KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Charles Shere Returns to KPFA
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
MC.1982.04.12Program Series
Morning ConcertProgram Length
31 minDates
1982-04-12 | broadcast| 1982-04-12 | created
Description
Specialists in New Music have long been associated with KPFA’s Music Department, be it John Rockwell, Alan Rich, Robert Erickson, Glen Glasow, or Charles Amirkhanian. But for intensity of production and richness of quality no term at KPFA was more productive than that of former Music Director Charles Shere who’s tenure at the station lasted from 1965 to 1967. At the time of this recording Shere was the Music & Art critic for the “Oakland Tribune”, a position he held until retiring in 1988. A distinguished composer as well, Mr. Shere returned to the scene of his fruitful years of service at KPFA and talked with his successor as Music Director, Charles Amirkhanian, about his memories of his time at the station as well as his current work as a music critic in Reagan’s America. (from KPFA Folio)Note: This interview begins in mid conversation.
Genres
New musicMusical Selections
[excerpt of an unidentified piano study] / Conlon NancarrowSubjects
New musicMusic critics
Radio producers and directors
Player piano music
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Amirkhanian, CharlesShere, Charles, 1935-2020
Holdreith, Matthew
Nancarrow, Conlon, 1912-1997