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Heidi Kyser

Heidi Kyser

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Interim Editor, Desert Companion

Las Vegas

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Total articles 69

  • Facing the Music

    By Heidi Kyser Verified| KNPR-FM (Las Vegas, NV) Verified Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Dr. Shirley Linzey Young Artists' Orchestra (YAO) of Las Vegas, Nevada Public Radio Managing Editor Heidi Kyser talks to Yunior Lopez — who is the orchestra's founder, executive, and music director — about how he came to music, his varied career as a violist, and why he founded the youth orchestra. Also joining them is Sachi Blevins, a local student and member of both YAO and the National Youth Orchestra.

    By Heidi Kyser Verified · KNPR-FM (Las Vegas, NV)

    Apr. 08, 2025

  • ‘Las Vegas Became a Shelter’

    By Heidi Kyser Verified| KNPR-FM (Las Vegas, NV) Verified Ask Iranian writer, translator, and research Maryam Ala Amjadi if your reading of one of her poems is correct, and she’ll likely laugh — albeit gently. It’s difficult for poets to talk about the meaning of their work, she explains. This tracks for readers of both her poetry and prose, I suspect. That’s because every time you come back to her writing, you discover something new.

    By Heidi Kyser Verified · KNPR-FM (Las Vegas, NV)

    Mar. 20, 2025

  • Facing the Music

    By Heidi Kyser Verified| KNPR-FM (Las Vegas, NV) Verified Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Dr. Shirley Linzey Young Artists' Orchestra (YAO) of Las Vegas, Nevada Public Radio Managing Editor Heidi Kyser talks to Yunior Lopez — who is the orchestra's founder, executive, and music director — about how he came to music, his varied career as a violist, and why he founded the youth orchestra. Also joining them is Sachi Blevins, a local student and member of both YAO and the National Youth Orchestra.

    By Heidi Kyser Verified · KNPR-FM (Las Vegas, NV)

    Apr. 08, 2025

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Desert Companion

Nevada Public Radio is NPR in Las Vegas. A growing audience relies on our broadcast, print and digital distribution channels for a unique mix of local, national, and international news; entertainment and cultural content. Our Mission Nevada Public Radio will enhance the quality of life and foster civic engagement by informing, educating and inspiring our growing audiences. Our Vision Nevada Public Radio will be recognized as the leading independent source of information and cultural expression and a catalyst for civic engagement. Members are at the heart of public radio. Nevada Public Radio's activities are supported by this base of annual individual giving along with revenue from broadcast and online sponsorship, also print advertising. NVPR is the recipient of private foundation donations and other grant revenue including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. See our annual report and other public documents. Nevada Public Radio (NVPR) was established in 1975 as an independent, not-for-profit, public benefit corporation. NVPR signed on the air in 1980 with one station serving the Las Vegas area as Nevada's first National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate station. For nearly four decades, NVPR has remained true to its mission to enhance the quality of life and foster civic engagement by informing, educating and inspiring a growing audience through public media – including content on air, in print and online. Our broadcast network includes two FM stations serving the Las Vegas metropolitan area - News 88.9 KNPR and Classical KCNV 89.7. With a total of seven FM stations, 11 translator stations and associated HD digital channels, NVPR now serves more than 2.7-million people. NVPR is the publisher of the award-winning Desert Companion magazine.

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