COMPOSERS DATEBOOK

Composers Datebook™ is a concise, nationally distributed radio program designed to inform, engage, and entertain listeners of both public and commercial classical music stations. By providing information about composers of the past and present, Composers Datebook connects historical with present day music-making and increases awareness of composers working today. Each two-minute program links significant or intriguing musical events involving composers of the past and present with appropriate and accessible music. Every month, Composers Datebook is provided to radio stations free of charge. It is currently carried by more than 200 stations, and it can also be heard on the Web at www.ComposersDatebook.org.

Composers Datebook has received a Deems Taylor Award in Broadcasting from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). It is a co-production of the Forum and Minnesota Public Radio (MPR).

Composers Datebook is funded by: the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Virgil Thomson Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, ASCAP, and The James Irvine Foundation.

Radio stations interested in carrying Composers Datebook should contact CD Syndications at
vic@cdsyndications.com. For more information on Composers Datebook, contact Executive Producer John Michel at jmichel@composersforum.org or (651) 251-2817.

Established: March, 2000
MPR Producers: Sylvester Vicic and Mary Lee

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