University of Southern California
SUMMER @ TROJAN
VOL. L XI11
NO. 11
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1971
Strings faculty to be presented
The Congress of Strings faculty will be presented in an evening of chamber music tonight by the School of Music, the American Federation of Musicians and the Rockefeller Foundation.
The concert, at 8 p.m. in Hancock Auditorium, is free-and open to the public.
The outstanding musicians participating have come from all over the country to teach the gifted young winners of the nationwide auditions.
Serving in a three-way capacity, as private instructors, chamber music coaches, and as performers are: violinists Henry Siegl and Louis Krasner: violist George Grossman: cellist Dudley Powers: and double bassist Barry Green.
Opening the program will be Kodaly’s “Duo for Violin and Cello." Opus 7. which is regarded by many musicians as one of the most signficant duos written for those instruments.
“String Quintet No. 1." by a young composer. John Baur, was written for the Congress of Strings faculty and will be premiered at this concert.
Closing the program will be the Shostakovitch “Quartet No. 1.”
Opus 49.
Henry Siegl, currently concertmaster with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, returns for his fifth season with the Western Section.
Siegl was a member of the NBC Symphony under Toscanini and was formerly concertmaster of the New York City Ballet Company.
He was a member of the Galimir String Quartet and later a member of the Guilet String Quartet. He has made recordings under such distinguished conductors as Toscanini, Bruno Walter, and Leopold Stokowski.
Louis Krasner, professor of violin at Syracuse University, New York, and conductor of that school's orchestra, distinguished himself by playing many first performances of concertos by outstanding contemporary composers. Among the men whose works he premiered are Berg, Schoenberg, and Roger Sessions. He has concertized extensively abroad and in this country, playing under such conductors as Klemperer. Mitropoulos, Munch. Molinari, and Stokowski.
George Grossman has performed with many symphony orchestras under the direction of many of the world's great conductors, including Toscanini, Walter. Monteux. Stokowski, Krips, Markevich, Munch. Leinsdorf, Wallenstein and Bernstein. He has also been associated with a number of outstanding chamber music groups, including the Musical Art String Quartet and the Guilet String Quartet.
He has appeared in recital in Carnegie Recital Hall. Carl Fischer Hall and Town Hall. He is an associate professor at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh and recently was appointed associate director of the Bennington Conference and Chamber Music Center in Bennington. Vt.
Dudley Powers of Willmette. 111., is a professor of cello at Northwestern University and conducts the Youth Symphony of Greater Chicago and the Racine Symphony.
Barry Green, formerly of Los Angeles, is principal bassist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and is on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music.
He served as principal bass in the Berkshire Music Center Orchestra and has performed a number of times as a soloist with the orchestra and has given many recitals. He participates in college clinics throughout the country and has written numerous articles on double bass innovations and teaching techniques which have appeared in national music publications.
AWARD-WINNING BASSIST
Student classically jazzed
SEE HOW THEY TUMBLE
Members of "See How They Run" cast tumble through last-minute dress rehearsal in preparation for tomorrow night's opening of the Summer Mainstage Production. From left to right are Joel Rosenzweig, Steve Lerian (on bottom of pile), Mar-
Photo by Bruce Bolinger
garet Taylor, Kim Sudol (maid), Andy Masset, and Paul Linke. The play, which is produced by Jedediah Horner, opens at 8 p.m. and through Saturday.
runs
Orientation to continue over four-week period
By PETER WONG City Editor
The orientation program for the fall semester will be extended over a period of four weeks, the Student Activities Office has announced.
In previous years, orientation activities have coincided with registration week — the week before classes begin.
However, under this year’s planned program, orientation activities will begin Sept. 7 and will continue through the month. Other activities may be added later.
One of the major additions to the program will be an “Activities Faire,” which will take place from 11:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. daily during the first week of classes, Sept. 20 to 24. The “Faire” will have booths and exhibits by campus organizations, which will show new students what they can join or do.
Tim Barr may seem more jazzed than most on classical music. In truth he is an award-winning jazz bass player and outstanding classical bassist who was selected by audition for the Congress of Strings.
The Congress of Strings, now in its fifth year at USC. brings together 60 of the top young string instrumentalists in the
TIM BARR
country. Supporting the program with USC is the American Federation of Musicians and the Rockefeller Foundation.
In addition to his interest in playing the classics with the Congress of Strings. Barr is also the leader of Selah, a contemporary music ensemble, a group which—according to music critics—is destined to be a “new sound" in the competitive world of music.
Yesterday. Barr joined the Selah for a free jazz concert in the Twon and Gown auditorium at 7 p.m.
The young bassist, one of a very few to play the instrument with a bow. is attending the Congress of Strings at USC for the third year, having won auditions and scholarships sponsored by the American Federation of Musicians.
While he is hoping for a successful career in jazz, popular, and contemporary sounds, Barr has gained most of his musical training from classical instrumentalists including bassists
Gary Karr and Barry Green, and violist Louis Keivman.
He is the recipient of the Outstanding Instrumentalist Award of the 1969 Hollywood Bowl Battle of the Bands, and the Outstanding Instrumentalist Award in 1968 and 1970 at the National College Jazz Festival.
Asked about the classical snobbery toward jazz, Barr replies that it doesn't exist to the degree it once did. “Every now and then you'll get these ‘vibes' from musicians but most of them, including my teachers, are pleased with my success.
“Selah's sound appeals to almost everyone because we play almost every style including waltzes, polkas and baroque.”
Barr, at 22—the middle child in a family of 10—thus far has worked as a grocery box boy, a servant in a mansion —(“I did very well at that because I can cook, sew, wash and scrub ’) — a pizza cook, and a mechanic. He's determined to make it as a professional in music and he's willing to work for it.
Concerts and folk dancing are also included in the “Faire.” “Since events such as speakers or bands, concerts, dance groups and rallies take place during the year about noontime, we could have activity week integrate new and old students into activities such as these.” Paul Moore, director of student activities, said of the “Faire” last spring.
Another item that will be included in the orientation program is the small discussion group for incoming students. This will depend on voluntary participation. New students would sign up to join groups consisting of other new students, returning students and faculty members. Such sessions will begin Sept. 16 at 1:30p.m.
“It (the group) could be a ready-made point of contact for the new student,” Moore said earlier this year of the concept. “It could meet just before classes begin and possibly continue once a week after that if the sessions are needed.” Minority-group students will have a special all-day session Sept. 18, at which workshops, speakers and a dance will be included. Students may call 746-6545 for further information.
Foreign students will have a special orientation program be-
ginning Sept. 7 with a picnic, a tour of Los Angeles and a concert at the Greek Theatre featuring Elton John. The next day, foreign students will begin the registration process, and the program will be climaxed Sept. 22 with a reception by President John Hubbard.
In other orientation-related activities, the Trojan football team will play Alabama at the Coliseum Sept. 10. Ticket information is available by calling 746-2620.
A dance for new students will be held in the Grill at 9 p.m., Sept. 15, and an all-university dance will take place on the patio of the Student Activities Center at 9 p.m.. Sept. 18.
Delta Kappa Alpha, national cinema fraternity, will sponsor a showing of “Woodstock” in Bovard Auditorium at 8 p.m., Sept. 17. Admission will be $1.
Fraternity rush will take place Sept. 13 to 26; sorority rush from Sept. 8 to 17.
In official business, all new students will be required to attend a program on registration in Bovard Auditorium at 8:15 p.m., Sept. 13. Formal registration will begin the next day.
Continuing students who did not register last spring will not be able to do so until Sept. 16.
Dorms will open Sept. 13: classes will start Sept. 21.
'See How They Run' mainstage production opens tomorrow night
The Drama Department’s Summer Mainstage production of Philip King’s London smash hit “See How They Run” opens tomorrow night at 8 p.m. in Bovard Auditorium.
The play will be performed each evening through Saturday, July 24.
Tickets may be purchased after 7 p.m. the night of the performance or reservations may still be made by calling 746-6063 or 746-2703. Tickets can then be picked up one-half hour before curtain time.
Single seats are $1.50 Wednesday and Thursday and $2 Friday and Saturday. Student, faculty, staff and group discounts are available.
This very funny summer production is staged by Jedediah Horner with sets, lighting and costumes under the direction of Beala Neel.
Dress rehearsals for the production have been held every evening since Sunday. The play is in three acts, with two ten-minute intermissions.