September 26, 2007
Kimmel Center Presents Fresh Ink Goes Hi-Tech With New Podcast Series
This month Kimmel Center Presents takes a bold step toward the world of new media with the re-launch of its Kimmelcast! Podcasts.
Kimmel Center Presents’ Fresh Ink Series begins the season on October 13 with a performance by the string quartet Ethel, described by The Guardian as “the fiercest string quartet this side of hell.” Listen in as Kimmel Center Director of Programming Tom Warner engages the quartet’s Mary Rowell in a conversation about who they are and why the do what they do, complete with musical samples. This is not your grandfather’s Schubert string quartet!
Listen here to this first podcast or subscribe to the entire series on iTunes, including a conversation with members of Sō Percussion in January 2008 and composer Phil Kline in March 2008.
I booked studio time at the legendary WNYC-FM in New York City through some friends there for 5 hours on Saturday, August 4 from 8pm to 1am. I hired a terrific producer/engineer, Jennifer Munson, from On the Media and abc news, drafted all the structural components of the script: intros, wraps, outros, credits, set ups, gathered the music, etc, and Tom crafted all the conversation and interview questions. Five hours later we had some terrific conversation and thoughts from each of the performers with Tom Warner, as well as a roundtable conversation.
Not only will this series of conversation be released as a series of podcasts both here and on Itunes, but it is also available for free on CD:
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And for those who are curious, here's some video footage of the taping session at WNYC:
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The Kimmel Center’s Fresh Ink Series begins with Ethel on Saturday, October 13, 2007 performing selected works from their new cd Light. Click here for tickets.
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Sō Percussion makes their Philadelphia debut on the Kimmel Center’s Fresh Ink Series on Saturday, February 2, 2008 with a program which includes David Lang’s "The So Called Laws of Nature." Click here for tickets.
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"Fear and Loathing," the music of Phil Kline, on the Kimmel Center’s Fresh Ink Series on Saturday, April 5, 2008 includes the composer’s "Zippo Songs," based on the writings of Vietnam G.I.s, as well as "Fear and Loathing," based on the writings of noted author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson. Click here for tickets.
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Fresh Ink’s 2007-08 season is made possible by a grant from the Philadelphia Music Project with additional support from the Marketing Innovation Program of the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative, both are programs of the Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by The University of the Arts.
Each of the concerts on the Fresh Ink Series will be recorded by WRTI-FM 90.1 for delayed broadcast and will conclude with an "Artist Chat" featuring that evening’s artists and me, Tom Warner, during which performers speak about their music as well as take questions from the audience.