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DECEMBER 9, 1966
LONE STAR LUTHERAN
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TLC Madrigals Extend
Music Tradition, Forms
By Victor Anderson
Under the very capable baton
of Phillip Moll, the UT Opera
Workshop presented an interest-
ing and thoroughly captivating
program of opera excerpt last
evening. The production began
with the charming ribaldry of
John Gay's THE BEGGAR'S O-
PERA. (musically readapted by
B. Britten) This opera a la Tom
Jones was enacted with all the
gusto and ham appropriate to
restoration drama.
Lois Tiller was an amply
strong foil for David Lane's au-
thorative Mr. Peachum. Polly
(Rosanne Van Dorn) offered some
remarkable soft tones but pre-
dominately sounded over-exert-
ed. Filch (undoubtedly a pseu-
donyme for Westerholm) provi-
ded a joyful characterization in
his innocent facade.
The opportunity to belaude Bi-
zet's CARMEN is a temptation
which I must forgoe. My utter
disdain for the work, however,
cannot enter into a critique of
its performance. Without uncer-
tainty William Neill’s Don Jose
was the most thrilling of the
entire evening. His voice was
full and open tempered hand-
somely with a keen artistic fla-
vor. His pianissimo level was
not as disciplined as his forte
and bravura passages.
Carmen possessed a firm voice
which suffered greatly from the
unnecessary stage business em-
ployed during her "Gypsy Song".
The dancing and prancing rele-
gated a fine voice quality to in-
ferior and imprecise production.
This bit of "Acting" damaged
the excerpt. One does not go
to opera to see good acting.
One goes to hear singing. If
good acting enhances the per-
formance, all the better. But
if acting interferes, as it did
in this case, it is better left
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Another unfortunate factor (as
was the case in LA BOHEME,
ALSO) was the use of English,
It simply wrecked the dramatic
continuity of both works. Eng-
lish does not idiomatically trans-
late from Italian. The use of
English in these cases was per-
fectly hideous.
The rarely performed Beetho-
ven opera FIDELIO manifested
the finest ensemble work of the
evening. It was a shame the
delectable morsel was so brief.
Marselline sung by ShaaronMel-
cher displayed pleasant albeit
slightly immature coloratura
work. Her aria "Oh, when shall
I be" showed an alert ear for
these passages. (A virtue seldom
found in this genre of sopranos).
Leonore, alias Fidelio alias E-
mily Tracy deserves the dis-
tinction of the finest soprano
voice in the troupe. Tis a shame
we heard such a minuscule por-
tion of her mature and sophis-
ticated sound.
LA BOHEME is a perpetual
puller of heart strings and UT's
rendition carried on the tradition.
A beautifully played act was mar-
red only by the obvious unbal-
ance of the various singer's vo-
can strength. Marcello's basso
was profound and stirring. Ro-
dolfo (Bruce Brewer) co-offered
a lovely lyric tenor.
The other characters were suf-
ficient, although Colline's coat
song sounded more like a swan
song to a little old lady's shawl.
Mimi was pleasing but Vicki
Hall's Voice tended to sound cold,
as if she had not had the time
to properly warm up for the
performance.
Taken as a whole, the scene
was quite successful and the
entrancing finale of Boheme
proved a most gratifying close
to the program. Only, get rid
of the abominable English!
FACULTY
SCHEDULE
QUESTIONS
CHANGE
The, TLC faculty has tenta-
tively approved "in principle”
a revised school year calendar.
The proposal encompasses an
end-of-August registration date
and a first semester completion
prior to the Christmas holidays.
The proposal was returned to
the committee for further study,
particularly to consider alter-
native dates involving the second
semester schedule. However
apparent reversals of position
among some faculty members
may lead to a change in the
tentative 18-15 faculty vote and
even a change in the recommen-
dation of the Educational Policies
Committee, meeting today.
The proposal, if passed, would
still require uncertain approval
before the Board of Regents. TLC
already anticipates general sche-
dule changes when the new cur-
riculum proposals are completed
in the next year or two.
CINDE, HAZEL
ATTEND SCONA
Cinde Heinemeier and Hazel
Bettge are representing TLC this
weekend at Texas A&M’s Twelfth
Student Conference on National
Affairs. (SCONA)
EUROPE and the U.S: Chal-
lenges of Nationalism and Co-
operation is the general topic
for the December 7-10 confer-
ence. The seminar, involving lec-
tures and round-table discus-
sions, each year is based on a
topic of particular national or
international significance.
Schools from the United States,
Canada, and Mexico are invited
to the conference.
The TLC Senate's Conference
Committee selected Cinde and
Hazel as participants. Cinde is a
Speech major from San Antonio.
An active Debater, she was the
recipient of the top speech award
last spring and only this week was
one of the debaters chosen to
oppose Oxford. Hazel is a history
major from Meyersville.
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Performances for the Cosmo-
politan Club Dinner on December
13 and the Shakespeare Club on
December 14 will round out a busy
December schedule for TLC's
Madrigal Singers.
Already this month they have
performed for the Delphian Club
at the Seguin Clubhouse (Decemb-
er 1), the Faculty Dinner at
Mission Valley Guest Ranch
(December 4), and the Ed Dunn
Show on Channel 4(pecember 5).
The Madrigals sing all sorts
of music, from madrigals (which
are early songs with each voice
singing an independent melody),
to modern compositions for small
vocal groups. In one of the pieces
Weekend Living
Two holiday dances will high-
light this Saturday evening's ac-
tivities on the TLC campus.
The semi-formal Christmas
Ball will take place tomorrow
night from 8-12 p.m. The Fran-
tics will play, and the entire
student body is invited. Admis-
sion is $1.50 per couple for the
Riebe Hall dance.
The inter-sorority council will
sponsor their annual Snow Ball
also this Saturday from 8:30-
12:30 at El Chaparral Country
Club. Paul Flower's Trio will
entertain sorority members and
their dates.
they are currently presenting,
three members of the group play
an alto and two soprano recor-
ders. The Madrigals also per-
form as part of the choir in
performances such as Christmas
Vespers.
Madrigal singing itself, from
which the group takes its name,
came into existence in the fif-
teenth century, when it was
considered socially correct to be
able to sing or play an instru-
ment while sitting around the
table after dinner.
The eleven TLC Madrigal Sin-
gers were selected by audition
for voice quality and musician-
ship from among the members
of the TLC Concert Choir. A
music major is not a prerequi-
site for membership in the Ma-
drigals; in feet, nearly half of
the Madrigals are not music
majors.
The Madrigal Singers are Vic-
tor Anderson, majoring in Music
History and Literature, Karen
Carlson, Music Education; David
Daniel, Pre-Law; Judy Johnson,
Physical Education; Julia Lind-
say, English; Ricky Lorfing, So-
ciology; Karron Moorman, Mu-
sic Education; Victor Schaper,
Organ; Ellen Shiplet, Music Ed-
ucation; LaVonne Walker, Ele-
mentary Education with a spe-
cialization in music; and David
Westerholm, Organ.
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Most are employed in adminis-
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*/rore than 100 international and
overseas firms have sought to
hire returned Volunteers for
positions abroad in several
fields. Returnees presently are
working in mining, construction,
sales, marketing, and manage-
ment overseas.
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in 1966, Peace Corps recruiters
still report difficulty in convinc-
ing many students of the rele-
vance of Peace Corps service
to their long-term career goals.
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