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Kendall Ross Bean: Chopin Polonaise in A Flat

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ACE ceremony will recognize the most outstanding contributions to the cable television industry's locally produced programming for the ninth consecutive year. Programming originated so prolifically on the local level is unique to this industry and represents one of its most special qualities - serving the public with quality programs of local interest. Tonight we are honoring 132 nominees, representing 71 cable systems and one access corporation, chosen from 720 entries. We offer thanks to 108 Academy members who served as preliminary judges and 42 blue ribbon final judges for their expertise in determining quality programming.
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the performance on the keyboard in the glass box first and then on the piano. The video was shot from a story board and Bean had to finger sync for each section of the storyboard. It took several hours to film the video and Bean had to play for a moment or so to get up to speed every time a new camera angle was featured.
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Robert A. Stengel, Chairman of the System ACE Competition Committee and Ralph M. Baruch, Chairman of the National Academy of Cable Programming and Chairman of the Board of Viacom International Inc. stated in the program" for the Ninth Annual System Ace Awards in Las Vegas "This year's annual System
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It was created in the Original Local Programming Studio of Televents in Lafayette, California. The video was created with two cameras and cut and dissolve edits. Lile had the piano action removed and a glass box built around it so that the camera could film the hammers and action mechanism working.
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was being defined by record label's promotion and advertising departments, producers, directors and the TV channels who broadcast these short films. Music videos before 1986, featured primarily rock and pop musicians. When the Kendall Ross Bean Chopin: Polonaise in A flat classical music video was
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The music video features a piano performance of Frédéric Chopin's A flat Polonaise. The sound used for the video was from a LP record album recorded by Kendall Ross Bean a couple of years before. Bean finger-synced the music for each video shot by listening to the audio recording and duplicating
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Upon the airing of the Kendall Ross Bean Chopin Polonaise in A Flat on A&E, excerpts of this classical music video were also featured on TV stations during primetime news, TV magazine shows and in major newspapers while Kendall Bean was on tour in 1986. This was one of the first times that a
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began as promotional films created by a music label's publicity department or an artist's management team. They showcased the artist performing an upcoming single from an unreleased album or a live performance of a current hit and involved camera editing techniques that were more elaborate than a
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10 each. 30 categories of the 174 ACE Awards were presented on a live broadcast on HBO on January 24, 1988. The other categories, which included the Outstanding Programming Achievement Award were presented at a non-televised awards events in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The ACE awards were
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national and local news stations when they caught the public interest. The media attention that MTV and its music videos received, led to the public associating the music video art form with the genre of rock and pop featuring major label's music stars. When Arts and Entertainment Network,
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that A&E's programing was geared primarily to features an hour or a half-hour in length. She stated that it was A&E's plan to air the Bean classical music video for three years along with other compatible classical music programs.
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Through the 1970s live performance broadcasts of both classical, jazz, rock and pop music broadcasts of live performances continued to evolve. But, they did not develop into the art form we know today as the music video until the 1980s.
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Although music has been important to film and television from its inception, the music video of the 1980s placed the performer and the highly edited visuals in the spotlight with the definition of the music video as its own art form.
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established after cable programs and performers were excluded from the Emmy Awards. The National Academy of Cable Programming was established in March 1985 to promote excellence in cable television programming.
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for Outstanding Programming Achievement at a ceremony on May 18, 1987 by the National Academy of Cable Programing in the Ninth Annual System Awards for Cable Excellence in the category of Music Single.
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Since there were no dedicated classical music video TV broadcast channels in the 1980s, classical music videos were featured in between regular programming of various television stations along with
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classical music video served the same promotional and publicity purpose for an independent classical pianist as the rock music videos were serving for rock stars on tour during the 1980s.
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In the 1940s, musicians and filmmakers created movie shorts known as Soundies. These films featured jazz or pop performers singing popular tunes in a studio or nightclub setting.
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The first showing of the Kendall Ross Bean Chopin Polonaise in A Flat on Arts and Entertainment Network was paired with the re-broadcast of the 1938 Masterpiece sound film,
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The video is 6 minutes and 55 seconds long. It was a created in a partnership arranged by producer Karen Earle Lile between Polara, and Independent Record label, and
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Karen Earle Lile was nominated as producer for The Kendall Ross Bean: Chopin Polonaise in A Flat Classical Music Video for an
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because of its novelty, and the camera shots revealing the usually hidden innards of the piano in performance.
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used an editing technique called "montage" that is used by filmmakers and music video directors to this day.
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was one of the first classical music videos to be broadcast in the United States and Canada on 24 July 1986.
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was one of the first TV channels to broadcast a wide variety of rock and pop videos in the early 1980s. "
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Fred Dressler, Vice President Programming, American Television & Communications Corporation
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Program for ACE Ninth Annual System Awards for Cable Excellence, May 18, 1987, Las Vegas, NV.
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Richard Warner, Operations Manager Commentator, Georgia Radio News Service/WAGA-TV Atlanta
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Orchestra, one of the first Rhythm and Blues combo bands on TV to use horns in the 1950s.
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Erica Gruen, Vice President=Associate Director, Electronic Media, DFS=Dorland Worldwide
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Joan Boorstein, Manager, Film Acquisitions of East Coast, SHOWTIME/THE MOVIE CHANNEL,
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Brown, Steven (24 July 1986). "Roll over, Chopin - music video takes cue from MTV".
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Steven C. F. Anderson, President and Executive Producer, Anderson Productions, Ltd.
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Audio Track from: Kendall Ross Bean Chopin-Granados Album. 1984 © Polara Records
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Ben Evans, Executive Vice President, Creative Director, Wills & Evans, Inc.
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led with 112 nominations for the ACE Award, or Award for Cable Excellence.
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Video Tape Production: Robb Barry, Lindsay Christensen, Charles P. Shepler
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Judy Rudrud, vice president, Publisher, Cable Television Business Magazine
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A Televents Community Network Video Production: 1985 © Polara / Televents
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Tom Furr, vice president, Program Promotion, SHOWTIME/THE MOVIE CHANNEL
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Suzanne Holeton, Broadcast Service Manager, Advertising Council, Inc.
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Debby Beece, vice president, Programming, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite
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Don Smith, Executive Producer, Local Programming, WAGA-5 Atlanta
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Ulrich, Allan (23 July 1986). "Get ready for Chopin on Video".
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Diane Asadorian, Program Executive, SHOWTIME/THE MOVIE CHANNEL
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doing business as Televents of Contra Costa in Lafayette, CA.
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John J. Sie, Senior Vice President, Tele-Communications, Inc.
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Blue Ribbon Panel Judges for the May 18, 1987 Awards were:
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featured classical music and opera on a semi-regular basis.
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Keith Kozicki, Producer/Director, Georgia Public Television
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Judith Topper, associate editor, Cable Marketing Magazine
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played the trumpet in the first filmed television sitcom
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NBC had telecast a Metropolitan Opera presentation of
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Rock and pop music videos and were often featured on
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Video Killed the Radio Star
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