December 5, 2003

Boise State Radio To Celebrate Hector Berlioz

Bicentenary Tribute to Air on KBSU Boise State Radio’s KBSU will celebrate the 200th birthday of Hector Berlioz on Thursday, Dec. 11, with a daylong radio event from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. The event features six cornerstone works: Roman Carnival Overture, L’Enfance du Christ: Shepherd’s Farewell, Symphonie Fantastique, Les Troyens: Royal Hunt and Storm, Requiem, and the Rob Roy Overture. The prolific 19th century French composer was an innovator of the early Romantic period. He died in 1869. KBSU is carried on 90.3 FM Boise, 90.9 FM Cascade, 106.3 FM Stanley, 91.1 FM Lower Stanley, and 91.7 McCall (KBSM). Boise State Radio is a listener-supported service of Boise State University and can be found on the Web at http://radio.boisestate.edu. -30- Contact Jim East Associate General Manager, Network Programming Voice: 208 947-5659 Fax: 208 344-6631 jeast@boisestate.edu Media Contact Kathleen Craven communications and marketing 208 426-3275 kcraven@boisestate.edu