The Michigan Daily-Friday, April 15, 1988- Page 9 I Women's Glee C a celebration of lub offers springtime rk's Michigan. This piece is complete with a campus slide show and an es- )ned pecially big hit on tour with the the alumni. Also, this concert will end ira's with a very special version of "You rich, are So Beautiful," complete with an's sign language. By Preeti Malani Spring is a busy time of year for the University's Women's Glee Club. Currently, the group is preparing for their Spring Concert which will be performed tomorrow night. The feature of the performance is the world debut of "Clara's Sea," a piece specially commissioned for UMWGC. "Clara's Sea" is the combined work of Ann Arbor poet Simone Juda Press, and Laura Clayton, a doctoral candidate in composition at the University. Clayton was inspired to compose the piece after hearing Press' poetry. Clayton is a winner of the National Composers Competi- tion and a receiver of an honorable mention in the Burge-Eastman Prize competition for major new works for solo piano. She has studied at Ohio State University and the New Eng- land Conservatory for Music. Press' two published books of poetry include Thaw and Lifting Water. "An Alleluia of Larks," upon which "Clara's Sea" is based, can be found in her current manuscript, entitled Pieces of Thunder. Press is Artistic Director of the Ann Arbor Repertory Theater, Associate Profes- sor of English at Siena Heights College, and will be teaching play- writing at the University this fall. Additionally, Simone's play Willing was produced at the Attic Theatre in Detroit in 1983 and at New Yo Vortex Theatre. Press says of the commissio piece, "It is thrilling to hear poem treated so beautifully. Lau music is so hauntingly full andr and the University of Michig( Women's Glee Club sings it exquisitely." The UMWGC is under the di tion of Rosalie Edwards. This is tenth year as director of the member Glee Club. Tomorro concert will include a salute t so rec- her 64 wS to The University Women's Glee Club Spring Concert will be per- formed on Saturday, April 16th in Rackham Auditorium at 8 pm. Tickets are available at the door for $5, $4, and $3. MARC The Medieval and Renaissance Collegium announces A Mini-Conference on TIME-SPACE-ITINERARIES- TRAVEL-MAPS in THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE Marley's Melody Makers Ziggy Marley, the 19-year-old son of late reggae legend Bob Marley, will be performing with his band the Melody Makers (who, like Ziggy, are all children of Bob Marley) at Saint Andrew's Hall in Detroit on Saturday night. The band delivers a Rasta righteous, political punch with a pan-world beat sound. Showtime is 9 p.m. and tickets are $14.50. Exhibit highlights landscapes Saturday, April 16,1988, 9am to 4pm The Clements Library The University of Michigan a By Lauren Shapiro Have you ever seen a house made out of postage stamps? How about a whole neighborhood? If you're inter- ested, come by the University Art Museum's cozy upstairs gallery. These small collages are just one facet of an exhibition on University professor of painting Mignonette Yin Cheng. She is described as a "master of close harmonies" by Evan Maurer. Harmony exists not only within the lavish colors and shapes of the artist's work, but also between the various styles she experiments with - from structuralist forms to im- pressionistic hills and even Matisse- like still life. Cheng's works are surprising be- cause her style is impressionistic to the point of being abstract, yet she convincingly captures the essence of her landscapes. "The Spanish Hills" burst with red plateaus and spheres of yellow light. In "Sprung Rhythm" the artist meshes a bright red sea with a black undertow, creating a vi- brant contrast of energy and power. This same energy is instilled upon the viewer through almost all of Cheng's works. In many of Cheng's paintings, colors and shapes seem to flow lightly through space, as she incor- porates a sense of freedom with en- ergy in her works. Open brushstrokes reinforce this effect. By painting with mostly pastels and some primary colors, Cheng seems to capture the essence of spring. In her more structured works, Cheng divides the canvas into four quadrants and then continues to build her work by layering different colors. She calls these works "abstractions" because colors act as "the principal create depth in her canvas that almost medium for reconstructing, synthe- draws the viewer into the scene. sizing, and capturing the essence of a MIGNONETTE YIN CHENG'S particular natural image." exhibit will be at the University's Cheng's recent works have been Museum of Art until May 1. The landscapes because they are part of a Museum is open Tuesday - Friday 10 universal feeling, "a fundamental re- a.m.- 4 p.m. and Saturday - Sunday 1 lationship between form and light." - 5 p.m. For more information call The wax emulsions that she uses 764-0395. No Registration Necessary Public Welcome Call 763-2066 for further information CLASSIFIED ADSI Call 764-0557 1/2 OFF MAC LASER PRINTS SELF-SERVICE KINKO'S 540 East Liberty 1220 East University Michigan Union ~~~AORA k I