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They're near Lub- lis role as i get back disaster 1 aid will ; ranging llion loss n crop to es caused rost and des $100 aside by the 1992 auisiana urricane i to get a • disaster Susanna Sharpe and Samba Police will bring global melodies to downtown Bryan on Saturday night By TRICIA MARTINEZ Staff Writer of Vic BATTALION Susanna Sharpe and Samba Police will an swer a call in Bryan Saturday night as they bring Third World music to the Stafford Opera House. Susanna Sharpe and Samba Police last ap peared at Stafford Opera House this past May. "I really enjoy our appearances in Bryan- College Station/' Sharpe said. "I didn't have any idea that there would be so many recep tive people to our music, and I was really pleasantly surprised," she said. "We've al ways received a really warm welcome in B- CS." Sharpe said most of the band's music will be sung in Portuguese. Samba Police's five members are Sergio Santos, percussion; Rus sell Scanlon, guitar; Steve Swelling, drums; Jeff Haley, bass; and George Oldziey, key boards. Scanlon writes all the band's original mu sic. "He's very versed in jazz as well as Brazil ian music," Sharpe said. "He also really loves African music, so some of his music will have that influence. He is pretty eclectic." The manager of Stafford Opera House, Randy Elmore, said he is excited that the band will be back to play. "Last time they really drew in a great crowd," Elmore said. "A lot of the interna tional students and people who are into inter national music came out and it was a real good time." A good time is definitely what Susanna Sharpe and Samba Police try to give their au diences with their wide variety of Brazilian rhythms, which range, from samba reggae to rocking guitar sounds. "Brazilian music has such a great beat and it's really danceable," Sharpe said. "Not every song sounds the same so there is usually something for everyone in the music. The lan guage also has such an appealing sound, even if you don't know what the words mean. It's nOt that hard to start to like it because the mu sic is real catchy." Sharpe said not very many people do the type of music that she and Samba Police per form. "I think we've been doing it the longest and the most consistently," Sharpe said. "There are certainly, people who have been in- Susanna Sharpe and Samba Police will appear at the Stafford Opera House volved with Brazilian music in a serious way in Austin, but I really don't know of very many Brazilian bands in Texas." Sharpe and her Samba Police have played at events like Austin's Carnaval Brasileiro and Pecan Festival, Galveston's Mardi Gras and several festivals in San Antonio. Sharpe said she enjoys performing, which she began doing in 1983. "The more I performed the more I wanted to keep doing it," Sharpe said. "It's only been in the last few years that I have actually said OK, this is it, this is my business and my pro fession." Susanna Sharpe and Samba Police are three-time winners of the Austin Chronicle's "Best Latin Band" award. Sharpe said the band is currently working Saturday night at 9 p.m. Tickets are currently on sale at Marooned Records. on recording. "We have one recording out now," Sharpe said. "We are just very anxious to get something new out, so we're working and we're going to try to see if we can get a record label interest ed." Sharpe said the crowd can expect a great show Saturday with all types of music being played. "We'll do three sets of an hour long that in cludes great dance music. Mostly upbeat stuff, I mean now and then we will do a slow, romantic one," she said. "Some of the music we do is all drums and that is so much fun. We just really have a good time." Saturday night's performance will begin at 9 p.m. at Stafford Opera House. Chamber Music harmonizes Texas A&M -RRR^- 1) By ANAS BEN-MUSA StaffWriter of THE BATTALION A small theater is filled with an audience in rapt attention. On the stage, a small ensemble of musi cians play. One of the musicians subtly flicks the strings of a violin and produces sweet notes that rise in the air and holds the audience in a shroud of tranquility. The ensemble is not an orches tra or a major symphony that plays complex pieces of music by famous conductors and com posers. Small ensembles or cham ber music present a different aspect of music. "Chamber music ... is a more personal type of music," said Mar garet McGarther, senior lecturer in the music program of the De partment of Philosophy and Hu manities. "It is usually held in a much smaller auditorium." The audience is not an observ er, but a part of the music, Mc Garther said. The audience sits so close to the ensemble that it al most feels like a part of the group. Started in 1986, The University Chamber Series, presented by the College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Philosophy and Humanities, gives Texas A&M students the ability to experience the novel characteristics of cham ber music. Yet, this year the University Chamber Series has suffered fi nancial difficulties. "The University Chamber Se ries has been funded by the Col lege of Liberal Arts and by private donations," said Werner Rose, co ordinator of music in the Depart ment of Philosophy and Humani ties. "With the stringency that has come about with budgets this year, that is one of the things that was eliminated." This year the Chamber Series' budget is funded by private dona tions and ticket sales. Rose said. In addition to the Chamber Se ries, the Department of Philoso phy and Humanities' music pro gram sponsors the Brown Bag Concert Series. "It's a weekly, noontime series that's been going on for four years." Rose said. "The University Chamber Series features profes sional musicians usually in small er or solo ensembles dealing pri marily with repertoire played in the evening." In addition. Rose said the Chamber Series has a responsibili ty to present music that mirrors current thinking and music from around the world. An Yao, a renowned Chinese musician, will perform this spring, playing the long zither, a traditional instrument of East Asia. "We need to make our univer sity audiences and students aware that there is a long tradition of beautiful music in cultures other then Western," Rose said. On the other hand, the Brown Bag Concert Series offer much shorter and smaller concerts that are very informal. The Brown Bag Series is free and runs on Wednes day afternoons.' "We tend to have a much greater variety of music in this program," Rose said, "every thing—solo piano, guitar, folk singers, or jazz." The response to the series has been very impressive. Rose said. "They have caught on like wildfire," Rose said, "and in no time at all the music room was overflowing and for several con certs we had to turn people away." Rose solved the problem by broadcasting the Brown Bag Con certs live on Texas A&M's radio station, KAMU. The future of the two series is a hopeful one due to the Bryan- College Station community's en thusiastic response to the series. Rose said. MSC KTSR92.1 CLUB a STUDENT PROGRAMS present MSC showcase TONIGHT! RudSer FEATURING: Auditorium ALSO PERFORMING VOCALIST Jill McClure 1992 Miss Texas A&M W I ^ David Garza Champions of Texas music scene ..yapp? * fr rs rt 1990 NACA CAMPUS COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR (md immediately following the MSC Showcase... 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