THE MICHIGAN DAILY Musical Society Schedules (Continued from Page 1) grew size. from about 100 to its present] By RUTH EVENHUIS The Ann Arbor Civic Theatre maintains a prograrti of five or six full-scale productions per year as well as frequent one-act plays and dramatic workshops. The 31 year old theatre is one of the oldest cultural, organiza- tions in-the state, according to its president, Zeke Jabbour. Last year it produced "Darkness at Noon," "Bell, Book and Candle," "Joan of Lorraine," "The Flower- ing Peach,",and "Our Town." This summer the group flas. worked with the- Green Acres Farm Sum- mer Theatre School in Chelsea on one-at plays. The 'playbill for net year has not yet been deter- mined, Jabbour said. Shakespeare to Shaw Its repertoire has been plays from Shakespeare to George Ber- nard"Shaw's "Major Barbara" In the past, it has produced several Tennessee Williams plays, "The Death of a Salesman," and "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" among many others. Membership in the Civic Thea- tre is open to anyone. for $1.50. Performances have taken place in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre since 1950."Prior to that, the group gave three annual performances in Slauson Junior High School y Self-Sufficient The Civic Theatre is now a self- sufficient civic organization,' no longer relying on endowments for support. Jabbour, issued a special we- come to University students inter- eeted in participating in the Thea- tre's productions. Auditions are held regularly for the plays pre- sented, and rehearsals are can- ducted on weekday evenings. More than 200 people of "town and gown" are active in the theatre's productions per, year, Jabbour said. He also mentioned that there is fine cooperation be- tween the Civic Theatre and the University speech department. Al- though the majority of the parti- cipants are Ann Arbor residents, Jabbour said that many students and faculty members are also in- volved. - Four Directors Last January Jerry Sandler, William Taylor, Ted Heusel and Clarence Stephenson directed the plays. However, Jabbour said that the list varies from year to year. The.group hopes that this year will see the construction of a PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR 9 workshop building in which to carry on the affairs of the theatre. They have negotiated with the city on the purchase of almost an acre of land in Virginia Park be- between 'Liberty and Fair Streets on which to construct a cement block building. The plans for a the new build- ing include a general meeting and rehearsal room and a scene shop. They hope to complete the build- ing by fall, Jabbour said. Permanent Theatre Jabbour emphasized Ann Ar- bor's need for a "permanent, pro- fessional repertory theatre. Ul- timately," he said, "I think we will get one because the determi- nation is very much there." He said that such- a theatre would not hurt the interest in non- professional - theatre since people who enjoy the performances of one theatre are likely to attend another. Try FOLLE USEDLIE at BARGAI New Books If STATE STREET at N In addition to the annual Mes-; siah, the group has presented operas in concert form and a num- ber of great oratorios. It has an-' nually sung, with the Philadelphia9 Orchestra during the May festival. For the Messiah performance, a special orchestra is formed. Expanids Potential The modifications of Hill Aud.' will expand even more the poten- tial of an organization that has brought a sizable portion of the' world's finest musical artists to Ann Arbor. Gail Rector, director of the So- ciety, feels that more students ought to be aware of the group's singular history. He once said, "Since the con-1 certs are not required programs,E it falls upon the individual to be receptive to presentations by the2 world's greatest artists." The choral union series will be- gin Oct. 4 with Metropolitan Opera bass George London. Two weeks later, the Roger Wagner Chorale will perform. Boston Symphony The Boston Symphony orches- tra, long a feature of the series, will play Oct. 22 at 2:30 p.m. This will be the second of two con- certs presented by the group on Homecoming weekend. The first, a special concert, will be Oct. 21. Charles Munch will conduct both concerts. The Berlin Philharmonic, which will tour the United States with its conductor Herbert Von Kara- jan, will play at the University Nov. 3. A Philippine song and dance company, Bayanhin, one of the groups to take advantage of the auditorium's curtain and new lighting techniques, will be here three days later. Noted violinist Yehudi Menuhin will play an afternoon concert on Nov. 12. * Soviet Soprano Soviet soprano Galina Vishnev- skaya of the Bolshoi Opera, will make her first appearance at the University Nov. 21. Another Soviet artist giving his first University performance will TT'S First 11OOKS N.PRICES You Prefer ORTH UNIVERSITY -'--ed pianist Emil Gilels onj Feb. 13. " er first for the concert series will be the afternoon con- cert of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra with its new conductor, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski on March 4. The series will be completed with a performance of the American Ballet Theatre March 24. The Musical Society will also present five concerts as its extra concert series. Polish Group A Polish song and dance group of 100, will make first use of the pit facilities on Oct. 24. George Szell will conduct theI Ceveland Symphony' orchestra in its Nov. 16 performance at the University. Arthur Fiedler will lead the Boston Pops Tour Orchestra in an afternoon concert Feb. 18. Finishing the series will be Met- ropolitan Opera star soprano Leon- tyne Price, March 12. - Another feature of the concert season will be the return of the Philadelphia orchestra for the 69th annual May Festival. Soloists yet to be announced, the festival will consist of six concerts by the Philadelphia group, some of them conducted by the regular con- ductor Eugene Ormandy with guest artists wielding the baton for the remainder. Another annual University pres- entation will be two performances of the Messiah Dec. 2 and 3. The Dec. 3 concert will be in the afternoon. Soloists soprano Ilona Kom- brink, contralto Lili Chookasian, tenor Richard Miller, bass Ara Berberian and organist Mary Mc- Call Stubbins will join forces with the Choral Union chorus and the University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Lester Mc- Coy for the annual presentation of this Handel Oratorio. There will also be a Chamber Music Festival. The New York Pro Musica will start the festival with an afternoon performance on Oct. 29. Another of the chamber con- certs will be classical folk-singer Richard Dyer Benett, Jan. 13. There will also be three suc- cessive concerts in this series, Feb. 23, 24 and 25 featuring the Jul- liard String Quartet, the Eger Players, and the Beaux Arts Trio. STRING QUARTET-The University Musical Society has succeeded in bringing to the campus some of the world's outstanding artists. Last season was no exception as the program included the Budapest String Quartet. t WE LCOMIE FRESHMEN MICHIGAN'S Wolverines - Michigan's famous Marching Band -The Victors - State Street -The League -The Union all. are great traditions of a great Universitys, GREENE'S CLEANERS is a tradition, too. For discount reInc _. - - r 337 S. 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