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NPT Broadcasts GERSHWIN AT ONE SYMPHONY PLACE
Thursday, 21 August 2008

Live from Schermerhorn Symphony Center 

Nashville Symphony Maestro Giancarlo Guerrero Goes ONE ON ONE with John Seigenthaler 

NASHVILLE, Tennessee – August 21, 2008 – Nashville Public Television (NPT) will bring the opening night performance of the Nashville Symphony’s 2008/09 season to all of Middle Tennessee – live and in HD – when it broadcasts GERSHWIN AT ONE SYMPHONY PLACE on Saturday, September 6 at 8:00 p.m. Coming to viewers directly from Schermerhorn Symphony Center’s Laura Turner Concert Hall in downtown Nashville, Music Director Designate Giancarlo Guerrero, in his new leadership role with the orchestra, will conduct the First Tennessee All-Gershwin Gala.

Viewers will have an opportunity to get to know Guerrero in advance of the gala performance when he appears on ONE ON ONE WITH JOHN SEIGENTHALER Sunday, August 31 at 9:30 p.m. The half-hour interview will be repeated at 10 p.m. September 6 following the live broadcast. A five-minute preview clip is available at youtube.com/wnptvideos .

GERSHWIN AT ONE SYMPHONY PLACE, a production of Sunrise Entertainment and the Nashville Symphony, will also be distributed to PBS stations nationwide later this year. The special reunites the team that won a MidSouth Regional Emmy® Award for One Symphony Place: A World Premiere Live from Music City, the broadcast of the grand opening of Schermerhorn Symphony Center in September 2006.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 29 October 2008 )
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Martha Speaks and Sid the Science Kid join NPT’s Kid’s Lineup
Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Two Shows Debut, One Favorite Returns to NPT’s Children’s Programming

Martha Speaks
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee – August 12, 2008 -- A talking dog, an inquisitive young scientist-in-training and a team of math sleuths highlight NPT’s new weekday kid’s programming lineup when it premieres on Labor Day, September 1.  Martha Speaks, a new animated series for children ages 4-7 based on the best-selling books by Susan Meddaugh, follows the adventures of Martha, a lovable dog whose appetite for alphabet soup gives her the power of speech. Martha Speaks joins the weekday lineup at 6:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.  Sid the Science Kid, a new animated series from the Jim Henson Company, uses comedy and music to encourage 3-6 year-olds to explore the foundations of science in their everyday world.  It comes to the lineup at 7:30 and 11:30 a.m. weekdays.

Cyberchase, the only math-based series on American television, aims to improve kids’ problem-solving and math skills every episode through thrilling cyberescapades driven by a different math concept.  The series returns to NPT’s lineup at 5:30 p.m.

Sid the Science Kid
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“These are truly educational and entertaining shows that will satisfy the programming needs of children in this community, especially in the area of literacy,” said Beth Curley, president and CEO of Nashville Public Television.  “We continually assess our daytime lineup to meet those needs and expectations. With Martha Speaks joining Super Why, World World, Word Girl, Reading Rainbow, Between the Lions and Sesame Street, we have a strong lineup dedicated to promoting literacy and vocabulary growth.”
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 29 October 2008 )
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