Page Two. THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, March 21, 1968 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, March 21, 1968 jim peters' music Band: Too Little 'Music' The Michigan Symphony Band tries to please too many people; it's this friendly ap- proach that mangled their pro- grams in last night's concert. I certainly appreciated the freshness and apparent na- ivete surrounding the group, but this willingness to be liked creates programs which sample all sorts of orchestral music, wandering around from era to era, but which rarely find the place of music fitting to a band. Was it for the numerous par- ents and bussed-in high school students that last night's con- cert at Hill Aud. opened with, of all things the Rossini over- ture to "La Gazza Ladra?" I'm sure that conductor William Revelli realizes the hazards in any transcription of Rossini for band. Thie subtle violin wit turns to mush in clarinets, and the lack of differentiation between winds playing wind sections and winds playing violin sections de- stroys the delicacy of these overtures. Certainly the bom- bast of brass growls through in the explosions near the end, and the brass of the Symphony Band is sharp and loud and clear, but' still the overture failed. After this, Revelli included another of those pieces which do not belong in band reper- toires and repeatedly come off very poorly because of it. James Underwood attempted Hummel's "Trumpet Concerto" accom- panied by the overly blanched sound of uninspired clarinets. Underwood played the first movement much too slowly, of- ten out-of-time with the or- chestra, his trills never quite succeeded and he lacked any sense of melodic line closely tied to rhythm, which is essen- tial to achieve the bravura spir- it inherent in these pieces writ- ten in the galante style of C. P. E. Bach and early Haydn. But the reputation of the Symphony Band is based on serious work in music for band, and after everyone had been placated they eventually played some good pieces. The whole middle of their program stood out in stark contrast to the trifles of the beginning, and to the noise of the final offering. Perhaps best was a "Prelude and Fugue" by Nelhybel; here was the knowledgeable control of masses of orchestral color, with brass balanced masterfully against pliant woodwind lines. The dissonances rose from the band in huge sweeps, returning again in varying rhythmic and tonal disguises. The fugue is short and fast and wildly full of life. The very short piece entitled "Reflections" by Nixon again exemplified what I feel is the only kind of music that can succeed in the band realm, mu- sic which draws upon the tools of brass and woodwinds-their individual timbres, instead of the forcing of alien transcrip- tions which too often fail. The other soloist in the pro- gram, Jean Marie Londeix, a visiting music professor from France, performed Creston's "Concerto for Saxophone." His professional sound and tender handling of the serene melo- dies made the piece certainly enjoyable. In this piece the or- chestra is much more an inte- grated component, and the hol- low sound of clarinet and flute sounded even better against the mellow saxophone. The last piece was the finale from Kalinnikov's "Symphony No. 1". Conductor Revelli sta- tioned the antiphonal brass choir required in the balcony of Hill. The sound of band and choir filled the whole auditor- ium, and it was lush and ma- jestic and stirring. But the mu- sic itself has no real substance, filled with trite woodwind runs and trills -- pure pyrotechnics to send everyone home smiling and happy. Feidhamp To Decide Fraternity Housing Rights on N. Campus By SHARON KORMAN He claims that there are three Nu plan in which the house pro- A decision on a proposal to al- possible bites which could be used vides 50 per cent of the construc- low Tau Delta Phi fraternity to for such a project, the most like- tion cost, and the University loans build a new house on North Cam- ly one being a site containing the other fifty per cent, repay- pus is expected in about a month twenty acres of land. able over a fifty year period. Un- from University housing director Last summer Fitzpatrick talked der this plan, the fraternity would John Feldkamp. to different groups to encourage pay rent, making the University If the proposal were accepted, interest in North Campus devel- the owner of the house. Further, the problems of land location and opment. At that time three fra- the loan would be repaid through obtaining the $400,000 necessary ternities, Kappa Alpha Psi, Alpha gifts channeled through the Uni- to build the house may delay the Phi Alpha, and Sigma Alpha Mu versity to the fraternity, thus start of construction for up to a indicated interest in moving to making them tax-exempt; year. North Campus. 0 The University could con- Mark Harris, '69, executive Last April IFC made three pro- struct housing units -and rent vice president of Inter-Fraternity posals to the University housing them out to groups, a plan simi- Council, said he is anxious to get office to help encourage develop- lar to the one being considered a commitment for fraternities on ment on North Campus: for sororities in Oxford Housing. North Campus. "Too many houses Fitzpatrick said the administra- have old facilities, and no fra- Allow individual fraternities tion is eager to help fraternities ternity can last two years in an to purchase land on North Cam- and sororities, and would prob- apartment while it looks for a pus, as ZBT did seven years ago; ably pursue the plans to help house. They have to get a house." , Adoption of the Nu Sigma them move to North Campus. Feldkamp said the major dif- ficulties in parceling, land on North Campus are in assigning sites and deciding what they should be used for. He said there were seven sites 1 reserved for fraternities ten years ago, and the only fraternity that purchased a lot was Zeta Beta Tau, currently the only fraternity ALAI N RESNAI S' with a house on North Campus. The unused sites were finally used for Baits Housing. "Now we have only one frater- nity interested in land, and we would have to build roads and pipes for only that fraternity and that would involve much money," Feldkamp said. He agrees, how-A T ever, that old fraternity houses would probably have to be re- placed, and that one way to ac- complish this would be for theM ARIENBAD University to own the houses. Dan Fitzpatrick, Director of Student Organizations is in favor of building a small residential area on North Campus, but noti ALSO: Chapter 11 -"FLASH GORDON" just for fraternities. Aud. A-Angell Half Friday, March 22 7:00 and 9:15 p.m. Saturday, March 23 DIAL 5-6290 NOMINATED FOR 75c 4 ACADEMY AWARDS "Can a Truly Contemporary Person NOT Be an AtheistI" Book review and discussion of one of the controversial writings of John A.T. Robinson, the Bishop of Woolwich. Led by Lloyd W. Putnam and open to all interested persons. TONEGHT: "Christian Morals Today A 330 Maynard Street 7 :30 P.M. 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