WFIU: Directions in Sound

The winner of the 2006 WFIU Kids' Art Contest is eleven year-old Jonah Dahncke. The judges thought that his art best visualized the theme of "Helping Others in Need." Jonah is a fifth grader at Unionville Elementary School. His hobbies include amateur model aviation, and he would like to be an aircraft designer when he grows up.
Jonah received a prize of $50, which was donated by United Way of Monroe County. Half of the prize is for Jonah while the other half is to be given to the charity of Jonah's choice. Jonah plans on using his portion to save for a model airplane. His charity of choice was the Monroe County Humane Association. When asked why he chose that particular charity, he said, "that's where we got our dog, Lucky, a half chow, half schipperke mix."
WFIU solicited entries from children in grades 1-5 throughout the listening area, encouraging them to submit pieces of original artwork that represent pictorially what it means to help others. The primary goal of WFIU's annual art contest is to encourage and enliven the creative impulse in the young people of our listening area.

Honorable mentions went to:
" Eva Marsh, Age 9, Binford Elementary
" Lizzy Jenson, Age 7, Nashville Elementary
" Bailey Flich, Age 9, Unionville Elementary
" Lily Hollinden, Age 9, Binford Elementary

This year's judges were Malcolm Smith, Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Indiana University; Milton Hamburger, Radio and Television Services Art Director; and Yaël Ksander, artist and WFIU announcer.
All of the contest entries will be on display at the "WFIU's Kids' Art Show," at the Monroe County Public Library from July 10-16.

This program takes place in Philadelphia, birthplace of America, where our Constitutional system of checks and balances was established by the founders as a way to protect the rights of competing interests in a dynamic democracy. Our exploration of democratic ideals includes comments of veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas, who has covered every president since Kennedy, as well as historian and author Kevin Phillips.

Two young activists in the movement of children with incarcerated parents tell what it is like to grow up when the only access to a parent is by going through the scary gates of a correctional institution. We examine the unintended consequences-emotional, financial, domestic, and educational-on innocent children who are left behind when their parents are incarcerated.

The first half-hour of this program focuses on developing nations with little access to media, where radio broadcasting is a powerful force for bringing communities together and promoting a sense of democracy through greater participation. The second half focuses on journalist, conflict mediator, and "emergency social worker" Katie Davis, who is on a one-woman quest to save children in an inner city section of Washington, D.C. from gangs, weapons, alcohol, and drugs.

First we travel to Harvard's Mind/Body Medical Institute, which has pioneered research on the Relaxation Response, an ancient meditative technique that has helped millions of patients learn ways of reducing the harmful effects of stress. Then we profile a television filmmaker who travels the world in search of heroic organizations. He shares audio excerpts of his journey and describes how he's been touched by encounters with people who perform extraordinary acts of service.

The relentless assault of modern communication, from cell phones to e-mail, has left many people feeling overwhelmed and in need of ways to clear both their desks and their minds. David Allen, best-selling author of "Getting Things Done," recounts his remarkable personal journey from early-in-life chaos and crisis to his current role as a best-selling author in high demand and as an advisor to organizations needing focus.

No other artist has touched the world of music like Johnny Cash. Beginning his career as an outlaw to the Nashville establishment, Cash has come to define country music over the last forty years. At first, his unique mix of hillbilly music with gospel and blues made him a perfect fit at Sam Phillips' Sun records, where he recorded such classics as "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk The Line." From there, Cash signed with Columbia records and embarked on one of the most remarkable musical careers of the twentieth century.
Cash is the only person to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Songwriter's Hall of Fame. His very name is synonymous with fighting for the downtrodden, and the image of the Man In Black is as deeply American as the stars and stripes themselves. Cash spent more than thirty years reinventing himself, breaking all of the rules of traditional country music only to emerge as a mythic hero and archetype of the genre.
Johnny Cash: The Legend is presented in four parts. "Ring of Fire": Johnny Cash and the American Dream; "How Great Thou Art": Cash's spiritual quest; "The Man in Black": Cash's politics and influence; "The World Needs a Melody": Johnny Cash the storyteller.
Interview subjects include Roseanne Cash, John Carter Cash, Earl Scruggs, Cowboy Jack Clement, Larry Gatlin, Marty Stuart, Rolling Stone critic Anthony DeCurtis, and Cash biographer Patrick Carr. Also featured are archival recordings of Johnny and June Carter Cash interviews.
Singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell is the host.

Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar
Sunday, July 30, 9 p.m.

As a cornerstone of jazz evolution, the guitar has a fascinating history, with its labyrinthine web of influences in the hands of the myriad artists who shaped its destiny. Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar draws on dozens of recording artists and record labels to represent the guitar's odyssey over the decades. It is both a scholarly collection and one that will satisfy the appetites of guitar fanatics and music lovers across the entire spectrum.
Hosted by the legendary Les Paul, the program traces the history of jazz guitar from 1906 to the present. You'll hear music and commentary by John Scofield, George Benson, Jim Hall, and journalist Bill Milkowski. Classic, influential tracks by Django Reinhart, Wes Montgomery, John McLaughlin, and many more are also featured.

Join us for a lively thirteen-week excursion into America's first popular music-ragtime.
Ragtime was America's music of the theater and vaudeville, bands and orchestras, ballroom dances and pop tunes. Syncopation was its musical trademark and the source of its popularity.
Ragtime to the Max employs a broad definition of "ragtime," applying it both to the now well-recognized piano works of composers such as Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, and Eubie Blake, as well as to all popular music of the period that broke away from the European legacy of waltz and ballad forms.
Host Max Morath is a performer who occupies a unique space as an entertainer and spokesman for American life and music. A pianist, humorist, historian, and raconteur, his first one-man theatrical, "Turn of the Century," spearheaded the ragtime revival of the 1970s, playing Off-Broadway for a full season. On tour he has performed more than 3,000 engagements at theaters, colleges and community concerts as a solo artist, with his quintet, and with various orchestras.

Sunday, July 2
"Ragtime to the Max"
In this first episode, Max Morath covers ragtime music during the period of its great popularity, ca. 1900-1920. Ragtime was more than a small niche for the piano; it became the label defining all of America's first popular music. Recorded artists include Dick Hyman, Virginia Eskin, and Butch Thompson.

Sunday, July 9
"Troublesome Ivories"
This program is devoted exclusively to piano ragtime. Most of the rags are of the type composed by such icons as James P. Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, and Eubie Blake. Their stunning virtuoso pieces edged toward jazz styles to come. Morath also takes us briefly to a nickelodeon, where ragtime was part of the musical score for silent movies.
Pianists include the Canadians Mimi Blais, John Arpin, and Eubie Blake himself.

Sunday, July 16
"Yes, We Have No Pianos"
This program celebrates ragtime as performed everywhere except at the piano. We hear ragtime for saxophone, xylophone, string quartet, banjo and guitar, along with plenty of rousing rags by bands and orchestras. The piano and orchestra of Dick Hyman is featured, plus organist Lee Erwin, the Amherst Saxophone Quartet, and others.

Sunday, July 23
"Ragtime Gold From Tin Pan Alley"
Part of the ragtime story lies in the fact that its emergence from folk sources coincided with the commercialization of popular music. Ragtime appeared just as the publishing world took on the name Tin Pan Alley. Using a wide range of music from the period, Morath takes us through the years when ragtime, beginning as a pariah, finally gained popularity. Artists include André Previn and Itzhak Perlman in a charming duet, the Canadian Brass, vocals by Morath and mezzo-soprano Joan Morris with William Bolcom on piano.

Sunday, July 30
"What Time Is Ragtime?"
Ragtime from the musician's point-of-view: Where did it come from? What were its roots? Why were its rhythms and syncopations considered so shocking? Morath examines ragtime's use of duple time, which set it apart from the three-four waltzes so popular at the time. Music is furnished by pianists and singers, plus orchestras directed by Gunther Schuller, Turk Murphy and others.

The IU Jacobs School of Music continues its annual Summer Music Festival in July, and WFIU celebrates by featuring recordings by violinist Mark Kaplan and pianist Jeannette Koekkoek, two of the faculty members for this year's festival.
Dutch pianist Jeannette Koekkoek is a renowned soloist, chamber musician, and educator based in Arezzo, Italy. Following studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory, she studied at IU with Menahem Pressler, and returns this summer to teach at the IU Summer String Academy and perform several chamber music concerts with other faculty and guest artists.
On Wednesday, July 5th at 7:07 p.m., we'll hear Koekkoek with the Sagee Piano Trio in a performance of Haydn's Piano Trio in C, Hob. XV: 27, and the following week, on Monday, July 10th, also at 7:07 p.m., she joins violist Atar Arad for the Sonatina of Béla Bartók.
Also performing this month is violinist Mark Kaplan. Mr. Kaplan, another highly renowned soloist, chamber musician, and educator, joined the IU's string department last year. He performs two concerts this month, first with faculty colleagues on July 9th and then with the Sequenza Trio, an ensemble he formed with his wife pianist and fellow IU faculty member Yael Weiss and cellist Adrian Brendel on July 13th.
We'll hear two recordings featuring Mr. Kaplan this month. First, on Saturday, July 8th at 11:33 p.m., the Concerto No. 4 in D of Giovanni Battista Viotti. Kaplan joins the Padova Chamber Orchestra under the direction of David Golub for that recording, and then on Wednesday, July 12th, he joins the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Mitch Miller for the Violin Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 22 of Henryk Wieniawski.

WFIU is the media sponsor for the following events. For more information on these and other activities on the calendar, visit wfiu.indiana.edu

Jazz in July
This year the series will be hosted by WFIU's Joe Bourne and David Brent Johnson. Concerts take place on the IU Art Museum's outdoor sculpture terrace at 6:30 p.m.

Kwyjibo
July 28
Pre-concert gallery talk at 5:30 by Nan Brewer, curator of works on paper, on James McGarrell and the Art of Jazz.

Brown County Playhouse "Arms and the Man"
July 6-9, 12-16, 19-23, 26-30
www.theatre.indiana.edu
812-855-1103
812-988-2123

Picnic with the Pops
Saturday, July 1
Ivy Tech Bloomington

Red Cross Book Drive
Saturday, July 8
Border's Books and Music
Eastland Plaza, Bloomington

WFIU assists the Red Cross in collecting books for the group's annual book sale in October. Drop off your books, DVDs, VHS tapes, and music.

Summer Chamber Music Series
Part of the IU Summer Music Festival 2006. Complete schedule available at www.music.indiana.edu. All performances in Auer Hall.

Festival Orchestra
These concerts feature outstanding students and distinguished faculty members of the IU Jacobs School of Music on three Thursday evenings at 8 p.m. at the Musical Arts Center:

Concert III
Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
August 3

Additional Free Concert:
Symphony Orchestra
Cliff Colnot, Conductor
July 11, 8 p.m.

IU Opera Theater Presents The Mikado
By Gilbert and Sullivan
July 28, 29 and August 4, 5
8 p.m., Musical Arts Center

Symphonic Band Outdoor Concerts
MAC Lawn on Jordan Avenue, 7 p.m. Rain location: Recital Hall.

It's going to be a jazzy July on WFIU, with two jazz-oriented Sunday specials this month-Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar, and the debut of the series Ragtime to the Max.
During the week, meanwhile, jazz is a standard attraction at WFIU, led by the redoubtable Joe Bourne's Just You and Me, weekday afternoons from 3:30 to 5. Joe also hosts The Big Bands every Friday evening from 9 to 10, giving you a chance to party like it's 1939. Before The Big Bands it's Piano Jazz, and this month host Marion McPartland entertains a broad range of guests, including movie star, director, and jazz lover Clint Eastwood; pop composer Elvis Costello (who's made a number of forays into jazz in recent years-and just coincidentally happens to be hitched to jazz chanteuse Diana Krall); R & B songstress Alicia Keys; and a man who's made his mark in the canon of post-1950 American popular song-Burt Bacharach.
If you crave more American popular song and jazz, stick around after The Big Bands for Afterglow, with programs this month focusing on saxophonist Dave Pell's interpretations of music by Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hart, and Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen; the early jazz recordings of French singer Serge Gainsbourg (just in time for Bastille Day); a new release from pianist Frank Kimbrough; and new reissues of 1950s small-group and vocal jazz recordings by drummer Buddy Rich. These programs are also archived after broadcast at www.afterglow.indiana.edu.
On Saturdays late evening listeners can catch Night Lights at 11:05 and hear programs that explore jazz and jazz artists in the post-World War II era. Shows this month include "Nat King Cole's St. Louis Blues," with music and dialogue from the only movie to feature Cole as a leading man (playing blues composer W.C. Handy); "Jazz Advance," a look at the early recordings of avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor; "Do It Again," in which artists such as Gerry Mulligan, Helen Merrill, Curtis Fuller, and June Christy revisit past albums; "Vibin'," an exploration of the 1960s straight ahead jazz recordings of vibraphonist Roy Ayers, who would go on to commercial crossover success in the 1970s; and "Porgy & Bess: the 1950s Jazz Revival," with music from Miles Davis, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, and more obscure renderings such as that of the Bill Potts Big Band. These programs are also archived on WFIU's website, at www.nightlights.indiana.edu.
Finally, we invite everyone to attend the free Jazz in July concerts on the terrace of the IU Art Museum, beginning every Friday evening this month at 6:30. The performers include Rachel and Sara Caswell, the Indianapolis Guitar Summit, Craig and the Crawdads, and Kwyjibo. Seating will be provided and refreshments will be available for purchase. Cool jazz on a warm summer night-we hope to see you there!

Charles Koechlin: Vocal Works with Orchestra (Hänssler Classics CD 93.159)
Juliane Banse, s.; Heinz Holliger, cond.; SWR Vocal Ens. and Radio Sym. Orch. of Stuttgart
" Deux Poèmes d'André Chénier, Op. 23: Sunday, July 2nd at 11:25 a.m.
" Études antiques, Op. 46: Saturday, July 8th at 11:33 a.m.
" Deux Poèmes symphoniques, Op. 43: Thursday, July 13th at 7:07 p.m.
" Quatre Poèmes d'Edmond Haraucourt, Op. 7; Chant funèbre a la mémoire des jeunes femmes défuntes, Op. 37: Tuesday, July 25th at 10:12 p.m.
It may seem odd that Charles Koechlin-a student of Fauré, classmate of Ravel, and teacher of Poulenc-has yet to attain the attention devoted to these other composers. Koechlin possessed a remarkable lyric gift and was a master of orchestration and of writing for the voice. On this two-disc set, soprano Juliane Banse and conductor Heinz Holliger have assembled a thoughtful program of his works for voice and orchestra.

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo (ECM New Series 1926/27)
Gidon Kremer, vln.
" Sonata No. 1 in g, BWV 1001: Monday, July 17th at 7:07 p.m.
" Partita No. 1 in b, BWV 1002: Wednesday, June 5th at 10:12 p.m.
" Sonata No. 2 in a, BWV 1003: Saturday, July 29th at 11:33 a.m.
" Partita No. 2 in d, BWV 1004: Wednesday, July 12th at 10:12 p.m.
" Sonata No. 3 in C, BWV 1005: Thursday, July 27th at 7:07 p.m.
" Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006: Saturday, July 15th at 11:33 p.m.
Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer has a remarkable ability to jump effortlessly between styles and time periods, championing new works and putting his personal stamp on works of the past. Kremer's recent recordings of Bach's monumental works for violin solo are fresh, interesting, and uniquely his own.

Mozart: Piano Concertos K. 449 and K. 467 (Classical Soundings CD1001)
Steven Lubin, fp. and cond./The Mozartean Players Classical Orch.
" Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467.: Monday, July 10th at 7:07 p.m.
" Concerto No. 14 in E-flat, K. 449: Saturday, July 22nd at 11:33 a.m.

These two recordings made by fortepianist Steven Lubin in the mid 80s are just now seeing the light of day. The period instrument performances display a sparkling clarity in Mr. Lubin's solo lines, and the ensemble playing is refined and sensitive. This CD is the debut release of independent record label Classical Soundings.

Sound in Motion: Eugene Izotov, Oboe (Boston Records BR1068CD)
Eugene Izotov, ob.; Christopher Brown and Elizaveta Kopelman, p.
" Pasculli: Concerto on Motives from Donizetti's "La Favorita": Saturday, July 1st at 11:33 a.m.
" Kalliwoda: Morceau de Salon, Op. 228: Thursday, July 6th at 7:07 p.m.
" Bozza: Fantasie Pastorale, Op. 37: Wednesday, July 19th at 7:07 p.m.
" Silvestrini: Etudes for Oboe: Selections: Sunday, July 30th at 11:25 a.m.
Mr. Izotov performs these opera fantasy pieces like someone who makes his living in the opera pit (he is the principal oboist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra). He plays with a delightful tone and charming sense of phrasing and rubato, giving the impression that he cherishes every note-no small task considering the virtuosity required of several of these works.

July 2 - Richard Perez
As producing artistic director of the Bloomington Playwright's Project, Richard Perez has overseen the production of more than twenty new full-length plays, including fourteen world premieres. He has developed the Ensemble of Artists, a group of writers, directors, and actors who participate in the running of the company and in the development of new works. Perez has taught acting and improvisation at Tony Randall's National Actor's Theatre in New York City, Arizona State University, and Theatre Sports New York. He wrote and performed in a one-man show, Secret Things, staged at the BPP and in New York. He spoke with Shana Ritter.

July 9 - Deniese Smith
Since beginning her teaching career at University High School nearly four decades ago, Deniese Smith has nurtured generations of students and art teachers. While she has served Bloomington High School North in numerous leadership roles over the years, arguably her most important role has been that of department chair for the Fine Arts Department, where she has vigorously defended financial support for the arts. This year she was awarded the Arts in Education Award from the Bloomington Area Arts Council. She spoke with Sarah Stevens. (repeat)

July 16 - Billy Collins and Kay Ryan hosted by Garrison Keillor
Popular with both critics and the public, former Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins is a unique literary figure. His last three collections, "Nine Horses," "Sailing Alone Around the Room," and "Picnic, Lightning," broke records for poetry sales and earned him comparisons to Robert Frost.
Kay Ryan's minimalist poems-many are less than twenty lines of fewer than six syllables-expose entire worlds of rich, allegorical meaning. Her most recent collection is "The Niagara River." Produced by KQED in San Francisco.

July 23 - Janis Stockhouse
The entire nation watched the work of Janis Stockhouse when the Bloomington High School North marching band played at the 1999 Rose Bowl Parade and the 2003 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Stockhouse has directed the program for two decades and also held leadership positions in many professional organizations. She co-authored the book, "Jazzwomen: Conversations with Twenty-one Musicians," and was awarded the Indiana Music Teacher of the Year Award and the BAAC Arts in Education Award. Sarah Stevens is the host.

July 30 - Alexander Kerr
By the time Alexander Kerr became the youngest member of the string faculty at the IU Jacobs School of Music, he had amassed a considerable orchestral and solo career. He has served as concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and appeared as a soloist with orchestras throughout Europe and the United States. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with such notables as IU alumni Joshua Bell and Edgar Meyer. Most recently he mounted a chamber music tour of Europe with violinist Sarah Chang and members of the Berlin Philharmonic. He spoke with Peter Jacobi.

Below is a partial list of the WFIU staff members and listeners who have made donations to the Robert Samels Memorial Fund. To date we have received more than eight thousand dollars in donations. We invite you to join us by making a voluntary contribution. No amount is too small. Information on how to contribute to the Fund is on our Web site: wfiu.indiana.edu. Together we can preserve his memory and teach those who, like Robert, come to WFIU to learn the art and craft of public radio.

Fred and Sereta Andrews
Peggy Bachman
Olimpia F. Barbera
Sharon Beikman
David Belbutoski
Liz Bevers
Mike and Sue Blazier
Jean Boone
Laura Bornholdt
Cary Boyce
John and Nancy Bruce
Marilyn Burnside
James and Carol Campbell
Becky Cape
Marvin Carmony
Beverley G. Carson
Carla Carson
Ledford C. Carter
Robert L. Carter
Ruth H. Chesmore
Nelda Christ
Sandra and Fred Churchill
Andrea and Amanda Ciccarelli
Joseph R. Clark
John H. Coats
Edmond Cooper
Annie Corrigan
Lucille Cummings
Barbara F. Dunn
Andrew R. Durkin
David and Marilyn Ebbinghouse
Luba Edlina-Dubinsky
David Eisenman
Ruellen Fessenbecker
Jana Fisher
Don Freund
Gallagher Properties, Inc.
Glenn and Julie Gass
Laura Ginger
Marge Gravit
Jordana and Miriam Greenberg
Milton Hamburger
David Heise and Elsa Lewis-Heise
Jamie Helsen
"Bud" on Ether Game
E.J. Hewitt and R.H. Small
Margaret Hinshaw
Marian Hoffa
Jan Holloway
Stella Hooker-Haase
Ann T. Hunckler
Ross S. Jennings
David Brent Johnson
Jacob Kander
Patricia Kingsbury
Christina Kuzmych
Michael and Jaydene Laros
David and Sharon Larson
Steve and Chris Letsinger
Rosemary and Paul Lloyd
Judith Lovejoy
Ian MacDonald
Darby McCarty
Adam and Emily McCord
Sandra McCoy and Betty Haven
Michael McCraw
John McDowell
Bruce and Connie McLaren
Ron and Cindy McMillin
Nancy and Perry Metz
Louis and Norma Miller
Marsha Minton
Michael Molenda
Michael and Audrey Morgan
Robert O'Hearn
Marc Oliphant
Ann and Brian O'Neill
David and Rita Pavolka
Arvids Plesous
Cynthia Port
Patricia Powell
Maryrose Pratter
Chris Price
Dan Quilter and Kathleen Sideli
Mary Jane Reilly
Vickie Renfrow
Joe and Sandy Ridenour
Todd and Christan Royer
Matt and Jean Ruhlen
Mike and Phyllis Ryan
Tony, Sue, Ann and Kay Sauder
Chad, Ann Marie and A.J. Schultheis
Adam Schwartz
Herbert, Nancy and Catherine Seltz
Judith Serebnick
Charles and Jeanne Shaw
Debora Shaw and Charles Davis
John Shelton
George and Mary Ann Smerk
Malcolm Smith and LuAnn Johnson
Dorothy Soudakoff
George and Annemarie Springer
Wendell and Shirley St. John
Janis Starcs
Janos and Rae Starker
Rose Marie Stiffler
Judith Stoffel
Cathy Stone
Kirsten Folting Streib
Cheryl and Vernon Sweeney
Carol Tomasic
University of Akron-Wayne College Faculty and Staff
Mazelle Van Buskirk
Lane Vargas
George Walker and Carolyn Lipson-Walker
Gloria Walsh
Werner and Barbara Watt Jorck
Don and Kay Weaver
Allen and Nancy White
Virginia Wightman
Richard D. Willey
Anne Wilson
Barbara F. Wilson
Annette Windhorn and Steve York
Henry Winton
Patricia Wise
Judy and Lee Witt
Scott and Jennifer Witzke
David and Micaela Wood
Todd and Hiromi Yampol
Paul and Charlotte Zietlow

IVES-Variations on "America"; Paul Biss/IU University Orch.
Airs: 7/3 at 7 p.m., 7/4 at 10 a.m., 7/7 at 3 p.m.

BARTÓK-Sonatina, Sz. 55; Atar Arad, vla.; Jeannette Koekkoek, p.
Airs: 7/10 at 7 p.m., 7/11 at 10 a.m., 7/14 at 3 p.m.

GRANTHAM-Kentucky Harmony; Stephen Pratt/IU Wind Ens.
Airs: 7/17 at 7 p.m., 7/18 at 10 a.m., 7/21 at 3 p.m.

BURNETTE-Cinder Hill; Brian Horne, t.; Gary Arvin, p.
Airs: 7/24 at 7 p.m., 7/25 at 10 a.m., 7/28 at 3 p.m.