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New England-based audio production company PARMA Recordings andpublic affairs cable network C-SPANhave announced plans to release “In The Key Of C-SPAN,” a series of digital music collections featuring music from PARMA’s catalogused in C-SPAN’s programming. (Click title for full article) 

“In the Key of C-SPAN: Volume 1,” the first release in the series, is currently in production, with a digital release slated for early 2014 on PARMA’s Navona Records label.  The series willbe available from online vendors such as iTunes, Amazon, and many more.

“The concept of a release series felt like a natural next step in our partnership with C-SPAN,” says PARMA’s CEO Bob Lord. “We share a real passion for music as well as a desire to present and introduce it to as wide an audience as possible. I believe this will be an excellent platform to expand the reach of our artists while providing C-SPAN viewers with access to engaging and interesting music.” 

C-SPAN co-CEO Rob Kennedy says the project is the first of its kind for C-SPAN. “Music plays an important role in effective television production,” says Kennedy, who helms the network’s Twitter feed.  “We frequently receive inquiries from viewers, asking for information about music they heard on the network.  In working with PARMA, I’m very pleased that we’ll soon have a tangible product to direct them to.”

The two companies first teamed up in January 2013 on the C-SPAN seriesFirst Ladies: Influence & Image, for which PARMA produced a customized theme song. In May 2013, PARMA signed on as C-SPAN’s music provider, placing content from its audio catalog across the network’s original programming, promotions, and Senate quorum calls.

About PARMA:

PARMA Recordings (www.parmarecordings.com) is a New England-based music company specializing in orchestral, chamber, choral, and commercial recording, as well as distribution, product design, strategic marketing, and licensing/publishing.  The firm’s work spans classical, jazz, rock, experimental, and more, and features artists such as Grammy Award-winner Richard Stoltzman, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lewis Spratlan, Pete Townshend of the Who, renowned percussionist Steve Gadd, and New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow, among others. PARMA’s music has been featured in projects and programming from CBS, ABC, Fox, PBS, C-SPAN, National Geographic, A&E, Showtime, Microsoft, and numerous other media outlets.

About C-SPAN:

Created by the cable TV industry and now in 100 million TV households, C-SPAN programs three public affairs television networks in both SD and HD; C- SPAN Radio, heard in Washington DC and nationwide via XM Satellite Radio; and a video-rich website which hosts the C-SPAN Video Library. Visit www.c-span.orgto learn more.