Released on: April 16, 2008, 12:51 pm

Press Release Author: Brian Van Norman/WCPE

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Composer Dr. Allen Anderson and UNC professor of music Dr.
Brooks de Wetter-Smith will be featured guests on the WCPE program "Preview!" that
airs weekly on Sundays from 6-9 p.m. ET.

Press Release Body: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Mike Gauss
919.232.5008
Mike@articulon.com

WCPE "Preview!" Features "Iceblink"
Interview with the Composers to Air Sunday, April 20

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (April 16, 2008)-TheClassicalStation.org announces today that its
weekly program "Preview!" will feature an interview with composer Dr. Allen Anderson
and UNC professor of music Dr. Brooks de Wetter-Smith. The interview will air during
the station's Sunday, April 20 program that runs from 6-9 p.m.

During the interview, the pair will discuss the April 27 world premiere of
\"Iceblink\" as part of the Sights & Sounds on Sundays concert series at the N.C.
Museum of Natural Sciences.

"This promises to be an intriguing interview with two musicians and academicians
that are on the cutting edge of performance techniques," says Larry Kirwan, host of
"Classical Lunch." "Their collaborative work, 'Iceblink,' with photography, music
and narration, is as expansive in scope as the vast Antarctic experience that they
are trying to capture."

\"Iceblink\" is a 45-minute multimedia presentation employing chamber orchestra music,
soprano vocal performances and narration to complement the projection of images
captured by Professor de Wetter-Smith during a December 2006 expedition of
Antarctica.

"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.

About WCPE:
With a 30-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 Music, 24 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 Dr. Brooks de Wetter-Smith:
Brooks de Wetter-Smith has had a distinguished career as a recitalist, concerto
soloist and master class teacher. He has performed in nearly all 50 states in the
U.S. and in 20 nations throughout the world. His editions of 19th-century repertoire
are published by International Music Company and Southern Music Company. His
principal teachers include James Galway, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Karlheinz Zöller,
Walfrid Kujala and James Pappoutsakis. He holds a DMA from the Eastman School of
Music and is the James Gordon Hanes Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

About Dr. Allen Anderson:
Allen Anderson is Associate Professor and Head of the Composition Area at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He teaches composition, counterpoint
and 20th Century music to undergraduates, along with theory and analysis courses at
both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Before joining the faculty at UNC-Chapel
Hill in 1996, Dr. Anderson taught at Columbia University, Wellesley College and
Brandeis University. He received the Philip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic
and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty at UNC in 1999, and is a Fellow of the
Institute for Arts and Humanities. In addition to his teaching career, Dr. Anderson
has composed works for Speculum Musicae, the Empyrean Ensemble, the UNC Chamber
Singers, Aleck Karis and Daniel Stepner, among others. His work has been
acknowledged with awards or commissions from the Guggenheim, Fromm and Koussevitzky
foundations, Chamber Music America, BMI and League of Composers/ISCM (both the
National and Boston chapters).

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