Union College - Stespean Yearbook (Barbourville, KY)

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Guest artists, James Wainner, Morley Meredith and Franeesca Roberta in Puccini ' s Tosca. The beautiful and spacious Hunter Hills open air Theatre. Gatlinburg-in-the-Smokies became the center for musical comedy and grand opera when the School of Music moved to its summer campus at Hunter Hills Theatre. In addition to regular academic work, the Festival offered an unparalleled oppor- tunity for music students to gain valuable experience studying in master classes and singing in professional productions with world famous artists. Students from thirty- three states were enrolled. It was a sum- mer of serious work with little time for re- laxation — rehearsals began in early morn- ing and productions ended in late evening — but it was an enjoyable one nonetheless. Union Experiments With A Summer Music Festival Not a lazy summer morning at an Oklahoma! rehearsal.

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Sandy Gallagher experiments with charcoal sketch- ing. Jon DeFrees expresses himself in picturesque water colors. The creative student at Union discovers several ave- nues through which he may express his peculiar individ- uality. Some of the media which enable him to capture and make concrete the world he feels are oil and water color painting, sketching and modelling. Though he may conclude that he is anything but a Da Vinci or Picasso, he finds the passion to tell his own story no less real; not uncommon, too, he may find abilities of which he was not aware. The department ' s frequent exhibitions demonstrate to the student what has and may be done, while the art major proudly displays his work to his fel- low students in an individual exhibit during his senior year. The Graphic Arts Offer the Student A Chance For Self-Expression Winn Douglass finds the time to do some clay modelling. 23

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Listen while you walk clown a dorm corridor and you will discern various sounds vying for your attention. Cer- tainly, several of these will be sounds of music — all kinds — the Beatles, Dave Brubeck, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Dvorak, Beethoven. Many different people, many different tastes explain this non-unique facet of life at Union. Not a few stu- dents themselves express a definition and an attitude toward life through a wailing guitar and an enthusiastic voice or through keen fingers in a piano prac- tice room. Probably the only common agreement possible is that music is a universal language and that it pipes to the spirit sensations absent from other endeavors. One of Union ' s top combos, The Stones, entertains at the Alpha Delta dance. Music Plays An Important Role In College Life Officers of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, national music fraternity, get together for a short jam session before one of their meetings. Some studei im. fcrWKRS MIV.OPIAL LIBRAR UNION COLLEGE BARBOURVILLE, KENTUCKY Norman Kelley finds Bach a challeng- ing but rewarding experience.