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• Nicole Marie
• Scott Birmingham
• Don Shamber
• Justin
• Willie Anthony Waters

Position: Program Director, Weekday Mornings 8am - 1pm, and host of Symphony Sunday!
RPI (Requests Played per Inning) : 7
Errors (In Pronunciation): 96.8
JWA (John Williams Average): negative 10 (I hate John Williams...)
Rookie Training: Besides spinning classical music for Beethoven Radio, I am the principle double bassist for the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra. We have a rocking season coming up so make sure you check us out!
Favorite Classical Work: I love anything by Saint Saens!
Favorite Film Score: 300
Favorite Cartoon Character: Snaggle Tooth

More Info: Check out some of my favorite sites and videos!
www.whso.org

Position: Production Director and air shift 1:00 pm- 6:00 pm Monday through Friday and Saturday 12pm to 6pm
RPI (Requests Played per Inning): 3
Errors (In Pronunciation): I pronounce eveything perfectly except for names of the peices I play and composer names. Oh, and nuclear.
JWA (John Williams Average): I average 2 a week sometimes more and sometimes less, but thats what I mean by average.
Rookie Training: This is my first radio job, I bet you can't tell. I do have a psychology degree from the University of Tampa and I also attended the CT School of Broadcasting
Favorite Classical Work: Copland's Rodeo, I like saying rodeo I can pronounce that.
Favorite Film Score: This is tough, Starwars is right up there as is Back to the Future and I cant forget about the Dark Crystal soundtrack.
Favorite Cartoon Character: Batman, I like his car.
More Info:

Position: Overnights/ Production Department
RPI (Requests Played per Inning): 642 w a 4.02 era
Errors (In Pronunciation): I don’t have any idea what the number is but I am sure I lead the station in mispronunciation…probably spelling too…J
JWA (John Williams Average): uuuummmmm
Rookie Training: WCCC, WAAF, WWRX….I have cut and partied with the best and the worst. Los Angeles, Hartford, Boston, Providence, Las Vegas…New York.
Favorite Classical Work: Depends on my mood…are we talking erotic or murder?
Favorite Film Score: Braveheart…celtic and horns baby!
Favorite Cartoon Character: Foghorn Leghorn
More Info: With me it’s all about living in the present. Never look back…tonight see the Red Sox play, go to Friday night fights, UFC good, WSOP better…Vegas? What time does our flight leave…my passport is valid and I am ready to fly! Vacation must always involve a body of water and a beach…and a warm body for company..:)

Conductor
General and Artistic Director,
Connecticut Opera

Appointed General and Artistic Director of The Connecticut Opera (Hartford) in July, 1999, MAESTRO WILLIE ANTHONY WATERS has conducted numerous noteworthy productions and events for the company, including the Arena production of AÏDA in 1991, OTELLO in 1997, PORGY AND BESS in 1998, A CAPITOL CONCERT in Bushnell Park during the summer of 2000, and DENYCE GRAVES IN CONCERT (which opened the company’s 60th Anniversary season).

Maestro Waters has been a guest conductor for the Arizona Opera, Australian Opera, Cologne Opera (Germany), Edmonton Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Houston Ebony Opera, Manitoba Opera (Winnipeg), Michigan Opera Theatre, Opera Carolina, Opera Colorado, L’Opéra de Montréal, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Orlando Opera, San Francisco Opera, Vancouver Opera and the opera companies of Cape Town, Pretoria and Durban, in South Africa. Among his orchestral engagements are performances with the Florida Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Bavarian Radio Orchestra (Munich), Essen Philharmonic (Germany), Brucknerhaus Orchester (Linz, Austria) and Indianapolis Symphony. Maestro Waters also serves as Artistic Advisor and Conductor of the Houston Ebony Opera Guild, where he has conducted OTELLO, TOSCA, SUOR ANGELICA and HIGHWAY ONE, USA (William Grant Still), THE BARBER OF SEVILLE and LA BOHÈME, set during the Harlem renaissance of the 1920’s.

During the 2001-2002 season, Maestro Waters was a guest with the Hartford Symphony on three occasions: Handel’s MESSIAH, featuring the Hartford Chorale, a subscription concert featuring music of Wagner and Tchaikovsky, and the third annual Martin Luther King celebration. He also conducted the “African American Gala” with the chorus of the Houston Ebony Music Society.

In September 2002, Maestro Waters conducted a gala concert with Denyce Graves in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Opera Colorado in Denver. In November, Maestro Waters made his New York City Opera debut conducting RIGOLETTO. During Connecticut Opera’s 2002-2003 season, he conducted productions of TURANDOT, SALOME and MADAMA BUTTERFLY.

His schedule during the 2003-2004 season includes RIGOLETTO for Houston Ebony Opera, his return to New York City Opera for Carlisle Floyd’s OF MICE AND MEN, and SALOME for Kentucky Opera. For Connecticut Opera, he will conduct LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR and RIGOLETTO.