Wagner College - Kallista Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Drum Maio' HO BHD ward Vande' Band leadi Home , de. comm! Paw The Wagner College Band contributed once again to the spirit of Wagner College. Spirited music and intricate marching maneuvers were the Band's important additions to the colorful festivities that accompanied all of the Seahawk football games. Marching under the baton of Drum Major Howard Pender, the group was ably led by Professor Harald Normann, who planned and directed the Bandis performances. 79

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Choir The Wagrier Choir, reorganized in September, 1946, under the direction of Professor John Bainbridge, has since become one of the most cohesive and spirited organizations on the campus. In january 1950, under the direction of Dr. Sigvart Steen, it embarked on an eighteen day, iive state tour which resulted in the moulding of an organization which astounded audiences and critics with its sincerity, intonations and musi- cal ability. Newspaper critics acclaimed the choir as one of the finer singing organizations, comparable to the traditional fine college choirs of the middle-west Reviewers used such phrases as, An amazingly flawless presentation . . . enriching and inspiring experience . . . a perfect ensemble, in describ- ing the concerts sung before capacity houses. As well as meeting in rehearsal live periods a week each of the members is enrolled as a voice student and several of last years' beginners are now performing soloists. During Ian- uary and February 1951, the choir undertook the longest tour in its history, presenting concerts of a-cappella sacred music before capacity audiences in such cities as: Washington, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Reading, and Waterbury and in many other smaller cities. Possessing an amazing espirit de corps and working under the talented direction of its famed director, the Wagner Choir is looking forward to many successful seasons and it is ex- pected that the coming years will see the choir traveling greater distances by popular request. CHOIR PERSONNEL Sopranos Yvonne Adams Helen Albers Esther Anderson Peggy Fierro Kathleen Gibbons Evelyn Hall Patricia Knudson Dorothy Kratzenstein Anne Marcussen Dorothy McKnight joan Patterson June Riss Lillian Roudi Ioan Sheaffer Altos Constance Daversa Lois Everts Avis Helscl Nancy McLaughlin Helen McNully Evelyn Pedersen Carolyn Reisch Tyra Rydell Eleanor Van Essendelft Ieanette Wieboldt Gwen Zilles Tenors Arthur Browne Christopher Deane VVillia1n Gordon Burton Helgeson Gerard Kern George Pontoppidan Jay Spadaro YVilbert YVehrli Basses Norman Dinkel George Handley George Jensen Richard Koss Robert Mihale Richard Pankow Harold Norris Howard Norris Paul Riss George Sander Ernest Spangler Edward WVeiskotten

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ii-, Beta amma Chi Beta Gamma Chi is an honorary music frater- Brothers in College nity undertaking to promote and advance music at Wagner College. The fraternity was organ- ized in 1948 and has since then increasingly con- tributed to the cultural and to the scholastic spheres of college life. Some of its past achieve- ments include concerts by Raymond Lewanthal, Thomas Darson and Alfonso Montecino, and numerous chapel programs. Beta Gamma Chi asks of its brothers a worthy scholastic record coupled with an active interest and participation in the field of music. OFFICERS Andre V. Beaumont, Ir. Bernard F. Englehardt George H. Greb Iames A. Harrison Burton Helgeson Gerard Kern Donald Lacey Vincent Lombardi Adolf Moller llerbert Nolte I larold Norris Howard Norris Donald Parnell Alfred L. Pederson Paul Riss VVilbert Wehrle President . . Vice President . Secretary . . Treasurer . . Program Director . GEORGE GREB . . VINCENT LOMBARDI HERBERT NOLTE AMOS WILLIAMS . . DONALD PARNELL Amos Williams Faculty Brothers Dean John R. Bacher Professor John Bainbridge Dean Ian A. Morrison Mr. Harald Normann Dr. Sigvart Steen Mr. George Martin Professor Hans Haag Dr. William Greenleaf Honorary Brothers MR. WALTER PIASECKI Director of the Staten Island Symphony RAYMOND LEVVANTHAL American Pianist MR. ALFONSO MONTECINO Chilean Pianist