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10- The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 10, 1995

Art School senior Brian Tubbs was branded as part of his B.F. A. performance art piece at Rackham last night. JOE WESTRATE/Daity

Men's Glee
Club is sure
to please
By Stephanie Love
Daily Arts Writer
After much preparation, the Univer-
sity of Michigan's Men's Glee Club is
gearing up for its 136th Fall Concert.
For the first time in twenty-five years,
the Glee Club will present two perfor-
mances of its fall concert to please, and
even augment, last year's sellout crowd.
Instead of performing two Saturday
night concerts in 1950's and 60's tradi-
tion, there will be performances both
Friday and Saturday evenings, giving
MEN'S GLEE CLUB
Where: Hill Auditorium
When: Tonight and Saturday
Tickets: $3-$10 at the Hill
Auditorium Box office.
Call ,764-8350,
The show starts at 8p.m.
more calendar and seating options. Fri-
day and Saturday nights' concerts, held
in conjunction with Parent's Weekend
events, promise to be well worth the
price of a ticket.
Founded in 1859, the University of
Michigan Men's Glee Club has enjoyed
along, varied tradition,,helping to make
it one of the most prestigious men's
vocal groups in the country. The Men's
Glee Club has the distinction of being
the oldest student-run organization on
campus as well as being the second
oldest collegiate choir in the country,
founded just one year after the Harvard
Men's Glee Club.
This year also marks the 40th Anni-
versary of the Friars, an octet com-
prised of members of the Glee Club.
The Friars will also perform at the fall
concerts.
Vocalists in the Men's Glee Club
represent almost every school in the
university. Only about 20% of the mem-
bers come from the School of Music,
and there is a large percentage from the
School of Engineering and LS &A.

alt
altitude
alt recordings/cooking vinyl
Made up of Tim Finn of Crowded
House, Liam O' Maonlai of Hothouse
Flowers, and others, altitude is thekind of
album that must have been fun to record,
but won't really mean a whole lot to
anyone except the band members and

their fans, whomever they may be.
Not that the album is terrible. The first
song, "We're All Men," has a sort of
quaint charm, with achorus that announces
"We're all men / We're not the hurting
kind." Otherthan that, the songs are mostly
pleasant pop trifles, with a couple of
interesting sound effects thrown in.
As they tell us in the liner notes, this
was recorded when the three got together

Director Jerry Blackstone. JOE WESTRATE/Dally

at a bar and decided to "have a lark."
Unfortunately, some of the songs aren't a
real "lark" to listen to, most notably
"Mandala," which seems to be a political
statement against art museums.
Unless you've been biting your nails
waiting for that next Hothouse Flowers
album, don't bother with this one.
- Jeff Dinsmore

The 1995 Fall Concerts will include
classical and 20th-century repertoire,
including Conte's "Invocation" and
Finnish composer Madatoja's
"Deprofundis," as well as three Copland
arrangements of old American folk
songs. Works by Schubert will also be
featured, and the concerts will include
spirituals, sacred works and traditional
Michigan songs.
According to Director Jerry
Blackstone, "one of the distinctions of
the Glee Club (members) is that they
are so dedicated and so willing to work
hard musically, and not only sing but
have a good time together."
This year's group, very promising
musically, already performed
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Octo-
ber, with the Women's Glee Club, the
University Choir and the Chamber
Choir.
"(Beethoven's Ninth) took a great
deal of work and time, so it's been more
of a challenge than usual to get into our
own rhythm. Right now we're gelling
as an ensemble and becoming a good
music- making organization."
In anticipation of their upcoming
tours, the Men's Glee Club has been

working to raise funds to help reduce
the cost of travel. According to
Blackstone, the tours are "a bigproject,
but are going to be a wonderful oppor-
tunity." The Glee Club will be per-
forming in Brazil, Argentina, Uru-
guay, Chile and Peru in spring of 1996.
The group travels overseas once ev-
ery four years. Their most recent tour
took the singers to Central and Eastern
Europe in 1992. The Glee Club will
also perform at Orchestra Hall in De-
troit during their Winter 1996 tour ir
late February.
In addition, as a result of their con-
tinued excellence, the Men's Glee Club
will be featured this February at the
American Choral Directors' Associa-
tion Regional convention in Cincin-
nati. Last May, the Men's Glee Club
completed a tour of the South Central
United States, giving concerts in Colo-
rado, Nebraska, Texas and Tennessee.
Ticket are available at Hill Audito-
rium Box Office (764-0450). The cost,
is $10 and $8 for reserved seating, $5,
general admission and student seats
are available for a mere $3. Don't.
miss out on this incredible concert
opportunity.

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Songs of Innocence and Experience
Despite their shiny, happy faces, this is not a band to be taken lightly. Hoboken,
N.J.'s long-time heroes Yo La Tengo, who've been truckin' it out for a decade, will
bring their meld of lush melodies, cacophonic feedback and quirky, Incisive lyrics
to the Blind Pig tomorrow night. Check out singer-drummer Georgia Hubley's
cerebral vocals and husband/songwriting partner Ira Kaplan's intense stage
persona. Doors open at 9:30. Tickets can be purchased at the Union.

Stop bytda o aFE Suen rvesmgaie

Find out what's inside
British songstress Joan Armatrading
brings her soulful self to the Michigan
Theater Sunday. On her latest RCA
release, "What's Inside," Armatrading
delivers another collection of folky,
jazzy tunes including "In Your Eyes,"
"Everyday Boy," and "Would You Like
to Dance." Armatrading's smooth,
husky alto graces these i3 original,
intelligent tracks with warmth and
resonance. She's joined by the London
Metropolitan Orchestra and
Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont
Tench on several songs, and avant-
garde crossover artists the Kronos
Quartet add their string work to
"Shapes and Sizes." Susan Werner
opens the show, and doors open at
7:30 p.m. Reserved seats are $18.50
and $23.50 in advance at the Union
ticket office, or call Ticketmaster at
(810) 645-6666 for more information.

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