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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1981
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AStM vocal groups make own kinds of musk
By MARY JO RUMMEL
Battalion Hep
Battalion JKeporter
Auditions for the four Texas
A&M University vocal groups
have been booked up since the
beginning of the semester. The
last of250 auditions are scheduled
for today.
The Singing Cadets, Century
Singers, the Women’s Chorus and
the Reveliers are individual orga
nizations which offer students a
chance to continue their interest
in music on an extracurricular
basis.
The groups are directed by
Robert L. Boone, head director
and director of the Singing
Cadets; Nancy Theeman, director
of the Century Singers; and Patty
Fleitas, director of the Women’s
Chorus and the Reveliers.
Each group offers the students
different types of music to fit the
singer’s preferences.
The vocal music program began
in 1938 with the formation of the
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Singing Cadets. “The (Singing)
Cadets are the best known of the
groups because they have been
around the longest,’’ Boone said.
The group of Singing Cadets
comprises 60 to 65 men, whose
main objective is to promote the
University.
“We function as a representa
tive of Texas A&M,” Boone said.
The Cadets perform about 50
shows each year throughout the
state.
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The Century Singers are a large
mixed chorus (approximately 50
members). Their repertoire con
sists of 50 to 60 percent classical
music along with selections from
Broadway rrmsicals. They usually
perform 10 to 12 concerts each
year.
The groups first made their de
but in 1970 as the New Tradition
because at that time women were
the “new tradition.” The name
was changed to Century Singers in
1976 in honor of the University’s
centennial.
The Women’s Chorus, the
newest of the vocal groups, is com
prises 60 women and performs a
mixed repertoire. The all-female
group evolved in 1978 due to the
large number of women trying out
for the Century Singers, Boone
said.
“We could only accept a certain
number of women to maintain the
balance of sound (in the mixed
group), but there were so many
talented women trying out that a
woman chorus seems the logical
alternative,” he explained.
The fourth and smallest of the
vocal groups is the Reveliers.
They are a small mixed chorus of
12 vocalists and five instrumental
ists who perform a lighter program
of jazz, swing and some country
and western. The group, formed
in 1972, was first known as Arion’s
Children but changed its name to
Reveliers in 1978 to be more in
character with Texas A&M.
They perform mainly at ban
quets and meetings, Theeman
said.
Since the entire vocal music
program is extracurricular, the
groups are allowed a little more
freedom in music selections than
similar organizations in universi
ties with music departments,
Boone said.
If the University offered a music
department, we would probably
be required to maintain a more
standardized, educational reper
toire, he added. “We like the free
dom to do what we want.”
Approximately 250 students are
auditioning for the three vocal
music directors. After auditions,
the students are interviewed by
co m nut tees composed oftlie| tt
ers of the group he orshewai
join. The old members of
organization vote on the
members based on recomineii),
tions of the directors and»»
viewers. -Ifi
Once in the group, the ini.
vidual is a member for as loud PAN
he or she wants to be invohj
Boone said.
However, the Singing Cak
are required to maintainajnj
point ratio of 2.0 to remainia| AGG
group, Theeman said,
t he other groups are also reqnij
to maintain a 2.0 but the oil* jj^Tl
members have no specificratj
maintain.
“If someone is fallingbehinij
their grades we advise him^
out for a semester tobringtig
up,” she said. “After all, weJ
here on a voluntary basis andiif
for credits.”
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The Singing Cadets have been
promoting Texas A&M University
through music for over 40 years.
Established in 1938 by Dr. J.J.
Woolket, the main purpose of the
all-male chorus is to promote the
University, explains Robert L.
Boone, director of the organiza
tion. Boone directed the Singing
Cadets for 21 years.
The group performs approxi
mately 50 times each year — ab
out five times more than compara
ble organizations at other univer
sities. They travel an average of
3,000 to 3,600 miles during a year.
The group will perform at the
Astrodome Sept. 26 at the Astro’s
last home game of the season.
They also perform annual concerts
in San Antonio, Dallas, Austin,
Fort Worth and Houston.
The Cadets often work with the
Texas A&M Mothers’ Clubs and
the Texas A&M alumni clubs
throughout the state. For each
performance, the organization is
paid $600 or 40 percent of what is
made at the concert, which ever is
larger. The performances usually
are fund raisers to provide money
for scholarships.
The name of the organization
can be misleading, Boone said.
“Singing Cadets” dates back to the
the orgins of the group — when all
Texas A&M students were in the
Corps of Cadets. Today, only ab
out 12 percent of the 60 plus d,.
bers are active in the Coras,1
said.
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