THE MICHIGAN DAILY
'U' Offers Music Course to Engineering Students
Students Organize To Combat Illiteracy
As Hatcher Furnishes Financial Support
By GERALD STORCH 3.._. 2
lease their tensions, and perhaps pline. Winston Churchill may dab-
get an insight into creative work." ble in oil painting now and then,
Course Plan but "you can't be a Sunday com-
The course plan is a series of poser," Finney says.
lectures on the creative problem Technique, Training
for all the students (usually Besides considerable technique
about 16) in the course. Then and demanding training, the com-
they have individual conferences poser, "like all musicians, must
on their compositions. have great sensitivity and yet ter-
The first assignment is forma- rific energy. These two qualities
tion of a piece using only rhythm are extreme opposites," he ex-
instruments, in which the few en- plained.
gineers who take the course often Finney says the exact process
- invent new instruments for their of making music cannot be de-
works. Finney demonstrated one scribed. His own method is to get
such device which was something to work in his studio early in the
like a tin bongo drum with springs morning, Compositions do not
attached. Later projects bring in come in emotional spurts as pic-
- the elements of melody and har- tured in romantic fiction, but are
mony. the end of much "spade work and
3 Sttudents in the course learn investigation, just like journal-
- what the 17 composition majors ism."'
i at the University have known for And, like journalists, composers
- a long time-the need for disci- search for ideas and evolve their
creations in the mind before they
are put on paper, Finney has no-
ticed.
One Piece
"Normally, I only work on one
piece at a time. Right now, I am
writing three and it's driving me
mad; I find it hard to separate
them in my mind."
The productions of a composer,
are "exceedingly potent," accord-
ing to Finney. It is as essential a
human communication as mathe-
matics or language, but while the
others are tools, music is not a
background for anything else.
So it is music's power, he not-
ed, as well as technical prob-
lems which make composition a
complex occupation.
Vocational Problem
Another problem today's young
composer faces is vocational.
Graduates often can find positions
connected with teaching, such as
Finney's. A few manage to line
' up the rare arranging and com-
" : .z'":1 °'posing jobs in radio, television
and the cinema. Some go into re-
viewing or publishing.
KNOWS THE SCORE-Prof. Ross Lee Finney, University com-
poser in residence, debunks the conception of the temperamental
musician creating on the basis of emotional whim. Musical crafts-
men are versatile and hard-working, he says.
Gaining momentum with a booIh
at the World's Fair, an upcoming
workshop and financial support
from UniversityPresident Harlan
Hatcher, a drive to eradicate il-
literacy in foreign countries is
forming among a group of foreign
and American students 'at the
University. ,
Wendy Benton, '63. explained
yesterday that the group is at-
tempting to elicit backing for the
workshop. on Nov. 28, which will
center on means of implementing
programs to combat illiteracy.
Much Illiteracy
The group set up the display
booth to demonstrate the extent
of illiteracy still existing in the
world. In the United States, for
example, there are five million
people who cannot read a news-
paper, and in foreign countries
the analogous percentage is more
than half.
The cost of establishing the
booth, and the finances involved
in the forthcoming workshop,
have been borne by President
Hatcher.
The student group had first
formed the idea for the program
last fall, in order tohcreate an
Ann Arbor division of a national
organization, "World Literacy
Movement," which emphasized
"each one teach one" as its by-
word in eliminating illiteracy.
Sought Backers
International Students Associa-
tion, though extending its moral
support, had insufficient funds
and manpower to help the local
program, Miss Benton said.
The student group then ap-
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"Composition majors normally
have great musicianship. The fact
that they are in this department
doesn't exclude them from enter-
ing into teaching or conducting,"
he said.
While only a handful of Amer-
ican composers can live on this
craft alone, "I know of few com-
posers who are starving," he said.
Money Problem
Once a piece is produced, it is
difficult to make money from it.
The music writer is often not paid
for use of his material on radio.
Royalties on published music
amount to little, and many or-
chestras borrow compositions for
use and later fail topay the "ren-
tal" fee.
Describing and defending con-
temporary music, Finney said
"music has to be exciting. Some-
thing must happen. It must make
the time spent in listening signi-
ficant." While pure melody is one
way of doing this, it is often not
exciting, and modern music has.
found new techniques of making
important communication, he
said.
"Approach contemporary music
with an open ear and an open
mind. Be willing to listen to it a
number of times," he advised.
"Many a man has met a woman
he couldn't stand and ended up
proposing three months later."
People's conservatism in music
may be because they are so worn
out by the dynamics of this cen-
tury that they like to be holdouts
for the past in some areas. How-
ever, "we must think twice before
we refuse to live in the century in
which we walk," he warned.
-Daily-Jerome Starr
LITERACY BOOTH-This display at the World's Fair was set up
by- a group of foreign and American students to symbolize their
campaign against illiteracy. The booth was sponsored by Presi-
dent Hatcher.
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proached Frank Laubach, a well-
travelled missionary who headed
the national project.
He urged them to discuss the
idea with President Hatcher, with
whom he was personally acquaint-
ed from his trips.
Hatcher Helps
"Miss Benton called on me in
the capacity as a member of the.
group," President Hatcher said
last night. After hearing about the
project, he offered to provide the
needed financial support.
President Hatcher allowed the
group an open checking account,
Thomas David, Grad, from Ind~a,
said, from which the students have
spent less than $100.
Also financially aiding the group
have been services such as elec-
tricity which have been provided
free by various companies.
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