1989_05 The Daily Collegian May 1989

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Choir showcases standout singers
By Lynn Sampson
Contributing Writer
JL caught part of a Joint choral recital last night.
Though fcame laic, I was able lo hear almost half of the
Siena Schola Cantorum's program and all of the Cham¬
ber Singers' portion of the concert
The Sierra Schola Cantorum is a seven voice
ensemble-six men and one woman. Its specialty is vocal
music prior to 1650, Of the pieces heard, John
Wilbye's "Cruel, Behold My Heavy Ending" was easily
the best   "
There is an extremely vast literature for voice from
this period The program last night sampled Italian,
English, Dutch and German composers of the
Renaissance.
Bass Curtis Lee is a star. His easy, rich bass voice
needs to be utilized even more.
.1. he Schola Cantorum has an odd disuibulion of
voice parts. One lone soprano has to contend with two
counter-tenors, one tenor, two baritones, and one bass.
It's an unfair matchup from the start. Give the girl a
break and add some reinforcements. I don't think there i
any good musical justification for making the group so
lopsided.
Paul Bolm, tenor, sang beautifully. His is another
truly exceptional voice in this vocal group.
Unfortunately, the whole is not as strong as its parts
Review
in this particular choir. The group needs a more robust
style and less attention to delail and meticulousness.
One other comment— I drove clear across town in the
rain last night to be at Fresno's Church of the Brethem
in hopes of hearing some Gregorian Chant. There was
none to be had. Might I ask that some of the most
powerful music known be included on the next con¬
cert—namely pre-Twelfth Century chant I drove home
dejectedly without having heard a single note written
prior to 1500.
Ne
ext, the Chamber Singers took the stage and gave
a cursory performance of six songs ranging from Italian
art song to modem popular ballad.
One song, by Californian Kurt Mcchem, displayed
that composer's unending fascination with light, trivial
music. I found "Lightheaded Lovers" a good idea gone
sour by the end of the piece. It just didn't quite succeed.
Humor in music is chancy at best and the joke in
"Lighthcaned Lovers" went on a little too long and
ultimately never really arrived.
The flawless Italian diction of Rossini's "1 Gondolieri"
spilled out over the audience in a vivacious rendition.
I've never heard this particular choir sing better than in
this, its opening number to the second half of the
Concerts don't have to be long to be good. They
do, however, need to a little longer than last night's. An
hour and twenty minutes with intermission is just not
enough to be satisfying. The audience was teased, not
gratified
. There seems to be a lot of hubbub over my status as a
graduate student Yes, Virginia, I really am a grad
student Since there seems to be more than a few people
interested, I will give you the details.
I start classes at Fresno Pacific College on June 19th.-
I will be studying for a master's in music education, the
first to be granted by that institution. To make this
possible 1 will be taking some of my classes at CSUF
and the rest at Fresno Pacific.
Prior to that I was a professional singer in San
Francisco and a music director of a Catholic parish.
Before that, I was affiliated with Stanford University for
nearly two years. Before that I was a lonely street-
person writing music reviews on scraps of paper I found
on the sidewalks and giving them lo people as they
passed.
M,
[y wretched and withered body was clothed in rags
and I was unloved and unwanted by society. Now, I have
found a meaning for my pathetic existence as ihe critic
for The Daily Collegian. I dress better, but I fear I'm
still unloved and unwanted.
FRAT
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Greek membership bigger and stronger."
Walter Robinson, the president's assist¬
ant in charge of affirmative action, is
former adviser for Phi Beta Sigma and
adviser to the Black Student Union. He
called Wells' phone call to him "a good
beginning," byt said there needed to be
more.
"IPC needs to approach each organ¬
ization individually," said Robinson. "I
know he doesn't have to do a sales job for
traditionally white fraternities," but added
that Wells might for predominately black
fraternities.
Wells said he would like to meet with
all the various fraternities to discuss
issues concerning the Greek system.
"A couple of times a semester, I'd like
for us to get around a big table and talk
about issues," to see how IPC could help
them, he said.
CSUF has four traditionally black
fratemites and three sororities on campus:
You Are Cordially Invited To Attend
The Second Annual
School of Business Senior
Convocation
Date: Friday May 26,1989
Time: 4:00 pm
Place: East Lawn behind the
Amphitheater
Who: Graduates of
The School of Business
Dress: Cap and Gown
Tickets: On sale for $3.00, in the Peters Building
r  hallway, beginning May 8th, every
Tuesday, Wednesday,*^ Thursday
10am -2pm
Required for graduates and their guests
***Deadline to buy tickets is May 25**»
Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Beta Sigma, Alpha
Phi Alpha, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
Inc., and Alpha Kappa Alpha, Zeta Phi
Beta, Delta Sigma Thcta.
Kelvin Ashford, president of Alpha Phi
Alpha, said there is definitely a split
between the fratemites.
"It's not their [IPC's] fault." he said.
"We're different in ideals and purpos-es."
One move that Ashford said might
cause the predominantly black fraternities
to become involved in IFC would be to
put some black fraternity members on the
council.
"It would give us a sense of power," he
said. "In my view, right now we feel the
way things are being run, it's not
necessarily for us. ..we feel out of place."
Wells said a "self-imposed integration"
between the fraternities would be a start
to "wipe out" the racism rumored to be
happening at l_"J>Ur\
"But the main reason for doing this is
we'll make the whole Greek system
stronger," he said
Wayne Bird, faculty adviser to Phi Beta
Sigma, said it was "nice" that IFC was
inviting black fraternity brothers to
events, but thought a discussion of issues
would be of more interest to them.
"I think an invitation like that would
bring people together," said Bird. "Let's
have a round table about racism or sexism,
that'll spark our interest
"We deal with three ideals: business,
social activity and education," he said.
"Let's talk about issues."
Bird, who said he was supportive of the
Greek system, said the social differences
of the fraternities might be a reason why
the predominantly black fraternities are
not involved in IFC. 	
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