.indiana.edu. Night Lights airs every Saturday evening at 11:05; it's followed by Bob Porter's Portraits in Blue, which will includes programs in June concentrating on singer Dinah Washington's 1950s recordings, guitarist Elmore James, pianist and singer Hadda Brooks, and collaborations between Johnny Otis and his son Shuggie.
Here's hoping that all WFIU listeners, whatever programs you like, enjoy a glorious start to the summer.

Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. II: opp. 10 and 13 (ECM New Series 1942)
András Schiff, p.
" Sonata No. 5 in c, op. 10/1: Thursday, June 1st at 7:07 p.m.
" Sonata No. 6 in F, op. 10/2: Wednesday, June 28th at 10:12 p.m.
" Sonata No. 7 in D, op. 10/3: Monday, June 19th at 7:07 p.m.
" Sonata No. 8 in c, op. 13 'Pathétique': Saturday, June 10th at 12:09 p.m.
There are plenty of recordings of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, but this second installment of András Schiff's projected Beethoven cycle shows that there is still something delightful to be discovered in these great masterworks. The recording quality is excellent and Mr. Schiff's playing is enlightening.

Beate Vergine (Virgin Classics 344711 2)
Philippe Jaroussky, ct.; Ensemble Artaserse
" Sances: Stabat Mater: Monday, June 5th at 7:07 p.m.
" Bassani: Sonata Prima: Saturday, June 17th at 12:09 p.m.
" Bassani: Corda lingua in amore: Wednesday, June 21st at 7:07 p.m.
" Colonna: O coeli devota: Thursday, June 29th at 7:07 p.m.
A new Virgin Classics release dedicated to some fairly obscure 17th century Italian motets in honor of the Virgin Mary. Renowned countertenor Philippe Jaroussky joins Ensemble Artaserse in these hauntingly beautiful performances.

Mozart: Donaueschingen Harmoniemusik of The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384 (Pentatone Classics 5186 088)
Bastiaan Blomhert/Wind Ens. of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
" Overture: Thursday, June 8th at 7:07 p.m.
" Martern aller Arten: Wednesday, June 28th at 7:07 p.m.
" Frisch zum Kampfe!: Tuesday, June 27th at 11:13 p.m.
" Vivat Bacchus! Bacchus lebe!: Monday, June 5th at 7:07 p.m.
" Finale: Nie werd'ich deine Huld verkennen: Tuesday, June 13th at 11:13 p.m.
Around the turn of the 19th century, composers would make a little cash on the side by arranging their theatrical works for a popular instrumental ensemble of the period known as Harmonie, essentially an octet of wind instruments. Here is such an arrangement which scholars now believe was made by Mozart himself (the discovery and examination of which is documented in the copious liner notes for this disc), of music from his 1782 opera The Abduction from the Seraglio.

Brahms and Schumann: Music for Clarinet and Piano (Avie Records AV2098)
Todd Levy, cl.; Elena Abend, p.
" Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94: Sunday, June 11th at 11:25 a.m.
" Brahms: Sonata in E-flat, Op. 120/2: Thursday, June 15th at 7:07 p.m.
" Brahms: Sonata in f, Op. 120/1: Saturday, June 24th at 12:09 p.m.
" Schumann: Fantasy Pieces, Op.73: Tuesday, June 27th at 11:13 p.m.
The principal clarinetist of the Milwaukee Symphony and the Santa Fe Opera, as well as an active solo and chamber music performer, Todd Levy is among the finest clarinetists performing today. This new self-produced disc of music by Brahms and Schumann showcases his prodigious lyric gifts in collaboration with pianist Elena Abend.

June 4 - Dick Bishop
Dick Bishop grew up in Fort Wayne where he played in high school bands. While working towards his doctorate in Education at IU Bloomington, he set the local collegians on fire with his percussion talents in fraternity jazz sessions. Dick has served as producer and/or host of a series of programs on WFIU, starting with Journey Into Jazz in the 1950s, followed by Jazz Sounds in the Night, Jazz Yesterdays, and Afterglow-named for a piece by his friend, Marian McPartland. Dick has interviewed hundreds of jazz musicians and counts many of them among his friends, and he retired from broadcasting in 2005. He spoke with Steve Sanders.

June 11 - Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace began his journalistic career as a communications officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He has been co-editor of 60 Minutes since its premiere in 1968, bringing a confrontational interviewing style that has helped make the program one of the most influential prime time news shows in the history of television. His recent memoir "Between You and Me" shares Wallace's off-camera conversations with his many interview subjects including Eleanor Roosevelt, all the U.S. Presidents of the last half-century, Frank Lloyd Wright, Margaret Sanger, and Malcolm X. Angie Coiro conducted the interview for City Arts and Lectures.

June 18 - John Harbison
John Harbison is one of America's most prominent composers. Among his principal works are three string quartets, three symphonies, three operas, and the cantata The Flight Into Egypt, which earned him a Pulitzer Prize. He has written for every conceivable type of concert performance, ranging from the grandest to the most intimate. His pieces embrace the pre-classical forms of Schütz and Bach, the graceful tonality of Prokofiev, and the rigorous atonal methods of the late Stravinsky. Harbison has been composer-in-residence with some of the world's most prestigious orchestras and festivals, and his music has been performed and record by many of the world's leading ensembles. In conversation with Peter Jacobi.

June 25 - Angelo Pizzo
Angelo Pizzo grew up in Bloomington and received a bachelor's degree in political science from IU. He teamed up with former Sigma Nu fraternity brother David Anspaugh to make "Hoosiers" and "Rudy," two of the most beloved sports movies of all time. The pair's most recent film is a game about soccer, "The Game of Their Lives." After living in southern California for the last thirty years, Pizzo and his family recently moved back to Bloomington, where he raises his two sons, pursues new film projects, and serves on the board of the Heartland Film Festival. Pizzo shared his ideas about writing and experiences in movie-making with Peter Noble-Kuchera.

Beginning: Monday, June 19
Approx. number of episodes: 28

The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history-the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness.
At the very center of this story is John Wilkes Booth. A Confederate sympathizer and a member of a celebrated acting family, he threw away his fame and wealth for a chance to avenge the South's defeat. For almost two weeks, he confounded the manhunters, slipping away from their every move and denying them the justice they sought.
"Manhunt" is a gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters.

To honor Robert Samels' memory WFIU staff members created the Robert Samels Memorial Fund. The Fund, seeded with WFIU staff donations, will establish a yearly Day of Dedication in his name and support the station's training needs. Though Robert can no longer reach his enormous potential, his legacy will inspire others to follow in his steps. Information on how to contributions to the Fund can be found on the WFIU Web site (wfiu.indiana.edu) or by calling Emily McCord at 812-855-1357.

In June, WFIU celebrates the return to Bloomington of Grammy Award-winning IU alumnus violinist Joshua Bell who will lead the first concert of the 2006 IU Summer Festival Orchestra in music of Mendelssohn and Bach on June 29th.
Since his highly acclaimed orchestral debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Riccardo Muti at the age of 14, Bell has appeared as soloist with nearly every major orchestra and has amassed a considerable catalogue of recordings ranging from concertos to chamber music and film music to crossover collaborations. A native of Bloomington, he received an Artist Diploma from the Indiana University School of Music in 1989 and was a student of renowned violinist and pedagogue Joseph Gingold.
This month we'll anticipate Mr. Bell's June 29th performance by sampling several of his many commercial recordings. On Thursday, June 8th at 7 p.m., join us for Ernest Chausson's Concerto for Piano, Violin, and String Quartet, op. 21 in a performance by Bell with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Takács String Quartet. Then, on Wednesday, June 14th at 10:12 p.m., Bell joins the IU Festival Orchestra under the direction of Keri-Lynn Wilson for the Violin Concerto in d-minor, op. 47 of Jean Sibelius, and on Thursday, June 15th at 10 a.m., Bell joins cellist Stephen Isserlis and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet for the Piano Trio in a minor of Maurice Ravel.
On Wednesday, June 21st at 7 p.m., we'll hear Prokofiev's Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35 bis and then on Friday, June 23rd at 10 a.m., Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 2 in D-major, Op. 94 bis. Finally, Bell joins Roger Norrington and Camerata Salzburg for the Violin Concert in e minor, op. 64 of Felix Mendelssohn on Saturday, June 24th at 12:09 p.m., and the Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61 of Ludwig van Beethoven on Tuesday, June 27th at 9 a.m.

SIBELIUS-Impromptu for String Orchestra; Paul Biss/IU University Orch.
Airs: 6/3 at 3 p.m.

STRAVINSKY-Movements for Piano and Orchestra; Peter Serkin, p.; David Effron/IU Phil. Orch.
Airs: 6/5 at 7 p.m., 6/6 at 10 a.m., 6/9 at 3 p.m.

BOCCHERINI-Sonata in C for 2 Cellos, G. 74; Janos Starker and Emilio Colón, vlc.
Airs: 6/12 at 7 p.m., 6/13 at 10 a.m., 6/16 at 3 p.m.

DEBUSSY-IMAGES, BOOK I: Homage à Rameau; Jean-Louis Haguenauer, p.
Airs: 6/14 at 9 a.m.

SIBELIUS-Violin Concerto in d, Op. 47; Joshua Bell, vln.; Keri-Lynn Wilson/IU Fest. Orch.
Airs: 6/14 at 10:12 p.m.

PURCELL/MORAN-Harmonia Sacra; Jan Harrington/IU University Singers.
Airs: 6/19 at 7 p.m., 6/20 at 10 a.m., 6/23 at 3 p.m.

BARTOK-Sonatina, Sz. 55; Atar Arad, vla.; Jeannette Koekkoek, p.
Airs: 6/20 at 9 a.m.

MOZART-String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat, K. 159; Penderecki Str. Qt.
Airs: 6/23 at 9 a.m.

MARINI-Sonata Quarta, Op. 8; Stanley Ritchie, vln.; Nigel North, theorbo
Airs: 6/26 at 7 p.m., 6/27 at 10 a.m., 6/30 at 3 p.m.

BARTOK-Sonatina, Sz. 55; Atar Arad, vla.; Jeannette Koekkoek, p.
Airs: 6/27 at 11 a.m.

Ted Koppel, one of America's most honored journalists, has joined NPR News as senior news analyst.
Koppel will provide analysis, commentary, and perspective on national programming approximately fifty times a year for Morning Edition and All Things Considered. He will also serve as an analyst during breaking news and special events coverage.
Koppel's half century broadcasting career spans radio and television and includes every major professional recognition. He is best known for his role as anchor and managing editor of Nightline.
"I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming," Koppel commented. "It's time to give something back."