WCPE Preview! Features Carolina Ballet Choreographer Robert Weiss

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (November 14, 2007)—TheClassicalStation.org announces today that its weekly program Preview! will feature an interview with Carolina Ballet’s Artistic Director and Choreographer Robert Weiss. The interview will air Sunday, November 18 at 7 p.m. ET.

The interview will discuss the upcoming Carolina Ballet performance of Cinderella and the world premier of Peter and the Wolf, the music of Karl Moraski and Sergei Prokofiev and the intricacies of expressing Great Classical Music through dance.

The 10th anniversary season of the Carolina Ballet offers the return of Cinderella to the Raleigh stage with its original score by Karl Moraski. As a bonus with each performance, Weiss has included the world-premiere of Peter and the Wolf set to the music of Sergei Prokofiev. The performances will run November 21 through the 25 at the Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh, North Carolina.

"Robert Weiss has created a ballet from Prokofiev's piano score using the dancers, rather than the instruments of the orchestra, to tell the tale of Peter and the Wolf,” says David Ballantyne, host of Rise and Shine and interviewer of Weiss. “At the same time he's using a narrator character to show the audience how a show is put together, right from the bare bones. He's incredibly inventive".

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.shtml.

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About WCPE:
With a 28-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 Music24 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 Carolina Ballet:
Carolina Ballet, Inc. was founded in 1984 as Raleigh Dance Theatre, Inc. by Ann Vorus, owner of the Raleigh Dance Theatre. As a student company, its purpose was to provide performance opportunities for students of the school. The Ballet's vision is to remain one of the top ballet companies in America with national and international recognition, thus contributing to the enhanced reputation and ever-increasing quality of life in our community and the State of North Carolina. Tickets are available by calling 919.719.0900, visiting the Memorial Auditorium box office and through Ticketmaster.com. For more information about the Carolina Ballet and the 2008 season visit, the Carolinaballet.com

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