WEIDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1953 THE MITCHTAN DAILY PACE FIVE ---N--------EPTEMB.R...,..9-1- - - - - 26 MAJOR EVENTS: Musical Society To Celebrate Diamond Jubilee . " " s Included in the Diamond Jubi- lee season of the University Mu- sical Society will be 26 major concerts intended to satisfy the hunger of music minded students. University Choral Union Con- certs, an Extra Concert Series, Christmas presentations of the "Messiah," the Chamber Music Festival and the May Festival will fill the agenda during the 1953- 54 music season. * * *. ANNUALLY the Choral Union presents a series of concerts in Hill Auditorium. This seventy- fifth annual series will include 10 concerts by major orchestras, oth- er ensemble groups and distin- guished soloists. Roberta Peters, coloratura soprano, will open the season on Oct. 7. The Boston Symphony Orchestra will make its thirty- first Ann Arbor appearance on Oct. 22. A program of chamber music will be heard on Nov. 2 as presented by the Virtuose Di Roma at their first performance in these concerts. ' Leonard de Paur will bring his Infantry Chorus on Nov. 24 and the pre-Christmas season will con- clude on Dec. 13 when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of its new conductor, Fritz Reiner, will present a Sun- day afternoon concert. * . s AFTER THE holiday break, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra will' perform in Hill. Sir Ernest Mac- Millan will bring this group on Feb. 10. Paul Badura-Skoda, a Viennese pianist, will give a re- cital Feb. 17 followed on Feb. 28 tive year beginning Oct. 12 with Guiomar Novaes, Brazilian pian- ist. George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra will- perform on Nov. 8 and the Guard Repub- lican Band of Paris will follow on Nov. 30. This group is recognized as the world's foremost concert band and have not been on tour in America for more than 50 years. * * , MARIAN ANDERSON, contral- to, will give a concert on Jan. 10: and the series will conclude on March 4 when Arthur Fiedler will again conduct his popular Boston Pops Orchestra. The University Choral Union, consisting of more than 300 singers, was established in 1897 and since that time has sung Handel's great oratorio, "Mes- siah," numerous times. This year as in the past the group will again perform the work in the annual Christmas Concerts on Dec. 5 and 6. The Musical Society Orchestra under the direction of Lester McCoy will also take part in the concert. Soloists for this week will be Maud Nosler, soprano, Carol Smith, contralto, Walter Fred- ericks, tenor, and Normand Scott, bass. Chamber Music Festival is an- other annual event and will cele- brate its fourteenth anniversary in Rackham Bldg. The Griller String Quartet will present pro- grams on Feb. 19 and 21 along with the Reginald Kell Playerson Feb. 20 to offer a varied program of chamber music. SUPPLEMENTING ,the other musical attracions and a favorite event for music lovers will be the annual May Festivalscheduled to take place April 29, 30 and May 1 and 2. Six concerts will be presented. The Philadelphia Or- chestra is slated to perform for the nineteenth consecutive season. Eugene Ormandy will be conduc- tor. The Festival includes the University Choral Union appear- ances and Thor Johnson guest conducting. Marguerite Hood will conduct the festival youth chorus during the same series. Soloists are to be announced. Season ticket orders can be fill- ed at Burton Memorial Tower for the Choral Union and Extra Con- cert Series. Tickets for "Messiah" performances and for the Cham- ber Music Festival will go on sale Oct. 15. Beginning Dec. 1, orders for season tickets for the 1954 May Festival will be accepted and filled. 1953.1954 UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY CONCERTS 75th ANNUAL CHORAL UNION SERIES ROBERTA PETERS, Soprano . . .* . .Wednesday, October 7 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA * Thursday, . Monday, VIRTUOSI DI ROMA . . . . . . .. October 22 November 2 4ovember 24 DE PAUR INFANTRY CHORUS . .Tuesday, CH ICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sunday, December 13 HILL AUDITORIUM ... Concert hall supreme TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Wednesday, February 10 s " " 4 # t * by George London, leading bass of the Metropolitan Opera. Two other recitals will bring the 1953-54 season to a close. Elena Nikolaidi, distinguished Greek soprano of the Metropoli- tan Opera will be heard on March 12. Dame Myra Hess, eminent British pianist, occu- pies the final position of the ser- ies with a recital on March 17. An Extra Concert Series con- sisting of five concerts will be presented for the eighIj consecu- PAUL BADURA-SKODA, Pianist . Wednesday, February 17 February 28 GEORGE LONDON, Bass. .. .. . .Sunday, 'U' Symphony To Play Extensive Season ELENA NIKOLAIDI, Soprano . Friday, March 12 . . . . . . MYRA HESS, Pianist . . . . . . . Wednesday, March 17 Starting its first regular season under the direction of Prof. Josef Blatt, the University Symphony Orchestra has already scheduled one of their most extensive sea- sons. In addition to four or five regu- larly scheduled concerts in Hill Auditorum, and one opera, which will be Mozart's "Marriage of Fig- aro," they will perform for the Contemporary Music Festival and Midwestern* Music Conference, both of which will be held in Ann Arbor. " S S AUDITIONS for the orchestra are held during registration week in Room 214 Hill Auditorium. Re- hearsals are from 3:00-4:00 p.m. Mondays through Fridays in Har- ris Hall, with an extra rehearsal 7:00-8:30 p.m. Thursday in Har- ris Hall. Theorchestra can be a credit. course or an extra-curricular ac- tivity. According to Prof. Blatt it provides an excellent opportun- ity for literary college students to keep up their proficiency, and also play some of the best or- chestral music. Ordinarily the orchestra num- bers around 65 people recruited from every school and college in the University. This year Prof. Blatt intends to place an added emphasis on strings. Prof. Blatt first came to the University in 1952 after serving as Assistant Conductor of the Met- ropolitan Opera Company in New York. He has also been a guest conductor of the New York Phil- harmonic and the Vienna Con- cert Orchestra. At the University besides the Orchestra he directs the Opera Workshop. Engineers Mark Centennial Year With the 1953-54 year designated "Centennial Year" for the College of Engineering, the school will for- mally initiate its celebration with a program scheduled for October 23 and 24. All the school's alumni have been invited back to attend a convoca- tion and the dedication of the Cooley Research Laboratory on the new North Campus. This two-dAy program will be followed throughout the year by a number of other commemorative events. SEASON TICKETS: Remaining Unclaimed Seats in Block A, $16.00; Block B, $12.00; Block C, $10.00 8th ANNUAL EXTRA CONCERT SERIES GU IOMAR NOVAES, Pianist . . . . .Monday, October 12 CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Sunday, November 8 . . . . . . GUARD REPUBLICAN BAND of Paris Monday, November 30 MARION ANDERSON, Contralto . . . Sunday, January 10 ' . ' 1 I I;: I > . . .C.......r...!m.. .. ws. ....a ws,...'....+«£,..*..,.:...w.:..{".."r..r..::.................ti:"f" ., ,.. :"f ,.. ..................... ~ ___ .*.*: rai:,":r r"":,ye..": ""....: .. ::. ?": i::+'} BOSTON POPS TOUR ORCHESTRA Thursday, March 4 . s 91Zchi ant t de 2t - SEASON TICKETS: Block A, $8.00. Block B, $6.00. Block C, $5.00. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERTS. THE MUSIC CENTER WELCOMES YOU TO THE BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN "MESSIAH" (Handel) . . MAUD NOSLER, Soprano CAROL SMITH, Contralto WALTER FREDERICKS, Tenor z .t I ,, ' ...,w i . . . . December 5 and 6 NORMAN SCOTT, Bass CHORAL UNION and ORCHESTRA LESTER McCOY, Conductor 1953 Tickets: 70c and 50c (either performance). On sale beginning October 15. 14th ANNUAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL * Television * Hi-Fil Equipment * Radio and TV Service " Records * Tape Recorders " Radios, Phono- g raphs and Combina- tions GRILLER QUARTET . . . REGINALD KELL PLAYERS GRILLER QUARTET . . . . Friday, . . . Saturday, . . . . Sunday, February 19, 8:30 February 20, 8:30 February 21, 2:30 SEASON TICKETS: $3.50 and $2.50. On sale beginning October 15. 61st ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL I FAVORITE MEETING PLACE FOR U. OF M. STUDENTS Engineers will marvel at our Service DepartmentE SIX CONCERTS .. . . .April 29, 30 - MAY]1, 1954 The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor. University Choral Union, Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor, and Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor; Festival Youth Chorus,