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Singers'
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daring,
spirited
By Mark Kjeldgaard
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In the beginning, all they had going for them was
excellence. The Gregg Smith Singers walked out and started
briskly, and their volume was thrilling, their diction perfectly
clear. That is nothing special, however; one should expect no
less from a professional group of their reputation.
The voices are all great, and they have recorded and
performed with more stars than you could name. Nevertheless,
as satisfying as mere excellence might have been, Smith risked
failure and tried some unconventional things Monday night.
About half an hour into the program, he moved his 20
vocalists off the stage and placed them at various spots around
the Kimball auditorium, including the balcony, for what he
called "music-' for multi-dimensional choirs." The idea is to
surround the audience with voices in a super-stereophonic
manner.
In this sort of extraordinary approach one risks ruining the
music rather than enhancing it. For example, those seated to
one side might hear an overbalance of the nearest singers.
Happily, Smith knew what he was doing, because it all
turned out to be quite listenable, and although I sat to one
side the entire chorus was clearly audible, and the new
arrangements of performers elevated some well-chosen pieces.
One song, "Consonance" by William Billings, handsomely
explained itself in its lyrics and described the ovci all effect of
the unusual placement: "Then rolls the rapture through the air
aroundIn the full magic melody of sound."
The purely aural potential of the multi-dimensional idea was
demonstrated in Earle Brown's "Sound Pieces," which uses
whispers, hisses and grunts in addition to dissonant chord
variations manipulated by Smith through signals to the choral
sections. The varied kinds of sound coming from all directions
emphasized the expanded musical space.
Smith's own "Sound C.-ir.icies" cusu echoed among the
voices from side to side and fieri front to back, with themes
and patterns ciii!'ti:"; aiounJ tr-1 listener to vanish here and
reappear there.
The mc' I V' ' ; ;! i - i.-' 'v 'or i.v jpatlei
setup was th- k; t :.a ' ;
themes tix-m .rou;Kl tnc
overhead, with nvk-dic church
unresolved close ahovf the fri!
Smith's dimension;;
avant-garde s ;r.oJ-..-rn ..s
novel ty. With th.:-.-!. ... - A
vdluabi" parts or ti.-.- -n;? a :.
harmonics within ti.
The latter b,-;! of the co
stage jn jnrjttiv-n. war. mil1",
important crit-rion in li-jht rr
sp'i'it and 7esT. and '.he sine-- aa
Firr-i came cr
beginning wit!. ".i.'ii Wa."
Thro u yh C"..n.:,(" wis'',
annhilatinrj onr , ..,y ; :he
Stephen Fostei'c bJiads a.
called Foster "the awr.erica.i.a ochuti-rt,
but gratuitous. I-V'er's "Loa jta'. ; Z
Annie" are delio;"H:'. cofusosit c-s: :v.
performances !e':u;.d tham
campiness.
The encoiv ivoi a rji;.utr. (
Ives, a sort of rnuvc.il ' '
ch.ii ter '.vit'i th" aialiana :, -i
T he evoninu h..:(i pi t-
with comfcrt.'.b! - ..!-. i, -If
yow . i, aa-o'v
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, -! I vi::",. "i h" iyr:cal
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bel
us unKimq exquisneiy iu an
"Amen.
techniques cr not particularly
..c. Iwt th-jy don't need
ta a.a . j'i;n.iji I'iKrts served as
' a; r r.'.r ; the r-jntrasts and
i- 'ii tiie conventional
but ti'.fei taining. The
so al , vii tu'.-si t y as
. ; t,-'v:ivf;i.tjl Age,"
a;.v.:ut "Marching
" i aman, fo; iously
::-u;i c.inie next. Smith
" which seemed heroic
laraamer and iscmic
M'w-.'Vor, the sincere solo
' rv tli.nr usual undeserved
Ki's.i v yf planned by Charles
i. 'hi iv singers come clown to
. 'hi:- Ust chorus on kazoos,
-i ''. pious to the irreveient
;i t iki!!ad performance,
.-a- ;-. hficr 'he Gregg Smith
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Wives plan cookbook
By Tarn Mehuron
As part of a scholarship fund-raising drive, the Faculty
Women's Newcomers Club and the Faculty -Women's Club
is to publish a self-compiled cookbook, according to
Newcomers Club chairwoman Anne Manning.
"The Faculty Women's Club has provided scholarships
for deserving Nebraska women for several years on the basis
of need and scholastic achievement," Manning said.
Last year the Club held an autumn spring garage sale
which netted S240. From a total of $840, four scholarships
of $210 each vere given to UNL women.
The 200 page cookbook will contain favorite recipes
collected from as many people as possible, including
favorites from Mrs. J.J. Exon, Mrs. James Zumberge and
Mrs. D.B. Varner.
Manning said the club is charging S3 per book, S1.90 of
which will be going to the fund and the rest for printing
costs.
Manning s;;id that 125 recipes have lxen collected, and
about 300 are expected to be in the cookbook.
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