A Wonderful Birthday Week to Celebrate Five Years of ICAN!

This week ICAN celebrates turning five! You’re invited to our special celebration week! Look at the schedule below that includes our specialty birthday show, a new season of ICAN Become, and All Classical Radio’s 2024 Young Artist in Residence, Elaina Stuppler, interviewing Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton for the Audio Book Tour!


The word 'Monday' surrounded by a teal rectangular border. Inside the border are red and orange streamers with an ICAN Icon birthday cake to the bottom right.

April 15th 3-5:00 PM – 2-Hour Birthday Special

Happy 5th birthday to ICAN Radio! Sarah and Steven will start the week on our actual birthday, April 15th, with a 2-hour birthday special broadcast! During this audio party, we will be joined by party guests Elaina, Naomi, and Skye, along with ICAN friends Coty Raven Morris and Jahlysa Azaret, as we look back at our favorite moments from ICAN from the past five years!

April 16th 10:00 AM – A Very Special What If World

What if ICAN Become‘s very own Henry entered the very imaginative What If World? In order to find out the answer to this question “What if it started raining Electric Guitars?“, listen in as Henry, Mr. Eric, and the rest of the What If crew embark on this special ICAN collaboration!

The word 'Tuesday' surrounded by a teal rectangular border. Inside the border are red and yellow streamers with an ICAN Icon birthday cake to the bottom left with a little on orange dragon on top. The logo for 'What If World' is at the bottom right corner inside the border with a small fairy to the right of it.
The word 'Wednesday' surrounded by a teal rectangular border. Inside the border are red and yellow streamers with a portrait of youth host, Diarra, in a purple outlined frame to the left of Tonia Jones in a teal outlined frame.
Left: Diarra and Right: Tonia Jones

April 17thth 5:00 PM – ICAN Become Season Two

We had so much fun launching the first season of ICAN Become, from speaking to a real NASA astronaut to learning what it takes to be a ballet dancer! Join us as we start this new season with youth host Diarra in the episode, ICAN Become a Leader, as she speaks with Nike’s VP/GM Jordan Women’s Streetwear Lead Tonia Jones about what it takes to be a leader!

Catch up with all of season one of ICAN Become here!

April 18th 5:00 PM – Audio Book Tour with Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton

Join All Classical’s Young Artist in Residence, Elaina Stuppler, in this special Audio Book Tour episode as she sits with authors Dame Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton!

On this special episode, Elaina’s interview will feature a conversation about community and the beauty of music in The Enchanted Symphony written by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton! Additionally, Elaina will talk about their new book Waiting in the Wings. Surely this is an Audio Book Tour not to miss!

The word 'Thursday' surrounded by a teal rectangular border. Inside the border are red and yellow streamers with a portrait of Emma Walton Hamilton hugging her mother, Dame Julie Andrews while both are facing forward.
Emma Walton Hamilton and Dame Julie Andrews. Photo courtesy of authors’ publisher.
The word 'Friday' surrounded by a teal rectangular border. Inside the border are red and yellow streamers with a portrait of Elaina Stuppler in the center. To the left and right of the portrait are graphics of balloons in ICAN teal, yellow, and red. There are also graphics of red and orange streamers toward the bottom of the teal border.
Elaina Stuppler. Photo: Frankie Tresser

April 19th 2:00 PM – Where Are they Now? with Elaina Stuppler

Finally to end this week, Where Are They Now? with On Deck with Young Musicians host Jahlysa Azaret sits down with Elaina Stuppler! A long time friend of ICAN Radio, Elaina has accomplished amazing work both on and off air. Catch this special episode where Jahlysa talks with Elaina about life since her first On Deck interview and what she is looking forward to in her musical career!

 

Tune in each day this week at 3 PM, PT for Screenshot with Marty Coldwater, where the birthday fun will continue with music from family-friendly video games, television, and movies!


To see further updates for our exciting birthday week, follow us @ican.radio on Instagram! While you’re here, check out our daily schedule to see the full list of our programs and their times.