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Fine Arts Radio International® Awards Site Map

What Are the Fine Arts Radio International®Awards?

The Fine Arts Radio International Awards (FARIA) were inaugurated in 2000 by The Klassix Society for the purpose of recognizing outstanding achievements in classical music education via the medium of radio. Each year two awards are given: the contest award for the best entry in the annual worldwide competition, and the Karl Haas Prize for Music Education, given to an outstanding individual whose contributions to classical music education via the medium of radio are deemed of exceptional merit by The Klassix Society board of directors.

What is The Klassix Society?

Chartered in 1990 as the not-for-profit friends group of KXMS-FM (officially known since September 3, 1998, as 88.7KXMS/Fine Arts Radio International), its primary purpose is to support and promote 88.7KXMS. The organization's broader mission is to promote classical music in Southwest Missouri, and to advance classical music education. The official Web site of of The Klassix Society can be found at https://www.klassixsociety.org, where listeners can support 88.7KXMS on-line.

Fine Arts Radio International® Awards Links

2000 Contest Winner
2001 Contest Winner
2002 Contest Winner
2003 Contest Winner
2004 Contest Winner

2000 Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Karl Haas
2001 Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Peter Schickele
2002 Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Martin Bookspan
2003 Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Leonard Slatkin
2004 Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Bill McGlaughlin

2005 Karl Haas Prize Honoree: Classical Kids by The Children's Group
2006 Karl Haas Prize Honoree: Christopher O'Riley, host of From the Top

Worldwide Web References to the Fine Arts Radio International® Awards
Classical Music Education Clearinghouse

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