Produced and Presented by Peter Jeffery and Dorothy Psaila-Savona
The show is the brainchild of Nikola Nikolich who along with Diane Popovich
remembered a much earlier broadcast in their Serbian program when Peter Jeffery, who then was a lecturer in literature read some translations of Serbian poetry to commemorate a national festival. They felt this made good radio and were impressed with the impact of the well chosen and well spoken words of poetry.
Many years later, when some broadcast space freed up in the now fully crowded
programming, Nick approached Peter again and asked if he would like to head up a program that would highlight the many varied talents that are displayed in each of the ethnic minorities and their own programs. Many of our listeners listen out specifically for programs that are in their original language, but stay on to listen to what else is around.
Because 6EBA is strong with World or Folk Music, many listeners tune in for the music as they drive, or to help them with their household chores, and importantly the interfusion of English and translated language creates an outreach for audiences well beyond that of the specific minorities that generate the staple of ethnic programming. Secondly, when artists have been approached in the wider community, it is nearly always found that they have a multicultural background far beyond that of the British Isles, and though some are first generation migrants, they are often second and third generation Australians from that initial migrant family. Hence the term 'outreach' is both accurate and welcoming to the making of new listeners to enjoy 6EBA with all its old fans as well.
Initially 6EBA members such as Diane Popovich and Guido Nigro and Geoff Rowley helped Peter by 'driving' the program and smoothing out the rough edges, sometimes through prerecording and cutting interviews, and even moving onto the occasional call-in phone interview. However, when Dorothy Psaila Savona came back into 6EBA, after a rest after some six years of working with the Maltese programmes, Nick engaged Dorothy and Peter as a team, and they moved into a much appreciated format of music, news about the arts, interviews, highlights of foreign museums and tourism, and poetry.
Along with this adult fare, they introduced a section on Youth Arts giving the Murdoch Graduate Joana Pop her own section as a self developing project. After several successful months of this, 6EBA concentrating on rejuvenating itself through its multicultural youth broadcasting invited Joana to form her own Youth Arts program that she imaginatively named ImaginArt. In due course she worked along with our current Maylands Project Officer Olivia Holmes leaving 6EBA to work at Groove FM where Joana escalated to the Station Manager position.
Dorothy comes from an extensive arts background and sat as a key board member on the BLACK SWAN THEATRE COMPANY. She loves the idea of travel and highlights our world's cultural heritage with her short inserts about museums, artists and architecture all around the world. Her selections of music are a popular blend from classic opera to classic Elvis Presley, and she claims to have converted Peter to becoming an aficionado, despite his original philistine ignorance of classical opera. He still has a long way to come beyond his love for the voluptuousness of CARMEN, but he improves every program.
As to Peter himself he was recently awarded an OAM for his contribution to
multiculturalism, the arts and film and television education, and is also a Life Member of the Film and Television Institute of WA. Like Dorothy he has traveled extensively in countries as various as Vietnam, India, Japan, Indonesia, the UK, USA, and 'bella Italia'. Recently he was elected Chairperson of Community Television Perth and has sat on the Board of Access 31.
If you had been listening over the last quarter you would have heard artists as
interestingly various and accomplished as Milic Ilic, classical guitarist; Ingle
Knight, actor, director, playwright; Else Kikiros, speaking of the Mandurah 'Loosely Tied' exhibition; Wesley College prizewinning students of a project involving the arts and charity; Roger Vella Bonavita chorister at UWA; Danielle Micich director of the all boy DASH show; Tom Gutteridge, artistic director of BLACK SWAN THEATRE Company; Sue Peacock and Didier Theron, choreographers; Daniel Chan, media lecturer and scriptwriter; Max O'Grady sculptor, children's writer; and Helen Duncan, co-ordinator of the Mandurah Stretch Festival.
So wherever you are on a Friday afternoon between 4 and 5 tune into THE WORLD OF ART, and enjoy the blend of music, information and probing interviews in depth, but remember, as Dorothy says, 'Drive Safely and have a Good Weekend!'
I’ve been presenting programs on Radio 6EBA, 95.3FM, for close to ten years. My career, as a Lecturer, is to train people in Personal Development, mainly ‘Public Speaking’. So, radio was another avenue to work in, with a different audience ie. the ‘listeners’.
Prior to the current program, I presented the Maltese Program in both Maltese & English on behalf of The Maltese Professional & Business Association. I moved on to ‘The Worldof Art’, a Radio Station program, with great enthusiasm. The Arts play a big part in my life. My co-presenter is Peter Jeffery who is also involved in Community Television.
The program’s format includes a ‘What’s On Around Perth’ segment which covers Theatre & Film within the forthcoming week and beyond – social life in Perth is hard to keep up with, as it’s variety at its best! If Poetry tickles your fancy, Peter, himself a Poet, reads a few poems, his own or other gems of poetry of other popular poets. For me, the highlight of the program is the weekly interview with Artists from every sphere of the Arts. The interviews are thought provoking, exciting and so varied in content. They involve lots of research, but ultimately, so rewarding! My favourite interviews, amongst many, were with David Wakeham, International Baritone, from the Opera ‘Nabucco’ and John Michael Swinbank who is a PR Strategist, Raconteur, Cabaret Singer…his list goes on! I just can’t forgo ‘Movin Melvin Brown’ – a great singer and ‘Tap Dancer’ whose rhythm and personification of Ray Charles and Sammy Davis Jnr. was indeed a treasure and a delight to have on the program.
Music plays a big part on ‘The World of Art’ program. This covers classical and contemporary music in cosmopolitan renditions for one and all.
So, tune in, every Friday from 4.00pm – 5.00pm, Perth Time, on Radio 6EBA, 95.3FM, World Radio. I can assure you that you will not be disappointed. The program is produced with you, the listener, in mind. I cordially invite you to listen to us thus joining many other contented listeners, for a relaxing and refreshing hour of the awesome program ‘TheWorld of Art’.
| In the Studio: June 2007 Students from Wesley College guest on the program. Here they are seen with Peter Jeffrey |  |
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