Gerard Schwarz's ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA Wins 2013 Deems Taylor Television Broadcast Award

Music Director Gerard Schwarz's All-Star Orchestra, the made-for-television classical music concert series featuring leading musicians from top orchestras across the country, has been awarded the 2013 Deems Taylor Television Broadcast Award for outstanding broadcast and new media coverage of music. The award will be presented on November 14, 2013 to Mr. Schwarz, Video Producer John Forsen and Executive Director Paul Schwendener. All-Star Orchestra will commence with the second half of its programming on NYC's THIRTEEN and Philadelphia'sWHYY beginning on October 6 at 12:30 p.m. (check local listings). Episode five, "Relationships in Music," features Brahms' Academic Festival Overture and Schumann's Symphony no. 3,Rhenish. The series will conclude with episode eight, "Mahler: Love, Sorrow & Transcendence," on October 27.

After a successful July preview in Seattle, All-Star Orchestra is currently Being broadcast in major markets across the United States including Cleveland, Dallas, Los Angeles, Nashville, and San Francisco.

All-Star Orchestra, similar to Major League Baseball's All-Star team, is composed of the finest orchestral "athletes" from leading orchestras across the country. Featuring exceptional performances of symphonic masterpieces and contemporary works, the All-Star Orchestraprograms seek to expose broad audiences to classical music through a format that is both informative and accessible. Naxos of America, the #1 independent classical music distributor in the U.S. and Canada, will release this unique series on DVD in October.

All-Star Orchestra episodes feature classical masterpieces as well as new works from leading contemporary American composers. Pairing works like Beethoven's Fifth Symphony with Philip Glass' Harmonium Mountain, the series aims to expose classical music to an even broader audience while keeping the listening experience informative and accessible.

Each of the All-Star Orchestra's eight one-hour programs, recorded over four days in August 2012, was taped at New York's historic Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center where conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Zubin Mehta, and Arturo Toscanini made their classical music recordings. 19 high definition cameras were allowed to roam freely during the All-Star Orchestra's recordings creating an unprecedented "up close and personal" experience.

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