PAGE EIGHT THE MICHIGAN DAILY T[TESDAV. ATTCYTTST 311. 1499 PAGE EIGHT THE MICHIGAN DAILY TTTF'gflAV ATT(ITTQT ~1A 1fl~e A- ~ LA ,' UU * V, I u ti University Musical Society Denotes Major Keynotes of Campus Culture By GLENN LITTON i Fifteen, years after its formation, the Musical Society initiated a "I'd like the students to know "Choral Union Series" of 10 con- that the Musical Society is here certs. This series and an "Extra for them. We're concerned about Series," begun in 1946, offer or- their cultural development. That's chestral programs by world-re- why in the last seven years we ve nowned organizations, instru- almost doubled the number of mental and vocal soloists, choirs, concerts, why we haven't raised ballet, and opera. ticket prices for the major con- The Musical Society also plans cert serie in the past three years, two concert series designed for and why we've added a Fall Dance two co eries esigne for Festival to complement our Cham- those who enjoy musical fare pre- ber erie:. msented in surroundings more inti- e Seris temmate and relaxed than the large "We bring the musical world concert hall. The "Chamber Arts literally to their feet. Last year, Series" and the annual "Chamber 14 countries were represented in Music Festival" are staged in the our series of concerts. lushly decorated Rackham Lec- "Too many students settle for ture Hall, mere entertainment and forget The youngest of the Musical the cultural opportunities we're S o c i e t y 's presentations is a offering them." "Chamber Dance Festival." Begun That is the working philosophy in 1962, its offerings have be- of Gail Rector, executive director come more and more elaborate, of the University Musical Society, which has necessitated a move Rector heads an organization this year from the Rackham Hall, that has been planning concert to the larger stage in Hill Aud. series 'for students since 1879. The oldest and most elaborate .VV - S"TUDENT 10OK 9L[RVICc- \Where the virtuous get their books of the Society's Festivals is the May Festival. This year it will be the "May" Festival in name only, for Rector and his staff have de- cided to accommodate students' hectic tri-semester schedule by moving the series of six concerts by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, and guest solo-, ists to April 22-25. This is just following exams and before gradu- ation, when University housing facilities will still be open and most leases will not, as yet, have run out. The soloist which has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra more than any other is one re- cruited from University faculty, the student body and community: the University Choral Union. This April the Choral Union will be an important unit in the "pre- miere of a work commissioned es- pecially by the Musical Society to celebrate the University's sesqui- centennial. The work, written by University composer-in-residence Ross Lee Finney, is entitled "A Martyr's Elegy." The text is taken from Shelly's "Adonis." It will be performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Choral Union during this year's May Festival. The Choral Union will "solo" late in the first semester, just be- fore winter vacation, as performer of the beloved choruses in Han- del's "Messiah." Joining the Cho- ral Union for three performances, Dec. 2-4, will be members from the Detroit Symphony underrthe direction of Lester McCoy, con- doff Serkin, has arranged for three sets of tours by a variety of ensembles. The second chamber group de- buting in Ann Arbor is the Cham- ber Symphony of Philadelphia, or- ganized and directed by former principal violist with the Phila- delphia Orchestra, Anshel Brusi- low. Their performances on this campus will mark the Symphony's first week of concertizing. The third chamber group new wo University audiences will be composed of members from the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Symphony is returning to Ann Arbor after a five year's absence. After its Saturday night perfor- mance, first chair players will stay over and on Sunday present a concert of chamber works. As well as the artists spotlight- ed above, the Society will also pre- sent the New York City Opera Company in "The Consul" by Gian Carlo Menotti and Puccini's "Tosca." The Chicago Symphony will return in early October for two concerts, one of which will feature the symphony "Altitudes," ay the orchestra's French con- ductor Jean Martinon. The young Japanese conductor Seiii Ozawa, winner of the New York Philaharmonic's'auditions for young musical directors, will appear with the Toronto Sym- phony Orchestra in November. Ballet connoisseurs will be treat- ed to concerts by the American Ballet;Theatre, the Winnipeg Bal- let Company, and Jose Greco's Spanish Dance Company. This variety of artists will be further enhanced by the Musical Society's sesquicentennial cam- paign to promote programming by visiting groups of compositions written by members of the Uni- versiy's music faculty or by for- mer students of the University. Aside from the Finney work, a work by Leslie Bassett has been scheduled for performance, and works by such alumni as Wallace Berry, George Crumb, Donald Harris, Paul Cooper and Grant Reglariani are being auditioned by the musical directors of groups scheduled to perform. These are just some highlights from this season's schedule of Musical Society offerings. A 10 I1 Student Government President Ed Robinson, and Vice President, Cindy Sampson, are shown here after a successful "Let's" campaign. They did; their current ambition is to set up student advisory committees to University presidents as well as to all vice-presidents. SGCMembers EstadblishCannels For a Meaning, fuStdnVoc 1215 South U 761-0700 Right next to U. Towers . . . "-- doctor of the Chorai union. Students are especially lucky this year to be able to hear An- dres Segovia in concert. Segovia WEDGWiOOD BE{ ADS is touring the United States, an unusual undertaking for an artist in his 60's and one not prone to 1 1jt 1traveling. Coninuinuion CP mand 7Because Segovia decided to re- schedule his tour to allow him a more leisurely pace, he will be appearing in Ann Arbor on both Q Feb. 28 and March 1, rather than s hiand ereron the previously scheduled date *N SO. JNtYERSlTY of Jan. 9. Three chamber groups will be making their first appearances on twtt, the University campus this sea- son. Music from Marlboro is a j group of instrumentalists who g eta or spend summers concertizing at a ANN ARIOMR., 4IHEr summer music colony in Marl- A boro, Vt. This year, the colony's . ~ music director, noted pianist Ru- r 4 1 L t t L l Champions for "a meaningful student .voice in University de- cision-making" last winter seemed to have given up the idea of ever achieving any progress through "the proper administrative chan- nels." Disenchanted with an adminis- trative and regental scuttling of a plan for a University-operated dis- count bookstore, some local acti- vists completely despaired of ever successfully working with or even against administrators using any means, proper or not, while oth- ers hinted at possibilities of non- cooperation as sit-ins at Regents' meetings. But, over the summer, new Stu- dent Government Council Presi- dent Ed Robinson, '67, has re- vived interest in working through established channels of communi- cation once again and has pro- posed establishing even more channels as "proper." At this moment of publication, attempts are being made to influ- ence the Regents, by individual conversations, to allow students time to speak at Regents' meet- ings. If SGC fails to convince them, students this fall could pos- sibly see one of the rare bursts of more blatant activism if former hints to stage sit-ins at Regents' meetings become a reality. . Robinson already has convinced administrators to set up a student advisory committee to the Uni- versity president as well as com- mittees to all the vice-president. The advisory committee network has been steadily growing since last fall when Vice-President for Student Affairs Richard L. Cutler began implementing the plans proposed in the Reed Report of 1962 for student advisory commit- tees to all the Office of Student Affairs division directors. Students also gained a chance for a significant voice in adminis- trative planning when, after sug- gestions from the Daily and SGC, the Regents created a student committee to help advise on the choosing of University President Harlan Hatcher's successor for Fall, 1967. The system of advisory commit-' tees will work under the same SGC structure in operation for 11 years. The president, executive vice-president and 10 regular members are chosen in semi-an- nual{ elections by all ID carrying students. Five more, who sit on Council as ex officios, come from the five largest student organiza- tions: Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Association, Interna- tional Student Association, the University Activities Center and Interhouse Assembly. The administrative vice-presi-; SEE APA IN ANN ARBOR PRIOR TO BROADWAY! dent and treasurer are elected by the president, with the approval of the rest of the council mem- bers. Voter turnout for SGC elections is consistently sparse. Last spring's elections attracted about 15 per cent of the student body; over the past four years, voting records show a range of from nine per cent in the fall of 1964 to 27 per cent in the fall of 1962. In Fall, 1964, only six candidates ran for the six available Council seats, though there were three de- clared write-in candidates, one of whom was elected. The large turnout for Fall, 1962, elections may have been influ- enced by the fact that at that time students were also asked to decide whether or not the Uni- versity should continue its mem- bership in the United States Na- tional Student Association. Though last spring's elections were characterized by only an av- erage turnout, some campaign ex- citement was provided when "mys- terious bandits," as the headlines screamed, stole almost p1,000 copies of an issue of The Daily contain- ing candidate endorsements. In the past few years, SGC elections have brought with them the rise (and usually rapid de- cline) of various campus political parties. Spring, 1964 elections saw the emergence of SGRU (Student Government Reform Union, SUR- Ge (Students United for Respon- sible Government - eventually), and Voice political party, affili- ated with the national Students only one of these three parties still active on campups. Group political party first ap- peared in Spring, 1965, running nine Council candidates. The candidacies of seven of these were contested when they were charged with campaigning in University buildings in violation of election rules. Charges were dismissed when it was determined that the literature was being distributed under the auspices of GROUP as a recognized student organization, and not by individuals. In the most recent elections, GROUP was disbanded, but one new party, SCOPE, appeared. In Fall, 1965 REACH political party was established, with promises to carefully research student pro- posals and dispel the administra- tive myth of students' irresponsi- bility. Most parties and candidates in the past year have worked toward alleviating the economic burden of University students. And, even though the proposal for a discount bookstore fell through, adminis- trators have been made aware, through SGC's efforts, of students' concern with obtaining low-cost housing, books, drugs ... Student leaders testifying before Rep. Jack Faxon's (D-Detroit) Higher Education Subcommittee last fall, at an investigation of the University's finances and tuition hike, complained that because of high living expenses, only the economically elite" could attend the University. Students also iinfluenced ad- ministrative and regental approv- al of more low-cost married stu- dent housing, which provides more privacy and better sound-proof- ing, and are presently working on a proposal for University-operated single student apartments. 'I *1 THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY brings Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra to town aech May for the traditional May Festival; however, due to academic schedule changes, the annual May festivities will now be presented in April. Included in this year's festivities will be music written by University's composer in residence, Ross Lee Finney. 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