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8The Daily Tar HeelFriday, March 3, 1989 if J r N.C. Symphony concert to include Carolina Choir By LAURA FRANCIS the last four weeks and has seen Women's Glee Clubs) are held the;-firs- t Staff Writer positive results in the last couple of week of every semester and are The Carolina Choir will travel to rehearsals, Anderson said. open to all, according to Klebanow. N.C. State University this weekend "It's an ambitious project, and if Anderson said: "I'd encourage to perform Mahler's 8th Symphony it all pulls together, it's going to be anyone interested in music to audi- ) along with nine other choruses and a great concert quite an event," tion. It's a lot like a big family. There's YV'CrH C the N.C. Symphony, according to he said. a lot of great music, and you work :fJ V Susan Klebanow, Carolina Choir The choir will perform with other with a great conductor." director and choral, choirs from all over the state, includ- activities The choir will M chairman. ing Burlington boys' choirs and perform at NCSU ' this Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m C ( The concert, which is sponsored by groups from the UNC-Greensbo- ro, Contact Friends of 737--. Cf N.C. State's Friends of the College Raleigh and Meredith College. the College at ?. 2835 for ticket information. "It's I concert series, will feature Klebanow said the Carolina Choir director going be quite a production J Gerhardt Zimmermann, Klebanow is select concert choir of 50 singers. to and" "a ; -- be missed," o x m Jx ; said. They sing a wide range of music in shouldn't Anderson said. r- VH i f f The choir is enthusiastic about the the course of a year from a cappeila The choir will also perform the - ) .. upcoming performance, according to literature of all periods to orchestral Faure Requiem with full orchestra for; . i Jim Anderson, president of the masterworks." The group recently its April 15 concert in Hill Hall, group. "It's very rare you get to do completed a four-da- y tour to high Klebanow said. The concert will, a really big work with a full orches- schools, community colleges and feature the UNC Chamber Singers, tra," he said. "It's a big event for the churches throughout the state. performing French music from sev-- . ,J m tin ' g,,mmmmlmimm,l ., University in in. choir n i iiiiii all eral wmmiYiVir li.iiii.ini.1 in. A V in i 1111 hit in in n mini iimiwwwrf-'it- lni and the greatest since Auditions for music department centuries. Ticket proceeds (at $5. IVe been here." , choral ensembles (Carolina Choir, per ticket) will go toward the music. ; The Carolina Hall Choir, under the direction of Susan Klebanow, performs in Person Recital The group has been practicing for Chamber Singers and Men's and department scholarship fund. Fine Arts Festival to offer UNCs first Tibetan student finds his niche By DIANA FLORENCE nomic exploitations suffered in Tibet Staff Writer since 1959 are nothing compared to Connells' homecomin "Coming to UNC was my karma" the vast infringements on personal i ... By JULIE OLSON The band was formed in 1984 is not the usual sentiment expressed liberties. "In Tibet there are no free S&!1 Wrier by songwriter guitarist Michael by most UNC students, but for elections, no human rights forums or bass-playi- ng Migyur Dorjee the first religious tolerance. freedom, , Saturday night at 9 p.m., Connell and his Samkhar, Without ; state- is Memorial Hall will rock with the younger brother David while they Tibetan student at UNC, this there no existence." 1 sounds of Raleigh's own Connells, were at UNC. In fact, Michael is ment summarizes his feelings about Dorjee said he has always been (, his new home. intrigued by the diversity of the v in their tirst appearance in the a graduate of the law school, so Triangle area since last September. he's not just another head-bangi- ng Dorjee, a political science and United States. "There are so many The concert will be a showcase of rocker (although he may be a international relations graduate cultures peacefully coexisting here, it the band's latest album Fun and rocking Juris Doctorate). The student, arrived at UNC in January is truly a melting pot," he said. ' Games, which was slated for quintet is rounded out by lead on the prestigious Fulbright Scholar- He also said that he admires the ; release late last week. vocalist Doug MacMillan, guita- ship. He said that he expects to stay significant role women play in Amer- The Connells concert, spon- rist George Huntley and drummer at UNC until late 1991, when he ican society. "In both India and Tibet sored by the Carolina Union Peele Wimberley. receives his master's degree. He women are secondary to men in Activities Board, is a part of the previously attended North Bengal nearly all aspects of society ... This 'Fine Arts Festival's "Flashback: The Connells weave a deep and University and Punjab University in is an area that needs much the '60s." The '60s and the Con- rich musical background which is India for his undergraduate and improvement." nells, you say? What gives? complemented by subtle yet graduate education. Like most students, Dorjee misses Though often compared to the intense lyrical imagery. From According to Dorjee, it was his the familiar things about home: the his guitar-oriente- d, southern pop of Boylan Heights, in the song "I educational background in world food, family and his friends. He R.E.M. and the melancholic mel- Suppose," MacMillan sings pene- government that first attracted him does, however, enjoy American odies of Morrissey and the Smiths, tratingly, "Spent time far away to the United States. He said that the music, movies, fast food and fashion. the Connells actually draw much Spent your days lost in grey And emphasis on freedom, justice and "It is all so different from my culture of their musical charm from the wishes I suppose Mean nothing democracy particularly appealed to different and yet exciting." jangly sounds of the 1960s British when They're tossed away." him. "These ideals especially inter- Dorjee said that America has pop invaders with the same Simple but never simplistic, the ested me because of the constant strife turned out to be somewhat different and oppression has first lightness and freshness of pre-Ac- id Connells have carved their own that dominated from what he expected. "The Beatles. form of pop from 80s influences Tibet since the Chinese took over in movies and textbooks depict life in fast-pace- 0 Of course, the Connells do as well as from those of the '60s 1959," he said. America as . very d. I am clearly have roots in the home- - and they're gems in their own Although Dorjee has not been back happy to find that this is not always to Tibet since his family fled the case. At UNC I have been able . grown world of Carolina pop genre. to India music. Their first album, Darker when he was a year old, he still to enjoy both my studies and my 0 Days, was partially produced by The Connells will perform Sat- considers Tibet his home. Prior to leisure activities at my own pace." North Carolinian Don Dixon, and urday. March 4. at 9 p.m. in arriving at UNC, Dorjee had been A striking difference Dorjee has album number two, the college Memorial Hall. Tickets are $8for actively working for social reforms in noticed about the United States is the radio fave Boylan Heights, is not UNC students, $9 for the general Tibet. He served as the deputy attention focused on education. only the name of a Raleigh suburb, public and $11 the day ofthe show. secretary of religion, culture and "Much needs to be improved in the DTHRegina Holder was produced by the omni-- ,, For more information, call education under the exiled spiritual educational system of India, espe- ' but Migyur Dorjee Samkhar is the first Tibetan student at UNC , present Mitch Easter himself. and political - leader Dalai Lama. cially aniong' Tibetan 'refugeesf. The "When I return, I hope that I will United States' system of education is of Great Britain's former control of He said he hopes that his coming here be able to apply the insight IVe gained the paragon which India should India. Since his arrival at UNC, will open up the rich culture and on international relations to the emulate," he said. however, Dorjee said his English has language of Tibet to American Tibetan movement," Dorjee said. In spite of his criticisms of the improved dramatically. students. "I would be happy to help Above all, Dorjee treasures the Indian educational system, Dorjee In addition to his classes, he is also anyone interested in learning Tibetan.' democratic ideals of the United learned to speak English fluently. He teaching the Tibetan language to It is an easy language to learn but States. He maintains that the eco said he believes that this is a product English professor Robert Howren. difficult to master." 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