University of Redlands - La Letra Yearbook (Redlands, CA)

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Known by students for her frequent appearances in Chapel, Larra Hender- son is in her second year at Redlands as associate professor of voice. Teach- ing voice and having charge of the opera workshop are her main responsi- bilities. She will sing at the National Teachers of Voice Association in july and sings regularly with the Redlands Bowl Symphony Orchestra during the summer. Associate professor of voice, a com- poser, conductor, choir director, organ- ist, and concert baritone is Erwin Ruff. He directs the Redlands Concert Choir and its appearances in Chapel have been outstanding. Mr. Ruff arranges tours to the music and art centers of Europe and is also state examiner for the California Music Teachers' Associa- tion. ig? If 1 m,,-N C X . il- xx -, i Y K t l X JAMES JORGENSON HERBERT HORN . ill 45 LARRA HENDERSON ERWIN RUFF Instructing in theory, counterpoint, composition, and pedag- ogy of theory, Wayne Bohrnstedt is a favorite with music majors. He is a member of the Faculty Council and is the founder and chairman of the annual UR orchestral symposium of American music. He has several musical publications, is the recipient of several commissions ancl prizes in composition, and has done orchestral works performed by several major symphony orchestras. Herbert Horn, associate professor of music, is both a pianist and a composer. His specialty is contemporary music, he teaches piano and composition, as well as music history. Mr. Horn has been at the University since 1947. James jorgenson is the assistant professor of public school music. This year he has directed the bands through a very successful season. The bands were greatly enlarged this year and they presented the finest music in the history of UR. Associate professor of music education is Edward Tritt. He is known for his fine work in directing the University-Com- munity Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Tritt, a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, national honorary music fraternity, has been active as guest conductor for many orchestras in the Southland. WAYNE BOHRNSTEDT EDWARD TRITT rf -.-,ft ,. N , V -,, 1 -1- i ' Q5 .9 . .V . nk r. N.-: elf

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LESLIE SPELMAN usic Wlalzefzs . . . ,OHNGOQ can Leslie Spelman, director of the School of Music, has a national reputation as an organist and teacher. He instructs in aesthetics and organ and has had two volumes of American organ music pub- lished. This past june Dr. Spelman was the recitalist for the national conven- tion of the American Guild of Organ- ists in Texas. Associate professor of church music is William Jones. He has led the Uni- versity Choir to new heights of musical attainment. Their contributions to wor- ship in Thursday chapel are recognized and greatly appreciated by all attending. Mr. Jones has been at UR since 1945 and has added great musical inspiration , throughout these years. 2 WILLIAM JONES Having studied the piano throughout the United States and Europe, john Robertson is serving as assistant profess- or of piano and theory at UR. He ,P msimua .ir fini' was trained at Harvard University and has received a diploma from the Con- servatoire Nationale de Paris. Although not a teacher of composition, he has composed an original trio work that has received Wide acclaim. Serving as an assistant professor of the organ, Margaret Dow instructs courses in the organ and in related fields. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Kappa Lambda and is a member of the American Guild of Or- ganists. Miss Dow has written organ compositions and numerous magazine articles about the organ. JOHN ROBERTSON MARGARET DOW ohn Golz is filling the position of assistant professor of the violin. H instructs students in the violin and also gives private lessons. Known as one of the outstanding violinists in Southern California, Mr. Golz isa veteran mem- ber of the University trio. Instructor in the cello, Frances Crane, is a member of the University Trio. She is the first cellist in the University- Community Orchestra. Mrs. Crane studied at Whittier College and has had private lessons from joseph Tullio. 'Q' tl ...J

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?eld Quafzfef The Feld Quartet from Hungary has received recognition ever since its inception in 1949. First prize was won at the Sopron Music Festival a few months after the quartet was formed. Subsequent- ly the group has presented fifty radio programs in Budapest and has won recognition at the Bartok Festival. Following the quartet's escape from Hungary in December, 1956, they played concerts for Radio Vienna, French Institute in Vienna, Viennese Conservatorium, Brahms-Sall in Vienna, Radio Zurich, Mozarteurn in Salzberg, the Alber- tina, and the Hofburg in Vienna. Acclaim was given the Feld Quartet for their -appearance at the Mozart-Saal which has the same importance in Vienna as the Town Hall in New York. The quartet played during the International World Music Festival in Zurich in 1957. From Zurich the group went to Paris and Berlin presenting concerts in the spring. The quartet arrived in Red- lands late last summer and opened the sixth sea- son for the University of Redlands Chamber Music Series in Watchorn Hall. They have appeared in the Los Angeles area and made a recording for the Capitol Record Company early in December. A press comment from the Loi' Azzgeler Timer stated: The group made light of the fine musical values and of the technical problems. Otto Feld, first violin, is a native of Budapest. He studied violin under Leo Weiner and at the Budapest Academy of Music. He played violin in the Budapest Philharmonic and Budapest Cham- ber Music Orchestra. He founded the quartet in 1949. Peter Halmi, second violin, is a native of Budapest. He graduated from the Hungarian Musical Academy and played six years with the Budapest Philharmonic and State Opera Orch- estras. George Szende, viola, is a native of Szom- bathely, Hungary. He studied under Paul Lukacs and Leo Weiner and played with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. He was a violist in the Budapest Chamber Music Orchestra. Wladyslaw Przybyla, cellist, is a native of Poland and studied under jelink of the Vienna Philharmonic, at the Vienna Conservatory of Music under Winkler and Hubner, and at the Music Academy in Posen. He was a soloist for the State Opera Orchestra in Posen and the Warsaw Philharmonic.