UNL School of Music students,
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ly added to the popularity of
“Creation” in English-speaking
countries.
“(Shaw) is a brilliant wordsmith.
His version of the ‘Creation’ text is
very clear,” he said. “It is expressive
and picturesque.
“It’s not strictly authentic, but it
makes a lot of sense, and it makes for
a very effective presentation of the
piece.”
Undertaking a project as large as
“Creation” at the end of the semester
could have daunted the UNL
Symphony, Concert and Oratorio
choirs, but White views it as a wel
come challenge.
“This is a big venture,” he said.
“What’s difficult about it isn’t the
length or the amount of work for the
orchestra because that isn’t all that
much longer than the typical concert.
“But it draws together the chorus,
“ soloists and orchestra in unusual and
powerful ways, which does require a
few extra rehearsals.”
White has been pleased with die
progress that his “baby,” the UNL
Symphony, has made this semester.
“I’m very, very happy with how
the orchestra is playing,” he said.
“They’ve matured over the year. I feel
that we’re working easily together”
That’s important, White said,
especially with a challenging, rigor
ous piece such as this.
“It’s wonderful to make music
with an ensemble, not just lead them.
There is a give-and-take between an
orchestra and a conductor that we’ve
really gotten this year, and I’m really
happy about that”
It’s especially important to play
“Creation” now, White said, because
“there are a number of people that are
performing their final concert (at
UNL). A piece of this stature should
give them wonderful memories of
UNL to leave with.”
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Bodmer exibit to visit Lincoln
By Sarah Baker
Senior Reporter
Beginning Sunday, the Governor’s
Mansion is going to house more than
just the governor.
It’s going to house some fine art
The Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha
is sponsoring a local traveling exhibi
tion of a new edition of prints by Karl
Bodmer.
The kickoff for the event is a display
of selected prints from the collection
that will be shown at the Governor’s
Mansion in Lincoln.
Part of the exhibition is taken from
the Joslyn’s world-renowned
Maximilian-Bodmer collection, which
includes material produced by German
scientist Prince Maximilian and
Bodmer on their exhibition across
America in the early 1800s.
“We are starting with the special
preview to celebrate die show traveling
through Nebraska and the surrounding
areas over the next couple of years,” said
Laura Ross, project coordinator for the
exhibit
Marsha Gallagher, chief curator for
die Joslyn, said Bodmer was invited on
the expedition specifically to illustrate
the book Maximilian planned to write.
“The engravings were acclaimed
when they came out, and they are still
recognized today as the most accurate
and beautiful representation of Indian
life at that time,” Gallagher said
The Maximilian-Bodmer collec
tion, in addition to watercolors, draw
ings, manuscripts and memorabilia,
includes the original printing plates
used to generate 81 engravings, which
Maximilian used to illustrate his publi
cation.
Ross said much of the work in the
show consists of landscapes and por
traits.
“Most of the works were done when
Bodmer traveled across America and up
the Missouri with the German prince,”
Ross said. “They documented the flora
and fauna and also the Native American
people.”
The actual exhibition begins in
June, and the first venue is the Museum
of Nebraska Art in Kearney. The art
consists of two touring sets of 41 prints
each and is entitled “Travels in the
Interior ofNorth America.”
Each show chronicles the expedi
tion but shows different examples of
Bodmer’s work.
Ross said this show is something
special, and she encouraged people to
come aid see both die preview and die
touring exhibit
‘‘This gives people a chance to see
one of Nebraska’s historical treasures,”
she said. “They can also learn more
about the history of the area in the
1800s.”
Gallagher said this also is a chance
to see beautiful art
“These works are really glorious,”
she said. “The viewers will feel like they
have just witnessed apart of our history.”
The preview of these works will be
showing at the Governor’s Mansion,
1425 H St, beginning Sunday and run
ning through May 28. The first full
exhibit opens in June.
For more information, call the
Joslyn at (402) 342-3300.
Photographer utilizes interiors
By Jason Hardy
Senior Reporter
The word “landscape” usually
conjures up images of wide-open
fields or immense mountain peaks.
But for a woman from Austin, Texas,
they mean something much more
intimate.
Beginning Sunday the Clear Sky
Gallery, 3233 S. 13th St., will fea
ture Ann Paterra’s collection of pho
tographs entitled “Interior
Landscapes.” The exhibit will run
through May 30 and includes 28
pieces. >
Ed Rumbaugh, owner of Clear
Sky Gallery, said the exhibit pre
sents an interesting way of viewing
human interaction. Though there’s
nothing new about capturing human
interaction on film, Rumbaugh said,
the method Paterra uses is what
makes her work so unique.
“What’s different is that she’s
using like a landscape panoramic
camera to shoot indoors,”
Rumbaugh said. “She goes into peo
ple’s homes, and she doesn’t stage
them or place them anywhere, she
lets people be themselves.
“She tries to capture people posi
tioning themselves the way they
want without arranging them.”
Paterra said she got the idea for
using a panoramic camera to shoot
people because she couldn’t capture
everything she wanted with a regu
lar camera.
“I found that I was really more
interested with what was going on
left to right rather than top to bot
tom,” Paterra said.
Barbara Hagen, photography
instructor at Southeast Community
College and a longtime friend of
Paterra, said Paterra’s method of
using a panoramic camera to photo
graph intimate situations has a way
of showing people “in a very person
al way, rather than the traditional
impersonal landscape.”
She said personal setting is key
to the exhibition’s effect.
“The personal dynamics of the
players in the photographs are very,
very important,” Hagen said.
She said at first glance the pic
tures can be mistaken as photo
journalism, but upon further
inspection there are definite dif
ferences.
She said photojournalism often
initiates a knee-jerk response, while
photography as a fine art deals more
with the interaction between the
viewer and the photo.
“The viewer’s response should
be much more subjective than to see
it just as social commentary,” Hagen
said. “It’s asking questions rather
than answering them.
“It’s about challenging the view
er, not entertaining.”
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It’s about
challenging the
viewer, not
entertaining.”
Barbara Hagen
photography instructor
Paterra said the exhibit is meant
to question the viewer, not society.
“They’re not meant to document
any particular group qf people,, apd.
they’re not meant to make any kind
of social or political statement at
all,” Paterra said.
Hagen said that with “Interior
Lanscapes,” Paterra is using pictures
of other people to examine herself.
“The interior is a metaphor for
her own exploration,” Hagen said,
“meaning she’s looking inside her
self.”
Paterra said the pictures, though
of other people, are almost like self
portraits because the people in the
photo showed emotions Paterra her
self had felt at one time. She said she
hopes her photos will evoke similar
emotions for the people in Nebraska
who see her work.
“I’m real interested, just because
of how I grew up, about families and
how they interact,” Paterra said. “It
somehow helps me understand my
own relationships.
“It has to do with my memory,
but I think it also has to do with
other people’s memories as well.”
The exhibit is free to the public
and runs from Sunday to May 30.
There is a reception for the artist on
Sunday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and a
gallery talk by the artist at noon on
Monday. Both events are free.
Country star Collin Raye
will perform at Pershing
From Staff Reports
Singer Collin Raye will be in
Lincoln Saturday for a night of hot
country. 4
Rays
Pershing
Auditorium,
226 Centennial
Mall South,
will play host
to Raye’s con
cert, which
begins at 7:30
p.m. Tickets
for the show
cost $22.75
and can be
bought at the
Pershing box office and all
Ticketmaster outlets.
Raye’s latest release, “I Think
About You,” on Epic Recordings, fea
tures the song “Little Red Rodeo,”
which is in the top 20 on Billboard’s
Hot Country Singles chart
Raye has been nominated for the
Country Music Association’s song of
the year three times and saw his first
album, “All I CanvBe” spend three
weeks at No. 1.
For more information about
Saturday’s show call (402) 441
7500.
