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ETV Radio Trumpets the Sounds of the Season

For Immediate Release
November 23, 2009

Columbia, SC...Beginning Monday, Dec. 14, ETV Radio offers listeners a rich selection of festive programs for the entire family. From Jonathan Winters’ A Christmas Carol and Choirs and Carols: An NPR Christmas to the Piano Jazz Christmas Special and Christmas with Morehouse and Spellman Glee Clubs, festive performances fill the air with Yuletide spirit.

The holiday lineup includes the following:

Carolina Concerts: Christmas Across the Palmetto State presents seasonal songs from a variety of South Carolina groups.
Monday, Dec. 14 at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 7 p.m.

Christmas Around the Country includes holiday music from churches, concert halls, auditoriums, and town halls from coast to coast.
Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 24 at 9 p.m.

Carolina Christmas - Country artist Kathy Mattea hosts this joyous celebration of Appalachian folk traditions and other styles native to the Carolinas.
Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 24 at 7 p.m.

Jonathan Winters’ A Christmas Carol features comedian Jonathan Winters as he presents a distinctive reading of Dickens’ holiday classic.
Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m.

Choirs and Carols: An NPR Christmas - NPR’s World of Opera host Lisa Simeone spotlights musicians from around the world, including Trio Medieval, Riga Dom Boys Choir, Pittsburgh Brass, and Trio Voronezh.
Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 9 p.m.

A Paul Winter Solstice Concert is a dynamic musical celebration held in New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine, featuring gospel singer Theresa Thomason.
Thursday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 8 p.m.

Christmas with Morehouse and Spelman Glee Clubs is a joyful celebration of the schools’ tradition of singing excellence, with their trademark mixture of spirituals and carols.
Thursday, Dec. 17 at 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m.

Piano Jazz Christmas Special – This ETV Radio production features legendary jazz pianist Marian McPartland and her guests from seasons past who share their favorite memories and perform Christmas classics and original holiday tunes.
Saturday, Dec. 19 at 8 p.m.

Carolina Concerts spotlights Handel’s Messiah as performed by the Greenville Chorale and the Greenville Symphony Orchestra.
Monday, Dec. 21 at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 7 p.m.

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols – Michael Barone, host of American Public Media’s Pipedreams, presents this live special from the chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England. Biblical readings and music are performed by the 30-voice King’s College Choir.
Thursday, Dec. 24 at 10 a.m.

Season’s Greetings from Thistle and the Shamrock presenting lively Celtic music.
Sunday, Dec. 27 at 6 p.m.

South Carolina ETV is the state's public educational broadcasting network with 11 television and eight radio transmitters, and a multi-media educational system in more than 2,500 schools, colleges, businesses and government agencies. Using television, radio and the web, SCETV's mission is to enrich lives by educating children, informing and connecting citizens, celebrating our culture and environment and instilling the joy of learning.

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For more information, contact Rob Schaller at (803) 737-6556 or rschaller@scetv.org.

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Marian McPartland, legendary jazz pianist and host of "Piano Jazz." Produced by ETV Radio. Photo credit: R. J. Capak

A scene from "A Paul Winter Solstice Concert." Photo credit: Jeff Day.

Spelman Glee Club in "Christmas with Morehouse and Spelman Glee Clubs." Photo credit: Spelman Glee Club (Coed).