An adaptation of Pulitzer Prize winner Eudora Welty’s only children’s book, "The Shoe Bird," set to music by composer Samuel Jones that received a 2008 Grammy Award nomination for "Best Musical Album for Children."
National Broadcasts:
Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2pm on the following channels:
WVPBDT Charleston, WV
WSWPDT Bluefield-Beckley, WV
WVPSDT Bluefield-Beckley, WV
WNPBDT Clarksburg-Weston, WV
Sunday, March 23, 2023 at 2pm on WVPBDT Charleston, WV
Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 8pm Prime Time on KUENDT Salt Lake City, UT
Friday, March 24, 2023 at 8pm on KPJKDT San Francisco, CA
Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 2am on the following channels:
KUENDT Salt Lake City, UT
KCPTDT2 Kansas City, MO
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 7pm PT on KVCRDT Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 11pm on KVCRDT Los Angeles, CA
Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 12pm on the following channels:
KQEDDT San Francisco, CA
KQETDT2 Monterey-Salinas, CA
Monday, April 3, 2023 at 8pm ETS on WLIWDT4 New York, NY
Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 12am EST on WLIWDTV4 New York, NY
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 4am on WBGUDT Lima, OH
Sunday, April 9, 2023 at 7pm on the following channels:
WNSCDT2 Charlotte, NC
WNEHDT2 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
WRJADT2 Columbia, SC
WJWJDT2 Savannah, GA
WITVDT2 Charleston, SC
WHMCDT2 Myrtle Beach, SC
WEBADT2 Augusta, GA
Monday, April 10, 2023 at 2pm ETS on WLIWDTV4 New York, NY
Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 12pm on the following channels:
WOUBDT2 Columbus, OH
WOUCDT2 Columbus, OH
Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 5pm on WOUBDT2 Columbus, OH
Friday, April 14, 2023 at 1am on WOUBDT2 Columbus, OH
Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 1pm on the following channels:
KRNEDT Sioux Falls, SD
KTNEDT Cheyenne, WY
Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2pm on the following channels:
KYNEDT Omaha, NE
KHNEDT Lincoln-Hastings, NE
KXNEDT5 Sioux City, IO
KPNEDT North Platte, NE
Monday, April 17, 2023 at 2am on the following channels:
KRNEDT Sioux Falls, SD
KTNEDT Cheyenne, WY
KYNEDT Omaha, NE
Monday, April 17, 2023 at 3am on the following channels:
KHNEDT Lincoln-Hastings, NE
KXNEDT5 Sioux City, IO
KPNEDT North Platte, NE
Friday, April 21, 2023 at 11pm on the following channels:
KRNEDT Sioux Falls, SD
KTNEDT Cheyenne, WY
Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 12am on the following channels:
KYNEDT Omaha, NE
KLNEDT Lincoln-Hastings, NE
KXNEDT5 Sioux City, IO
KPNEDT North Platte, NE
Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 2pm on the following channels:
KOPBDT Portland, OR
KOACDT Eugene, OR
KOABDT Bend, OR
Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 3am on the following channels:
KOPBDT Portland, OR
KOACDT Eugene, OR
KOABDT Bend, OR
Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 11pm on WOUBDT5 Columbus, OH
Thursday, April 18, 2023 at 5am on the following channels:
KFMEDT Fargo, ND
KBMEDT Minot-Bismarck, ND
KDSEDT Minot-Bismarck, ND
KSREDT Minot-Bismarck, ND
KWSEDT Minot-Bismarck, ND
Friday, September 8, 2023 at 4am on WSBEDT2 Providence, RI
Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 8am on WHUTDT Washington, D.C.
Previous Local Broadcasts:
Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 3:00pm on WPBT
Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 7:00pm on WXEL
Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 8:00pm EST on WXEL
Friday, December 23, 2022 at 9:00pm EST on WPBT
Sunday, December 25, 2022 at 10:00am EST on WPBT
Eudora's Fable: The Shoe Bird is a musical fable written for children's choir, narration, and orchestra. The work is based on the only children's book ever written by Pulitzer Prize winning author Eudora Welty, The Shoe Bird. First published in 1964, the story is considered a fanciful fable, like Aesop, about animals, containing a moral or lesson. While describing the many birds of the story, the music introduces and expands the audience's knowledge of the orchestra instruments by featuring the auxiliary instruments of the woodwind section. Composer Samuel Jones adapted the story to create the music and lyrics of Eudora's Fable: The Shoe Bird.
For our television broadcast, Palm Beach Symphony was joined by a 30-voice chorus with members from Young Singers of the Palm Beaches. The ensemble was be led by the Symphony's Music Director Gerard Schwarz and narrated by voice actor and director Charlie Adler, known for his multiple roles as Cow, Chicken, and The Red Guy in the Emmy nominated series Cow and Chicken as well as Buster Bunny on Tiny Toon Adventures, Ed and Bev Bighead on Rocko's Modern Life, and Ickis on Aahh!!! Real Monsters. Commissioned specifically for this production by painter and sculpture artist Ed McGowin, enjoy bigger than life-sized artwork projected behind the orchestra as the story unfolds.
More than 5,200 students in South Florida enjoyed the concert in virtual field trips during the past school year. In addition, workshops relating to the concert were led by Symphony music teaching artists in elementary through high school classes. A partnership with the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County provided all elementary and middle school students with Eudora’s Fable: TheShoe Bird Literacy Kits, containing a copy of the book and learning activities related to bird proverbs and idiomatic expressions.
Palm Beach Symphony continues to expand its education and community outreach programs with children’s concerts, student coaching sessions and master classes, instrument donations and free public concerts that have reached more than 64,000 students in recent years.
Members from the Young Singers of the Palm Beaches
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