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Mind Your Music Wins Top Honors in 2001
The judges' panel has awarded Mind Your Music the 2001 Fine Arts Radio International® Awards trophy for outstanding achievement in classical music education.
Produced by KMFA staffers David Ford and Russell Sarre, Mind Your Music airs weekly on KMFA-FM in Austin, Texas (www.kmfa.org), and is designed to help prepare Central Texas 3rd through 6th graders for the annual Music Memory Contest.
Content of Mind Your Music is organized in cooperation with both the Austin Independent School District and the University Interscholastic League to provide teachers with additional arts enrichment materials.
Throughout the academic school year, students learn 16 great works from the early Renaissance to 20th century jazz. Each edition of Mind Your Music coincides with local classroom activities involving specific composers and their music.
Said the judges of the series: Excellent for young children... Delightful...The story form of presentation was very easy to follow and remember.... What a wonderful program -- just plain fun! Excellent interaction between hosts -- (David and Russell) really like each other!... Production and technical execution was exemplary!... I found myself with pencil in hand answering the question on theme, variations and tempo!....
First Runner-up:
Klassical Kids (WCLV-FM/Cleveland, Ohio)Honorable Mention List:
From the Top (PRI/Public Radio International)
Classically Black: Leontyne Price (WILL-FM/Univ. of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana)
The Basics (KMFA-FM/Austin, Texas)
Young Heroes in Music (KFUO-FM/St. Louis)
The annual Fine Arts Radio International® Awards contest recognizes radio programs or radio series containing a substantial amount of classical music education. Entries do not need to be instructional in nature, but the educational component could not be incidental to the overall tone of the program or series. Check out our Classical Music Education Clearinghouse page for valuable links to programs and educational supplements.
Lifetime achievement awards have been bestowed on Karl Haas (2000), Peter Schickele (2001) and Martin Bookspan (2002).
88.7KXMS is an international cultural resource of Missouri Southern State University