Cultural events special issue University of Missouri system 1982-83 UMKC Conservatory of Music expands international artists series

UMKC's Conservatory of Music will vative program will feature productions expand its International Artists Series for the of Mozart's Casi Fan Tutte, sponsored jointly 1982-83 season, bringing nine prominent with the UMKC department of theatre, as guest artists and ensembles from throughout well as Benjamin Britten's operatic adapta­ the world to the Kansas City campus. tion of the Henry James novel, Turn of lhe Other highlights of the season include an Screw. encore performance by conservatory alumnus All conservatory events are offered at James King. King, a who stars with the reduced prices to UM faculty, staff and students. Single seats are $S for International Artists Series and the two and $3 for the faculty artists series. For tickets, call the box office, 276-270S. The box office is located in the Center for the Performing Arts, 4949 Cherry St. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. in White Recital Hall , Center for the Performing Arts, except for Cosi Fan Ttate, which will begin at 8 p.m. at the Helen F. Spencer auditorium.

THE INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS SERIES "Hay Fever," a madcap comedy of bad manners by Noel Coward, is pelformed by th e Missouri Nov. 7 Ko-Ke-La Quartet Repertory Theater this summer along with "Antony and Cleopatra" and "The Magnificent Yankee" through Sept: 5. Nov. 9 James King, tenor Nov. 17 Takas-Nagy String Quartet Feb. 2 Sidney Harth, violinist Missouri Repertory Theatre Feb. 16 Trio di Milano The 19th consecutive season of Missouri 18-April 17 . March 3 Waverly Consort Repertory Theatre, the professional Equity All Missouri Repertory Theatre perfor­ March 9 Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano acting company in residence at UMKC, will mances are held in the Helen F. Spencer April 6 St. Louis Brass Quintet feature five plays performed in classic rotat­ Theatre, a state-of-the-arts complex located April 13 Vancouver Chamber Choir ing repertory format and three stock produc­ in the Center for the Performing Arts on the tions. The highlight of the season will be UMKC canlpus, 4949 Cherry. Special ticket FACULTY CONCERTS SERIES James King. who will presellt an encore pelfor­ David Edger's two-part, eight-and-a-half­ prices for UM faculty, staff and students are monee at UMKC No\,. 9. is well known for his Oct. 10 Baroque Ensemble hour adaption of Charles Dickens' epic tale. $8 and $11. Season tickets. which include all role of Othello at the Duetsche Opel' Berlin. Oct. 24 Volker Quartet The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickle­ productions except A Christmas Carol, are Dec. S Tiberius Klausner, violin Munich and Berlin Operas, is a 19S3 graduate by, which will be played in stock from March $60. of UMKC. Feb. 13 K. C. Wind Quintet Two artists will include public concerts Feb. 20 Volker Quartet as part of their residencies at the conservatory. March 6 Contemporary Chamber Players Academic Theatre May I Volker Quartet Violinist Sidney Harth and mezzo-soprano The highlight of the academic theatre nessee Williams Jan DeGaetani will participate in lectures, season at UMKC will be the world premiere Oct. 14, 15, 16-8 p .m. master-classes and coaching sessions with OPERAS Nov. 14--2 p.m. Casi Fan Tune of the English translation of The Family, a Oct. 17-2 p.m. students in addition to their recitals while on full-length Chinese play by Cao Yu, China's J . C. Nichols School, 69th and Oak Nov. 16, ] 8, 20--8 p.m. the UMKC campus. The conservatory will greatest living playwright and one of the streets Feb. 20--3:30 p.m. Turn of the Screw also continue its series of concerts by mem­ fou nders of modern Chinese drama. The play As You Like It, William Shakespeare Feb. 21-7:30 p.m. bers of the faculty. will be translated and staged by Ying Ruo­ Dec. 9, 10. 11-8 p .m. The conservatory's respected and inno- cheng, noted Chinese actor who will be the Dec. 12-2 p.m. fourth Edgar Snow Visiting Professor from J . C. Nichols School, 69th and Oak ------Art Gallery the People's Republic of China in residence at streets UMKC. The Family is based on a landmark Production to be announced An international exhibition of wood cuts novel written in 1920 by BaJin, one of March 31, April 1-8 p.m. and relief pieces produced within the last 10 China's geatest living writers. A mainstage April 3-2 p.m. years by artists from New York, Los Angeles, production, it will be held at 8 p .m., Oct. 28, J . C. Nichols School , 69th and Oak Switzerland and Germany will be on display 29 , 30 and 2 p.m., Oct. 31 in the Helen F. streets at the UMKC Art Gallery from Sept. 24-0ct. Spencer Theatre. All studio productions are $3 for UM faculty, 29. The show, titled " Cuts," is being cunted Other mainstage productions are: staff and students. by Craig Subler, gaJlery director. and will tour Cosi Fan Thtte, presented with the Con­ the United States for 18 months after it leaves servatory of Music UMKC. Among the artists to be featured are Nov. 14--2 p.m. Other special productions include: Helen Frankenthaler, Jim Dine and Roy Nov. 16 , 18 , 20--8 p .m. Ivory Tower Children's Play Lichtenstein. Also included in the exhibition Spencer Auditorium April 14. 15-8 p.m. will be wood blocks and trial proofs. Man of La Manchia, a musical April 16, 17-2 p.m. A watercolor and colored pencil work by Keith From Oct. II-IS, the Kansas City chap­ April 23, 26, 28, 29-8 p.m. J. C. Nichols School, 69th and Oak Achepohl, is loaned to the UMKC Art Gallery by streets ter of the National Council of Jewish Women Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rayburn of Davenport, May 1-2 p .m. $2 for UM faculty, staff and students will sponsor a week-long workshop at the /011'0, for th e fall exhibit ''Egypt: Day and Night. " Spencer Auditorium show for persons who are visually impaired. All main stage productions are $S for UM Dance Concert, presented with the Conser­ media faculty, staff and students. vatory of Music The gallery exhibitions scheduled are: May 6-27 Oct. 8, 9-8 p.m. "Visions '83"-sponsored by the Mid­ "Cuts"-woodcuts and relief pieces by in­ Studio productions for 1982-83 are: Spencer Auditorium ternational artists America Art Al1iance A Lovely Sunday for Creve Couer, Ten- $2 for UM fac ulty, staff and students Sept. 24-0ct. 29 Paintings, sculpture, drawings, instal­ "Egypt: Day and Night"-watercolors and lations large oils by Keith Achepohl June 3-July 29 Nov. S-Dec. 17 Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m.-S p.m., Mon­ CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION "Musical Manuscripts"-musical notation day-Friday and I-S p.m . • Sunday. The gallery HAVENER J R ~ RALPH S systems from contemporary manuscripts with is closed on Saturdays. The gallery is located 70 1 LEW ISH ALL AU 2 3 198 audio-visual accompaniment in the Fine Arts Building, SOth and Holmes April 1-29 streets on the UMKC campus. There is no Student Exhibition-works in a variety of admission fee to the gallery exhibitions. JJ UMSL cultural events present local, national, foreign talent Efforts are being made to bring the best audience. This presentation will be given in possible cultural activities to the UMSL cooperation with the Office of Student Life. campus for 1982-83. Several functions in­ The UMSL Jazz Band (1982 Wichita cluding a presentation by the Jaffrey Ballet Jazz Festival Winner) under the direction of are still in the planning stages . Rex Matzke is planning concerts for Decem­ A first for UMSL, the dinner-theatre ber and May. The band will host the Sec­ production, will create new challenges and ond Annual UMSL Michelob Collegiate Jazz educational opportunities for the University Festival in March and will return to Wichita Players and their support staff as well as their in April to again seek the first place title.

Original, signed animation cel paintings will be on exhibit and for sale at UMSL. Art GALLERY 210 April WALL WOOD WORKS by Keith M. Located in Room 210 of Lucas Hall , Long, New York artist who shows his this gallery is open to the public without work at the O. K. Harris Gallery, New charge from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday through York City. Thursday, and from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. on *Denores partially supporred by grants from the Friday. Missouri Arts Council.

*Sept. 1-23 MISSOURI FOLK-THEIR CREATIVE IMAGES EXHIBIT AND SALE OF DISNEY AND A preview of an exhibition prepared in WARNER BROS. ANIMATION CELS cooperation with the Art Department of Original art from the animated films of UMC. Disney and Warner Bros. will be on exhibit Sept. 29 - Oct. 27 PAINTINGS ON SILK - and for sale September 13-15 from 10 a.m. - by Linda Bastian, New York Artist 7 p .m. , in the Lobby of the Student Center. *Nov. 3 - Dec. 3 100 ARTISTS' BOOKS These "eels " are all one-of-a-kind and have FROM FRANKLIN FURNACE been authenticated by Gallery Lainzberg of Opening Reception from 7:30 - 9:30 Cedar Rapids , Iowa. p.m. on Nov. 3 with a guest lecture at Animation cels are painted on clear 8 p.m. by Clive Phillpot, director of the sheets of acetate. Each of the characters are library, Museum of Modern Art, New outlined on the front and painted by hand on York City the back of the eel. Original animation art can *Jan. 31 - Feb. 25 PHOTOGRAPHY + also be viewed in museums across the country Contemporary altered photographs and is becoming a collector's favorite. Guest Curator: Jean Tucker, UMSL Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Center for Metropolitan Studies University Program Board. Theatre and Drama FOURTH ANNUAL ST. LOUIS STORY­ TELLING FESTIVAL May 5,6, 7,8 The 1983 Storytelling Festival will in­ clude local and national storytellers spinning their tales for young and old at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (The Arch). Admission is free. Ron Turner, acting dean of Continuing Education-Extension and the chairman of the Lazar Gosman, UMSL artist-in-residence, wi/{ conduct the Kammergild Chamber Orchestra again this year. festival , reports that nearly 7,000 people attended the 1982 festival. The Storytelling Festival is becoming a tradition in St. Louis and gives the University an opportunity to reach out to people of all ages as well as Music to the business community who provides financial support for the project.

UNIVERSITY SINGERS 8 p.m. Reserved season tickets are $32 for THEATRE PRODUCTIONS Bruce Vantine, Director a subscription and $8 for a single reserved Stop the World, I Want to Get Off (Musical) Tues ., Dec. 7 - 8 P.M . - University Singers seat. Mail req uests should be sent to Kam­ October 21, 22, 23 and 24 and University Chorus will combine for mergild Chamber Orchestra, 318 Music $2 UM students, faculty and staff a concert in the J. C . Penney Auditorium. Building, UMSL. A Thousand Clowns, Dinner Theatre Wed. , Mar. 2 - 8 P.M. - Concert in the December 3, 4 , 10, J 1 Oct. 31-" Italian"-1.C. Penney Auditorium Held in The Summit, University Center, David Novak holds the reins of an imaginary St. Louis Art Museum. horse while telling western stories at th e J982 St. Jan. 23- " French" -St. Louis Art Museum 6:30 p.m. March 3 - March 10 - 1983 tour. Louis Storytefling Festival. Mon., April 25 - 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Uni­ Mar. 13- " English" -St. Louis Art Museum Tickets can be ordered from the Office versity Singers High School Choir Fes­ Apr. 17-" Russian" -J.c. Penney Auditorium of Student Life, 262 U. Center Reader's Theatre Production to be announced tival in the J.c. Penney Auditorium. May L-"German"-St. Louis Art Museum (Ticket price not set at this time.) November 19, 20, 21 $ 1.00 UM students, faculty and staff KAMMERGILD CHAMBER Shakespearean play to be announced ORCHESTRA Special events March 3, 4 , 5, 6 Lazar Gosman, artist-in-residence at $1.00 UM students, faculty and staff UMSL, will again conduct the Kammergild Sticks and Bones Chamber Orchestra for the 1982-83 concert INTERNATIONAL WEEK stop on their tour celebrating the centennial April 15 , 16 , 17 season, and will also be the violin soloist OBSERVANCE - Sept. 27 to Oct. 1 of U.S .-Korean relations. Admission to the $1.00 UM students, faculty and staff at the April concert. Sept. 29 , 7:30 p.m. - Special Guests : program is free. It will be held in the J.C. Opera Studio, Cosi Fan TutJi Each concert has been planned with 20 Korean students of the College of Music, Penney Auditorium. April 29, 30 emphasis on the works of composers from Seoul National University, performing vocal $1.00 UM students, faculty and staff a specific country. and instrumental music as well as court BLACK CULTURE WEEK All performances are held in [05 Benton Hall All concerts will be held on Sundays at and folk dancing. UMSL will be the fifth OBSERVANCE - Feb. 21 - 26 Theatre at 8 p.m. unl ess otherwise noted . Jj UMC concert series honors Brahms UMC Concert Series is celebrating the For series ticket orders and information 150th anniversary of the birth of Johannes write to the UMC Concert Series Office, 135 Brahms during its 1982-83 season. The con­ Fine Arts Center, UMC or phone (314) cert season's grand opening features Karl 882-3875. Haas, the familiar radio voice of "Adven­ Series tickets may also be purchased at tures in Good Music," presenting a lecturel Jesse Box Office from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Octo­ performance on "Brahms and his Contempo­ ber 5-8, 11-15 and 20-22. raries." Many Concert Series events this year If available, tickets to individual per­ will include works of Brahms. formances will go on sale approximately two Spectacular guest soloists, outstanding days before each event. orchestras and vital dance ensembles will Contributions to the Herbert Schooling once again perform in UMC's Jesse Auditori­ Endowment Fund help to support Concert um. Performance time is 8 p.m. Series programs. Contributors receive prior­ Faculty, staff and students of UM and ity seating as available, recognition in Con­ institutions belonging to the Mid-Missouri cert Series programs and invitations to recep­ Association of Colleges and Universities and tions in connection with the concerts. All paid members of the University Alumni contributions to this special fund are welcome Association are eligible for Concert Series and can be sent to the UMC Concert Series discount ticket prices. office.

Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

Chamber Music Series

Beaux Arts Trio Fri. , Oct. 15 Returning to open the Chamber Music Series, the Beaux Arts Trio will once again delight the Columbia audience. "It doesn ' t seem to matter how often one is exposed to the Beaux Arts Trio. One is just as likely to be amazed and delighted by the polish, unanim­ ity and intensity of its playing the 50th time around as on first acquaintance," says a review in The Los Angeles Times. Barry Tuckwell, French horn -Wed., Oct. 27 Barry Tuckwell is the acknowledged master of the French horn and is the only player to have established a career exclu­ sively as a soloist. He has recorded more solo works and had more works composed espe­ cially for him than any other player. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater London Early Music Group Fri ., Nov. 5 One of the most authoritative groups in the field of music of the Middle Ages and the Jesse Auditorium Series ----- Michel DeBos! Renaissance, the touring ensemble plays over a dozen early instruments including lutes, Anthony and Joseph Paratore, duo-piano crumhorns, sackbutt and viols. Chamber Orchestra enjoyed immediate suc­ Fri., Oct. 22 American String Quartet cess and established its reputation as an These two brilliant artists are captivating Fri., Feb. 4 orchestra of remarkable style, personality and audiences throughout the world . Their play­ Hailed as one of the most exciting technical finesse. The orchestra is now desig­ ing is so perfectly meshed that it is hard to instrumental ensembles, the American String nated by the French Minister of Culture as realize two performers are involved. Quartet has won the coveted Coleman Com­ 'National Chamber Orchestra of Toulouse.' Pinchas Zukerman, violin petition and the Naumburg Award . Michel DeBost joins the orchestra as Mon., Nov. 1 Tokyo String Quartet flute soloist. Trained at the Paris Conservato­ Lauded by audiences and critics alike as Thurs., March 3 ry, his music is described as " thrilling and the truly renaissance musician of today, Singled out by Stereo Review for the best intense." Pinchas Zukerman displays his artistic abili­ chamber music recording of the year, the Vancouver Chamber Choir ties on both the violin and viola. The New Tokyo String Quartet brings its remarkable Mon., April 18 York Times says, "As a violinist or violist, abilities and matched Amati instruments to The 20-voice Vancouver Chamber Choir Mr. Zukerman has no clear superiors." Columbia. has won national acclaim as one of Canada's Santiago Rodriguez, piano Toulouse Chamber Orchestra with finest musical groups. The choir's repertoire Mon., Nov. 15 Michel DeBost, flute ranges from the Baroque, Classical and Ro­ Winner of the silver medal in the Van Mon., March 28 mantic works to the fresher side of the 20th Cliburn International Piano Competition, pi­ Founded in France in 1953 , the Toulouse century. anist Santiago Rodriguez returns to Columbia to give a concert for his many friends. Rodriguez was artist-in-residence with the UMC Department of Music from 1977-1980. Santiago Rodriguez Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre been known to composers and mUS1Clans Special Events Tues. , Feb. 8 throughout the years and has given premiere Alvin Ailey has created a group with performances of major works of Strauss, breadth, diversity and vitality that no other Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Karl Haas mance entitled " Brahms and his Contempo­ modem dance company can rival. The whole Stravinsky. Fri., Oct. 8 raries." experience is total "dance theater." Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Joffrey II Dancers Dresden Staatskapelle Orchestra Fri. , March 25 Karl Haas, whose melodious and deeply Mon. , Jan. 17 Tues., March 1 Columbia's favorite, the Saint Louis resonant voice is known to millions from the Young, vital and exciting, the Joffrey II The oldest and one of the most distin­ Symphony Orchestra, returns for a three-day classical music radio program "Adventures dancers bring a program that reaches from the guished orchestras in the world, the Dresden residency. Directed by Leonard Slatkin, this in Good Music," will give a lecture/perfor- classics to the era of swing. Staatskapelle Orchestra will be directed by lOi-member organization is widely recog­ Herbert Blomstedt. nized as one of the major symphony orches­ This historically famous orchestra has tras in the United States. UMR performing arts series features 11 events

The UMR Campus Performing Arts Vermont and is artist-in-residence at Johnson Series for 1982-83 will include 11 events State College and instructor of piano at ranging from chamber music to theater and Middlebury College. symphony. Season tickets will be available at $37.50 for students and retirees and $55 for MISSOURI REPERTORY THEATRE the general public. Prices for tickets to indi­ Thur., Oct. 28 vidual concerts will vary according to the The Missouri Repertory Theatre will event. Order forms may be obtained by perform Hay Fever by Noel Coward. The writing Campus Performing Arts, 105 Harris theatre, based at UMKC, is well known for its HaIl, UMR. imaginative production, fine direction and All performances will be at 8 p.m. at the tight ensemble acting. Its repertoire includes Cedar Street Center with the exception of the classics by Euripides, Shakespeare and Mo­ Dresden State Orchestra concert which will liere, as well as modern masterpieces by be held at 8 p.m. in the Gale Bullman Arthur Kopit and Tom Stoppard. Multi-Purpose Building. The series includes: NEILL ARCHER ROAN, Guitar Tues., Nov. 30 PETER ARMSTRONG, Pianist Neill Archer Roan has been playing Mon., Sept. 27 classical guitar for concert audiences on two Peter Armstrong performed at Town continents for almost a decade. His extensive Hall as the winner of the New York Music solo work is augmented by frequent orches­ Education League Competition at age 11. tral performances. Roan has participated in And, at age 15 , he was guest soloist with the the Nebraska Art Council's touring program Philadelphia Orchestra at the Worcester Fes­ and recently was selected as one of the artists tival. He received a diploma from the Longy performing under the auspices of the Mid­ School, attended Harvard College, and won America Arts Alliance. He has twice been The Dresden State Orchestra the perfomlance doctorate at Yale. Arm­ guest artist at Nebraska's Festival of a Thou­ strong's 1979 all-Busoni debut recital at New sand Oaks. known as a recitalist throughout the Midwest with a rich, exciting sound capable of doing York's Lincoln Center received a standing and the eastern seaboard. equal justice to the music of Bach. Brahms or ovation and enthusiastic press. His continued JAMES RIVERS, Pianist Samuel Barber. Founded in 1971 by conduc­ performances of Busoni's music have earned Tues. , Jan. 25 DRESDEN STATE ORCHESTRA tor Jon Washburn. the choir combines superb him national acclaim. James Rivers, a prize winner in the Wed. , March 2 musical disciplines with a special ability to National Young Artists Competition and the The oldest and one of the most di stin­ communicate the joy of choral singing. ARKANSAS REPERTORY THEATRE International Piano Recording Competition, guished orchestras in the world, the Dresden Tues., Oct. 5 was a full-tuition scholarship student at North State Orchestra was founded in 1548. Known VINSON COLE, Tenor The Arkansas Repertory Theatre will Texas State University. As a student at the as the home of world-renowned composers Mon., April 25 perform The Gin Game by D. L. Coburn. The Juilliard School, he was awarded the artist and musicians, it gave the premiere pelfor­ Since winning the two most prestigious play contains both humor and compassion, diploma after one year of study. Since hi s mance of many of the major works of Richard competitions for American singers-Chica­ go's " WGN Auditions of the Air" in 1976 and is the winner of a Pulitzer Prize for New York debut in Town Hall , he has Strauss and including drama. performed in major cities in the U.S . and "Tannhauser," " Flying Dutchman," "Sa­ and the Metropolitan National Auditions in The porch of a seedy rest home is the Canada. This is the second year he has lome," "" and " Der Rosenkava­ I 977- this Kansas City native has embarked play's setting. Characters Weller Marti n, appeared in UMR's Campus Perfomling Arts Iier. " Mozart. Beethoven. Liszt, Schumann. on a major intern ational operatic and concert financially destitute and physically ailing, Series. Weber, Paganini, Berloiz, Brahms and Stra­ career. He has sung major roles with opera and Fonsia Dorsey, prim and self-righteous, vinsky are among the other famed composers companies throughout the country and has share a mutual dislike for the home and an TRIO CASSATT who have been closely associated with the won enthusiastic re ponses from European enjoyment of gin rummy. As they play, Mon., Feb. 7 orchestra. The orchestra has played through­ audiences. Concert-goers have applauded his intimate details oftheir lives are revealed and Three members of the Saint Louis out E~rope , the Soviet Union and Japan and solo performances with major orchestras. He their secrets become weapons used against Symphony Orchestra, each an accomplished made its U.S. debut in 1979. begins hi s current tour of Mid-America im­ each other. soloist in her own right, combine their talents mediately after performances with the New LYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY - York Philharmonic. in this string trio. "Bach to Broadway" Dana Meryl Edson has studied for three NELSON AND VIVIANO, Tues., March 22 years in the Netherlands and performed ex­ Viola and Piano Since its formation in 1958 , the Lyric - Special Events Tues., Oct. 26 tensively in that country. Coming to St. Louis Opera of Kansas City has become one of the in 1980, she joined the first violin section of Other major cultural events not included Judith Nelson has performed extensively leading American opera companies, with as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician the Saint Louis Symphony and has appeared in either of the series li sted and for which several world and national premieres to its and js . currently on the music faculty of as soloist with the group. tickets are required are: credit. A champion of opera sung in English, Kathleen Mattis UMR Theatre Guild Production Memphis State University. She holds degrees is associate principal the Lyric has won acclaim for its fine voices, from the University of Washington and the viola with the Saint Louis Symphony Orches­ Nov. 18 , 19 ,20 lively staging and high musical standards. tra. She has performed with various ensem­ UMR Madrigal Dinners Juilliard School. While at Washington, she " Bach to Broadway" is a program won the annual concerto competition for three bles throughout the St. Louis and Los Ange­ Collegium Musicum and Chamber Choir which presents excerpts from opera and mu­ consecutive years and was recipient of her les areas, including solo appearances with the Dec. 9, 10, 11 sical comedy, including a complete chamber department's highest honor. Saint Louis Symphony, and has appeared at UMR Theatre Guild Production opera, performed by soloists with piano. Samuel Viviano was awarded first prize Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center. She isa March 10, 11. 12 by the Florida Federation of Music Clubs member of the faculty at the St. Louis VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR UMR Film Series when he was 16 and has subsequently per­ Conservatory of Music. Tues., April 19 Each Thursday evening of academic formed with a number of philharmonic and Originally from Ohio, Catherine Lehr This group is the first Canadian chorus year symphony orchestras. He received B.S. and joined the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra ever to win the best mixed choir award in the M .S. degrees from the luilliard School. He in 1975 as assistant principal cello. She has prestigious European-Canadian chorale com­ - Free Concerts also studied at Columbia University and the been a soloist with several orchestras includ­ petition. The choir, named " Let the People Brevard Music Center. Viviano now lives in ing the Saint Louis Symphony. She is well Sing," is an 18-voice professional chorus This series of concerts, performed by students and guest artists, is presented free to UMR students, faculty, staff and the general public. Locations and times will Events offer educational opportunities, community service be announced. UMR Jazz Ensembles Oct. 19 UM president addresses University community UMR Chamber Orches- tra Oct. 3 1 Dear Colleagues: the series are available to staff on all campuses. 1 UMR Chamber Choir Nov. 7 I am pleased that each of our campuses will again be encourage members of the University to take advantage of UMR Wind Ensemble Nov. 21 offering performing arts series of outstanding quality. Some these major events throughout the system. UMR Jazz Ensembles Nov. 22 of the groups represented will perform on more than one Oratorio, UMR Choir/ campus through cooperative scheduling and booking. The Sincerely yours, Orchestra Dec. 5 many persons on the campuses w.ho work to make available UMR Concert Band Dec. 6 this great variety of cultural programming are to be UMR Concert Band March 8 commended. These events are a very significant part of our UMR Jazz Ensembles March 16 educational Junction and an important part of our Cy ~.;2 UMR Jazz Ensembles April 26 community service. Ji'lmes C. Olson UMR Wind Ensemble April 28 As in past years, any faculty-staff discounts offered for II resident Oratorio ("Creation"), UMR Choir/Orchestra May I