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Arts & Entertainment
uesday, October 20, 1992
The Battalion
Page 3
Classical trio
performance
features A&M,
Houston profs s
By ANAS B'tN-MUSA
Reviewer of THE BATTALION
Texas A&M will have a rare opportunity to see
one of its faculty members perform tonight in
Rudder Theatre at 8. /
PianistfJVVerner Rose, coordinator of music in
the department of Philosophy and Humanities at
Texas A&M, will play, with"violinist Henry Rubin
and cellist David Tomatz, faculty members at the
University of Houston.
Together they call themselves the\Western Arts
Trio. r J \
The trio will play Franz foseph Haydn's "Trio
in C Major, Hob. XV/27, rr Aaron Copland's
"Vitebsk, Study on a Jewish Theme," and Jo
hannes Brahms' "Piano Trio in C Major," in
tonight's performance.
Tomatz, who is director of the school of music
at the University of Houston, said the trio wanted
a balanced program — a classical piece, a romantic
piece arid a more modern piece.
"Copland is one of the greatest modern Ameri
can composers and :his 'Vitebsk, Study on a Jewish
Theme' is a; beautiful rrielbdy .with a wonderful
sense of direction,:" said Tomatz, who is also a
commissioner for the National Association of
Schools of Music. h
Rose said, "It is his only piece that uses quar
ter-tones, similar to music from the Middle East."
Although they are called the Western Arts Trio,
Rose said the name does not refer to cowboy mu
sic, but the music of European and American cul
tures.**• / J '
Through thg,yeairs they have performed togeth-
David Tomatz, Werner Rose and Henry Rubin
will perform at Rudder Theater at 8 p.m.
er in Europe, Australia and all over North- Ameri-
ca, earning a unique reputation in the chamber
music field. \
The trio enjoys playing traditional music writ
ten for trios.
"It's a marvelous repertoire when you're talk
ing about the trios of Beethoven, the trios of
Brahms or the flashy trios by Mendelssohn,"
Rose said,
"But we also have a great joy of dealing with
new music," he said. "We have a great satisfaction
in Working with a composer on a brand new piece
or new creation."
Rose said 2Q; composers have bom missioned 22
works for the trio tb perform over the years.
In addition, the trio has made six recorclkjgs for
Laurel Record in Los Angeles and radio broad
casts in Frahce, Spain, Mexico and other coum
tries. sa::
Tonight's concert is a presentation of the Uni
versity Chamber Series, sponsored by Patricia and
Bookman Peters and the Department of Philoso
phy and Humanities.
Opera tenor to perform
By ANAS BEN-MpSA
StaffWriter of THE BATTALJOU **&*'"'
The reverberating notes of opera will be heard
at Wednesday's Brown
Bag Concert at 12:30 p.m. h
in 402 Academic. , i ^
Todd Randall Miller,
a tenor, will .sing several
pieices by Henri Duparc,
Richard Strauss, Lee Hio-
by and Giocono Puccini,
from works including
"The Tempest," "La
Fanciulla del West" and
"Turandot."
Katherine Ciscon will
accompany him on the
piano.
Miller said being ex
posed to opera in college
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made him realize how challenging it was.
"It is larger then life, a purely natural way of
portraying passion and love through acting and
singing," he said.
Opera is the most difficult form of singing.
Miller said.
"You have. fO: learn Italian, French, and Ger
man," he said. "Youmbed to know the grammar
and inflection of the languages."
Miller said opera is a long-term corpmitment.
"It's like being a major league baseball player,"
he said. "It takes years and years to harness your
talent." j-*---^
Miller holds degrees in performance from the
Universities of Houston and Arizona; he is a doc
toral student in voice performance at the Univer
sity of Houston.
His performance will be broadcast by Texas
A&M's public radio station, KAMU-FM 90.9.
The Brown Bag Concert is presented by the
OP AS Stark Series and the Department of Philos
ophy and Humanities' Music Program.
Cowboy poet sings,
tells stories about
reality of Old West
By JULIE POLSTON
feature Writer of THE BATTALION
Western folk singer, guitarist,
songwriter and poet Ed Stabler
will perform tonight ah7:30 in the
MSC University Gallery.
Stabler, whose music ranges
from traditional cowboy songs to
contemporary western songs, said
his style is unlike the commercial
country music of today.
"Many of my songs are unfa
miliar, but I've found that most
audiences find themselves drawn
into what I bring to share with
them," he said.
Although the cowboy is a ma
jor subject in his work. Stabler
said he gives other people who
influenced the west their de
served recognition as well.
"Most of my songs tell stories
about western folks and events,"
he said. "My performances cele
brate their lives. Hollywood
glamorizes the West, I like to sing
about its reality - it's what grabs
my audiences."
Tonight's performance, spon
sored by the English Dept, and
the Inkshed Press, is free and
open to all interested persons.
Susan Kouyomjian, coordina
tor for guest speaker presenta
tions for the English Dept., said
the purpose of the presentations
is to expose students to various
ethnic cultures.
This year's focus is Western
artists. In addition to the Stabler
presentation this evening, the de
partment will bring in Native
American and African-American
artists later in the year, she said.
Kouyomijian said she feels
most students will enjoy Stabler's
work because of its authenticity,
as well as the traditional nature of
folk singing.
"The presentations provide
students access to a diverse array
of artists, particularly to the tra
dition of the West with the guests
we are having this year," she said.
Kouyomijian said that through
their works, the artists explain
why regional differences are not
as distinct as they were once
thought to be. Rather, diverse in
terests are the artists' inspiration,
she said.
Many of the Western artists be
gan in small towns, but their craft
enabled them to go beyond their
provinces, she said. In fact, many
of them have received national
recognition for their contribution
to the arts.
"These artists are growing the
art form in the West, and taking it
all over the country," Kouyomi
jian said.
'JPtcteic-
Blast from the past
O'Connor takes walk down
memory lane on new album
By JENNY MAGEE
Reviewer of THE BATTALION
Sinead O'Connor
"Am I Not Your Girl?"
Chrysalis Ensign Records
When I discovered that Sin&ad
O'Connor had done a cover ver
sion of "I Want to Be Loved By
You," a song made memorable by
Marilyn Monroe, I became con
vinced that something had gone
awry in the world.
O'Connor's new album, "Am I
Not Your Girl?" takes a sharp and
definite detour from the rebellion
that characterized "The Lion and
The Cobra" (1987) and "I Do Not
Want What I Haven't Got" (1990).
O'Connor appears to be wind
ing her clear Irish vocals down the
trails of her past.
The album is a collage of 11 re
makes from stage and screen's
classic past. O'Connor's voice,
freed by the lyrics of a simpler era,
spins off the album like bubbles.
"These are the songs I grew up
listening to," O'Connor explains
in the CD cover. "They are the
songs that made me want to be a
singer. That's the 'why.'"
Renditions of Julie London's
Sinead O'Connor sings old show
tunes on ‘Am I Not Your Girl?’
"Why Don't You Do Right?" and
"Black Coffee," a Peggy Lee tune,
establish a sense or carefree ro
mance and pure entertainment
that has been rare if not non-exis
tent in O'Connor's earlier work.
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
from Andrew Lloyd Webber's
"Evita" and "I Want To Be Loved
By You" suprisingly smooth the
edges of past protest into a unique
sensuality.
A throaty version of "Gloomy
Sunday" employs a vocal maturi
ty that I have never heard from
'Connor before.
At first it annoyed me to think
&
that the woman who was blaming
the world's problems on the Pope
was remaking other artists' work.
I was prepared to denounce the
credibility of the album. Howev
er, the more I listened, the more I
liked it.
I was captivated by the sinceri
ty with which O'Connor pursued
such a fun collection of songs. I
decided that it is necessary to sep
arate the singer from the songs in
order to appreciate "Am I Not
Your Girl?"
Getting caught up in the al
bum's inconsistencies would only
spoil it.
"Am I Not Your Girl?" will
probably never hit the mainstream
music scene as O'Connor's earlier
albums did. It is probably not
something that gets popped into
the CD player every day. But for
those goofy moods, for dancing in
front of the mirror, it is perfect.
"Am I Not Your Girl?" is emo
tionally connected to O'Connor's
past, but I, for one, appreciated
that I did not have to hear the
whole story behind it.
Sinead O'Connor has never
been my girl exactly, but I find
this "carefree" side much more
appealing.
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Student Publications Board
is accepting applications for
Editor, The Battalion
Spring 1993
The spring editor will serve from January 11, 1993, through
May 7, 1993.
Qualifications for editor of The Battalion are:
2.0 overall and major GPR at the time of taking office and during the
term of office;
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Battalion or comparable student newspaper,
OR
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Application forms should be picked up and returned to the
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