Classical tunes get
contemporary touch
By Erie Shanks
Staff Reporter
Voices of Change, a Dallas-based
contemporary chamber ensemble, will
■ perform at the
Lied Center for
Performing Arts
at 8 tonight.
Since founding
the ensemble in
1974, pianist Jo
Boatright and
clarinetist Ross
Powell have
earned recogni
tion as leauing cuampions of 20th
century classical music, which is still
being written and performed.
Tne seven-member group, com
posed of a vocalist, a pianist, a violist,
a violinist, a flutist, a cellist and a
clarinetist, is dedicated to bringing
20th century compositions to the at
tention of its audiences. The ensemble
has won four consecutive “Awards for
Adventuresome Programming” from
the American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers.
Along with touring the United
States, the ensemble has performed in
international tours in Europe and South
America. They have made seven com
mercial recordings, including com
pact discs. The group performs exten
sively in Texas and provides educa
tional outreach.
“There are literally thousands of
composers out there,” Boatright said.
“Some two hundred are active. It’s
hard to pick and choose which ones to
play.”
“We use music from all people,
from all walks of life. There are hardly
two styles alike. If you get 100 differ
ent composers, you’ll probably find
about 80 different types.”
There is one unique factor in the
group’s repertoire, however. Most of
the music is written by people who are
still alive.
“We felt they needed a forum to be
heard,” she said
The group will perform pieces by
George Crumb, Rebecca Clarice, Donald
Erb and Michael Colgrass. Crumb has
accompanied the ensemble to Iowa State
University and Caracas, Venezuela, to
oversee its performances of his compo
sition, “Makrokosmos II.”
During their performances, mem
bers of the ensemble are called on to
create unusual sounds with their in
struments. During the Crumb compo
sition, for example, the flutist is ex
pected to simultaneously play (me part
and sing another. A paper clip, chisel
and thin glass rod are also placed
inside the strings of the piano to pro
duce various sounds.
Ensemble members performing
tonight are Boatright, her husband
Harvey Boatright on flute, Powell on
clarinet, Christopher Adkins on cello,
Barbara Hustis on viola and soprano
Virginia Dupuy.
Tickets are $14, half price for stu
dents.
Week-long fast from TV
could benefit Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ameri
cans should go on a TV starvation diet
next week, says a group whose mem
bers include parents, teachers and civic
organizations.
TV-Free America thinks people
spend too much time in front oftheir TV
sets when they could be reading a bode,
spending time outdoors with their chil
dren or volunteering to help community
organizations, said Sarah Farnsworth,
the group’s spokeswoman.
The average American, she said,
spends four hours a day watching tele
vision.
The group doesn't think television
is evil. Nor is it protesting the content
of individual programs, although it
does have concerns about portrayals
of violence.
Designating the week of April 24
as National TV Turnoff Week, TV
Free America says it has c<»nmitnients
from more than cme million people to
go on the TV diet.
“This weeklong fast is a catalyst
for people to change their daily diet of
television watching and to replace that
time with more fulfilling activities,”
said Henry Labalme, the group’s ex
ecutive director.
Most of the participants are schools,
libraries, state literacy organizations
and state parent-teacher associations,1
Farnsworth said.
“It’s an admirable goal,” said Rich
D’ Amato, spokesman for the National
Cable Television Association. “But
abstinence from television isnot likely
to be effective. What parents and chil
dren must learn to do is take control of
their TV sets,” he said.
The cable industry and the national
PTA are working together to bring
this about, he said. Local cable execu
tives and PTA officials are being
trained to teach people how to view
television critically and make more
informed choices.
The bulk of TV-Free America’s
financing—$40,000—comes from
grants from the J. Roderick Mac Arthur
Foundation and the Foundation for
Deep Ecology, Farnsworth said. The
non-profit group has no corporate
members. J
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