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Soprano Sumiyo Ender portrayed Gabriel, tenor Leonard Johnson portrayed Uriel and bass-baritone Herbert Eckhoff portrayed Raphael. Ender, a native of Japan, has per formed several pieces including Mendelssohn’s “Elijah,” Handel’s “Judas Maccabaeus” and Bach’s “Matthaus Passion.” She has sung as a soloist in performances with Hous ton’s Grand Opera and the Texas Opera Theater. Her opera debut was with the title role in “Madama Butterfly.” Her de but as a soloist was in Handel’s “Mes siah” in Tokyo. Eckhoff has sung with the opera companies of New York City, Dallas, Ft. Worth, New Orleans, Seattle, Portland, Shreveport, Dayton and Toledo. Johnson has sung in numerous opera, concert, chamber music and oratorio performances in New York City, Western Canada and Western Europe. He performed the title role in Stravinsky’s “Rake’s Progress” at the opening of the Juilliard Opera Theatre. As Ender, the only person on the stage not wearing black, concluded IIS * At the end of the final chot jio£ piece of the first part of the perfo IC'E.R mance, Ender stood up as if she* sP F,!i ready to sing again. Krager liftedt baton, then set it down, turnt around to face the audience andai If nounced it was time for intemt py sion. i Members of the audience laughing, but gave the the sinj and musicians a hearty roundoi plause as they exited the stage. After another round of ap[ for the singers and musicians asth took the stage after intermissi Ender again filled the room within soprano voice during the sen part of the piece. The audience again gavearoi of applause to the singers and mi dans at the conclusion of thesi part. During the concluding part of piece, Enders, who wasaccompai by a harpsichord played by MaJ Nieber, sang a duet with Eckhi This time Enders portrayed Evaat Eckhoff portrayed Adam. The audience burst into and gave the performers a standi ovation for about two minutesattl com lusion of the performance. F 511 I Rei It took Haydn, who taught thoven, almost two years tocomplt«[ n 0 “The Crention” and when he «J vor asked why it took so long to writr *K ei ' piece he said: Photo by PETER ROCHA Members of the Grand Consortium sing a part of Haydn’s “The Creation” in Rudder Auditorium Thursday night. her first solo performance of the as, “Her voice is beautiful,” and piece, members of the audience “Isn’t her voice absolutely breathta- whispered words of admiration such king.” “I wanted time.” it to last for a The next performance slated [jpg us the BraZOS Valiev Svmnhnnv (kBKc< Results of sheriffs election contested pet Valley Symphony OB 1 chestra will be “An Evening in Vkjif 0 ' [ l ' na,” Saturday, March 30 at 8 p. msl the Brazos Center. the [a ilh ■ a 1 lull Students called on to testify H By ANN CERVENKA Staff Writer Texas A&M students who have received subpoenas to appear in the 85th Judicial Court on March 11 re garding the sheriffs election can go to the Memorial Student Center on Saturday instead if they plan to be out of town for spring break. Subpoenas have been issued to students and local citizens at the re- uest of Howard Hill, who was de bated in the November sheriffs election by Ron Miller. Hill is contesting the election be cause of a possible problem with voter registration. Assistant Student Legal Adviser Alex Walter said. If some of the votes could be dis counted, Hill could win the election. Depositions will be taken from the students subpoenaed who go to the MSC. The questions asked probably will concern how or if the student registered, and how the student voted, Walter said. A court reporter will record the testimony. the students,” Walter said. “The de position involves Mr. Hill’s attorney asking questions of the students in volved.” However, if a student who may have registered illegally testifies be fore the attorneys, anything he says could be used against him if the dis trict attorney pursues a subsequent investigation, Walter said. the deposition Saturday shouldnuit; 0 f in room 350A MSC at 10 a.m.». Cl their subpoenas. Separate appoiJ^n; ments probably will be schedultf^ throughout the day, lasting from if j n to 15 minutes each. ff 00 talc, Students should also bring $25;f i n $50 in cash to pay for court repont fees. Sheriff Miller’s attorney also will have the opportunity to ask ques tions as necessary, he said. “Both attorneys have agreed to do the deposition as a convenience for “If the students feel that there is a chance that they could have voted il legally, thev should contact a private criminal defense attorney before giving their testimony,” he said. Students interested in attending Students who meet their con date will not have to pay court fees Any student who does not atten the deposition on Saturday mustaj pear in court on March 11. auth Get cadi anytime Use any card. Banking is automatic at 7-EIeven All PULSE® cards are accepted, including Anytime, Boss, Quick Silver, First Net (Teller 2), Dough Boy, Ready Bank and Money Card at participating 7-Eleven stores. 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