DePaul University - Depaulian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Above: The New Wine singers cnlertain at a meeting of the Folklore Society. Below: Dieter Kober conducts the Chicago Chamber Orchestra. Right: Ginny Clemens sparkles at one of the Folklore Society meetings. Fo ■i

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r 1 Zoos and Museums . . . and their support and maintenance has been the con- tinual care and interest of both public and private sources. But this vast expenditure would all be for nothing if the museums housed only art, artifacts and knowledge of dead men and past ages. Happily, this is not true; the native and Mr. and Mrs. Outatown yearly troop to these institutions in staggering, and ever-increasing numbers. Filling the Graeco- Roman structures, they vivify and enhance the past, making it part of their future and The Future.

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The Claiity brothers ami Tommy Makcm in one of their many Chicago appearances this year. Folk and Classic Concerts The masterpieces of the hue Tony Sarg, master puppet maker, were displayed by the Chii agoland Pu])- neers CJiiild at the IJain last April. Music is the leap from the mortal to the eternal. The forms mtisic assumes are as many and varied as the colorful performers who produce it: but the effect is the same. The intention may be as lofty as the agonizingly beatitiful Chorale of the Ninth, or as low-down and raunchy as a Willy Ledbetter tune, but the musician, the good musician, always succeeds in transporting his listener away from himself, into a world of image or mechanics. Chicago, composed of countless ethnic groups and cultures, produces significant music in all areas of performance. Sec- ond City no longer to Greenwich or the Philharmonic, Chicago audiences flock to hear all types of music, in all kinds of weather, in every possible place of per- formance. Tenthouse theaters, store- front folk abodes, and magnificent con- cert-halls are filled regularly by devotees, afficianados, and listeners. The city sings many songs.