Stockton College - El Recuerdo Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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The College oT The PaciTic OrchesTra has been ap-praised as being unquesTion ably The besT in The hisTory oT The insTiTuTion --Naraniado I935. This same orchesTra enlarged, and seasoned by Tour years oT proTessional Training under The skillTul leader ship oT l-lorace l. Brown, reached a grand climax in This year's Spring ConcerT. So well synchronized was This group oT sixTy-Tive musicians, ThaT The inTernaTionally Tamous solo isT, Percy Grainger remarked upon This amazing sTudenT orchesTra DirecTor l-lorace Brown is a conducTor oT greaT value-his work is always done wiTh a Tine inTerpreTaTion and Thoroughness Tha+ demands proTessional Tinish l-lis wide experience and splendid musicianship are given To The ConservaTory as a violinisT conducTor, and insTrucTor. DirecTed by J. Russell Bodley, The chorus This Tall presenTed The Tra- diTional Messiah oT l-landel. The spring oraTorio was The wesTern pre- mier oT The Ordering oT Moses by lNlaThaniel DeTT. The combined chorus, orchesTra, pianisT, organisT, numbered well over Two hundred. and Mr. Bodley hand- led well This diTTiculT work ThaT so Tar has been presenTed only by proTes- sional group-s in The EasT. ll - f A, , ,V-.-U V l58l

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The sixlielh aniversary means more lo Jrhe Conservalory Than a year-mark-il has been a year of abundance for all irs deparlmenls-Slring lnslrumenrs, Woodwind and Brass lnslrumenfs, Voice, Piano, Organ, Conduclring, Composilion, Music Educalion. The performing groups, all of Jrhem, are larger and more prolicieni lhan in The pasl-if has been a year 'rhal will long be re- membered. The program of aclivilies has been Tremen- dously full and varied-lilleen vocal and inslru- menlal ensembles, bi-weekly, Chapel programs, recilals. solo classes, special music for communijry affairs. lhe Thursday nighr dances in The gym. Band Frolic, concerls, praclice-rooms and sludios humming, Mu Phi and Phi Mu, oralories, Made- moiselle Modis+e . The Conservalory of The College of Jrhe Pa- cilic, besides preparing ils sludenls for profes- sional worlc in The field of music, aims 'ro give lhem a broad baclcground-music for Jrhe enioy- menl of parlicipalion, for The developmenl of slcills and an underslanding apprecialion-music in 'rhe area of Jrhe fine arls. Brown Bodley Gordon ANNIVERSARYMW Daniels Choir al Chapel Peaceful now! e Ordering of Moses

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Ml Q rTeT Barnes Hull Ginn Taylor Aif en The smaller groups oT The ConservaTory play a parT imporTanT Though inconspicuous. The quarTeTs exisTing as separaTe uniTs, make The ConservaTory acTiviTies known TarTher aTield by represenTing The College when They per- Torm. The experience They gain is useTul To The larger or- ganizaTions oT which They are a parT. The STring QuarTeT, coached by Mr. Brown, is broad- casT weekly. lTs members have also appeared as soloisTs. The Brass QuarTeT is The TinesT oT brass groups. They have played publically in reciTal, concerT, and on The air. Coached by Mr. Gordon. A The Tour young men oT The Male QuarTeT are members oT The A Cappella Choir, wiTh which They have appeared as a TeaTure. Their Tine blending is heard oTTen on pro- grams abouT Town. Coached by J. l-lenry WelTon. Y l T ShorT, SheeTs, Weir, Lamb k STine, Gillespie, RuTherTord, Peron T591 The quarTeTs are organized principally Tor The players-Tor insTrucTion in The liTeraTure Tor The groups, Tor Training in musicianship, and,Tor The enioymenT oT making music TogeTher. The numerous ensembles oT The Conserva- Tory, represenTed here by The guarTeTs, are varied in Typ-e and in skill-There are some ThaT are made oT members who are iusT beginning The sTudy oT The insTrumenTs They play, some who sing Tor The Tun oT iT, and some who worked so well TogeTher ThaT They appeared proTessionally aT clubs and organizaTions around Town.