Released on: November 15, 2007, 12:29 pm

Press Release Author: Mike Gauss / WCPE

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Interview to Air Sunday, November 18 at 7 p.m. ET

Press Release Body: WAKE FOREST, N.C. (November 14, 2007)-TheClassicalStation.org
announces today that its weekly program Preview! will feature an interview with
Carolina Ballet's Artistic Director and Choreographer Robert Weiss. The interview
will air Sunday, November 18 at 7 p.m. ET.

The interview will discuss the upcoming Carolina Ballet performance of Cinderella
and the world premier of Peter and the Wolf, the music of Karl Moraski and Sergei
Prokofiev and the intricacies of expressing Great Classical Music through dance.

The 10th anniversary season of the Carolina Ballet offers the return of Cinderella
to the Raleigh stage with its original score by Karl Moraski. As a bonus with each
performance, Weiss has included the world-premiere of Peter and the Wolf set to the
music of Sergei Prokofiev. The performances will run November 21 through the 25 at
the Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh, North Carolina.

\"Robert Weiss has created a ballet from Prokofiev\'s piano score using the dancers,
rather than the instruments of the orchestra, to tell the tale of Peter and the
Wolf," says David Ballantyne, host of Rise and Shine and interviewer of Weiss. "At
the same time he\'s using a narrator character to show the audience how a show is put
together, right from the bare bones. He\'s incredibly inventive\".

Preview! is a weekly feature that airs every Sunday evening from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. ET
and presents the latest in classical recordings and upcoming classical events.
WCPE's live broadcast of Great Classical Music 24 Hours a Day can be accessed around
the globe in several ways; on-line streaming in multiple formats, including IPv6,
local cable television systems and traditional radio broadcasting. A complete list
of the ways WCPE is available with instructions for cable and satellite reception
can be found at: theclassicalstation.org/listen.shtml.

About WCPE:
With a 28-year history, WCPE is a non-commercial, 100 percent listener-supported,
independent station dedicated to excellence in Great Classical Music 24 Hours a Day.
Community-minded business underwriters and foundations are among the 150,000
listeners in the North Carolina broadcast area. General Manager Deborah S. Proctor's
leadership has enabled the WCPE community to include national and worldwide
listeners. Other radio stations and cable television systems can rebroadcast Great
Classical Music24 Hours a Day. WCPE is one of the first public broadcasters to
stream on the Internet. WCPE is heard worldwide on the Internet in multiple formats,
including the next generation IPv6. Because WCPE receives no tax-derived support,
the station conducts two on-air fundraising campaigns and two major mail-out
campaigns per year to raise needed operating funds. Quarter Notes, the WCPE Program
Guide, is published four times a year as a means to enhance appreciation and
understanding of classical music. It is distributed to station supporters and is
also available online at TheClassicalStation.org/guide. For more information, visit
TheClassicalStation.Org or call 1-800-556-5178.

About Carolina Ballet:
Carolina Ballet, Inc. was founded in 1984 as Raleigh Dance Theatre, Inc. by Ann
Vorus, owner of the Raleigh Dance Theatre. As a student company, its purpose was to
provide performance opportunities for students of the school. The Ballet\'s vision is
to remain one of the top ballet companies in America with national and international
recognition, thus contributing to the enhanced reputation and ever-increasing
quality of life in our community and the State of North Carolina. Tickets are
available by calling 919.719.0900, visiting the Memorial Auditorium box office and
through Ticketmaster.com. For more information about the Carolina Ballet and the
2008 season visit, the Carolinaballet.com

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