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Thursday, September 25, 1986 Daily Nebraskan Page 15 Arts L etertaiiumeet 4 h. w.-.. ! t By Chris McCubbin Senior Reporter There is no deep, amusing or arcane reason that chamber music is called chamber music. Chamber music is just music meant to be played in a room in someone's house, not in a concert hall. In the days before mass enter tainment, composers like Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert created works to be performed by three to five people for at-home entertainment. Frequently the performers in the debut performances of these works would include the composer's patron, or his friends, or the composer himself. The purpose of the Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music is to present these small groups in the environ ment they were intended for, said Bob Kuzelka, president of the Friends of Chamber Music. Kuzelka is a water resources planner with the NU Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Conservation and Survey Divisioa Kuzelka said that 1986-87 will be the 22nd season of the friends of Chamber Music. The Friends of Chamber Music hold their concerts in the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery Auditorium, which is a perfect-sized hall for chamber music, Kuzelka said. Traditional Connection ' ; " The Friends of Chamber- Music came into existence about the same time as the Sheldon, Kuzelka sdd. He said thst there is a trr-ditscr.al connection fcrtreen- sit r!I:r:-:i 'andchi:.;-cr::.":':.C ' ' - 'Star Trek 'junkie gets his daily fix By Stew Magnuson Staff Reporter Maybe my life is empty, or maybe I'm just a fan, but twice a day I watch "Star Trek." Sure I have better things to do than to watch reruns of "Star Trek" I've seen countless times. But now that Big S TV has started showing Kirk and the boys at 6 p.m. and Omaha's Channel 42 shows yet another episode at 10:30 p.m. nightly, I can't seem to stop myself. So far, "Star Trek" twice a day hasn't been an overload. Last spring, when I didn't have cable and could watch only a fuzzy TV', "Star Trek" was only on once a week on Sunday night. But some Graham acts on NETV World 's greatest choreographer Martha Graham is one of the world's greatest choreographers, yet relatively few of her 170 works have been recorded. A 90-minute "Dance in America" spe cial presents three of her dances per formed by her company and introduced by the legendary Graham herself. The works are "Errand into the Mace" (1947), "Cave of the Heart" (1946), and "Acts of Light" (1981). With her raw power as a performer and her stark, angular style, Graham, born in 1894, first shocked, then amazed and overwhelmed critics and audien ces. For more than 45 years, she has created some of the 20th century's most revealing dance dramas, and her technique one of the few early mod ern dance techniques to be systemized is now a fundamental part of every dancer's technique training. "An Evening of Dance and Conversa tion with Martha Graham" encores on Great Performances Dance in America Sunday at 2 p.m. on Nebraska ETV. Art Museum also hosts chamber concerts and some of the larger national galleries even have quar-tets-in-residence. Traditional chamber music in its pure form consists entirely of stringed instruments, primarily violin, viol, and cello with perhaps a piano. However, Kuzelka said, the Friends of Chamber Music try to bring in at least one non-string act each sea son. This season the Friends of Chamber Music are bringing in Malcom Bilson, a solo pianist, and the Consort of Music Trio, an ensemble consisting of a lutenist and two vocalists, Emma Kirkby and David Thomas, familiar to Lincoln audiences as soloists in the perfor mance of Handel's Messiah in Lin coln in December 1985. The society's more traditional fare this season consists of the Vienna Schubert Trio on Oct. 10, the Sequoia String Quartet, March 14, and the "An die Musik" ensemble on April 2 and 3. Kimball important . Kimball Hall also hosts chamber acts. Kuzelka said that the Kimball concerts are important because they can bring in more famous, more expensive acts at less cost to the individual concert-goer, but Kuzelka emphasized that Kimball Hall is really too large to get the full effect of a chamber performance there. Kuzelka said that some amateur groups exist here in Lincoln who only play in their homes. "That's true' chamber music because. it's being played in someone's living wally at Channel 3 in Omaha decided to replace the greatest show of all time with reruns of "The Rockford Files." So I went months and months without my "Star Trek" fix. And hey, I don't feel too guilty wasting all my precious time watching a TV show. "Star Trek" is very educa tional. I just happen to be a graduate of UNL's famous "Philosophy of Star Trek" mini-course. So when I'm watching Captain Kirk do his judo thing on some arrogant aliens, I am, in fact, doing, let's say, post-class research. Yeah, that's it. One thing I remember from Philo sophy of Star Trek was why the show ' ft 4 -'.7f. y r,T ' ' tfi J Th Vianna Schubert Trio, which recently Won the Trsesta International Chamber Music Competition, wi!l perform Oct. 10 at the Sheldon Auditorium. gle portion of the Friends of Music's membership is UNL faculty and staff members, but only a few of the organizations approximately 250 stu dents. A big portion of the Friends of Chamber Music have been mem bers or the entire 22-year history of the organization, Kuzelka said. Reduced rates Friends of Chamber Music events are somewhat more expensive than what a student is used to paying for a concert beccase of the necessarily small 8udknccs,-tut. they trs cer- remains so popular. One reason is the strong characters. Kirk is cool and always on top of things, while Mr. Spock, played by Leonard Nimoy, bet ter known for his singing career, and Dr. McCoy are the perfect foils. Dr. McCoy is the emotional humanitarian, while Mr. Spock provides the harsh logic. Kirk is a good balance of the two, and that's why he's the captain and those other guys are still peons. William Shatner as Capt. Kirk is simply my favorite TV hero. Mr. Ed and Pat Sajak are a close second and third. Sometimes his speeches are a little overdramatic. But it's Kirk who ties up t Courtesy of NETV f - - tm Courtesy season memberships and individual concerts. The Friends of Chamber Music offer three different season ticket options: all six season con certs for $4 1 for students and $48 for non-students, five concerts for $40, $44 for non-students, four concerts for $32, $36 for non-students. Tickets for individual events are usually $10 for students, $12 for non-students. The Vienna Schubert Trio plays From the city with the greatest musical tradition in the world comes the Vienna" Schubert Trio. WMrty ' acc!!ned in Eurrpe, this rr::p cf the episode's theme. And themes are one of Executive Producer Gene Rod denberry's tricks. He disguised social commentary in science fiction stories. Rod Sel ling did it years before in "The Twlight Zone," and Roddenberry did it again by attacking such t hing as racism, dehumanization and the drug culture by hiding these themes in exciting action adventures. Would as many Amer ican viewers have sat down and watched a straight show about racism? I doubt it. And these themes still remain perti nent today. Recently, I watched a show about a computer getting out of hand, after it replaced almost the entire crew of the 1 f . - Theater aids family The Omaha Magic Theatre has been awarded a grant from Target Stores for 1986-87 activities. Season activities will include the develop ment of new works for the American theatre, continued work with young artists and specially scheduled per formances of "Family Talk." "Fam ily Talk," by reknowned playwright Megan Terry, presents positive models for effective interpersonal communication within the family. Additional support money is being awarded, said a Target Stores spo kesman, "because of the excellent fit of 'Family Talk' in the context of Target's Project Family." The grant is made possible through the sup port of store managers, employees and customers in the Omaha area The Magic Theatre has a long his tory of the American family. Among them: "American King's English For Queens," which examined the Eng lish language and its effect on the status of women and children; "Goona Gonna," which dealt with the themes of domestic violence, and "Kegger," which examined underage use and misuse of alcohol, ft w- .4 v. of Lincoln Frienas ol Charnbar uisc young artists comes to Lincoln as part of their first U.S. tour, which also will include their participation in the Schubert Festival in Wash ington, D.C. They recently won the Trieste International Chamber Music Competition. The group consists of Claus-Christian Schuster, piano; Boris Kuschnir, and Martin Hornstein, cello. Their program will include the Schubert trio on B flat, Op. 99, and works by Zemlinsky and Shos takovich. They will open Friday, Cki n 10, tt f.'e Shdln tter.w il Ait dv..y AitviibCriuin. : Enterprise. Of course, this show was created years before the present-day computer revolution. But Roddenber ry's ideas on this subject are even more important today. Not all of t he episodes were heavy in ideas. Many episodes were straight act ion-advent in c. But aft or watching some episodes for seemingly the 100th time, I don't take "Star Trek" completely seriously. I openly laugh when one of those poor security guys in red inevitably gets blown away at the beginning of an epi sode. Oh well, as far as addictions go, my "Star Trek" habit doesn't have loo many bad side effects. decision-making skills and respon sibility. According to the playwright, "When we toured 'Gonna Gonna' and 'Kegger,' so many audience members told us of their need to improve basic communicat ion skills in their family as a first step towards solving and preventing problems. We now have developed 'Family Talk' to address these needs. If fam ilies talk, listen, respect and sup port one another prior to a crisis, then a crisis situation concerning behavioral problems or more serious difficulties such as drug abuse or alcohol abuse may be avoided." "Family Talk" helps individuals identify ways to take positive action in their lives. For 18 years the Magic Theatre has created, presented, toured and published the newest American theater for the people of the Midw est. During this season, the Magic Theatre will have its second play collection published by Broadway Publishing, Inc., of New York City "Plays From America's Best Regional Theatres."
