Monday, September 19, 1988/The Battalion/Page 7
ianist brings
usic to A&M
show, class
y ,Adrea L. Warrenburg
Reporter
begi in the days of World War
ith young boy plunking out
odieon the neglected keyboard
n^hbor’s old upright piano,
ns^eadf donating the piano to the
), e neighbors recognized his
nt <d carried it across the street
cfle a permanent member of
Ro family.
orfive years later, Werner
brgRose has traveled the world
i f music and is now at Texas
Mharing his talent with slu
ts* coordinator of music in the
anent of Philosophy and Hu-
tiis.
bonly child of German immi-
nt Rose began piano lessons
short after receiving the gift and
contiied with his music through
out [childhood in Union, N.J.
Hlr remembers sitting at the key-
iHtrin the summer and watching
«othe:hildren play stickbali in the
stn trom the window.
^■‘\rking individually on an in-
strumt is an isolated activity,”
llrasiaid. “But I can’t think of any
thin "tore exciting to do.”
^fcause he was a promising stu-
demis piano teacher would sched
ule n last to allow extra time.
^■‘hen I was eight-years-old, the
IHrRanger was my favorite radic
pnam,” Rose said. “I never
Olid it.”
^■til his piano teacher, who Rose
H a “taskmaster”, scheduled his
leal right before the airing time of
J^B.one Ranger. “He was so in-
IHd in a piece at the end of the
■Hi that we kept going and
Rose said.
iHuially I burst into tears and we
htfo quit because I didn’t want to
j^ftny show,” Rose said.
iHhigh school he was concertmas-
ter of the school orchestra and or
ganist for his church. He attended
Montclaire College on a music schol
arship and received his bachelor’s
degree in music education.
Two professors acknowlegded his
talent and encouraged Rose to at
tend graduate school. He received a
full scholarship to Yale where he re
ceived all his graduate training. His
postgraduate work includes study
ing with Beveridge Webster, a con
cert pianist of the Juilliard School of
Music in New York for three years.
Professor Rose came to A&M in
June from a 22-year tenure at the
University of Wyoming to spearhead
development of music in the College
of Liberal Arts.
“Making music and expressing
the art I love so much are very fulfil
ling,” Rose said. “Coming to A&M is
an extension of the feeling I have.”
“This is a unique opportunity and
the possibilities are limitless,”. Rose
said. “We have a solid core of teach
ers and the philosophy for which to
build on.”
The intention is not to establish a
school of music, but to fulfill the
great need of providing an opportu
nity to learn. Rose said.
In the past, few music classes were
available, primarily music apprecia
tion and theory taught by lecturers,
Rose said. But music has many di
mensions and A&M wants to offer
courses to explore the different di
mensions and student’s interests.
Music from an academic stand
point is in a Hedging stage at A&M,
Rose said. If A&M wants to become
a greater institution, these things
must be present for students.
Objectives for the program in
clude offering a greater number and
variety of courses in music, ad
vanced interdisciplinary courses,
and providing an opportunity for
students with an inclination toward
the keyboard to audition and take
individual piano lessons for credit.
As new faculty is added, lessons
will expand to other instruments.
Rose said. The newest addition is
composer Dr. Peter Lieuwen coming
from the University of California at
Santa Barbara, he said. Presently a
search is on for a musicologist, a spe
cialist in music history, he said.
Courses added this fall included
Chamber Music, Life and Music of
Mozart and Music in the 20th Cen
tury, Rose said.
Eventually, A&M may be able to
offer a bachelor’s degree in music.
The music program being estab
lished by the Department of Philoso
phy and Humanities is completely
different from the present instru
mental and choral extracurricular
organizations on campus, Rose said.
An incorporation is not being dis
cussed, he said.
His newly remodeled office is on
the fourth floor of the Academic
Building, complete with grand piano
and bust of Johannes Brahms. A re
hearsal room next door is almost
completed and the psychology sleep
lab will become additional faculty of
fices.
Possibly in the future, an entire
center for the fine arts will become a
reality, Rose said.
The University Chamber Series is
also expanding as part of the depart
ment. The series will present a full
season of six concerts this year. The
first concert will be Rose’s A&M de
but as a concert pianist tonight at 8
p.m. in Rudder Theater.
Rose will performing works from
Johannes Brahms, Bela Bartok,
Franz Liszt and a piece titled “Sona
tina” composed in 1981 by Lieuwen.
“It’s wonderful working with
him,” Lieuwen said. “I feel lucky.”
Rose also is serving as the pianist
for the Western Arts Trio. The trio
consists of Rose, Brian Hanly, violin
ist, and David Tomatz, cellist. The
professional trio has toured four
continents, recorded six albumns
and has received raving American
and International reviews.
It is another dimension in creativ
ity, Rose said. It is very meaningful
to be the first to play a piece, the first
to bring it to reality, he said.
The trio will perform Oct. 10 as
part of the Chamber Series.
“Response from the students to
the expansion has been wonderful,”
Rose said. “They are eager and de
lightful.”
Students should not be afraid if
the course number is in the 400s,
Rose said. It is just a'number, there
are no prerequisites, he said.
“People taking music because they
love it is precisely what it’s all
about,’’Rose said.
Imithsonian combines Tex-Mex music in Hispanic Heritage Week
S^JUfTIN (AP) — The Smithsonian Insti-
/.Honvill flavor this year’s National His-
^Hic leritage Week celebration with the
^■nckof Tex-Mex music, Latin jazz and
^Hadcalled “corridos” that trace the lives
oiMeian-American workers of the indus-
tml Mwest.
^frhertistry of Puerto Rican garment
™W)rke the unheralded contributions of
tlje fbanic woman, and the changing tra-
ditionn the Hispanic family will also be
celebed in the weeklong observation that
beginunday and ends Saturday.
1 his year’s theme is “500 Years of His
panic Heritage, 1492-1992: The Women’s
Contribution.”
“They (the women) are the carriers of
the culture and traditions and a very impor
tant part of their work was in the family, the
community, the workplace and the
church,” Luz Maria Prieto, program coor
dinator for the program in Hispanic-Amer-
ican history at the National Museum of
American History, said.
“They did the nudging, the reminding,”
Manuel J. Melendez, her colleague at the
museum and coordinator of Hispanic Week
for the Smithsonian, said.
“The woman has always played a pivotal
role, a crucial role in her community,”
Prieto says, with Melendez adding: “They
were the ones who had to had to hold it to
gether, while the husbands were out there
working, being those figures in the midst of
change, with the unions, and with changes
in the political structure.
“Unbeknownst to them, their ingenuity
was integral to the labor movement — when
their husband came home from work, they
would bounce their ideas off the women
and how they handled it is a reflection of
the countless conversations that take place
in the home,” Melendez says.
The Smithsonian will celebrate the wom
an’s contribution — going back to Colum
bus’ arrival in the New World in 1492 —
with a special ceremony Wednesday at the
National Museum of American History.
As part of the commemoration, Ruby
Nelda Perez of San Antonio will perform a
one-woman play, “A Woman’s Work,”
based in part on her own writings.
Prieto describes the play as “an interge-
nerational dialogue talking about traditions
and changes within the Hispanic family
through the eyes of the women.”
After Perez’s performance, Jesus “Chuy”
Negrete of the Mexican Cultural Institute
of Chicago will perform some of his “corri
dos” — narrative ballads based on the lives
and histories of Mexican-American workers
in the industrial Midwest.
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