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QUAD ANGLES VOL. 32—No. 11 West Ches er State College, West Chester, Pennsylvania March 11, 1964 Cinncinnati Symphony College Choir To Sing Social Sciences In All-Star Program At MENC Convention Forum Meets In by Carol Stankiewicz The West Chester State Col- many concerts. Leading scholars, PMA March 12 Music lovers of West Chester State College will be kge ohoir, Dr. Arthur E. Jones, musicians, and educators will -.lirectar, will at the address the conferences. Mox given the opportunity to hear one of the country's major appear On March 12, 1964, the an- biennial meeting Lerner will address the symphony orchestras on Wednesday, at forthcoming of final nual Forum of the Social Science March 11, 8:15 the Music Educator's National general session. Department of West Cheater pm. in the Philips Memorial Auditorium when the Cinn- Conference in Philadelphia, The West Chester State Col- State College will meet in Philips cinnati Symphony Orchestra gives a concert under the March 13-17. lege will perform at choir the Auditorium from 3:00 to 5:15 auspices of the West Chester State All-Star Series. Max The MNEC is .the professional Erlanger Theatre. The program in the afternoon. The topic for music of manifested an KudolJ:', director toe, themselves at organization of the music tea- will include Bach's Singet dem dicussion as this time is Lands orchestra, will early age; he started playing conduct. chers of the United States who Herrn, a motet for double chorus. in Turmoil: The Middle East Fifith oldest in the country, , the piano at ithe age of seven and Today. are active in in Also included will the Red China the Cinncinnati Symphony Or- and wrote ihis own music at musiceducation be Psalm From 3:15 to 4:00 Mr. John chestra was established in 1895> the age of twelve. During his the schools, colleges and pniver- and Prayer of David, by Wal- R. Carlson will speak on the at which time it was a unit of high school years, he received sities. ter Piston; Pil- the Passionate topic Middle East Powed Keg. forty-eight men, presenting three through musical training, in- i At the Philadelphia meeting, grim of Raffman and Trois John R. Carlson (pseudonym of of concerts a season. To- cluding the playing of several series leading music educators repre- Chansons of Ravel. Avedis Arthur Derounian) is a day, this orchestra gives ap- instruments and the study of senting geographic The Piston composition is for writer and lecturer on subver- proximaitely one hundred con- composition with Bernard Sekles, all areas of ■ sive activity and the Middle certs each season, planned espe- teacher of Paul Hindemith. Af- the country will participate in ohorus and several solo instru- East. Educated at New York cially for all types of concert- • ter finishing high school, Rudolf professional sessions where re- ments and feature Sandra will University and Columbia Uni- goers: the regular subscription attended ithe University of cognized experts will introduce Miller, Flutist; Josqph Bozzell, versity, Mr. Carlson has lived series of twenty apairs of con- Frankfort. He graduated from new techniques of teaching mu- Clarinetist; Linda Edwards, Bas- from time to time in the Middle certs, the Young People's and the Hoch Conservatory of Music. sic and discuss the issues con- soonist; Mary Humeston, Vio- East, writing such books as Junior High Series, Poy Con- During his formative years, he under Cover, 1943;The Plotters, certs, tour Neighbor- became more and more interested cerning the various areas and linist; Marilyn Rittenhouse, Vio- concerts, 1946; Cairo to Damascus, hood Family concerts, the unique in symphonic conducting, which levels of music education. linist; Amy Phillips, Violon- 1951. He has conducted research for Kinderkonzert for little children, , became his main vocation. Once at Outstanding musicians and cellist; and Powell Middleton Fortune and Life magazines and ballet, and many special per- he embarked on his conducting eprforming groups will provide the Contrabass. has received the Jefferson Award formances. career, he gave up composition. from the Council Against In- In the following years, Mr. Since the 'orchestra's incep- tolerance in America. Mr. Cavl- Rudolf established an intensive tion, eight distinguished men son has a habit of turning up career which included a distin- Sculpture Class On Exhibit have held the position of musi- -n various world fronts where [ guished tenure as Artistic Ad- cal director: Frank Van der > a story is brewing. tra- ministrator of the Metropolitan He has Stucken, Leopold iStokowski, veled in Latin America, and he Opera, guest conductin gengage- by Kathi Goodall Ernst Kunwald, Eugene Ysaye, has recently lived in Russia, ments with many of the world's arts stone, Fritz Reiner, Eugene Goosens, The creative class, deal- wood, clay, plastic, or Poland, Czechoslavakia, East greatest orchestras and a con- ing with is presently Thor Johnson, and Max Rudolph. sculpture, metal. '"The class members have Germany, Romania, Yugoslavia, siderable number of recordings. displaying , its handiwork in the Mr. Rudolph, former conductor complete freedom of creative ex- and Bulgaria. The widely-travel- The Rudolf's have two married display outside of the art and Artistic Administrator of case ed "historian of the present" - pression," Mrs. Ring. She children a son, William and room on the first floor of Ander- says the Metropolitan Opera, assum- brings to .the platform a vast a daughter, Marianne. A sum- son Hall. work with each student individ- ed the post of musical director Tihe class, taught by fund of knowledge. mer home at Mt. Desedt, Maine, Mrs. Frances Ring, ually, giving aid toward sclvina; of the orchestra in 1958. consist of After a brief intermission W. is a place of delight for the While Cinncinnati can claim twenty-five students, all of each of their individual prob- Allyn Rickett will discuss Cliang- family in the interlude between this distinguished group of musi- whom will be represented by lems. ing China Today from 4:30 to cians as a ipart of concerts. the cultural pieces of sculpture in the show. All the pieces in the ahow are 5.15. Dr. Rickett is at present forces in its own community, professor One unique aspect of this completely original; they are not assistant of Chinese the Cinncinnati Symphony Or- Scholarships Given Studies at the University of show is its Some of Even chestra enjoys just as broad an changeability. copies other works. the Pennsylvania. In World War II acceptance in hundreds of other of the .pieces of sculpture will human likenesses shown are done he served with Naval Intelli- communities throughout the Two junior students at West be removed at classttieme to en- from real life rather than from gence as Japanese Language eighth United States. Back in its Chester State College, both mu- able students to do further work ■pictures. Officer, U.S.M.C. In 1948 he was season, 1901-02, it played seven sic maj'ors, have been awarded elected as Fulbrigfot an them. This will enable watch- Viewed entoto, the sculpture a student concerts on tour. Since that time, the Presser Foundation scholar- to China, remaining in Red ful onlookers to showing a it has not missed touring for ship. observe actual is wonderful example China until September, 1955. a single season giving well over The recipients are Judith C. progress in the sculpturing pro- of the artistic endeavors being From 1951 until 1955 he was 1,500 cincerts in 'over thirty-five Kane, of Easton, and Mary R. cess. done on campus, The paces will imprisoned by Chinese authori- states. Each season, the orches- Humeston of Upper Darby. ties on charges The students of the sculptur- b e on display for two more of espionage. tra tours in a different area of The scholarship, which grants After 1955 he pursued his aca- ing class work in the mediums weeks. Make it a point to see- the United States and has played each of the students $200.00 is demic work in America, earning of their own chocsing, be it them. as far north as Bangor, Maine, awarded by the Board of trustees a Ph.D. in Chinese Studies at as far south as Key West, of the Presser Foundation to the University of Pennsylvania. Florida, and at Carnegie Hall the students selected by the col- He is the author of Prisoners in New York City. lege music department's faculty. of Liberation, 1957; "An Early In the course of its existence It has heen presented annually Chinese Calendar Cliart," in this orchestra has amassed an to West Chester State College T'oung Pao, 1960; The Kuan- extensive and widely representa- music students since 1929. t~u; An Annotated Translation tive repertory. Over 3,000 com- The students are selected on and Study of Selected Chapters, positions have been programmed, the basis of scholarship, campus 1962; Legal Thought and Insti- including the finest musical citizenship, teaching potential, tutions of the People's Republic literature of the world. and the need of financial assist- of China, 1963. Dr. Rickett's Artists of international fame ance. knowledge of Red China, it must return year after year for ap- The students were presented be emphasized, is first-hand, an pearances with the Cinncinnati their scholarship awards by Dr. experience that has not usually Symphony Orchestra. Arthur Earl F. Sykes, President of the been afforded .to Americans since Rubinstein, for instance, has iper- College. 1949. formel more than a dozen times graduate of the Upper Darby The Social Science Forum wii.h the orchestra. For thirteen High School, is a violinist, als:, Committee, consisting of Dr. consecutive years, the most pro- the concertmistress of the Col- Byron Y.