University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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A jazz festival, “Sinfonia Di- mensions in Jazz, sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha national profes- sional music fraternit at SCI, presented their annual perform- ance in the Music Building. The show was in the name of the “big band” jazz id- iom, flavored with a few “pop” numbers. It featured a 16-picce stage band an an 18-voice chorus. All performers were SCI students from the music department or oth- er students interested in music.

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I he fall musical presented by the music department was “I a Bo- heme ‘ ( I he Bohemian Life). I he tragic grand opera b Puc- cini is the stor of four artists living in Paris during the 1830's They are star ing and freezing in a Paris attic while they wait for fame to discover them. Develop- ment of characters for “I.a Bo- heme was especially difficult be- cause characters are extreme— they are either very blue or very ga . The lives of aspiring mu- sicians today may not be too dif- ferent from that of those in the opera. A likeness for opera promptet! the cast members to perform according to their upmost talents.

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This year’s artist Series program was one of marked ersatilit encompassing an outstanding cross section of the performing arts. The Series consisted ol live two-night programs and a special one night presen- tation. I'he 1965-66 Artist series opened with a performance In the Little Angels, a child- ren’s folk-dance group from the Republic of Korea. Members of the dancing group were chosen among thousands of children on the basis of a nationwide series of con- tests. I radional Korean dances such as the I an Dance, Hourglass Drum Dance and Mask Dance were performed b the child- ren. Sergei Obratsov, Russian solo puppeteer, gave a show with 50 of his favorite friends. 1 1 is menagerie ol IriendK, mischievous ani- mals presented a repertoire ol satire. Ob- ratsov has been a concert performer for 40 years, and author, Him producer, and jou rnalist. “The Magic Flute,” Mozart’s great op- era. was sung in I nglish In the Indiana I niversity Opera Theater. 1 he staging and costuming added to the group’s en- deavors. The School of Music, the largest in the world, has a distinguished resident I acuity of artist-teachers, including 16 who are or have been under contract with the Metropolitan Ope ra Company.