Montana State University - Sentinel Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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School of Fine Arts During Spring Quarter. 1988. the Drama Dance partment produced the Gilbert and Sullivan op- eretta H.M.S. Pinafore. in co-operation with the Music Department. This play included a full pit orchestra, which greatly enhanced its audience appeal. The production received corporate sup- port from Domino ' s Pizza of Montana. In conjunc- tion with the production, faculty from the School produced educational videos and offered a pro- gram of Opera in tho Schools for various elemen- tary schools in the Missoula area. Two faculty ensembles from the Music Depart- ment, the Montana Woodwind Quintet and the Montana Piano Trio, performed for National Pub- lic Radio ' s Performance Today. This program is aired on over 130 stations across the country The University ' s Marching Hand was seen statewide when they performed a tribute to the Montana Band (formerly the Mission Mountain Wood Band) at the Bobcat-Grizzly Game at MSU this fall. The game, and our portion of the half-time entertain- ment, were televised statewide. The |azz Program brought renowned jazz com- poser Frank Mantooth to campus for a three week resident Mr. Mantooth worked with our jazz stu- dents who developed their own jazz compositions during the residency. Also during the visit, the School produced a concert of Mr. Mantooth ' s origi- nal compositions which was open to the public. The School continued to host Music Days, the |azz Festival, the Concert Band Festival and the Thes- pian Conference, all of which brought high school students from across Montana to campus. BY DEAN [AMES D. KRILEY DRAMA ' DANCE 25

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Notable Achievements in the The 19B7-88 academic year was a good year for the School of Fine Arts. Enrollment throughout the School has remained steady in the face of declining enrollments cam- pus-wide. Music finished the year with its highest enrollment on record. 165 full-time equivalent students. Much of this is due to the increased im- portance given to service courses for non-majors, especially Music Appreciation. Jazz History, and the History of Rock and Roll. Students and Faculty from each department in the School ware actively engaged in outreach activi- ties this year. Faculty, students and staff in the Art Department exhibited nationally and internation- ally with foreign exhibits in the Federal Republic of Germany the People ' s Republic of China, and Spain, Professor Donald Bunse assembled an ex- hibit of works in the collagraph technique which is currently touring state-wide. Mr. Lloyd Schermer lent the University his collection of historic photo- graphs taken by Charles Morris and Mountain Bell Foundation provided funding to allow a selected portion of this collection to tour throughout the West with the Montana Repertory Theatre produc- tion of Cowboy. The School, in conjunction with the Art Associates of Missoula, put together a two-month festival of Fiber arts focusing on an exhibit thai was shared between the University and the Missoula Museum of the Arts. The exhibit, entitled The Manipu- lated Thread. was juried by Rebecca Stevens of the American Textile Museum of Washington. D.Cm who chose over forty works from submis- sions by artists living in the western half of the U.S. The Department of Drama Dance produce d its first major television production when Graduate Student Gordon Stabler directed an adaption of O- x Henrys short story Gift of the Magi. This produc- 1 riom w,tji shown on several Montana television su- = lions during the Christmas season. The Montana Repertory Theatre ' s production of g Cowboy, an original musical based on the life of | Montana artist Charles M. Russell. was supported by a grant from Mountain Bell Foundation in ex- cess ofS. J00.000. The production had over 90 per- formances in 80 towns across 12 western states. A staff person accompanied the tour in order to meet with high school faculty and students in each town where the play was performed. The Alumni Asso- ciation hold receptions for the cast and audience in many of the tour locations 24 DRAMA DAM HE

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