10 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 8, 1994 0 Glee Club promises explosion of sound BROZA By MELISSA ROSE BERNARDO When you hear the word "explo- sion," what comes to mind? Fire- works, maybe. "Apocalypse Now." Or that episode of "Beverly Hills 90210" in which Dylan's father is killed by a bomb in his car, and ex- plodes into a thousand little bits. Your first thought is probably not a concert (well, maybe an early '70s Kiss con- cert). But cast all preconceived notions of propriety aside, because Saturday night the Men's Glee Club (MGC) will blast into Hill Auditorium,joined by the glee clubs of Miami of Ohio and Bowling Green State University for a self-professed "Explosion of Sound." Picture "huge groups of singers making lots of noise," describedMGC directorJerry Blackstone. Blackstone is referring, mockingly, to the Biebel "Ave Maria," which the three choirs will sing together to close the concert. Approximately 300 men in concert attire will be packed onto the stage, but "noise" is an almost disgraceful epithet for the sound the accomplished choirs will surely produce. In planning this year's spring con- cert, past experience and Miami and Bowling Green's esteemed reputa- tions prompted Blackstone and the executive board to seek out the two Ohio choirs. "We had talked to sev- eral other glee clubs -we had talked about Michigan State, and then we wound up sharing a concert with Michigan State up in Saginaw two weeks ago," Blackstone explained. "So we said 'well, let's invite Miami and Bowling Green."' Faithful MGC followers will re- member their fall concert, which they shared with Ohio State's Men's Glee Club. Though it was not a true "ex- plosion," it was a highly-charged evening of good music, camaraderie and a little friendly rivalry. The suc- cess of that evening and of other shared concerts in the past is a sure sign that this Saturday should be nothing less than riveting. The choir is still keeping with their tradition of tackling new pieces. They will premiere "A Celtic Triptych," a piece by School of Music and MGC alumnus Ron Jeffers. "It's three short pieces, based on William Butler Yeats poems, dealing with old friends and remembrances of old friends," Blackstone described. They will also perform a new ar- rangement of "Ahay Tuburan," aFili- pino folk song written by '93 law school graduate Oscar Alcantara. "It's a very beautiful, poignant, sort of sad farewell by a young man going away from his parents presumably off to war," Blackstone said. Benjamin Britten's "The Ballad of Lady Musgrave and Lady Barnard" is also on the program. Blackstone considers it one of the standards of male chorus repertoire: "It's a rather extended and very dramatic text of deception ... a sort of ballad, and it ends very tragically." Blackstone also promised a fun arrangement of the overture to Mozart's "The Magic Flute." He would not go into detail, but men- tioned "costuming" and lots of "ham" will be involved. Now don't look so shocked! The MGC has been known to let loose on a few isolated occa- sions. Because MGC is sharing their concert, their program is only one half the length of their usual concert program. Being the industrious, re- sponsible guys that they are, the MGC has been using their spare time to record a new CD of Michigan songs, the first recording of its kind since 1977. As they prepare for their "Explo- sion of Sound," this weekend MGC hosts an alumni weekend for former MGC officers. During an Uno's din- ner and a Saturday afternoon picnic, they will be planning next fall's all- encompassing alumni reunion. Pub- licity manager Alan Susser hopes that the reunion will serve as a "sort of springboard" for planning the big re- union. Let'sjust hope that the Men's Glee Club survives Saturday night's ex- plosion, and comes away unscathed. We would hate to lose them. THE MEN'S GLEE CLUB wsg. Miami of Ohio and Bowling Green State University glee clubs will perform Saturday night at Hill Auditorium. Tickets are $10, $8, $5, $3 (exclusive of service charges), and are available at the Union Ticket Office. Call 763-TKTS. The Most. Happy Fella < / .F E E-TmmwV ~our fu tu re Though he is huge in Israel - even bigger than Elvis - David Broza has yet to find the same large audience in the United States. If he continues winning over fans at his awe-inspiring live performances at the same rate, however, his ascension into Rock God Superstardom is imminent. His approach to music is unique: he takes poetry that others have penned and sets it to music. And then he tears the hell out of the songs on stage, his guitar strings bending and popping and his hands drumming out their own rhythm while his voice echoes from the walls. 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