Virginia Union University - Panther Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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The University Choir xx 2 . Q1 X i 5 1 2 te ,Q I imi The following comments were made by Mr. Edward R. Haymes of the Richmond Times Dispatch after the Choir's Annual Winter Concert, which was held on January 10, 1971. The Virginia Union University Choir gave its 11th annual Winter Concert at the Mosque yesterday afternoon, presenting an interesting and varied program under the di- rection of Odell Hobbs. The student accompanist, Philip Mclntyre, dis- tinguished himself as both organist and pianist. The program opened with three choruses from J. S. Bach's Magni- ficat. The singers did an excellent job of projecting the contrapuntal complexity of this music without losing the warmth of sound that characterized their singing all eve- ning. Their performance in the three choruses makes one wish that they would arrange to sing the entire work sometime. Three choruses by Alan Hovhan- ness followed. This American com- poser is very conscious of his Ar- menian descent, and one feels the oriental colors of Armenian music in the harmonies of most of his works. The choir handled this dif- ficult music expertly, and the organ- ist deserves special praise for his colorful registration. Fast and tricky rhythms domin- ated the setting of All the Earth Sing Unto the Lord by McLin. This did not keep the choir from getting every word across as they romped through the piece, making it sound easy. Spoken Chorus The next piece, entitled Recon- ciliation employed a long passage for spoken chorus. The device has rarely been employed as effectively as in this work. The last two works of the first half of the concert were more con- ventional, and obviously chosen to show off the capabilities of the chorus. This they did. lf there is anything at all negative that can be said about this portion of the con- cert, it is that the organ sometimes tended to override the singers, par- ticularly in the Bach choruses. The second half of the concert was devoted mainly to arrange- ments derived from the spiritual literature. The choir did not leave behind the precision and clear tone that had characterized the conven- tional works of the first half, but their special identification with the music was obvious. It is hard to single out high points here, but one of them would cer- tainly be Evelyn Thomas' haunting solo voice in Glory, Glory, Hallelu- jah. The atmosphere of the concert seemed to be that this was a special thing for Virginia Union University and its community, but the quality of musicianship displayed showed that this choir deserves the serious attention of the Richmond Musical community at large.

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,i ?,,,.,,, ,, , , g w,,,,,,... '--xx M an Q ,.M,,.,.. . W ww,,,,.,-M --I .......---- Each year the staff for the creation of a yearbook is formed with many persons all wanting to produce the best book possible. This year was no exception. At the beginning of the year no less than twenty-five persons promised to work, but as the deadlines rolled in, the so called staff rolled out, when they realized that work had to be done. All drifted out until only the editor and the associate editor were left to do the job alone. As in many of life's situa- tions, printed pictures do not always show those who carry the burden of producing a job. This year, however, those who worked tried to be as creative as possible. They started out with the slogan Don't repeat last year's mistakes. Yet, some were repeated due to the lack of co-operation given by various organiza- tions and some of the faculty. Each organization was asked for snapshots of their respective groups in action. As the deadline approached, only two Clubs had responded. Therefore if the book is a success, the credit should be given to Sallie Shaw and James Peterson as well as to the school photographer, Mr. Scott L. Henderson. Yearbook Staff V, . A. -sz-H . K , 1 -V--2 A X axial flag James Peterson ftop, lefty associate editor, and right hand of the editor com- bined three jobs to get the book done on time. Sallie Shaw fabove, first from lefty makes a point with mem- bers of the staff and Mr. A. H. Benson, faculty advisor. Johnny Moody fseated lefty and Nathan Harris discov- ered that ni h se or mug s ots are rather boring.