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String quartet opens
Fall chamber series
The St. Lawrence String Quartet (L-R: Geoff Nuttall, Barry Shiftman,
Marina Hoover and Lesley Robertson) perform Monday.
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By ANAS BEN-MUSA
Staff Writer for THE BATTALION
The University Chamber Se
ries starts its fall season with the
St. Lawrence String Quartet,
Monday at 8 p.m. in Rudder The
ater.
The quartet features violinists,
Geoff Nuttall and Barry Shiff-
man, violist Lesley Robertson,
and cellist Marina Hoover.
The quartet will play Franz
Joseph Hayden's Quartet in C
Major, Opus 76 No. 3 ("Emper
or"); Alban Berg's Quartet, Opus
3 (1910); and Antonin Dvorak's
Quartet in C Major, Opus 61.
"It's a Balance of classical and
modern music for the audience,"
Nutall said.
Nuttall said he was looking
forward to playing in College
Station, especially since College
Station is his hometown.
"I was eight when I left," Nut
tall said, "it will be interesting to
play at A&M."
The concert is presented by
the Department of Philosophy
and Humanities Music Program,
the Gilbert and Thyra Plass Arts
Foundation and the University
Honors Program.
Recently, the quartet was
named the Juilliard School's
String Quartet in Residence for
1992-93. They are currently fin
ishing a residency with Emerson
String Quartet sponsored by the
Hartt School of music in Con
necticut.
This year St. Lawerence won
first prize in the 1992 Banff Inter
national String Quartet Competi
tion and the Young Artists Inter
national Auditions.
Winning the Young Concert
Artists award gave the quartet
the ability to play in professional
engagements. Young Concert
Artists Inc. provides free man
agement services, concert en
gagements, and two recitals in
New York and the Kennedy Cen
ter in Washington D.C.
"It's quite political to get a
booking in such large concert
halls," Nuttall said.
It is difficult to be booked by
large concert halls when some
one is not well known Nuttall
said.
Although having such recitals
help a musicians career, Nuttall
said each concert is important,
whether in New York or Texas
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The return of Trout Fishing In America
By ANDREW S. IVERSON
Special to THE BATTALION
It's Friday night, and the fish are jumping. Well, at
least they will be at the Bryan Civic Center when
Trout Fishing in America makes its musical return to
the Bryan/College Station area.
The duo consists of Keith Grimwood on stand-up
and electric bass and Ezra Idlet on acoustic guitar.
Grimwood is the self-described "shortest member
of the band," standing a solid five-foot five and a half
inches tall "on a humid day." During live shows, the
bass player with the bushy red hair produces
everything from gritty vocals to the sounds of a di
nosaur.
Idlet stands a dangerous six feet nine inches tall in
his Birkenstock sandals and plays an aggressive style
of acoustic guitar and vocals. But don't let this Mutt
and Jeff appearance fool you. When the two come to
gether on stage, the sound they produce is nothing
less than awesome.
One of the best things about the show is the feel
good energy they generate. These guys love being in
front of a crowd and it shows. Their stage presence
is unlike any other musician or band.
Karl Caillouet, the group's producer and engineer,
said, "You have to see them live. They are so power
ful, you'll wonder how these guys can get all that
sound out of just a guitar and a bass."
For example. Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away"
has been transformed into a seven-minute jam ses
sion that really lets the two show off their true musi
cal talent.
"I play the acoustic guitar radically different from
other guitarists," Idlet said. "I play my guitar
through two amplifiers —loud."
On the lighter side, "Dueling Morons" features
the two musicians playing a segment from "The Bat
tle of New Orleans" while balancing pitchers of beer
on their heads.
But Trout Fishing in America is not just a joking
band.
"You have to have both sides; a stage show and
good music," Idlet said.
Grimwood said, "You can write funny songs, but
sometimes you have to get down and play real music
and really work your instrument. That's what we're
really all about."
The two are from Houston but live in Fayet
teville, Ark. Last year, they performed over 250 gigs
all over the southern U.S. and Canada and have put
Trout Fishing In America perform at the Bryan
Civic Center Friday Night.
over 335,000 miles on their faithful red truck.
So, who's coming out to see them? "Troutheads,"
the name for the faithful fans who are everything
from hippies to yuppies.
"Trout fans are people looking for an alternative.
They're not just accepting whatever is shoveled
down their throats by the 'media', or whatever. They
are looking for something different and something
fun," Grimwood said.
Though Grimwood and Idlet have been playing
together for 15 years they still have a hard time
defining their music.
Through the years they have received many sug
gestions on how to describe their music. "Acid-
vaudeville" is one.
Idlet said, "I like the term acid-vaudeville because
it is so nebulous. When you think of acid-rock, you
think of hard-core rock, and when you think of
vaudeville you think of entertainment, so you have
this hard-core entertainment.. . "
Grimwood said, "It's in-your-face type of enter
tainment, where we play right to the audience and
work with them."
Trout Fishing recently appeared at the Georgian
Bay Folk Festival in Ontario and opened for Bob Dy
lan in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Trout Fishing's third album, "Over the Limit," is
due out in mid-October.
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The Micro
Computer Center
Presents
The
Microcomputer
Fair
Rudder Exhibit Hall
24-25 September
National and Local computer vendors will be showing
the best of their products and services.
Hardware and Software exhibits will be located on the main floor;
Presentations will be given in Rudder Theatre.
Thursday (9am-5pm)
10- 10:30 NeXT
10:30-11 Apple
11- 11:30 Grid
11:30-12 AutoCad
1- 1:30 WordPerfect
1:30-2 Apple
2- 2:30 Claris
2:30-3 Microsoft
3- 3:30 IBM
Friday (9am-3pm)
10- 10:30 NeXT
10:30-11 Apple
11- 11:30 Grid
11:30-12 AutoCad
1 -1:30 WordPerf ect
1:30-2 Microsoft
2-2:30 IBM
Drawings for prizes will be 2:30 Friday. Don't miss your chance to win a computer.
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