August 2007

Summer Evenings with the Dallas Wind Symphony begins a new eight-week series of hour-long programs on Wednesday at 8 p.m. starting in August. It’s a great opportuni-ty to enjoy the very best of America’s Premier Wind-band as we get ready for its next season of blockbuster con-certs in the Meyer-son. This year the DWS’ artistic direc-tor, Jerry Junkin has a new co-host, Pro-fessor Carol.

For more than 20 years, Dr. Carol Reynolds was Associ-ate Professor of Music History at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University.

“This is not your typical snore-in-ducing pre-concert lecture. Wind-notes with Professor Carol is like an impassioned sermon combining history, music theory, and behind-

the-scenes dirt on the pieces and composers featured

in the evening’s pro-gram.” – Dallas Wind SymphonyProfessor Carol

(who once interviewd a parrot for a netcast) is perfectly suited for

the quirky nature we’ve come to love about the

Dallas Wind Symphony. Tune in Wednesday at 8 p.m. to hear why the DWS is America’s Premier Windband.

WRR’s streaming media player is getting the face-lift many have wanted. Starting Aug. 15 WRR will completely phase out its old player and stream provider with one similar to the one you see above.

First of all, it’s going to look very nice (especially compared to the current old gray block). To start with, you’ll be able to see exactly what you’re hearing (composer, movement, etc.), and this infor-mation changes as you listen... no need to keep hitting refresh! We can add links to the player so when an announcer says some-thing about a new feature on the WRR home page, you just click on the WRR logo and we’ll open right up.

But where streaming lis-teners will really notice a dif-ference is the sound quality. Some say the sound quality of our new broadband provid-er rivals that of FM and even the dialup sound quality should sound better. The slight but an-noying breaks in audio many of you have commented on should be eliminated thanks to a vari-able buffer based on how many

are listening. Another nice plus to your listening experience (at least for you, our webmaster may not like it so much) is our tech sup-port will get instant notification if the stream goes down. So at 4 a.m. if the system goes down our stream will be back up before you get to work.

We look forward to hearing about your likes/ dislikes of the new stream. Please send any comments or upgrade sugges-tions you have to [email protected]

In this issue: Protecting your trees • Amon Carter Reopens • Listener feedback and much more

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WRR listeners… Dallas Wind Symphony fans… mark your calendar. This year’s Picnic in the Park will be Sun-day, Sept. 2 at the Dallas Arboretum. WRR knows that its listeners were as disappointed as we were when last year’s event was canceled due to weather. This year WRR has a contingency plan--Monday, Sept. 3 (labor Day) is the event rain date.

WRR’s 13th annual Picnic in the Park featuring a free Dallas Wind Symphony concert at the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage and lawn begins at 7 p.m. The concert will feature classic patriotic pieces, such as “The Star Spangled Banner,” “Armed Forces Salute” and “America the Beautiful,” as well as a few surprises. WRR’s Kurt Rongey, host of The Going Home Show, will emcee.

“WRR is pleased to present this annual labor Day Weekend event,” WRR general manager Greg Davis said. “It’s our gift to our listeners and to the entire community. WRR looks forward to the Picnic in the Park each year as a special opportunity to catch up with old friends and to meet new ones. The Arboretum is a gorgeous venue that

will only enhance everyone’s enjoyment.”Picnic baskets, coolers and blankets are welcome.

Concessions also will be available. To celebrate the end of summer, WRR will be giving away two round trip luf-thansa Airlines tickets to europe. other promotional items will also be available at WRR’s booth. Be sure and visit all of the sponsors’ booths.

WRR would like to thank its sponsors including Cork Fine Wines, Holze Music, Viewpoint Bank, the Meadows Museum at SMU and lufthansa German Airlines, for their support of this annual family event.

Admission to the Arboretum will be free after 5:30 p.m. For more information, stay tuned to WRR, call 214-670-8888 or visit wrr101.com.

The Dallas Arboretum is at 8525 Garland Rd. (MAP-SCo© 37-U) on the eastern shores of White Rock lake, and features 66 acres of gardens and landscaped grounds including the historic DeGolyer estate. The grounds are wheelchair and stroller accessible and in-garden tram service is available.

Summer Evenings with the Dallas Wind Symphony

by Kevin SuttonIn August, the Fort

Worth Symphony will embark on one of its most ambitious projects to date, a

three-year cycle of per-formances of all nine of

Gustav Mahler’s sympho-nies. This undertaking will be the

first of its kind in Texas, as no other orches-

tra in the region has performed all nine of Mahler’s monumental masterpieces in so concentrated a time.

Mahler’s works are grand in scope and require an unusually large orchestra, espe-cially in the second, third and eighth sym-phonies which also require substantial vo-cal ensembles and soloists. Maestro Miguel Harth-Bedoya has chosen the first, fifth and ninth of the symphonies for this year’s open-ing festival, all works for orchestra alone. In a

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Fort Worth Symphony to begin three-year Mahler Cycle

Amon Carter Museum reopensThe Amon Carter Museum reopens Aug. 18 after a three-month hiatus with Chim-

neys and Towers: Charles Demuth’s Late Paintings of Lancaster and with free ad-mission!

The Amon Carter temporarily closed May 21, to perform preventive maintenance and repairs on the building’s fire suppression system.

“our priority is always to care for the collection as well as our visitors, and we have determined in this case that both the artwork and our guests are best served by closing the museum during this period of repair,” according to Amon Carter Museum Director Ron Tyler.

The reopening marks the return of free museum admission to the Amon Carter. In 2003, the museum instituted a small admission fee for special exhibitions to help offset some of the costs related to artwork insurance and shipping, both of which increased dramatically following the events of Sept. 11, 2001. The permanent col-

lection remained free to the public, as stipulated in Amon Carter’s will.

“This is about our cultural heritage, and every-one is entitled to it” Tyler said.

“We are thrilled to be reopening the Carter with a new look and an excellent lineup of exhi-bitions, including Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth’s Late Paintings of Lancaster, which for the first time examines a key group of paintings by one of America’s greatest modernists,” said Carol Noel, public information officer. “We are also of-fering one of the best seasons of public programs ever. We encourage everyone to visit cartermu-seum.org to find out more.”


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last year many of north Texas’ trees were stressed due to drought, this year they’re getting stressed from too much water. WRR invited its friends at Preservation Tree Services over to talk about how to care for the extremes our plants are going through. Visit the WRR net casts page on our web site to learn the answers to these and more questions.

Are the extremes hard on a tree’s health?What are some of the short-term effects we should look

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Save the date:Join WRR at the Kimbell Museum

Aug. 12 from 1-3 p.m. for a live broad-cast.

The first 30 people in attendance will receive free entry to the new exhibit The Mirror and the Mask and a WRR Goodie Bag.

Throughout the event WRR will be giving away gift bags from the Kimbell Museum gift shop so stop by the WRR table to register.

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recent interview, he said that he wanted to illustrate the development of the com-poser over the course of his life and work by playing the first, middle and last of his ma-jor works in consecutive e v e n i n g s . The open-ing series will include a multimedia presentation by Dr. Car-ol Reynolds, former SMU professor of Music History, that will feature some of

Mahler’s songs. The festival runs from Aug. 23-26 with

all performances in the Bass Performance Hall beginning at 7:30 p.m. WRR will be

p resen t -ing the Aug. 24 c o n c e r t in a live b r o a d -cast. For

a net cast interview with Miguel Harth-Bedoya, visit the WRR web site at wrr101.com.

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For a net cast interview with Maestro Miguel Harth-Bedoya, visit the WRR web site at wrr101.com.

Aug. 12 Kimbell Museum live Broadcast 1-3 p.m.

Aug. 24 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra live Broadcast 7:30 p.m.

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The Fort Worth Symphony orchestra begins its season this month with another incredibly ambitious project. They will present four nights of Mahler to kick start the complete cycle of Mahler symphonies that they have committed to undertake over the next few years. Friday, Aug. 24 at 7:30 p.m. WRR will be on-hand to broadcast Mahler’s First Symphony live from the Bass Hall with music director Miguel Harth-Bedoya.

Summer Evenings with the Dallas Wind Symphony begins a new eight-week series of hour-long programs on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. during August and September. This year the distin-guished (and incredibly entertaining) Dr. Carol Reynolds will be co-hosting with Jerry Junkin. It’s a great opportunity to enjoy the very best of America’s Premier Windband as we get ready for their next season of blockbuster concerts in the Meyerson.

The grand finale for the month will happen on Aug. 31 at 8 p.m. That’s when we’ll begin an eight-week run of complete broadcast operas from the Dallas opera’s 2006-2007 season. The first show on Aug. 31 is Nabucco.

And don’t forget that later in August, ballots will be taken at wrr101.com for the 2007 labor Day Weekend Classical Count-down. Get ready to vote for your favorite classical music.

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