Cultural Events Issue University of Missouri system 1984-85
UMSL Shostakovich headlines cultural events season Kammergild performance Gallery 210 season opens with Anderle features composer's grandson UMSLS Gallery 210 , founded in 1972. Pianist Dmitri Shostakovich, grandson of the famous Russian composer, will make his SI. enters the 1984-85 year under new direction . Louis debut on the UMSL campus Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. in the J.e. Penney Auditorium. Tom Patton, assistant professor of art, is the He will perform Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No . I in C minor with Kammergild, new director, succeeding Sylvia Walters , UMSL's orchestra in-residence. now chairwoman of the art department at San Born in 1961, the younger Shostakovich began his musical studies at the age of 7 at the Francisco State University. Central Music School, studying piano with Elena Khoven . He made hi s debut in 1978 as a Patton joined the UMSL faculty in 1983 soloist with the Government Academic Symphony Orchestra under the direction of his father, to teach courses in photography. He has Maxim . He later performed with the U.S.S .R. Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra and asked Jean Tucker, a resident fellow in toured throughout the Soviet Union, Italy and Germany. UMSL's Center for Metropolitan Studies, to In April 1981, Maxim and Dmitri Shostakovich requested and were given political asylum be curator of the exhibit opening the gallery by the United States while they were on tour in West Germany. season, Conversation With the Masters: Kammergild is led by music director Lazar Gosman, a Soviet emigre who founded the Intaglio Prints by Jiri Anderle , from Sept. 4 group in 1978. Gosman is also artist in-residence at UMSL , music director of the Soviet to 28 . The 32 works in the exhibit are on Emigre Orchestra and performing artist and professor of violin and chamber music at the State loan from the Jacques Baruch Gallery in University of New York at Stony Brook. Chicago. Additional performances of the Kammergild during the 1984-85 year are: Anderle, a contemporary Czechoslova Nov. 18, St. Louis Art Museum, 8 p.m. - Bottesini's "Concerto for Violoncello and kian artist, has been called "a man of artistic Contrabass," featuring Savely Schuster and Carolyn Buckley virtuosity and a profound world view to Jan. 27, St. Louis Art Museum, 2 and 4 p.m. family concerts - Saint-Saens' "Carnival of correspond with it" by critic Lucia Adams. the Animals" (guest artists are pianists Pamela Mia Paul and Ignat Solzhenitsyn, age 11, son of The works in the exhibit date from 1966 Soviet emigre Alexander Solzhenitsyn) to 1982 and are of intaglio techniques com Feb. 17, J.e. Penney Auditorium, 8 p.m. - Pergolesi's " Stabat Mater" for Chamber bining etching, drypoint, mezzotint and Chorus and Orchestra brushed-on copper. May 20 (tentative date), St. Louis Art Museum, 8 p.m. - Haydn's " Violin Concerto in C Because of the brilliance of work from Major" with Gosman as violin soloist this master of "peintre-graveur" and histori refeJ~nces to history, the exhibit. Reseryed ~e.a ~on _tick ets. are MS_for a subscription ancLSIO for a single ticket. Open Se
Conservatory hosts chamber artists, soloists The summer series will close with a Chamber groups everywhere will per Tiberius Klausner & Friends will ap the general public are $70; individual tickets stock production of .. Fifteen Strings of form the music of Johann Sebastian Bach pear Dec. 2. Two other conservatory artists are $10 and $7.50. Ticket information is Cash," a traditional Chinese play about gov this year to commemorate the 300th anniver in-residence, Ruth Anne Rich and Richard available from the UMKC Box Office, (816) ernment corruption, directed by internation sary of his birth, and none can offer his Cass, will give piano concerts Feb. 19 and 276-2704, Center for the Performing Arts, ally renowned Chinese actor and director music with more intimacy than the Bach March 5, respectively. 4949 Cherry St. All concerts begin at 7:30 Ying Ruocheng. He is currently at UMKC as Aria Group, which has been performing After each concert this season, mem p.m. a Fulbright Asian Scholar In-Residence. Bach's works for 37 years. The Bach Aria bers of the White Recital Hall audiences will The winter series repertory plays are Group's March 29 performance in White be able to meet and chat with performers at William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," Recital Hall will be a highlight of the UMKC informal receptions in the lobby of the Cen the immortal story of two star-crossed lovers; Conservatory of Music Chamber Artists ter for the Performing Arts. Theater schedule "Crimes of the Heart" by Beth Henley, a Series. Season subscription price for UM fac "Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander" Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy about the The Chamber Series opens Oct. 28 with uIty, staff and students and senior citizens by Preston Jones, a studio production, will reunion of three zany Southern sisters; and a concert by the conservatory's resident is $50, a savings of $25 over individual open UMKC's academic theater season in "Masters of the Seas" by Gardner McKay, ensemble, the Volker String Quartet. The concert prices of $7.50 for guest artists and September. Performances are scheduled for the world premiere of the touching sequel to quartet, which has won acclaim in the Mid $5 for conservatory artists. Season tickets for Sept. 20 to 23. last season's "Sea Marks," west, is made up of faculty members who Three other studio productions are The winter series ends with a stock also perform with the Kansas City Sym scheduled, including the premiere of "The production of "Peter Pan" by J .M. Barrie, a phony: Tiberius Klausner, violinist and con Women Here Are No Different," an award fun-filled fantasy for the family. The Rep certmaster; Merton Shatzkin, violinist and winning play by Nancy Beckett, a student at will employ all its technical wizardry to associate concertmaster; Hugh Brown, prin the Yale School of Drama. Beckett won the create an enchanting Never-Never Land. cipal second violinist; and Robert Baney, Spouse Abuse Education and Intervention All Missouri Repertory Theatre perfor assistant principal cellist. The quartet will Project playwrighting competition sponsored mances are in the Helen F. Spencer Theatre also perform Feb. 17 and April 28. by the UMKC School of Education Family in the UMKC Center for the Performing The Muir String Quartet, which ap Study Center and the Junior League of Kan Arts, 4949 Cherry S1. Special discounts on peared in the 1982-83 PBS series "In Perfor sas City. She won $2,000 and the chance to season and individual tickets are available mance at the White House," will perform in have the play produced at UMKC. The play for UM faculty, staff and students. More White Recital Hall March 3. is scheduled for March 28 to 31 . infoffilation and reservations are available at On Jan. 29, clarinetist Richard Stoltz The remainder of the tentative 1984-85 the UMKC ticket office, (816) 276-2704. man and pianist/bassoonist Bill Douglas will academic theater schedule: perform on the stage of White Recital Hall. " Hedda Gabler" by Henrik Ibsen Headlining the Solo Artists Series will Oct. 11-14 be 24-year-old Viktoria Mullova, a violin "Blood Wedding" by Garcia Lorca Ticket discounts - Oct. 25-28 virtuoso who made headlines last year when As in past years, any faculty/staff she defected from Russia to seek artistic "Harbledown" by Matt Houston and discounts offered for cultural events on freedom in the United States. She will per Francis Cullinan - Nov. 15-18 any campus are available to staff members form Nov. 28. "Division Street" by Steven Tesich on all campuses. Lee Luvisi, described by Newsweek - Dec. 6-9 magazine as "a pianist's pianist," will per "The School for Scandal" by Richard form Feb. 12. Bach Aria Group Sheridan - April 18-21 UMR Guest performances, special events highlight year Performing Arts Series offers folk, classical music The Performing Arts Series at UMR Honegger. Dvorak, Purcell and Tchaikovsky. features seven events for 1984-85, including Of particular note was the orchestra's 19~ I folk music, musical theater and chamber premiere performance outside Russia of music. Shostakovich's .. Six Romances Based on Season tickets are $30 for students and English Poems." retirees and $35 for the general public. Viktoria Mullova, violin Single perfomlance tickets are $6 for adults Nov. 27 and $5 for students and retirees. Order forms In June 1983. Soviet violinist Yiktoria are available by writing Campus Performing Mullova embarked on a Scandinavian COI1- Arts Series, University Center-West. UMR. cert tour with conductor Yato Jordania as her All performances begin at 8 p.m. at the piano accompanist. In early July, the pair Cedar Street Center, except for the Muir sought political asylum at the American Quartet, which will perform at Centennial Embassy in Stockholm and arrived in the Hall in University Center-East. United States a few days later under the Muir String Quartet The schedule: auspices of the Tolstoy Foundation. The two Gordon McCann and Art Galbraith artists plan to base their careers in the United tute of Music. Upon his graduation, he States. Sept. 25 States. became the youngest faculty member in the The quartet was awarded the Chamber The late Ozarks folklorist Vance Ran Mullova made her North American de institution's history. He is an artist in-resi Music Award for 1981 by the Naumburg dolph called Art Galbraith the best Ozarks but in Toronto in September, followed by dence at the University of Louisville School Foundation in New York City. On its first fiddler he had ever heard. A fiddler for 65 recitals in Chicago. Pasadena. Baltimore and of Music where he is also head of the piano tour of this continent in the spring of 1980, years. Galbraith plays the Scottish/Ozarks other cities. She has appeared with the Tor department. the quartet was awarded first prize in the tunes (hornpipes, jigs and reels) handed onto Symphony in Miami. with the Indian Luvisi's solo activities through the Evian International String Quartet Competi down for generations through his family, as apolis Symphony and with the Florida Gulf years have included a list of major recital and tion. After leading separate professional ca well as more contemporary waltzes, rags and Coast Symphony in the gala opening of the orchestral engagements across the United reers, the four musicians - who met at the blues. Since 1976, he has been accompanied new Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater. Fla. States, Canada. Mexico and Europe. He has Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia by Gordon McCann, a guitarist and noted She also visited Europe in January, perform performed with nearly every important or - received the Edward G. Wardwell Fel Ozarks folk arts historian. The duo's authen ing in Basel and Stuttgart. chestra in North America and under such lowship, which enabled them to spend a tic style and audience-pleasing flair have Mullova has played with the orchestras distinguished conductors as Bernstein, Or two-year residency at Yale University. won them invitations to such major folk of Moscow, Leningrad and. other major Rus mandy and Steinberg. His European career Arkansas Repertory Theatre festivals as the National Folk Festival at sian cities as well as with orchestras in has included appearances in London. Vien April 9 Wolf Trap Park, the San Diego State College Denmark, Norway, Finland. the Philippines, na. Berlin and other major capitals. The Arkansas Repertory Theatre is en Folk Festival and the Frontier Folklife Festi East Germany and Bulgaria. Muir String Quartet tering its ninth season. In Rolla, it will vals at the St. Louis Arch. They also perform Lee Luvisi, piano March I perform Rodgers and Hart's musical "Sing throughout Missouri and Arkansas. Feb. II The Muir String Quartet is known as for Your Supper," a revue of 70 songs from Lee Luvisi has developed a respected one of the world's finest chamber ensembles. the golden age of American musicals. Songs career as soloist and chamber musician. He It has won two major international competi include "Where6rWhen, " "Falling in was a student of Rudolf Serkin and Mieczys tions, made two tours of Europe and per Love With Love." "Lover," "Thou law Horszowksi at Philadelphia's Curtis Insti- formed extensively throughout the United Swell," "My Funny Valentine," "Bewitch ed," "There's a Small Hotel," "Manhat tan," "Dancing on the Ceiling," "With a Campus musicians offer free concerts Song in My Heart." "The Lady is a Tramp" A series of free concerts at UMR during Among scheduled major concerts are: and "My Heart Stood Still." the 1984-85 year features performances by UMR Orchestra - Oct. 21 Lieurance Woodwind Quintet students and guest artists. Admission is free UMR Orchestra and Choir, .. Messiah" April 25 to students, faculty, staff and the general (Christmas portion) - Dec. 2 The Lieurance Woodwind Quintet has public. UMR Concert Band - March 3 performed extensively throughout the Mid Of UMR's 10 instrumental and two UMR Orchestra - March 10 west, at Carnegie Hall, a~ the Interlochen vocal groups. the larger groups offer several UMR Collegium - April 12 Arts Academy and as artists in-residence at major concerts during the academic year UMR Orchestra and Choir, "Messiah" the American Institute of Musical Studies in while smaller groups perform for special (Easter portion) - April 28 Graz, Austria. As an ensemble, the five occasions on campus and offer informal UMR Concert Band - April 29 principal woodwind players of the Wichita concerts for a variety of audiences. UMR Collegium - April 30 Symphony have mastered a wide-ranging chamber music repertoire, ranging from the early classical period to the 20th century. Olson Fund for the Arts Special events planned Viktoria Mullor£7 to enhance cultural events Special events scheduled at UMR for the 1984-85 year for which admission tickets Dear Colleagues, are required: Kammergild Chamber Orchestra Cultural e~'ellls - both the pelformillg and the visual arts - hal'e always been UMR Marching Band Festival - Sept. Oct. 22 important to [he Unil'ersity community. All four campuses have excellenl offerings of 29 The Kammergild Chamber Orchestra of mush', art. dance and theater pIal/fled .f(w the upcoming yew: Such exhibits and UMR Theater - Nov. 15-17 St.Louis is a group of virtuoso players select pelformances play a sign({icaflt role ill the educational process and enrich ollr UMR Madrigal Dinners - Nov. 30- ed from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. communities as well. Dec. 1; Dec. 7-8 Founded in 1978 by its music director, Lazar This year is a special year for the arts. Through the Olson Fund for the Arts. UMR Theater - March 7-9 Gosman. the ensemble has earned praise members (~f the Unh'ersity community as well as friends of the University can support UMR Film Series - each Thursday from audiences and critics alike for its blend the arts while honoring the contributions made by Presidem Emeritus James C. Olsoll evening during the academic year of interpretive sensitivity. lyrical phrasing and his }vife, Vera. The fund will support performallces. exhibits. lectures and other and cohesiveness. special arts events throughout the Ullh'ersity system. The Kammergild is distinguished not We are working to build the fund into a permanent endowment of $250,000 only by its excellence, but also by Gosman's through one-time. tev:-deductible gifts from corporate and individual donors. If you intimate approach to the music director's ha\'e not sent a gift. I hope you will consider recogni:ing the Olsons in this way and task. He does not conduct: he leads from the affirming your OH'1l support for the arts. Contributions should be sent to the Olson first violin chair. "I wanted to play, to be part FUlld for the Arts. 321 University Hall. Columbia. of the orchestra, as we do in a string quar tet," Gosman explains. The Kammergild repertoire is drawn i~ published 20 times a year by UMca University Relations. 400 primarily from baroque and classical per Lewis Hall. Columbia, in cooperation witb the Columbia. Kansa\ iods, but Gosman often includes \vorks of City. Rolla and SI. Louis infornlation offices. Melvin D. George. modem composers. Past concerts have fea Interim President Editor: Bonita Eatnn tured works by Mozart, Britten. Vivaldi. Ph. 8!!2-4591 :1:.