THE MICHIGAN DAILY action Displays Construct Music School INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS: Scholars Join for Area Studi I, Artistic I terns Collection of Musical ents shows musical in- ts as an art form. collection, housed on the floor of Hill Aud., shows ents of Renaissance Eu- nstrurnents PROF. PHILIP A. DUEY ...glee club Choral'Groups Sing in State, Nation, World The Michigan Men's Glee Club; and the Michigan Singers are two of the University's best known choral groups. T The Glee Club, the second oldest college club in the United States, has toured most of the country, and parts of Europe. Prof. Phillip A. Duey of the music school directs the 75 member group. Students; from any school are eligible to try out. Each fall, 25 new members are selected. The group rehearses each. Thursday and Sunday. Last fall, the Glee Club gave, joint concerts with the Ohio State, and Michigan' State University; glee clubs when the football team travels to those schools. A third joint concert with the Wisconsin singers will be held when the, Badgers come to Ann Arbor. A spring tour through the Southwest is tentatively planned. The 80-voice Michigan Singers is a selected mixed choral group under the University Choirs. It specializes in specific repertory and gives credit to all students of sophomore standing and above, although freshmen may partici-. pate. The group rehearses five days a week and conducts a con- cert tour each spring. Prof. Maynard Klein, well known festival choir conductor and direc- tor of choirs at the National Mu- sic Camp since 1943, directs the Singers. rope and the Far East when they had more than just a functional use. The collection includes colorful ancestors of guitars with many layers of woodcarvings, highly decorated and ornate instruments of 17th and 18th century France and Italy and strange instruments of the Far East.- 'Hard to Find' "Some instruments in the col- lection are. hard to find in their .native countries today," collection curator Prof. Robert Warner of the music school noted. "We use some of the instruments in our consorts," William Hettrick, assistant curator, added. The con- sorts, directed by Prof. Warner, are presented by faculty and stu- dents who play medieval and Ren- aissance melodies. Their composi- tions use viols and voice, the viols being six- and seven-stringed ih- struments shaped like violins, but not closely related to them. An 18th century Italian viol - the Viola d'Amore-is on display. Hettrick noted its "tremendous resonance" made possible by strings that vibrate when other strings are played. Tiny Violins Also shown are several tiny violins used by dancing masters in the 17th Century. The master would take the tiny violin out of his pocket and use it in conducting an orchestra.. In former centuries there were many freak instruments, Hettrick remarked. One such instrument on display is a 19th Century cane clarinet. The idea was that a man taking awaik might get an urge to play a tune. If he had his cane clarinet, he could stop and play. A French violin on display has the carved head of a man with a handsome beard. Some of the in- struments have had painting and many have intricate design work. Tuba Ancestor. Among the instruments is a French musical serpent, an an- cestor of the tuba, used first in churches. An ophicheide from Spain is serpent-headed and was used for its terrifying effect. An old French horn on display has a movable mouthpiece. By changing the location of the mouthpiece, the musician could get different effects. Beetle-shaped lutes of great craftsmanship as the terobo of 17th Century Italy are on display. So are oliphants, intricately carv- ed tusks that played one note as well as the ancestor of the clar- inet-the single-reed zummarah of Egypt. Also in the collection is a hurdy- gurdy from France. The instru- ment, Hettrick explained, was used by kings in some periods and beg- gars in others. Basically, it was a pastoral instrument. The one on display has a head of a man with a broad mustache on it. The five area study centers at the University offer scholars more fully developed interdisciplinary programs in Russian, Far Eastern, Southeast Asian, Near Eastern, and Japanese studies. The functions of these area stu- dies is to channel financial aid in the forms of fellowships, scholarships and grants to stu- dents wishing to concentrate their studies in these areas, to develop library facilities in their respective fields, and to coordinate the ef- forts of scholars at the Universityt whose interests lie in the same areas. Through the centers the Uni-' versity is aiming to provide facili- ties so that more Americans can gain a deeper and more thorough understanding of these areas which have become critically im- portant to our nation's welfare. First Center The Center for Japanese Studies was the first center established? and the systems and methods used were largely experimental. The other four centers were established two years ago and they are organized very similarly to the Center for Japanese Studies. For example, professors in the, anthropology, economics, geo-, graphy, history, fine arts, political science and sociology departments who are particularly concerned, with how their field of study ap- plies in Southeast Asia are mem- bers of the Center far Southeast Asian Studies as well as of their own departments. The student may work for a masters' or doctors' de- gree in any of these departments with emphasis on Southeast Asia. Extend Studies These area centers are designed primarily to offer training to grad- uate students, since their programs Students Show Experime ( A = UNDER CONSTRUCTION-The long-awaited music school building is now being built on North Campus and should be completed by next fall. The structure will relieve crowded conditions in the school which is currently scattered in 13 buildings around campus, many of them old and delapidated. TRADITION CONTINUES: Society Puts on G&S Operettas One act plays, presented in the Arena or Trueblood theatres six times a semester during the after- noon, have been gaining more and more popularity with the Univer- sity crowd lately. Presented by the Laboratory Playbill as experimental produc- tions, the plays are free of charge and are financed by the Univer- sity Players' major productions of the year. The programs are com- pletely produced, .directed, and staffed by University students. Diverse-Plays The students, in selecting such diverse offerings as a medieval pageant and three plays by Ed- ward 'Albee during the last year, are seen as more liberal and "radi- cal" in their choice of plays than the faculty members who direct the regular playbill. The plays range from modern, experimental plays with limited plot and maximum theatrical feet to medieval plays that w the antecedents of. modern dra Original Effort After the directors choose one-act play, which is often original effort by a member the playwriting class or by so one in the department, they sign student designers to s various tasks as creating sets,c tumes, and lighting for the sho ng with their student c the directors begin intensive hearsals, which last all afterr and usually into the night in p paration for the production. The amount of work put one of these "minor" product is almost equal to that of major productions, and the diences have been increasingly preciative of the efforts. are often too narrow for the un- dergraduate. However, the under- graduate who is interested in con- centrating in either Russian. Far Eastern, Southeast Asian, Near Eastern or Japanese studies. may do so The centers get money for their programs, and co-ordinate gradu- ate training programs. New courses have been instituted in each area through the development of the centers. These interdisciplinary ce also help strengthen the lang and literary departments it literary college. The Near Ea studies department was ren the Near Eastern lanugages literature department at the Regents' meeting following development of the Near Ea center. The Far Eastern langu and literature department undergone a similar change. The seventeen-year tradition of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society will be continued this year with the presentation of two of the famed English team's works. The fun-filled plots, challeng- ing music, and witty lyrics of the pair's creations provide work and diversion for many students in- terested in acting, singing, and crew positions. Last year, in addition to the two Gilbert and Sullivan produc- tions, the society also produced two non G&S productions, "Cox and Box" and "Toledo War" for the campus. Besides the campus perform- ances the groups usually makes several trips to nearby cities. One. excursion is usually made to De- troit while Flint and Wyandotte. have hosted other recent produc- tio ~s Any University student can join the Society by attending the mass meeting held at the beginning of each semester. The meetings will be announced in The Daily and by posters on campus. Available jobs include those on the stage and prop crews and seats in the orchestra must also be filled. Of the total member- ship of about 120, almost half actually appeared in productions as principals or memnbers of the chorus last year. Design Sets A full semester is spent by the group designing, building, and re- hearsing each of the major Gil- bert and Sullivan productions be- fore they are produced near the end of the term. 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