University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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Are Upon Us Semesters 35,363? P 1!, 2 T he transition is coming filst. In the Spr- ing of 1987, all students have a special semester transition advising conference. 1 22 Student Life Fall

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P utting away his horn momentarily, Mar- salis lectured the audience. His lesson was based on a metaphorical comparison of the elements of a jazz group and the basics of an automobile. tPhoto by Peter Harrist Technology is Part of Music 0! course, from a technological end, things are r completely different in a jazz V performance. Tor instance, the stage plot is never as it is Hrst designed to be. The stage plot is the diagram that will apply to lighting, posi- tion and the places the per- formers want amplified. We usually have direct sound lines ham the amplitier to the house system for quality sound. I! we have control a! the in- struments and their amps, you can get a nice balanced sound; the problem that may come about is a bassist who has decid- ed to run his own balance and not use our house system. That means we have to adjust our sound to balance with his. Wl'hat's why it's so loud sometimes at these perfor- mances. We're not trying to blow the audience out o! the place, it's just that some performers will crank thelr music because they like to hear themselves. So we have to raise our sound tot com- pliment theirs. It's not just bassists, either. Some drummers get carried away when the adrenalin starts tlowtng. W! the opportunity permits, '1 like to listen to the performers. However, instead of really enjoy. tng the show, I am listening for feedback problems, or different musical aspects of the perfor- mance. I'd much rather be in the audience listening and enjoying It, thoug f --Harvey Smeltzer, Music Hall 4 Coordinator B assist Bob Hearst was compared to the wheels of a car in Marsalis' lecture on jazz. Hearst unleashed jazzy notes for Mar- salis. tPhoto by Peter Harriet Fall Student Life 21

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It Won ht Be So Bad Afterall t7 think that UT switching to the semester system is a dam , good idea. You save a lot of time L in registration, drop and add, ' . and the like? hThink about it-you spend , actually 33 percent less time standing in lines. You can place your summers better, too. On a semester system the summer falls at about the right time; ltd rather have more time in May 5:; than in August? I thIass structure is the best part of being on a semester 2: system-you only have linals :5. twice a year. And if you get a h . teacher you really like, then you m; can stick with them for a longer time. But the drop and add is still 3;: there if you need it. hOh, and one more thing, ifs ' much easier to finish your major. : Even though the classes are longer and more detailed, you V know where you stand because 'h there are less classes to take. 2 Right now there are so many re- quirements for this class and that class; ifs easy to get behind, possibly even for a whole year. : Also, people get confused on a I quarter system because there are 2 too many classes in the 5 timetable? ttWhiIe I was at East Ten- nessee State University I heard that UT would be switching to j semesters. I did think about . waiting until they had switched over, but in the end it didnht real- - 1y effect my decision. I'm glad theytre changing. -Michael Miller, Sophomore in V Technical Writing Fall Student Life 23