UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 25, Page 4
March 24, 1994
Up and coming

Brass fest set on campus in April
     Performances and master classes conducted by the Eastman Brass
Quintet, resident faculty ensemble at the Eastman School of Music, will
highlight the University's Brass Festival, scheduled for Tuesday and
Wednesday, April 5-6.
     The Eastman Brass is known for its innovative programming and
consummate skill, as well as its imaginative and unusual repertoire. All
faculty members of the Eastman School of Music, the group's members
frequently take their teaching skills to other campuses offering master
classes and workshops in conjunction with performances.
     Festival events scheduled for April 5 at the University include a 4
p.m. coaching session by Eastman Brass for members of the community and
student brass ensembles in Room 208 of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
     At 8 p.m., April 5, the Eastman Brass will present a concert in
Mitchell Hall auditorium. The program will include music by Josquin Des
Prez, Alvin Etler, Verne Reynolds, arrangements of Stephen Foster tunes, a
new quintet by Eastman composer and Pulitzer Prize-winner Christopher Rouse
and Saint-Saens' The Carnival of Venice as a finale.
     Tickets for the concert are $15 for the general public, $10 for
faculty, staff and senior citizens and $6 for students. For reservations or
more information, contact the box office at 831-2204.
     The festival continues on Wednesday with many activities by the
Eastman Brass, all in the music building. All events are open free of
charge to University students and community brass players, teachers or
interested persons.
     Events include a coaching of community brass quintets and students at
1 p.m. in Room 118; a brass chamber music clinic at 2:30 p.m. in Loudis
Recital Hall and individual brass instrument clinics in locations to be
announced at 4 p.m.
     At 8 p.m., a concert featuring the Delaware Brass, assisted by
trombonist Paul Arbogast and the Eastman Brass Quintet, will be held in
Loudis Recital Hall. The program will include Leonard Bernstein's West Side
Story Suite, plus works by Handel, Pachelbel, Jan Koetsier, Raymond Premru
and Sonny Kopanek. For more information, contact Jay Hildebrandt, music, at
831-1263.
     In addition to trombonist Hildebrandt, other members of the Delaware
Brass are Alan Hamant and James Hala, trumpets; Cynthia Carr, horn; and Al
Start, tuba.
     Members of the Eastman Brass are Barbara Butler, trumpet; Charles
Geyer, trumpet; John Marcellus, trombone; Peter Kurau, horn; and Don Harry,
tuba.

Public invited to theatre rehearsals
     If you've ever wondered how the Professional Theatre Training Program
(PTTP) creates its productions, now's your chance to get a peek at the
creative process. Three evenings of open rehearsals have been scheduled
this month prior to the opening of PTTP's spring festival of plays.
     The public is invited free of charge to limited seating rehearsals for
George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House and Major Barbara and William
Congreve's Way of the World.
     The rehearsals will take place in Hartshorn Theatre from 7:30-11 p.m.
with a 15-minute break in the middle of the evening. Open rehearsal
evenings are set tonight, March 24, for Heartbreak House; Tuesday, March
29, for Major Barbara; and Wednesday, March 30, for Way of the World.
     Because seating is limited, persons planning to attend are urged to
call the Hartshorn box office at 831-2204 to reserve a seat.
     The Professional Theatre Training Program will present the three plays
and Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals in rotating repertory during
April and May.

Step show to aid Wilson scholarship
     University students will show off their best moves at a step
competition and party, scheduled on Friday, April 15, at the Delaware Field
House.
     Sponsored by the National Panhellenic Council at the University, the
event will benefit the Richard Wilson Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund.
     Beginning at 8 p.m., the competition will be hosted by Lewis Dix, a
comedian from Philadelphia now living in California. Dix, who has opened
for Luther Vandross and En Vogue, has appeared on The Cosby Show, You Bet
Your Life, Showtime at the Apollo and The Arsenio Hall Show and has hosted
Soul Train. Currently, he can be seen in commercials for McDonald's and
Tide.
     Disc jockey for the evening will be Doc "B" of Wilmington.
     Participating in the show will be sororities Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta
Sigma Theta, Sigma Gamma Rho and Zeta Phi Beta and fraternities Alpha Phi
Alpha, Iota Phi Theta, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi and Phi Beta Sigma.
     Advance tickets are $8 for the step show only and $10 for the show and
party, which begins at midnight. At the door, tickets will be $10 for the
step show and $5 for the party. Tickets are on sale now at the Bob
Carpenter Center box office, which is open from noon-5 p.m., Mondays
through Fridays.
     The scholarship fund, which supports minority students from Delaware
who demonstrate academic promise, honors Richard A. Wilson, who died in
1992. The University's first full-time black administrator, Mr. Wilson was
at the University for 25 years and served in a variety of capacities,
including director of the Upward Bound program and associate director of
undergraduate admissions.
     For information, call 831-2991.

Scouts invited to post show party
     Brownies, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts will get a special
treat when they attend the Shari Lewis show April 4 at the Bob Carpenter
Center.
     All scouts who attend the performance and wear their uniforms will be
admitted to a special party with Lewis after the show.
     Lewis' commitment to children has included serving on the national
board of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. and on the international board of
the Boy Scouts
     Tickets the show-set at 1 p.m., Monday, April 4-are on sale now at the
Bob Carpenter Center box office and by phone through TicketMaster at
984-2000 or (215) 336-2000. Tickets are $13.50 for the general public, and
a limited number of tickets are available at $11 for those with UD ID. A
ticket service charge may apply. For information on group sales, please
call UD1-HENS (831-4367).
     Lewis and her puppets have been entertaining millions of children and
their parents for more than 30 years, and, in that time, she has received
honors in virtually every creative pursuit. An accomplished actress,
producer, orchestra conductor, recording artist, ventriloquist, puppeteer
and author, she has set the standard for family-oriented entertainment
around the world. She has performed at the White House for Presidents
Reagan, Carter, Bush and Clinton and has given four command performances
for the queen of England.
     Her many honors include a Peabody Award, the John F. Kennedy Center
Award for Excellence and Creativity, two American Video Conference Awards,
a Parents' Choice Award and the prestigious Action for Children's
Television Award. She also has won nine Emmys.
     The concert is sponsored by the University's Bob Carpenter Center.

String concert in Loudis on April 4
     The University's resident Mendelssohn String Quartet-featuring Nick
Eanet and Nicholas Mann, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; and Marcy
Rosen, cello-will present a concert at 8 p.m., Monday, April 4, in the
Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
     The program will include String Quartet in F Major and String Quartet
in A Major by Robert Schumann and String Quartet in B Flat Major by
Johannes Brahms.
     Cost is $7.50, adults; $5, UD faculty/staff, senior citizens; $2,
students. Tickets may be purchased in advance from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Mondays
through Fridays, in Room 209 of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
     For information, call 831-2577.