Paducah Symphony Ends First Season with New Director

WKMS | By Chad Lampe

Published April 20, 2012 at 3:49 PM CDT

The Paducah Symphony Orchestra performs at the Luther F. Carson Center

It’s been about 8 months since the Paducah Symphony Orchestra has been under the watch of new executive Director Daniel Sene. Not too long before Sene’s arrival came Artistic Director and Conductor Maestro Raffeale Ponti. They are rounding out their first season together. This weekend. They’re visited the WKMS studios to talk about the PSO, and their history and the future of the orchestra.

The Paducah Symphony Orchestra Wraps up its season tomorrow evening with a “A Night at the Opera” with the PSO Symphony Chorus, Children's Chorus and Youth Chorus. Hear the music of Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Rossini and Wagner. The concert begins at 7:30 at the Carson Center.

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Chad Lampe, a Poplar Bluff, Missouri native, was raised on radio. He credits his father, a broadcast engineer, for his technical knowledge, and his mother for the gift of gab. At ten years old he broke all bonds of the FCC and built his own one watt pirate radio station. His childhood afternoons were spent playing music and interviewing classmates for all his friends to hear. At fourteen he began working for the local radio stations, until he graduated high school. He earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology at Murray State, and a Masters Degree in Mass Communication. In November, 2011, Chad was named Station Manager in 2016.

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