Kate Botello
Music Host and ProducerKate comes to Northern Michigan via New York City, where she was a freelance actor, singer and playwright, appearing Off-Broadway as Judy Garland in the underground hit, Christmas with the Crawfords. She wrote and starred in several Judy Garland-themed productions, including Judy’s Christmas Garland and Judy Garland and Uninvited Company -- for which she was nominated for a Nightlife Award and won a Backstage Bistro award.
Before her time in New York, Kate was one of the founding on-air personalities for ZDTV, a national television network (later to become TechTV). There, she hosted "The Screen Savers," a live daily call-in show co-starring tech guru Leo Laporte, as well as "Extended Play," a show about videogames and the gaming industry with cohost Adam Sessler. She also puppeteered and provided the voice for Tilde, the network’s "virtual host" - work for which she won an Emmy Award.
Kate Botello has lived in Traverse City, Michigan since 2005, and is delighted by the huge amount of talent and art available to people in our area. She directed and starred in many productions for the Old Town Playhouse and Young Company, and led the OTP's Summer Performing Arts Camp for four years. Kate has even had a chance to make a few dreams come true, including hosting live "Sing-a-Long" events at the State Theatre, narrating stories with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra and serving as the official "Word Pronouncer" for the Traverse City County and Regional Spelling Bees.
Kate brings a lifetime love of classical music to IPR, and she is thrilled by discoveries of beautiful pieces, new and old, to share with you.
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This week on Kids Commute, we’re listening to R. Nathaniel Dett's "In The Bottoms" suite.
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Love! Handsome soldiers! Quack doctors! Weddings! And love potions? Learn all about this romantic opera on Classical Sprouts!
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We're learning all about tango music this week with QuinTango, a Virginia-based chamber ensemble with serious tango chops!
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We're hanging out with this acclaimed Ghanaian-American pianist as we learn about some of his favorite composers of African descent!
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This week on Kids Commute, we’re listening to the music of Tchaikovsky's famous fairytale ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty!"
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Classical guitarist and Interlochen Arts Academy alum Gohar Vardanyan visited Studio A to perform music by Ponce, Tarrega and Calleja and to answer questions from current Interlochen guitar students.
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What makes tango tango? Find out this week with the acclaimed tango ensemble QuinTango!
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Detroit Opera Resident Artists Ben Reisinger, Melanie Spector and Rolfe Dauz visited Studio A along with Associate Artistic Director Christine Goerke and Resident Artist Program Director Nathalie Doucet.
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Did you know the melody from Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" love duet "Once Upon a Dream" was actually written by Tchaikovsky? We're listening to the Garland Waltz this week on Classical Sprouts.
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Our friend Sarah Huebsch Schilling tells us all about Renaissance dances and then plays them on her recorder!