Art song
finals to air

The eighth annual Art Song Contest semifinalists broadcast on Gary Hickling's "Great Songs" will be heard from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday on KHPR 88.1 Honolulu, KKUA 90.7 Wailuku and KANO 91.1 Hilo.

The 13 semifinalists, selected from 47 entrants, are Georgia Boyd, soprano; Stephanie Conching, soprano; Leolani De Lima, soprano; Amy Healey, soprano; Bill Lyman, tenor; Kawika McGuire, tenor; Rosanna Perch, soprano; Winnie So, soprano; Katherine Saik, soprano; Kate Sarff, soprano; Noelle Shiozaki, soprano; Karen Stavash, mezzo-soprano; and Carla Waterfield, soprano.

The finalists, who have not yet been announced, will share the live Winners' Recital on Sept. 10 at Orvis Auditorium at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. That recital will be recorded and broadcast in December.

The Art Song Contest is sponsored by Hawaii Public Radio with assistance from the Orvis Foundation.