Broward Community College - Silver Sands Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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students seem to have taken to g as Term l's College Singers the largest number of ipants ever. As a matter of fact, nrollment was so high that or Thomas J. Cole decided to the singers into two smaller s. Commenting on the number of who auditioned, Mr. Cole said, ard over a hundred voices this ' So the group was divided into ollege Singers and the Concert sical tribute to composer R. an Williams high-lighted the l concerts of the College Singer rt Choir, a fifty-member group by Mr. Cole who explained, performance of Vaughan s' music was in anticipation of lebration of his one hundredth ay, which will be next year l oncert Choir first performed at eauville Hotel on November 30. 2 ugh Adams, BCC president, the choir to sing at the annual et for the Southern Association ior Colleges. At the concert, the sang Vaughan Williams' Fantasia ristmas Carols. Steve Rider sang ritone solos. '5 Concert Choir's major 'ni 'il College Singers Expand . . . And Divide performance was held at Ft. LauderdaIe's Parker Playhouse on December 5, when they had the honor of appearing with baritone Peter Harrower. Mr. Harrower was the second artist to perform in the new BCC Guest Artist Series, The Choir again performed Fantasia, this time with Mr..Harrower as baritone soloist But the major work of the evening was R. Vaughan Williams' Christmas Cantata Hodie, I This Dayl, again featur- ing Mr. Harrower. The Broward Sym- phony Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Jimmy Woodle, accompanied the choir. iMr. Cole sang the tenor solos, while Rebecca Langstroth was the soprano soloist.i This term the Concert Choir elected two officers to handle the various problems which invariably arise during the term. Monica Wilson served as President and Joe Accomando served as Vice-President. Miss Irene Horzepa was accompanist. Now for a look at the other half. Mr. Ted Wheeler directed the group known as College Singers. These forty-five singers comprise the other half of the original group. The College Singers' major concert of the term was held on December 7. They performed For Us A Child is Born by Bach. A small selection O1 orchestral instruments accompanied the choir. Mr. Wheeler hopes that the choir will perform more during Term ll, after becoming more established. Miss Sarah Phillips was accompanist for College Singers. College Singers is open to any BCC student who can competently sing a part. Each student has a short audition with Mr, Cole. During auditions? he commented, I listen for voice quality, range, placement ii.e. soprano, alto, tenor, or bassi, And sight singing ability. Next term, all students will register under College Singersg after the term begins, the group will again be divided into two smaller groups. Mr. Cole expects an increase in the number of students enrolling in College Singers during Term ll. He also stated the choirs will probably perform more during Term ll. So any of you students lurking in the hall of the Fine Arts Building between eleven and twelve o'clock on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays will hear the beautiful sounds of music, in stereo yet, as the singers continue to practice for Term ll's concerts.

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cgi, , I9 l: upergroup Graduate to uper tars from the supergroup middle of an leadership failure. Twice we attempted ironic travesty of and moving into the hypothesis, 1971 moved in leaps and bounds concerning conglomoration of styles, both and muscial, which greatly to the anarchistic leadership. Old favorites e the Airplane were dropped and as a new generation of Osmond lovers moved into consumer market. The new of 'surfer-hero' called David dominated top-40 radio as the rnmiscent generation of old perately continued to grasp for slackening life-lines as FM Radio The Firesign Theater. it is half-past Jackson Five and really knows what's going to you enclose a seal from any made by the Woodstock you will receive, absolutely of charge, our fully guaranteed coroners report on Janis Duane Allman, and Jimi Be the first on your has been caught right in the to bring the students together, once with a proven star of yesteryear lChuck Berryl and once again with a totally diverse group of fine musicians llfl and failed. Chuck Berry was total mockery due to poor planning and a total disregard toward adequate facilities. Cramped stage space and absolutely no P. A. system for the first half of the rock 84 roller's show brought down just about everybody's head. If was absolutely too good for the average BCC student. A poor attendance of 320 showed up to observe the multi-styled group dazzle the hospitality center with superb solos and some fine progressive jazz. Alas, the coffee house. lf anything was successful it was these free Friday evening programs which booked such various artists as Cheyenne, Duckbutter, and some of our own talented students. People showed up, listened, and generally seemed to enjoy themselves with little or no quams. By Bill Jacques Silver Sands wri ter Bill Jacques is a music enthusiast who as well as writing for the Phoenix, worked in promotion for a record company and also managed a local rock group Also of merit was the jazz ensembles performances throughout the school year. Our Jazz Trio, consisting of Jim Conti, on piano, Del Baroni on bass, and Bob Economou on drums, put on some thoroughly entertaining performances which can only be attributed to their obvious talent and blatant self-discipline. Lowell Little should be complimented on his excellent direction and guidance. His eighteen member ensemble performed to standing room only audiences and always provided some thorough entertainment inside the Lecture Theater. David Snively offered us a little class with his Symphonic Band, and another capacity crowd turned up to hear pianist Byron E. Franklin, Jr., and clarinetist Snively perform a smashing bit of chamber music in the Lecture Theater. A worthwhile contribution which cannot be overlooked. Considering the chronic identity crisis under which popular music is currently suffering we have really nowhere else to go but forward. Hopefully, BCC will take part in laying down the future path.