Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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Front row: Rose Peckhart, Sue Muir, Ann Tennant, Julie Garrard. Back row: Abdella, Jerry Klein, John Smithson, Kent Kooyers, Chris Berglund. Vic MADRIGAL SINGERS One of the smallest vocal groups in the depart- ment is the Madrigal Singers. The group usually uses baroque and classical selections for performances. Even though they are fev in number, the singers are quite active in per- forming for high schools throughout the state and recording with the modern dance students for organizations around the Kalamazoo area. They are a pleasant addition to the Christmas season with their caroling. Varsity Vagabonds is a 14-voice music ensemble directed by Dr. Elwyn Carter. The group has a varied program consisting of folk songs, spirituals, light classical, and classical music. Within the group there is also a Men ' s Barbershop Quartet, Ladies Barbershop Quartet, Starlighters, and Dixieland Band. This spring the Varsity Vagabonds turned the Northeast Command under the USO giving concerts to the servicemen throughout Iceland, Greenland, Labrador, and Newfoundland. VARSITY VAGABONDS Front row: Mary Vander Meiden, Sharon Hale, Dianne Paddock, Marsha Hey wood, Nancy Weber, Margaret Meier, Mary Ellen Andre (at piano). Back row: Larry Myland, Robert Cooper, William Edwards, Jack Smith, Larry Irey, William Eernisse, Joe Koestner, Dr. Elwyn Carter-Director. - :im

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Front row: Geri Ely, Ann Tennant, Roberta Lippert, Joyce Reis, Carolyn Hawley, Nancy Leland, Marrijane Van Pelt, Jan Pugh, Jacquie Morris, Shiela Wolf, Connie Baxter. Second row: Carolyn Tarrant, Luana First, Kris Klug, Suzanne DeYot, Gene Stoutmeyer, Tom McEIroy, Stephen Brown, Julie Garrard, Martha Crafts, Nancy Armstrong, Joan Cornetet. Back row: Liz Smith, Joyce Castle, Ellen Rowlinson, Marilyn Whaley, Emmanuel Castrinakis, Victor M. Abdella, Frank B. Cooper, Nancy Bjork, Barbara Rayman, Christine Edson, Jan Frizzell. CAMPUS CHORALE The University Choir, Thomas C. Hardie, Conductor, has a selected membership chosen by auditions open each year to the entire stu- dent body of WMU. The choir usually sings a cappela, but has a student pianist, sings occa- sionally with pipe organ and frequently with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra in per- formances of major choral compositions. The Choir has appeared by invitation before the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Let- ters, The Michigan Education Association, and for over 100 high schools in Michigan and Indiana. Participating students learn the finest choral literature from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century, sacred, secular, and folk in nature. The Campus Chorale is another organization in which students interested in music may participate. UNIVERSITY CHOIR Front row: Kerry Karenko, Pianist; Miriam Johnson, Kathleen Kell, Cheryl Distelrath, Janice Macky, Pam Pavlik, Gail Steslick, Jan Workman, Peggy Lee, Sharon Howard, Janice Pugh, Wanda Samuels, Susan Fedigan, Dorothy Powell. Second row: Nancy Vander Naald, Marianne Oberman, Carolyn Anderson, Kathy Moore, Linda Williams, Noreen Theuerkorn, Carol Blanchard, Susan Putnam, Mary Hinkley, Ruth Ann Southwell, Sara Ann Bushouse, Lucy Kline, Martha Roles. Third row: Vern Strom- berg, Jesse Ingram, William Edwards, Ronald Binkert, Carl Wiltse, Roger Lovett, Micky Sullivan, Doug Van Hala, James Houston, Richard Litow, Richard Sutton. Back row: James Tolhuizen, Ronald Thalhammer, Jack Bruin, Lewis Vander Naald, Steven Gift, Michael Reed, AI Grieser, William Schmitt, Jeffrey Margolis, Mike Clardy, Bob Honeywell.

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UNIVERSITY SINGERS The largest vocal organization in Western ' s Music Department is the University Singers ensemble. Students are able to gain experience and knowledge in the field of music through participation in weekly rehearsals and in the annual Christmas and Spring Concerts. Each year the Octet and Quartet are selected by audition from the University Choir. They have a wide repertoire of madrigal, spiritual and various other arrangements. The pianist for the two groups is Karrie Karenko. OCTET Front row: Marianne Ober- man, N o r e e n Theuerkorn, Ruth Ann Southwell, Susan Fedigan. Back row: James Tulhuizen, Ronald Thalkam- mer, William Schmitt, Bob Honeywell. QUARTET Ronald L. Benkert, Peggy Lee, Carolyn Anderson, Michael Clardy.