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Artist:Margo Guryan
Album:The Chopsticks Variations
Label:Oglio
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The Chopsticks Variations has long been a favorite in print worldwide among teachers and students, who find it both unique and fun to play. Margo Guryan's unique version should be experienced by all listeners.

"I never thought that anyone could do anything with 'Chopsticks,' but Margo Guryan has done it remarkably in a charming set of variations on the famous tune: clever, witty, at times tender and elegant, at other times punning and ribald. Every variation has some delightfully surprising touch. A little American Mikrokosmos and much more fun!" - Gunther Schuller

Tracking: Week 14
4 New ON this week / 102 Total
Synd. CBC
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Wash DC, Minneapolis, Atlanta, St. Louis, Cleveland, Baltimore, Detroit, Berkeley CA, Salt Lake, Buffalo & Rochester NY, San Antonio, Canada
Online: Taintradio, RadioIO, WGOE

Tracking for September 8, 2010:
Station Freq City Format Spins/wk Comment
Internet:
Taintradio/The New Edge   www online instrumental/cl  3 Playing 'Variations 9-11'
RadioIO/Classical Favorites   www online classical: contem  ON Very serious approach to lite fare.. We are on it
WGOE   www online variety  ON Great title and we have ADDed to our mix
Alabama:
WUAL/Classical Music   91.5 Tuscaloosa variety/class  10 Playing all tracks
Alaska:
KUAC/Afternoon Concert   89.9 Fairbanks classical  ON Light spins
KRNN/Afternoon Classics   102.7 Juneau classical  ON Spinning
KTOO/A Juneau Afternoon   104.5 Juneau variety  1 Spinning a few tracks. Well done
Arizona:
KBAQ/CD Pick of the Week   89.5 Tempe cd of the week  5 I really like it! I agree with Mr. Schuller---charming!
Arkansas:
KUAF/Classical Music with...   91.3 Fayetteville classical  ON Spinning. What a great idea and marvelous execution
California:
KHSU/Classical   90.5 Arcata variety/class  ON In-ROT
AMPB   104.1 Berkeley variety  ON Playlist Airplay
KCHO   91.7 / 88.9 Chico / Redding news&info  ON Sounds fun for the mornings during ME
KKUP/Music of the Masters   91.5 Cupertino classical  ON Inventive and always interesting. Ingenious variations and listeners responded to them positively
KKUP/Neptune Currents   91.5 Cupertino classical: contem  ON Light spins
KXLU/Soiree Musicale   88.9 Los Angeles classical  ON ADDed
KZYX   90.7/91.5 Philo variety/class  ON Spinning on the Classical shows. Fun idea
KWMR/Classical Fridays   90.5/89.3 Point Reyes Station classical  2 Playing 'Ragtime' & 'Adagio'
KFPR   88.9 Redding news&info  ON KCHO simulcast
KRCB/Out of the Box   91.1 Rohnert Park classical  8 Playing all tracks
KDFC/Surprise@5   102.1 San Francisco new releases/cl  ON Playing 4 tracks. Link attached
KZSU/Classical   90.1 Stanford variety/class  ON Spinning a few tracks
Colorado:
KAJX/Classical   multi multi variety/class  ON Spinning a bit
Connecticut:
WVOF/The Upper Room with ...   88.5 Bridgeport variety  ON Playing various tracks
WMNR/Mike Shakinovsky   88.1 Monroe classical  2 Really cute! The variations are very imaginative
WWUH/Evening Classics Fri...   91.3 West Hartford classical  ON Playing all tracks. Very witty work.
WWUH/Evening Classics   91.3 West Hartford classical  10 Playing all tracks
Delaware:
WVUD/Fine Tuning   91.3 Newark classical  ON We continue to play Chopsticks in its entirety, and it is still in our 'New Classical' file
District of Columbia:
WETA   90.9 Arlington classical  ON Will spin on April Fools Day
Florida:
WXEL/Classical Variations...   90.7 West Palm Beach classical  2 Spinning. Very clever and enjoyable
Georgia:
GPB/Soundscapes   multi 18 station net classical  2 Spinning. Cute. Nice hook
WREK/Classical   91.1 Atlanta variety/class  ON In-ROT
WBCX/Taste of Classics   89.1 Gainesville classical  ON We continue to play
WBCX/Taste of Classics   89.1 Gainesville classical  2 Playing all tracks. Excellent idea and execution
Illinois:
WIUM/Ovation   91.3 Macomb classical  ON Gets the attention of current and former piano practice warriors
WQUB   90.3 Quincy music bed  ON Programming only as a continuity piece & for transitions
WVIK/Perspective   90.3 Rock Island classical  ON Feature. What a fun piece! Perfect for leading up to our Fall Fund Drive!
Indiana:
WFIU   multi Bloomington classical  ON Cute stuff. Was good for our classical quiz show, Ether Game
WNIN/Classical   88.3 Evansville variety/class  1 Enjoying it. So far, we have programmed the ragtime variation, and will be playing others
WSND/New Releases   88.9 Notre Dame new releases/cl  ON Playing on 'NR' show
Iowa:
WOI/Classical   90.1 Ames / Des Moines variety/class  ON Spinning
KSUI/Classical Music with...   91.7 Iowa City classical  ON Spinning
KSUI/Classical Music with...   91.7 Iowa City classical  1 Playing 'Allegretto'
KHKE/Morning Classics   89.5 Waterloo classical  ON Spinning
Kansas:
KXTR/The Morning Show   96.5 Kansas City classical  ON Spinning a bit
Louisiana:
KRVS/Classical   88.7 Lafayette classical  ON Great idea. Nicely done
WTUL/Classical   91.5 New Orleans variety/class  ON We play this frequently; it is an enjoyable piece here for our listeners of many genres
Maryland:
WRNR/The Sunday Brunch   103.1 Annapolis non comm/w.e.  1 Playing the opener. Fun
Massachusetts:
WCRB/Keith Lockhart's Cla...   99.5 Boston new releases/cl  ON Will air on November 30th 'Keith's Classical Corner'
WMBR/The New Edge   88.1 Camebridge instrumental/cl  3 Playing 'Variations '9-11'
WOMR/Cafe Classical   92.1 Provincetown classical  ON Spinning. A curious CD
Michigan:
WUCX/The Audition Room   90.1 Bay City class./jazz  ON Spinning. I like the disk very much
WUCX/The Eclectic Chair   90.1 Bay City variety  ON Spinning heavily. I love this piece and Margo's arrangement
WRCJ/Classical Music with...   90.9 Detroit classical  ON Good recording, and it's in the studio spinning now as one of our new discs
WBLU/Afternoon Classics   88.9 Grand Rapids classical  ON Spinning. This one is very clever
WMUK/Classical   102.1 Kalamazoo variety/class  2 I liked the variations and playing a few. Kind of fun
WCMU/Classical Music   89.5 Mount Pleasant classical  3 Spinning a few tracks. Nicely done
Minnesota:
KFAI/Collective Eye   90.3 / 106.7 Minne / St. Paul classical/jazz  ON Spinning
MPR/The New Releases   multi Minneapolis + new releases/cl  ON Played the whole thing
Missouri:
KRCU/Caffe Concerto   90.9 Cape Girardeau classical  ON Great fun! It's already on my playlist
KXMS/Your Classical Lunch   88.7 Joplin classical  ON 'Novelty' spins & using as Prod. Music
KSMU/Classical   91.1 Springfield variety/class  6 It?s fun stuff?Using variations 9-14
KFUO/Dick Wobbe   99.1 St. Louis classical  3 Playing 'Round', 'Andante' & 'Ragtime'
KWUR/Classical Music with...   90.3 St. Louis classical  ON Very interesting take on a legendary piano piece
New Jersey:
WNTI/Contours   91.9 Hackettstown public affairs  ON OMG. Interview
WPRB/Classical Discoverie...   103.3 Princeton classical: contem  1 Playing 'Rhymes'
WPRB/Worried Waltz   103.3 Princeton variety  1 Playing 'Round'
WWFM/Morning Classics   89.1 Trenton classical  ON Spinning a bit
New Mexico:
KRWG/Intermezzo   90.1 Las Cruces classical  ON In the pipeline and on deck for airplay
New York:
WNED/Mid-Day Classics   94.5 Buffalo classical  ON Spinning. Delightful!
WBAI/Cosmik Debris   99.5 New York 20th Century  10 Playing all tracks
WXXI/Classical   91.5 Rochester classical  ON Mr. Schuller is right--it's fun! Playing it
North Carolina:
WCQS/Classical   88.1 Asheville classical  ON This is much better than I thought it would be. Will use in a clever way
WCPE/Your Classical Lunch   89.7 Wake Forest classical  3 I love it and playing a few variations. Interview
North Dakota:
KCND/Hear It Now   90.5 + multi Fargo classical  4 Playing 'Round', 'Andante', 'Allegretto' & 'Inventionette'
Ohio:
WCLV   104.9 Cleveland classical  ON Spinning
WRUW/Diversified, Inc.   91.1 Cleveland class./jazz  1 Playing 'Boogie Woogie'
WGTE/Afternoon Classics   91.3 Toledo classical  3 Featuring the Chopstick Variations. It is delightful
Oregon:
KWAX/Caitriona Bolster   91.1 Eugene classical: contem  ON Spinning
KSOR/Siskiyou Music Hall   Multi Network variety/class  2 Playing it, liking it! Just like Gunther Schuller said, charming!
Pennsylvania:
WQLN/Classics with Wally ...   91.3 Erie classical  ON Full of surprises happy and surprises sublime
WITF/New Releases   89.5 Harrisburg new releases/cl  ON Featured it as a new release, and on our website
WITF/Classical Air   89.5 Harrisburg classical  10 Played the whole thing
WKPS/Avant Garde   90.7 University Park classical: contem  ON Playing all of it
Rhode Island:
WRIU/Divertimento   90.3 Westerly classical  4 Playing 'Walking', 'Finale', 'Barcarole', 'Melody', 'Boogie Woogie', 'Andante', 'Round' & 'Ragtime'
South Dakota:
KUSD/Morning Classics   89.7 Verm.- Beres. classical  3 Playing 'Round', 'Andante' & 'Ragtime'
Tennessee:
WETS/Morning Classics   89.9 Johnson City classical  4 Playing 'Andante', 'Ragtime', 'Boogie Woogie', 'Round'
Texas:
KAMU/Classical   90.9 College Station variety/class  ON Spinning
KEDT/Classical Afternoon ...   90.3 Corpus Christi classical  ON Spinning
KNTU/And Seldom is Heard   88.1 Denton classical  15 Playing all tracks
KMBH/Classical   88.1 / 88.9 Harlingen variety/class  3 Continue to play. I like all the arrangements
KPAC/The Piano   88.3 San Antonio classical/piano  ON Playing the the 'Boogy-Woogy' variation
Utah:
KBYU/DriveTime Classics   89.1 Provo classical  ON Spinning
Vermont:
WRUV/The Floating Head of...   90.1 Burlington classical  ON On 'Classical/Avant-Garde' Playlist
Washington:
KPBX/Classical Music   91.1 Spokane variety/class  3 We use this often. Interesting idea, and well executed
West Virginia:
WVPN/Music in the Afternoon   88.9 Charleston classical  ON Adorable and getting buzz on our Facebook page
Wisconsin:
WXPR/Midday Classics   91.7 Rhinelander classical  ON Very good idea and execution
WXPR/Classics By Request   91.7 Rhinelander variety/class  ON Spinning
WWSP/PLUS   89.9 Stevens Point variety  ON Playlist Airplay
 
Canada Freq City Format Spins/wk Comment
National:
CBC   multi National music bed  ON Using for production music beds
Manitoba:
CKUW/Shades of Classics   95.9 Winnipeg classical: contem  ON Playlist Airplay
CKUW   95.9 Winnipeg variety  ON On the 'new shelf' for all programmers to use
Ontario:
CBC Galaxie/Instrumental/...   multi National/www lifestyle  ON ADDed. Beautiful execution



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