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

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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.

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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 Broad was coined hit, “Absence of a Cello” starring Mans Conrcid was written h the well-known humorist Ira Wallach and presented in the Artist Scries at SC I. I'he pla is a farce about ilk modern “Organization Man.” Supporting Conrcid was a cast of experienced professional actors from Broadway. Conrcid portray- cd a scientist who was tning to ma k his intellectual identity and pnsi a a “square” to get a well- paving job with a big corporation. Ralph Kirkpatrick, regarded in many areas as the world’s greatest harpichordist, gave two perform- ances to SCI audiences. I le is noted for his leadership in the re- vival of the harpischord and its playing. l 'or the final Series program, Cesare Yalleti, Italian lyric tenor and star of the Metropolitan Op- era, gave two vocal recitals. In his six seasons with the Met, Yal- ien has been heard in such operas as “The Barber of Seville.” Don (iiovanni,” “Don Pasquale,” Manon,” and Cosi I an 1 utte.” 27