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For more information, please contact [email protected]. ope college Great Performance Series closes with olland, michigan Hope College Anchor Volume 98 Number 24 April 9,1986 guest conductor of GR Symphony The final event of the 1985-86 Melbourne, the Australian Great Performance Series will Broadcasting Corporation and feature the Grand Rapids Sym- the Canberra Opera. phony in concert on Thursday, .rui«iww Christopher Kantner began April 10 at 8 p.m. in Dimnent study of the flute in New York at Memorial Chapel, directed by the age of 11. He subsequently guest conductor Christopher studied with Gerald Meyer in Lyndon Gee. London, Ontario and with Bonnie Featured in Concerto for Flute Lake in Baltimore, Maryland, and Orchestra by Carl Nielsen where he was enrolled in the will be Christopher Kantner, Peabody Conservatory High principal flutist with the Grand School Division. After Rapids Symphony since 1976. graduating from Peabody, Mr. The program will also consist of Kantner attended the University Metamorphosen by Richard of Michigan where his teachers Straus and Serenade No. 1 in D. were Keith Bryan and Clement Major, Op. 11 by Johannes Barone. In 1976 he received a Brahms. Master's degree from the State British-born Christopher Lyn- University of New York at don Gee was graduated from Stonybrook where he studied Durham and Oxford in music and with Samuel Baron. philosophy. After receiving an Kantner has participated in the Italian Government Scholarship, Canary Islands Opera Festival he went to Rome to study con- Orchestra, and is a member of ducting with Franco Ferrara and the Aspen Summer Music remained in Italy to work as an Festival Orchestra. assistant conductor with Bruno In 1978 he was a finalist in the Maderna and with the RAI Sym- jprestigious Naumberg Competi- phony Orchestras in Milan and tion. He has performed duets Turin. with Beverly Sills and Jean- In England, he held Pierre Rampal. simultaneous positions O music Tickets may be purchased in Nursing program director of the Telford Sinfonia advance from the Office of Col- and the Welwyn Garden City lege Relations, second floor of Symphony and Chorus. In addi- the DeWitt Center, from Monday tion, he has worked with Leonard through Friday from 8 a.m. to receives full-fledged Bernstein at Tanglewood and noon and 1 to 5 p.m. They will Jean Martinon in Paris. Most also be sold at the door on the recently, Lyndon Gee has been night of the concert. Tickets are very active in Australia, con- $7 for adults, $6 for senior standing with NLN ducting the orchestras of Sydney, citizens and $3 for students. The National League of Nurs- Last November, the program and clinical skills in mutually ing (NLN) has granted initial ac- received full approval from the planned activities." creditation to the Hope-Calvin Michigan Board of Nursing, a Off-campus nursing ex Nursing Program, a cooperative prerequisite for review by the periences are offered in hospitals baccalaureate nursing program National League of Nursing. in Costa Rica, at the Rehoboth- offered at Hope and Calvin, for "This national accreditation is McKinley Christian Hospital in the maximum term of eight a symbol of excellence, " said New Mexico, and at several years. Kielinen. "It is totally a volun- places in the west Michigan com- While baccalaureate nursing tary process but an important munity including Pine Rest programs in liberal arts colleges one because it signifies recogniz- Christian Hospital, Mary Free such as Hope and Calvin are ed quality." Bed Hospital, the Ottawa, Kent commonplace, cooperative pro- The program is designed so and Allegan County healt grams between educational in- students can take pre-nursing departments, and community1 stitutions are not. The Hope- and college core courses on their health visiting nurse services. Calvin program, started in 1982, "home" campus. In their junior Upon completion of the four- is one of approximately six year, they formally enter the year curriculum on either cam- undergraduate, cooperative pro- joint nursing program and take pus, a student receives the grams having national ac- classes on both campuses and at Bachelor of Science in Nursing creditation. the clinical education sites at degree. There are currently 126 "Our program is also different Butterworth Hospital in Grand students enrolled in the program. in that it is truly run by both in- Rapids and Holland Community The first two graduating classes stitutions," said Dr. Cynthia Hospital. totaled 99 students. Ninety-six Kielinen, director of the pro- "Another unique dimension of percent of those graduates subse- gram. "Most cooperative pro- our program is our relationship quently passed the State's licens- grams are usually, controlled by with Butterworth and Holland ing exam on the first attempt, a one school." Community hospitals," stated percentage well above the norm. The Hope-Calvin program was Kielinen. "They provide teacher- The department is comprised evaluated on its components of practitioners, and library and of ten full-time faculty members, curriculum, faculty, facilities, skills laboratories. And our two half-time faculty members students, structure and gover- faculty shares their expertise and four, teacher-practitioners nance. Oecturers). OPINION Of all things that this editorial space could be a vehicle for, its photographic subjects? The show is colorful, insightful, intrigu- purpose at this moment is to congratulate the six ubiquitous (have ing, and glorious. You can only hope to put on a show that is this you seen their silkscreened faces all over the campus?) senior art good. students who have organized and successfully executed the final Actually, the applause doesn't stem from the fact that the undergraduate showing of their work which is now on display in seniors put on the own show themselves. Thousands of college the DePree Art Gallery. What I am exactly talking about is students are willing and able to fill a gallery with their pieces, but ^Vanishing Point, " an exhibit which is comprised of the what does affect me is that this work is all fashioned from the cumulative works of seniors Jon Hook, Stacey Purcell- hands of our own peers. These are people you see in class and Keshavarzi, Joel LeFever, Gwen Griffith, Cindy Abel, and around campus or at parties, especially at the Clock Tower, and not from a long-dead artist from the Netherlands. To actually Kevin Fischer. The opening of this show which was held last Friday, seemed to have a large group of at least slightly familiar faces view and be an absolute success for all involved. This is not a biased or ex- critique what must have come out from under months of harsh in- aggerated opinion for I really feJt that the pieces presented were trospection and articulation must have been either severely unset- produced as a result of much work and dedication on the part of tling or highly comforting to the artists. I sincerely hope that they their creators. Having taken just one studio art class in my see the acceptance and approval from the rest of us, although I freshman year, I can only try to imagine the perserverance and know that that is not what they are primarily looking for when much-challenged reasoning behind the career choices and artistic they create. In a word, the show was uplifting; not surprising but all the endeavors of these six people. The wide variety of mediums is obvious once a patron enters the while a real joy to experience. It would not be too patronizing to gallery. From 4<floating,' ceramic forms to photographs, the say watch for these people in a few years, because they're going show promises to catch anyone's eye as they browse through the to make it. Let's seriously hope so for the group is truly talented exhibit. There are, of course, signature pieces which at once give and tuned in to observing the life around us. away the artist. How many people do you come in contact with The show will be around until May 5 in the DePree Art Center. make their own paper that is slightly seasoned with the color of Viewing hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. tea? or have a penchant for decayed homes and doorways as. and Sunday, 1a.m. to 9 p.m. Lou Valantasis, co-editor 'Letters to thp Editori what I thought of a dating situa- when I needed it. one that dwells inside of me and Dear Editor: To the Administration, Staff, It's difficult to identify what at- comes out once in a while - mak- My congratulations to the Hope Faculty and Student Body of tion. Upon arriving at college, I tracts me to someone as a friend. ing me cry until 1 can finally fall radio station on the upcoming Hope College: found new situations. It was hard Sometimes it's a word that's asleep.