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i. m. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 6,2008 SECTION I LOCAL MEDIA MUSIC tosses tradition on its ear jr xM cf ill toll JM1VJ11 WB By Janelle Getfand jgelfandenqmrer.com They call it renegade chamber music a new kind of performance art merging music, dance, acting and visual media in unexpected places. The founders of Con-certNova, a chamber ensemble of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra musicians, say they are tossing traditional classical presentations out the window. The idea, they say, is to close the gap between performers and audience.

"It's no longer about the artist telling the audience about the art. It's taking away the construct of performing and just being able to experience the art," says clarinetist and artistic director Ixi Chen. ConcertNova will open its second season on Thursday in the "UnMuseum" at the Contemporary Arts Center, downtown. The first concert, "Where the Wild Things Are," a takeoff on Maurice Sendak's popular children's book, is emblematic of the group's mission. It's being presented as an "installation" at the CAC, where fantastical illustrations of the tale by Till Lassmann, a German illustrator and animator, will accompany the music that tells the story of Max's journey to the land of the Wild Things.

The musicians will transform into an electro-acoustic ensemble including Owen Lee on electric bass and Tanya Berman on electric violin -for a fusion of classical, rock If you go What ConcertNova: "Where the Wild Things Are" When: 7 p.m. Thursday Where: UnMuseum, Contemporary Arts Center, Downtown Tickets: $20, $10 Enjoy the ArtsStart members or students; 513-321-5073, www.concertnova.com Halloween revelers: Wear your "Wild Things" costume and stay for a free reception. and avant-garde by New York composer Randall Woolt They hope their collaborative ideas will create a new forum for dialogue about art and break down some of the barriers surrounding classical music. They have mounted their projects in spaces such as the downtown bar Twist, Below Zero Lounge and Know Theatre in Over-the-Rhine. This year, they hope to branch into alternative venues, such as a parking garage or an airport hangar, "to bring different elements of the city into our art," Chen says.

The fiveoncert season will include projects with actors, artists and members of Cincinnati Ballet In December, ConcertNova will team with artist Trinidad Mac-Auliffe and actor Julianna Bloodgood for a concert of Olivier Mes-siaen's "Quartet for the End of Time," composed in a World War II concentration camp, paired with Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" MEWS Anchor Jack Atherton watched Channel 19 start from scratch -and scratch its way to success By John Kiesewetter Jkiesewetterenquirer.com lot of things have changed since Jack Ath- ertonarr'vedatWXK'TV 15 years ago. stauon' a Woodlawn office park, had no newsroom in August 1993, two Wlmonths before the "10 O'clock News" debuted. It would be another year before Channel 19's young Fox network acquired NFL broadcasts, legitimizing its place as America's fourth network. There was this Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland idea of 'Let's just put on a Starting from scratch was so much fun," says Atherton, 55, the first on-air person hired for the start-up news operation. That can-do spirit helped propel Fox 19 news into a formidable operation morning and night Its 10 p.m.

audience often is larger than at least one of the 11 p.m. newscasts, while the "Fox 19 Morning News" routinely beats the nation's No. 1 Today" show and ABC's "Good Morning America" here 7-9 a.m. This month, the "Fox 19 Morning News" also is No. 1 against the three 6-7 a.m.

local newscasts. Fox 19 will take the next step this week in its evolution, moving into a high-definition-ready news set in what was the old morning show living room-style area. Fox 19 could become the second station here broadcasting local news in HDTV "in a couple of weeks," says Steve Ackermann, news director. 1 if y) Top photo: The EnquirerMichas! E. Keating; proided Enquirer file; Fox news team from 1996 was Greg Hoard (left), Gina Germani, Rich Apuzzo and Jack Atherton.

At top: WXIX, Channel 19, will soon celebrate its 15th anniversary of having a newscast. Jack Atherton has been there from the beginning. ft Hwmw mi 1 iii rtr "ffinrn irii 'ffiW' iiiiirn wnifw -n Ti hit Inside Five things you probably don't know about Jack Atherton; a quick look at Channel 19 anchor teams; and a WXIX-TV timeline. 14 See ATHERTON, Page 14 Provided Tom McFariane From left: Owen Lee, Tatiana Berman, Patrick Schleker, Mauricto Aguiar, Heidi Yenney, Cristian Ganicenco, Christina Coletta, Randolph Bowman, Ixi Chen, Elizabeth Freimuth, Eric Bates. 1151 ITS TURKEY TIM III 1 ON THE WEB picks for clicks Watch Playhouse in the Park wig master and makeup artist Gretchen Androsavich as she transforms Playhouse PR associate Mae Klingler into an old witch for Halloween, at Cincinnati.

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