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Greetings ... The Chancellor's Second Annual Festival of Music offers us another opportunity to focus attention on the importance of the creative and performing arts as an essential part of a great university. Academic institutions represent society's most concerted effort to advance knowledge and understanding which encompass more th~n material needs. Now that we have the power to alter significantly and even destroy our environment, we must place increasing emphasis on our ability to live together sensibly and sensitively. Music and other creative and performing arts give us just such an emphasis. Simply being on a campus where cultural opportuni­ ties exist enhances the quality of a student's life. It is also imperative that a great university, dedicated to leading humankind to the finest things in life, prepare the liberally educated artist and provide students in all other fields the opportunity of educational exposure to the arts. We welcome you to this excellent series of musical events, thank you for your continuing support for our programs in the arts, and wish for you an enjoyable and memorable time at this scholarship benefit performance. Herbert W. Schooling Chancellor Cover Adaptation of Michelangelo's Last Judgment by Betty Scott and Katie Kane University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Music presents Requiem Mass In Memory of Manzoni by Giuseppe Verdi Otto-Werner Mueller, conductor Veronica Tyler Waldie Anderson soprano tenor Malka Kaspi Gary Kendall mezzo-soprano bass Sunday, March 12, 1978 Jesse Auditorium 8:15 p.m. Guest Artists OTTO-WERNER MUELLER is presently Professor of Conducting at the Yale School of Music where he is the Music Director of one of the finest graduate student orchestras in the United States-The Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale. Born in Bensheim, Germany, he received his early musical training in the Musisches Gymnasium in Frankfurt. After his debut as Music Director of Radio-Stuttgart at the age of nineteen, he was conductor-founder of the now-renowned Chamber Chorus of Radio­ Stuttgart. Mr. Mueller came to Canada in 1951. From 1951 to 1963 he conducted CBC Orchestras in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, includ­ ing the CBC production of The Barber of Seville, which was the first to receive an Emmy in the new category of Foreign Productions. In 1963 he was at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory as Guest Professor for three months. Among his conducting students in Moscow were Maxim Shostakovitch, son of the noted Russian composer, and Rudolf Barshai, conductor of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Mueller returned to the Soviet Union in 1968 and 1970 as guest conductor of the Moscow, Leningrad and Riga Symphony Orchestras. In 1963 he was named Music Director of the Victoria Symphony and he founded and acted as Dean of the Victoria School of Music. He assumed the post of Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin in 1967 and since 1968 he has taught conducting and directed the orchestra for the summer Choral Institutes sponsored by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities and the American Choral Foundation. Mr. Mueller continues to make guest appearances with major orchestras in the United States, Canada and abroad, and he served as conductor for the performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah during the Chancellor's Annual Festival of Music at UMC in 1977. A Visiting Associate Professor of Voice at the University of Missouri­ Columbia, VERONICA TYLER was the 1966 winner of the Tchaikovsky International Vocal Competition in Moscow. Among her other prizes and awards is the 1963 first prize of the Munich International Competition. She has appeared with the New York Philharmonic on televised Young People's Concerts and with the orchestras of Boston, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. She also performs regularly with the New York City Opera Company and has sung at the White House. In the summer of 1975, Miss Tyler was chosen for a featured soprano role in the Central City, Colorado Opera Festival revival of Cavalli's Scipio Africanus. Mezzo soprano MALKA KASPI was born in Poland and spent her early years in Siberia, emigrating to Israel with her family, where she began her vocal study. Awards and scholarships were early tributes to her talent. After only two years of study, Malka Kaspi was awarded first prize in the Marian Anderson Scholarship Competition in Israel. The Juilliard School of Music gave her a scholarship and also awarded her the Juilliard Alumni Scholarship. Miss Kaspi has received acclaim on three continents for her performances. The government oflsrael sent her to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro for concerts, television and radio performances. She was soloist in theLiebeslieder Waltzes and Midsummer Night's Dream both at Covent Garden in London and at the New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center. With the Westminster Choir, Malka Kaspi was soloist in Elijah, and she also appeared as soloist in this work with the Camerata Singers in New York. Under the auspices of Columbia Artists Management's Community Concerts she has concertized extensively throughout the United States. WALDIE ANDERSON has appeared in all the major oratorio tenor roles, has mastered a wide concert repertory for solo recitals and has been acclaimed a successful singing actor in opera. His experience includes numerous appearances with the Detroit Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, and many other orchestras. A graduate of Central Washington State College and the University of Michigan, he studied with John McCollum while doing doctoral work in vocal perfor­ mance and music education. A national winner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, he made his Meadowbrook Music Festival debut in 1976. Mr. Anderson is a Visiting Professor of Music at the University of Texas in Austin. GARY KENDALL, the first prize winner at the Geneva International Competition, has in recent years proved himself an outstanding bass of international calibre. As a result of the competition, this eminent vocalist appeared in concert and with orchestras throughout Switzerland and France. Kendall enchanted audiences at the Spoleto Music Festival in Italy. Elsewhere in Europe, he has made many guest appearances, including performances with the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande in Geneva, the Vienna Volksoper, and at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. Kendall's record of achievement in the United States is no less impressive. He has appeared in major roles with the opera companies of Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Louisville, and San Antonio, and as a soloist with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Seattle. Gian Carlo Menotti personally selected Kendall to premier two works composed in commemoration of the American Bicen­ tennial, Landscapes and Rememberances and The Hero. Prior to the beginning of his career in Philadelphia, Gary Kendall received bac­ calaureate and master's degrees from the University of Missouri­ Columbia with a concentration in both instrumental music and voice. University Chorus Ira C. Powell, conductor Jack Franck, rehearsal accompanist Soprano * Anne-Marie Pickard Jan Haffey Elinor Powell Cindy Hall Paula Ashley Kathy Presson Carol Henrichs Ellen Baker Yvonne Prost Mary Huids Joyce Bender Denise Quinley Linda Horton Jane Berkelhammer Johanna Reed Connie Jo Johnson Margie Berman Beverly Rees Susan Johnson Linda Brigance Patricia Robertson Claudia Kaplan Paula Bohr Renee Robertson Terri Kennemer Diana Brown Carol Robinson Ann Kinroth Polly Brown *Mary Alice Rosenboom Lynn Krausberg Karlene Brynjulfson Leslie Royer Nancy Lacy Nancy Bryson Lorene Royer Julie Lake Kathryn Burlison Christa M. Smith Nancy Laun Janet Cardetti Valerie Smith Sharon LeDuc Cindy Cassel Nell Sanders Linnea Lilja Billy Chapman Andrea Tachman Patricia Madigan *Gail P. Denson Julia Tatum Janet Maurer Linda Dowell Sarah Tharpe Mary McMullen Candance Dowlin Cindy Toellner Allison Miller Nancy Edmondson Paula Westfall Debora Morrison Joy English *Linda Wright Marjorie O'Laughlin Nancy S. Evans Jeanie O'Neil Vicki Feldman Alto Janet Papageorge Kay Fish Mary Parish Laurie Fitzgerald Christine Alivernia Leticia Perez-Gutierrez Penny Frazier Donna Allen Alice Phillips Michelle Gaunt Mary Jane Allen Lela Price Mary Greene Julia G. Baker *Virginia Pyle Charlotte A. Grice Julia Bain Martha Jane Rees Angela Haywood Rosemary Batteiger Julie Reiner Rose Herbers Cheri Bender *Marti Rice Karen Horne Regina Boelson Bette Reichman Donna Hulett Mary Parker Buckles Sara Sadler Julia lmpey Laurel Burns Marilyn S. Santora Laurie Jick Marilyn Cheetham Roberta Scholes Dona Jones Lynn Compton Kelly Shelton Phyllis Kaser Carol Dallman Linda Sickler Terri Landgraf Mary Davis Elaine Sleper Alice Jane Lanier Molly Devlin Ilo Gene Smith Denise Lee Carolyn Dickinson Valerie L. Smith Charlyne Lenox Sarah Dixon Marilyn S. Snow Dorothy Markwort Sharon Dressler Amy Sokoloff Julie Maxwell Margaret Ann Durham Cindy Stahl Melanie Margreiter Mary Edmondson Lynda Stillwell Ester Mendoza Anna Margaret Fields Karen Stoner Helga Meyer Kathy Frerking Diane Strother Beverly Nick Julie Griffen Carol Swanson Mary Beth Nick Caren Griffin Margie Tarkow Kathy Peterman Lynita Guthrie Rita Terry Mitzi Terwilliger Vern G. Williamsen Section Rehearsal Leaders Susan Toalson Michael Webb Anne E. Trembley Soprano Linda Wright Tracey Underhill Sue Wasson Mary Alice Rosenboom Loretta Williams Bass Alto Betty Wilson Bob Bahr Virginia Pyle Laurie Wilson Scott Beard Marti Rice Jeanne Wixom Robert C. Becker Tenor Jeanne Wolters Tom Brintnall R. A. Patch Steve Brockman Dan Cotton Leonard Brubaker Bass Scott L. Burnett Harry S. Morrison Tenor Abe Cherrick John Chesmelewski Chris Abele Mark J . Dallman Section Rehearsal Ron Andrae Leon T. Dickinson Accompanists Paul E. Bacon Urie Dreckshage Jack Palmer David Bain Lawrence A. Eggleston Nora Hulse Jeff Beldon Paul Ehrlich Judy Powell Janet Brown *Norman Ertl Heather Swartout James Butt Gordon Franck Marilyn Capron Joshua Gettinger David H . Carlson Bill Hales *Dan Cotton Matthew Holt Gary Cox E. Clarendon Hyde Eric Cunningham Eugene Kelly Lon Daniel Keith Kolander Alan R. Everson Richard Kupferer *Ensemble soloists Robert J.

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