[NEohioPAL]applause on WVIZ/PBS Thursday

[Benepe-Nelson, Tamme]

Airing on Applause Thursday May 15 at 7:30 p.m. on WVIZ/PBS with host =
Dee Perry...


				*	An interview with Franz Welser M=F6st.  Franz Welser M=F6st has =
been the Music Director for the Cleveland Orchestra since last fall.  =
The forty-two-year-old conductor was born in Austria and originally =
began his career as a concert violinist.  However, a car accident left =
him unable to play professionally.  Thus, began his new career as a =
conductor.  He's considered the next generation of great music =
directors, and in part one of an interview, Welser M=F6st describes his =
style as a conductor.

				*	Local vocal legend.  Local singer Jimmy Scott has had his share of =
the blues...the house where he grew up and learned to love music was =
replaced by an empty field.  And a promising musical career was lost for =
several decades, after a bad recording contract left Scott living in =
obscurity.  But then his life took a dramatic turn... ideastream's David =
C. Barnett reports on singer Jimmy Scott and his biography, Faith in =
Time. =20

				*	Young musician with an old soul.  The diverse vocal stylings of =
Clarence Bucaro have never been more apparent than in his CD "Sweet =
Corn."  The CD's variety of musical blends has record stores confused as =
to how to categorize it.  However, it's not just Bucaro's unique brand =
of music that's getting him noticed, people can't believe that the =
singer behind the songs is really still a kid.