Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData WGLT Program Guides Arts and Sciences Summer 7-1-1980 WGLT Program Guide, July, 1980 Illinois State University Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg Recommended Citation Illinois State University, "WGLT Program Guide, July, 1980" (1980). WGLT Program Guides. 14. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg/14 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Arts and Sciences at ISU ReD: Research and eData. It has been accepted for inclusion in WGLT Program Guides by an authorized administrator of ISU ReD: Research and eData. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 2-5- 4-12 1 7/1980 PROGRAM GUIDE July 1980 Community Advisory Board Dr. William Colvin, Chairperson The Rev. William L. White, MUSIC FROM I.S .U. Program Guide Vice Chairperson Terry Bush, Secretary July 1980 Marucha Hartley Francis Irvin Editor- Nancy N. Briere Assistant Editor-Patricio Glaser Margaret Mendoza The upcoming broadcasts of "Music Art Director- Lucione Har/a Arthur Nafzinger from ISU" (Mondays at 7 PM) , will feature Donald Phillips operas performed by the ISU Symphony This guide is prepared more than a Carol Reitan Orchestra and Chorus. "La Boheme" (July 7) month in advance of broadcast. All Tim Walker and "Die Fledermaus" (July 21) are both sung programming is subject to preemp­ in English. tion consistent with WGLT's com­ Music director and conductor, Julian mitment to public affairs. And, in Dawson, originally of Dublin, Ireland, was the order to bring you timely programs MANAGER'S Chorus Master of the Glyndebourne Festival on short notice, we occasionally Opera, and also conducted opera and vary from this printed schedule. For MEMO orchestra in England before coming to !SU in more up-to-date information, con­ 1975. Once again, the time-frame of publication is such tact WGLT by mail or phone. Also featured in this month's "Music from This month "Music from ISU" presents that "by the time you read this" we hope that the ISU" are Jerry and Anne LoMonaco, of Julian Dawson, music director and conduc­ WGLT 89.1 FM problems we are now experiencing with the network the Music Department faculty will present tor of the JSU Symphony Orchestra and Educational Media Center signal will have been overcome and that we will not have operatic vocal selections. Chorus. Illinois State University had to make too many drastic changes in the program Normal, Illinois 61761 schedule. In short, until we have raised the money, found A Portable Collection of Literature (309) 438-2255 reasonable cost and reliable suppliers for the equipment needed, and have constructed and have in operation our WGLT 89.1 FM is a non-commercial satellite receiving facility, we will "make do" with less than For Listeners On The Move radio station, which is operated by Il­ prime quality means of bringing you the programming linois State University in Normal, Illinois. from National Public Radio. As of May 19th, the land­ You can catch up on your reading this summer without ever turning a page. On the beach, on The station is financed by the Illinois lines providing network interconnection for the mid-west your boat, or on a picnic with friends-take your radio-because July is literature month on­ State University General Revenue fund, were disconnected. On that date we began to take a OPTIONS. Oscar Wilde, John Updike, TIilie Olson and Vachel Lindsay are some of the local and area business underwriting, signal from WSSR, Springfield, and we are very grateful famous writers profiled this July on OPTIONS which is heard regularly on WGLT on Saturday and the Friends of WGLT . We provide for the cooperation of WSSR and their entire staff in help­ evenings at 6 p.m. unique and informative programming ing us to continue network service for our listeners! John Weber, executive producer of OPTIONS, says, "It seems that everyone I know resolves which includes classical, jazz, and ethnic to catch up on some long-neglected reading during their vacation time. Then, they find that reading music, along with a wide variety of public The technicalities of the situation would be difficult affairs, and general interest educational to attempt to explain in this brief memo. Let me just say on the beach interferes with working on their tans, or they want to be boating, or hiking, or shows. Also, our affiliation with National that Jim Newbanks, Director of Engineering at WSSR, something. The vacation ends, the books are put back on the shelf to be read in front of the fire next Public Radio enables WGL T to provide and Mike Flood, our Chief Engineer, have been working winter-or perhaps to be taken on vacation again next year. So we've put together a portable an excellent selection of programming to well "beyond the call of duty" to make the best of a very collection of programs which should make enjoyable listening all month long." the Bloomington-Normal and McLean difficult situation. We thank you our listeners, for your July begins with a satirical and somewhat flippant look at life, love, history, and pomposity as ex­ County area. patience! pressed in poetry and music. Among those featured are Oscar Wilde, Star F riebert, and Claude Now, for the monthly pitch. With thanks to all of our Debussy. Friends who have been so generous over the past few The "portable collection" includes author John Updike (July 12) reading one of his short I DOLBY FM months-since we first presented our need for funds to stories, "The Bulgarian Poetess," and talking with Valerie Henderson of member station WGBH in construct the satellite receiving facility-and especially Boston about writing-where he gets his ideas, when he writes, and how his style has changed over WGL T89. IFM is associated with to the local businessmen who you will see acknowledged the years. the Corporation for Public Broad­ in future editions of our Program Guide, let me en­ Susan Stamberg, co-host of NPR's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, talks with author Tillie casting, National Public Radio courage those of you who haven't "gotten around to" Olson in a sensitive, but probing interview (July 19). Olson, often called a "writer's writer" is con­ (NPR), Public Radio In Mid­ joining your fellow WGLT listeners to make use of the sidered a major literary figure, even though her reputation is based on just a handful of writings. In America (PRIMA), National Radio form inside the back cover of this Guide. Become a this profile, she reads from her works and discusses some of the problems women writers must con­ Broadcasters Association (NRBA), Friend of WGLT . Your support now and your continued front. Illinois Broadcasters Association support in the future is the best way to assure the future Bob Edwards, host of NPR's MORNING EDITION, talks with three successful writers in (IBA), Illinois News Broadcasters of PUBLIC RADIO in McLean County. Appalachia (July 26). James Still, Gurney Norman and Verna Mae Slone share a common set­ Association (INBA) and Illinois ting for their stories, but differ in writing style and point of view. They explain how modern America News Network (INN). G. Ben Paxton has affected the traditional values and culture of the region, and read from their best-selling works, all of which describe mountain life. Completing the literature series (August 2) is a sound portrait of Illinois poet, Vachel Lindsay. Recorded in Springfield, the program includes readings and observations of friends and scholars. KAAREN HUSHAGEN BRINGS THE ART OF COMMENTARY TO "THE ART OF SONG" SUNDAYS It was only natural that Kaaren Hushagen should find herself deeply im mersed in the musical arts. "My mother has been a pianist, organist, choir director, and teacher almost all of her AT 8:05AM adult life," she says. "My father is a very good baritone singer and a uiolinist as well as a piano tuner-technician. My gradmother is a piano teacher. I really didn't have much choice." But if Hushagen was blessed with a rich musical background, she was doubly blessed by a golden voice-a crisp, impeccably clear soprano voice-that has helped her become a diva among classical music radio announcers. Such vocal gifts can be heard in the new thirteen-part series Hushagen hosts, THE ART OF SONG premiering Sunday, July 6, on National Public Radio member station WGL T at 9 a.m. The series is a natural for the thirty-year­ old Hushagen, who since last year has hosted NPR RECITAL HALL, a weekly offering of soloists and solo ensembles from perfor­ mances recorded live around the world. THE ART OF SONG brings together Hushagen's musical knowledge and broadcast experience with her favorite of all musical instruments: the voice. "I hope the series will help listeners to become more comfortable with the classical song," says Hushagen. The "art song" refers to a musical form dating back to the late sixteenth century and continuing with such contemporary composers as Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber. The art song blossomed in the early nineteenth century with the prolific works ofFranz Schubert, who has come to be called the "father of the art song." Schubert will be well represented in the NPR series, as will Robert Schumann who, in 1840, wrote no less than 132 songs, more than half his efforts in this medium. "The series is intended to be a survey, but in no way complete," says Hushagen. "There are many gaps in it, although it will couer a very, very broad range of arts songs." Among those included, she says, will be the earliest songs, written in the late sixteenth century by composer and lutenist John Dowland, which were performed by.troubadours and trouveres.