An award-winning documentary on The Lark Quartet produced by Ohio University Media Productions is being distributed to Public Broadcasting Service stations nationwide in early June.
Titled “The Lark Quartet: A Year in a Residency,” the one-hour documentary chronicles one of the years that members of the internationally recognized quartet spent as artists-in-residence at Ohio University from 1995 to 1998. The quartet worked with students, collaborated with faculty and brought to campus such visiting artists at Aaron Jay Kearnis, whose original composition for the quartet won him the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in Music.
The documentary was written, directed and produced by David Urano, senior media producer with Media Productions, part of the university’s Communications and Marketing division. Associate Producer Vicky Foster was the principal videographer and Media Productions Director Paul Ladwig was the executive producer.
“I am very pleased PBS is airing the documentary,” Urano said. “It’s great exposure for The Lark Quartet and it’s a testament to Ohio University’s commitment to the arts.”
The documentary was pitched to PBS by Carolyn Bailey Lewis, director of Oh io University’s Telecommunications Center. The center’s PBS affiliate, WOUB-TV, is the presenting station.
“To have a program selected for distribution by PBS is quite an honor for Ohio University and Media Productions, and also for WOUB as the presenting station,” Lewis said, noting that PBS uses a stringent selection process based both on content and technical quality of the production.
PBS affiliates will air the documentary this summer. Viewers should watch their local listings for information on when the program will air in their area.
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