Stockton College - El Recuerdo Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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College Band I The Band-under The decisive leadership oT The genial Pop Gordon. WiTh sevenTy-Tive men Trom which To draw maTerial, Pop has made Three deparTmenTs ouT oT The one. The ConcerT Band numbers six- Typ gives a major concerT each se- mesTer, besides numerous oTher appearances. Mariglggg The Marching Band besides par- TicipaTing in Civic TuncTions, is an inTregal parT oT The aThleTic sea- sons-games and rallys. There are TiTTy men in The marching band. STudio Band The STudio Band numbers TwenTy and includes The TirsT chair men oT The ConcerT Band. This smaller band broadcasTs every Three weelcs, developes The skill oT The players.

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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.

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A CAPPELLA CHOIR The A Cappella of forfy piclced voices is indeed a Tradifion aT Pacific. ln addi- Tion To Their regular choral offerings aT Chapel, The Choir has made many ap- pearances as special enTerTainmenT aT diver oTher programs Throughouf The se- mesfers, and during Their annual week- long Trip, The choir was broadcasf over a coasTal nefworlc from Los Angeles. The Annual Home Concerf on May 3lsT broughT To an end a very successful year of A Cappella singing. J. Russell Bodley. besides being an experT direcTor. has con- Tribufed immensely To The Choir in com- posifion noTably The Glory Road , and 'The lvioclqing Fairy . LITTLE THEATRE ORCHESTRA The LiTle Theafre Orchesfra fills an unique and valuable place-iT is of The Conservafory, buf funcfions wiTh The Theafre in furnishing The musical seTTings and inferludes for The plays-a parT ThaT is enThusiasTically appreciafed by The audiences of The legiTimaTe Theafre, and wiTh The dance deparTmenT for The annual Dance Drama. This organizaTion is a group of The finesT insTrumenTalisTs in The school: Their conducfor is Lawrence ShorT who has for four years been The concerT-mas- Ter of The College Symphony CrchesTra, and under his very able direcTion. iT has developed inTo whaT is wiThouT doubT The besT Theafre Orchesfra To daTe. I