CET will air a special Focus presentation at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 6 as
Cincinnati breaks ground for the new School for the Creative and Performing Arts.
During the New School for Creative and Performing Arts School Groundbreaking Ceremony:
A Focus Special, CET will air interviews with Erich Kunzel, of the Cincinnati Pops
Orchestra and Founder and Honorary Chair of the Greater Cincinnati Arts & Education
Center; Curtis Moody, President & CEO of Moody Nolan Inc.; Norma Petersen, President
& Executive Director of the Greater Cincinnati Arts & Education Center; and
Isidore Rudnick, Artistic Director for Greater Cincinnati Arts & Education Center
about the process of creating this new building. They will also speak about the impact
this unique school has on the community.
Here are the full-length unedited versions of these interviews.
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On this special broadcast of Focus, CET talked with the individuals who are involved in
building the new School for Creative and Performing Arts to learn why such a
school is important to the Greater Cincinnati community. The program also features
clips from the groundbreaking ceremony taped on September 6th, 2007.
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Mark Perzel interviews Erich Kunzel, Founder and Honorary Chair of Greater Cincinnati
Arts and Education Center, about his involvement with the new K-12 School for Creative
and Performing Arts.
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Isidore Rudnick is the Artistic Director for the School for Creative and Performing
Arts. He describes his involvement with the new school.
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Norma Petersen, President & Executive Director of Greater Cincinnati Arts &
Education Center, and her GCAEC team were instrumental in raising the $72 million
dollars needed to construct the school.
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Curtis Moody, President and CEO of Moody Nolan, Inc., the architecture firm
responsible for the school's unique design.
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Ted Strickland, the Governor of Ohio, spoke at the New School for Creative and
Performing Arts Groundbreaking Ceremony.
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Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory spoke at the New School for Creative and Performing
Arts Groundbreaking Ceremony.
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Superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools Rosa Blackwell spoke at the New School
for Creative and Performing Arts Groundbreaking Ceremony.
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Thomas J. Klinedinst, Chairman of the Greater Cincinnati Arts and Education Center
(GCAEC) spoke at the New School for Creative and Performing Arts Groundbreaking Ceremony
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On September 6th, 2007, students from SCPA and Shiel Elementary performed with the
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at the New School for Creative and Performing Arts
Groundbreaking Ceremony. Here are some highlights from their performances.
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