Thursday, September 7 1972 THEWICHIGAN DAILY rage Seven Thursday, September 7, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY rage ~ever~ m7usical ac. By DONALD SOSIN Starting with the Glee Club's performance at the President's Welcome this fall, the campus will once again be plunged into a whirlpool of musical activities. The University Musical So- ciety (UMS) will be bringing in an exciting series of concerts to campus this season; orches- tras, soloists, chambers music groups, guitarists, and dance companies from all over the world will appear in Ann Ar- bor's many auditoriums. Tic- kets are now on sale at the So- ciety's office in Burton Tower. If you'-ve seen the UMS bro- chures and are dying to see the New York Philharmonic, the Guarneri Quartet, Jacqueline Du Pre or Marcel Marceau, among others, but you're low on cash, there's still hope. You can sign up to usher. Watch the Daily for announcements. Last year the School of Music presented over 250 concerts, al- most all of which were free. Up- coming months will bring pro- grams of virtually every sort, with performances by the Uni- versity's two bands, choral en- sembles and faculty' members. Students, many of them pre- paring for concert careers, will also be giving recitals as part of their degree requirements. Be your own critic and discover the Horowitz or Sills of tomor- row. You'll be able to hear music written five hundred years ago played and sung by the out- standing Collegium Musicum. (If you play an ancient instru- ment like the recorder, sack- but, shawm or crummhorn, you can join the group for credit.) And there's m u s i c written last week, this week and tomor- row at Composers Forum and Contemporary Directions pro- grams. If you'd rather play or sing than listen, most groups on campus have open auditions. The world renowned Glee Club accepts men only, but the Choral Union and Arts Chorale are co-ed. The former performs the Messiah in December and participates in concerts with visiting orchestras during the year. The Arts Chorale chooses from such works as Brahms' Requiem, C a r m i n a Burana, Brubeck's Light in the Wilder- ness, and gives two concerts 'a year. The group is open to non- music majors, and carries an hour of credit, as do the other vocal groups. The University Choir is for music majors, as is the Chamber Choir. Both per- form a variety of works each semester. All University orchestras and bands are open to qualified mu- sicians of either sex. The Marching Band, after much heated debate, now allows fe- males to audition. No women. however. have y-t met the rigorous demands of the group. Other ensembles in- clude the Symphony and Jazz Bands. Most concerts, including those by th, School of Music .and UMS, are announced in the Daily Bull tin. The School of Music Bulletin is available in its building on North Campus as well as at the UMS offie. Upstairs in Burton Tower, is the famous Baird Carillon, on which the University carilloneur and his students serenade Ann Arbor with Bach, Bacharach, or Go Blue. Visiting hours are posted in the Tower. Concentus Musicus and Ars Musica are two independent groups that perform Baroque music in Ann Arbor. Watch for announcements of their con- certs. In the realm of music theater, the School of Music presents an opera each semester. These have recently moved from tiny Lydia Mendelssohn Theater to the new Power Center. Mendelssohn, however, is per- fectly suited to the delight- ful productions of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. (G&S). One operetta is staged each se- mester, and tryouts are open to all. American musical theater is represented by 14 U S K E T Michigan Union Show, Ko- Eds Too) which serves up top- notch versions of shows like Funny Girl and My Fair Lady ocer a year. Open tryouts. The orchestra for both G&S and MUSKET includes both non-music and music students who, when they're not rehears- ing these shows, read through works in the orchestral reper- "Starting with the Glee Club's performance at the President's Welcome t h i s fall, the campus will once again be plunged into a whirlpool of musical activi- ties . . . Ann Arbor is, in short, a music lover's para- dise. Make the most of it." toire. They call themselves, not surprisingT", the University Theater U:chestra, and wel- come new members. The Ann Arbor Civic Theater is mostly theater, but also ven- tures into musicals, such as the recent smash, Once Upon a Mattress. Casts and crew are Civic Theater members. The Bach Club will sooner or later catch your eye with one of its ubiquitous, zany posters (many now collectors' items) and meets Thursdays in South Quad to hear live music and eat homemade food. Other tidbits: You can't perform rock music for credit, but you can study it in a new course, Music History 460 - European and American folk and pop. ' If your ethnomusicological in- terests lie farther east, there is the Javanese gamelan which studies and performs the clas- sical music of Jaya, and also a group for Japanese music. Pianos are available in most dorms; the Union has a couple which you can use after leav- ing your I.D. at the desk. School of Music practice facilities are limited to music students. The School of Music library has 50,000 volumes of books and music, 14,000 records, and a listening room where you can enjoy them. The Undergraduate Library has its own listening room and a smaller record col- lection. Best bets for classical sheet music are at The Music Shop and Hadcock's, both a stone's throw from Hill Auditorium. Classical records can be found at Liberty Music Shop .and Dis- ~F~~a ~-. count Records. Prices are gen- erally lower at Discount, but Liberty has by far the wider se- lection. FM radio listeners can de- pend on a fair amount of clas- sical music throughout the day The University station (WUG- M 91.7) offers live and prere- corded concerts from around campus as well as reeordings and lectures. WKAR (90.5) performs a sim- ilar service for Michigan State, plays classical records, some jazz, and tapes of concerts by the Cleveland and Boston Sym- phony Orchestras. It occasion- ally has an all-night program, but otherwise the air waves are devoid of classics after '1 a.m. WDET (101.7) is a public radio station in Detroit owned by 'Wayne State University. Its range of music is diverse and always interesting; it also airs special features, live concerts, and information about Detroit cultural events. Ann Arbor is, in short, a mu- sic lover's paradise. Make the most of it. You'll Find \ M'THIGAN Beer Mugs Glass- ware O.Playing Cords @ Bookends Ash Trays 9 Swea' Shirts S T-Shirts Jackets @ Caps Hats@" Six Footers Gloves @ Blankets Car Robes Banners Pennants RINGS AND JEWELRY ,T local usici ns getting together By JILL LAWRENCE Ann Arbor musicians who are having trouble finding each other may soon have access to a local music switchboard. Co-ordinator Alice Blue com- mented on the lack of commun- ication between local musicians. "I was in Ann, Arbor for three months before I found some- body to jam with," she said. "This is especially true during the winter, because of the isola- tion." The music switchboard would act as a clearinghouse,, provid- ing a means for musicians to get in touch with each other. "Our main instrument will be a telephone," Blue said, "once we find somewhere to work from. That's our major prob- lem at the moment." The switchboard would be more comprehensive than the musicians' union. which lists only names, addresses, phone numbers, and instruments. Be- sides this information, the switchboard would offer details concerning experience, skills, equipment, transportation, and areas of musical interest, Blue has been involved with two similar operations in other cities. In Dallas, she worked for a switchboard comparable to the University's 76-GUIDE, which covered everything from trans- portation to housing. "There was so much musical information being exchanged that we decided to branch off and open a separate switch- board for music," Blue explain- ed. The music switchboard in Dallas is still going, as is an- other in San Francisco. Blue plans to file papers to make the Ann Arbor switch- board a non-profit, agency. It would support itself through teaching, benefits, and other means. "Mydream is to have a stu- dio. " Blue confesses. "The cost of recording holds backs crea- tive people. 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