UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 9, Page 4
October 28, 1993
Up and coming
Jazz quartet, instrumental clinic to be presented Nov. 6
Saturday, Nov. 6, will be a day for jazz in Delaware with an evening
performance at the University by Charlie Haden's critically acclaimed
Quartet West and an afternoon clinic with tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts,
quartet member from Wilmington.
The concert is scheduled at 8 p.m. in Mitchell Hall, and tickets are
$15 for the general public, $10 for senior citizens and University faculty
and staff and $6 for students. For ticket information, call 831-2204.
The clinic, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 1 p.m.
at the New Christina Cultural Arts Center, 705 Market St., Wilmington.
At the clinic, Watts will discuss his life and career, plus
opportunities for others to embark on a career as a studio musician. He
will cover the qualities of the saxophone and its current popularity and
demonstrate different approaches and styles of improvisation. The clinic is
appropriate for instrumental musicians of all levels, and registration is
not necessary.
Haden, a composer and band leader who has been called a "poet" of the
bass, worked closely with such jazz greats as Art Pepper, Hampton Hawes,
Dexter Gordon and Paul Bley before joining Ornette Coleman's quartet in the
late 1950s. His work with the quartet helped change the role of the bass
from strictly an accompanist to a more important individual voice.
During the 1960s, he also recorded with John Coltrane, Archie Shepp
and Pee Wee Russell, as well as touring with Keith Jarrett. In 1969, Haden
and Carla Bley assembled 11 musicians, among them Don Cherry and Gato
Barbieri, under the name Liberation Music Orchestra to make a record that
became a milestone in recorded jazz, winning France's Grand Prix Charles
Cros and Japan's Gold Disc Award. The same year, Haden was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship for composition.
Two later recordings by the reorganized Liberation Music Orchestra won
Down Beat magazine's Critics' Poll as Record of the Year in 1984 and 1991,
respectively.
The quartet's third and most recent recording, "Haunted Heart,"
received a 1992 Grammy nomination and made Time Magazine's list of the best
music of the year. The other members of Quartet West are Watts; Alan
Broadbent, piano; and Larance Marable, drums.
Ernie Watts moved to Wilmington at the age of 10. Starting on baritone
sax, he was awarded a scholarship to the Wilmington Music School. He also
studied with Boyse Lowrey of the Christina Cultural Arts Center. After
heading for a career in classical music and beginning work towards a
teaching degree at West Chester University, he received a Downbeat
scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
During his second year at Berklee, Watts landed a spot in Buddy Rich's
big band, where he was spotted by Doc Severinsen, who offered him the tenor
chair with The Tonight Show Orchestra, where he played for more than 20
years.
Among the many artists he has performed with are the Rolling Stones,
Quincy Jones, Cannonball Adderly, Herbie Hancock, Whitney Houston, Pat
Metheny and Frank Zappa. As a studio musician, he appears on recordings by
Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Gladys Knight, the Jacksons, Aretha
Franklin, Rickie Lee Jones, Smokey Robinson, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross
and others.
His saxophone work can be heard in several film and television scores,
including The Fabulous Baker Boys, Among 48 Hours, Ghostbusters, Tootsie,
Arthur, The Color Purple, Fame and Cagney and Lacy.
The clinic and concert are presented by the Performing Arts Series of
the University of Delaware. The clinic is presented in cooperation with the
Christina Cultural Arts Center and Wilmington Music School.
This program was made possible by a grant from the Mid Atlantic Arts
Foundation in partnership with the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest National
Jazz Network, Delaware Division of the Arts and the National Endowment for
the Arts, a federal agency.
For information, call 831-8741.
Center schedules skill workshops
The Center for Teaching Effectiveness will present a workshop entitled
"Conflict Resolution: Finding the Common Ground" from 8:30-4:30 p.m.,
Friday, Nov. 12, and Friday, Jan. 7, in the Collins Room of the Perkins
Student Center. The workshop will provide strategies to help people move
through differences and toward positions that everyone can support. These
skills are useful in handling "difficult people" and in situations with
colleagues in the workplace.
This one-day seminar is open to students, faculty and other University
employees.
The center also will offer a workshop entitled, "Defensive Teaching,"
from 12:30-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 2, in the Collins Room of the Perkins
Student Center. This course will focus on limits, issues and concerns that
relate to female-male interaction between faculty and students. The mode of
the session will be discussion.
Registration is required. To register, call CTE at 831-2027 or send
e-mail to Virginia.Greene@MVS.udel.edu.
1993 Homecoming festivities
The University's annual Homecoming celebration will be held this
weekend, with a variety of student and alumni festivities scheduled.
Students will get Homecoming Weekend off to a grand start at 3 p.m.,
Friday, Oct. 29, when a carnival with 19 booths opens on Harrington Beach,
located behind the Perkins Student Center.
At 5:40 p.m., Homecoming bonfire festivities will begin at the same
site. University President David P. Roselle will give welcoming remarks,
University cheerleaders and the Blue Hen mascot YoUDee will be introduced
and radio personalities from radio station WSTW (93.7 FM) will announce the
crowning of the Homecoming king and queen.
Blue Hen football head coach Harold R. "Tubby" Raymond will speak, and
the University of Delaware Marching Band will lead a procession to a
bonfire at the far end of the Harrington Beach, near Gilbert Residence
Hall. As a good luck ritual, a replica of the University of Maine Black
Bear, the Homecoming opponent's mascot, will be thrown into the bonfire for
good luck in anticipation of Saturday's football game.
All events are open to the public. There are varying costs for
participating in carnival events. The carnival is sponsored by the
Inter-Fraternity Council and the Pan-Hellenic Council. Proceeds will go to
numerous charities supported by University fraternities and sororities.
The alumni portion of the weekend starts on Friday with an alumni
reception and open house, scheduled from 6-7:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall on Main
Street. Later that evening, the Alumni Homecoming Dance will be held from 9
p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Acierno Arena of the Bob Carpenter Center. Performing
will be the Fabulous Greaseband. Tickets for the dance are $8 in advance or
$12 at the door.
Other events scheduled for Friday include a dinner for the Class of
l938, a reception for the Class of 1968, a reunion of chemical engineers
from the class of 1953 and a reunion for football players and cheerleaders
from the Boardwalk Bowls of 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971.
Saturday activities begin at 9 a.m. when the College of Physical
Education, Athletics and Recreation will sponsor the third annual U.D.
Campus 5K Run/Walk. Call 831-1437 for more information.
At 10 a.m., the Office of Alumni and University Relations hospitality
tent will open behind Delaware Field House, next to the north end zone.
Limited-edition, custom, miniature reproductions of campus landmarks
offered by the College of Human Resources will be on display.
Also at 10 a.m., the College of Business and Economics Alumni Award of
Excellence reception will be held in Clayton Hall. College festivities will
continue at 11 a.m. with a tailgate party for alumni and guests near
Delaware Stadium. Call 831-2551 for more information on these events.
Also scheduled in the morning are tailgate parties for the classes of
1938, 1948, 1958, 1968, 1973 and 1993 and for the Black Alumni Organization
(BAO). For information on the BAO tailgate, call 831-2302.
From 10 a.m.-2 p.m., the exhibition "Delaware in Wartime" will be open
for viewing in the Special Collections Gallery of the Morris Library.
At 11 a.m., the College of Arts and Science Welcome Back Tent will
open, featuring cold drinks and a performance by the Alumni Marching Band.
Kickoff time for the Delaware-Maine game is 1 p.m. at Delaware
Stadium, and block seating is available for members of the classes of 1938,
1948, 1958, 1968, 1973, 1983, 1988 and 1993. For ticket information, call
831-2257.
Prior to kickoff, fans will be able to view various floats, created by
student organizations, will be on display near the entrance to Delaware
Stadium, beginning at 10 a.m.
After the game, a goalpost party will be held in the hospitality tent
behind the Delaware Field House, featuring a cash bar and food.
Wrapping up the weekend will be cocktail receptions for the classes of
1968, 1963 and 1943, a cocktail party for the class of 1983 and reunion
dinners for the classes of 1948 and 1958.
Fans are reminded that their Blue and Gold wardrobes will be
incomplete without the brand new YoUDee tattoo.
The Student Alumni Association will sell removable, two-color tattoo
of Delaware's new mascot for $1 on Friday, Oct. 29, at the Harrington Beach
Carnival and beginning at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 30, Homecoming Day, at
the Office of Alumni and University Relations Hospitality Tent, behind
Delaware Field House.
Money raised from tattoo sales will benefit a new scholarship fund.
For additional information on University of Delaware Homecoming
events, call the Office of Alumni and University Relations, telephone
831-2341.
Hedrick Smith to lecture on Nov. 10
The Delaware Humanities Forum will sponsor a lecture by New York Times
correspondent Hedrick Smith at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 10, in Clayton Hall.
Smith was a correspondent in Washington, Moscow, Cairo, Saigon, Paris
and the American South for 26 years. He is the author of several
best-selling books, including The Russians, The Power Game: How Washington
Works and The New Russians.
Over the past five years, Smith has also become known for outstanding
television documentaries on PBS. His documentary series "Inside Gorbachev's
USSR," won the Columbia DuPont Gold Baton, grand prize in all categories of
public affairs television for 1991.
Currently, Smith is finishing a new documentary series: "Challenge to
America," due to air on PBS in January. "Challenge" will compare the U.S.
to economic rivals Japan and Germany.
The free lecture will be followed immediately by a reception. Bus
transportation will be available from Sussex and Kent counties. To reserve
a place at the lecture, or to make bus reservations, call 633-2400 or
1-800-752-2060.
Newark Symphony chamber music
The Newark Symphony Orchestra will present a chamber music concert at
8:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Newark United Methodist Church.
The program will feature Concert Duet for Bassoons, by Bozza, Fairy
Tales for Violin, Viola and Piano, Op. 13, by Schumann and Quintet in B
Minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115, by Brahms.
For more information, call the orchestra office at 994-7596.
Annual faculty display at gallery
Selected recent works in a wide range of media will be represented in
the Department of Art's 15th annual faculty exhibition, on view from Nov. 1
through Dec. 10 at the University Gallery in Old College.
An opening reception to honor the artists will be held from 4:30-7
p.m., Monday, Nov. 1, at the gallery, located on the second floor of Old
College.
This annual exhibition provides an opportunity for the general public
to become better acquainted with the varied styles and artistic processes
represented by the work of the University's art faculty.
In conjunction with the exhibition, two noontime programs offering
informal dialogues with artists will be presented at the gallery. Scheduled
from noon-1 p.m., the programs will feature associate professor Randy C.
Bolton on Tuesday, Nov. 16, and assistant professor Priscilla Smith on
Wednesday, Dec. 1. Participants are invited to bring a brown bag lunch.
Seating is limited.
The exhibition, opening reception and noontime programs are all free
and open to the public.
Open from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, and from 1-5 p.m.,
Saturdays and Sundays, the gallery is closed on all University holidays.
The University Gallery is wheelchair-accessible. Persons in need of
special assistance or additional information should call 831-8242.
Staff association luncheon Nov. 11
The November University Staff Association luncheon will be held from
noon-1 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 11, in Hartshorn Hall, located at the corner of
Academy Street and East Park Place.
Featured will be the PTTP actors, who will present vignettes of some
recent performances, show what an audition is like and demonstrate how to
set up for a performance.
Cost is $6.50 for a gourmet box lunch and $1.25 for those who prefer
to brown bag. To register, send completed registration forms and checks,
made payable to the University of Delaware, to Mary Hutton in Accounts
Payable. Checks should be sent no later than Nov. 8.
For more information, or to request a registration form, call Cyndi
Timko at 831-8505.
Sci-fi illustrator in Recitation Hall
David Mattingly, New York science fiction and fantasy illustrator,
computer artist and matte painter, will visit the University from 10
a.m.-noon, Tuesday, Nov. 2, in the Art Site in Room 202E of Recitation
Hall.
There are a limited number of seats available for non-illustration
students. Call 831-2857 to attend.
Mattingly also will give a public lecture with slides of his work from
5-6 p.m., in Room 102 of Recitation Hall. All students and faculty are
invited to attend.
A graduate of the Art Center of Design in Pasadena, Calif., Mattingly
has produced over 400 covers for most major publishers of science fiction
and fantasy.
He is a two-time winner of the Magazine and Booksellers "Best Covers
of the Year," awred and he won the 1992 Association of Science Fiction
artists award for "Best Magazine Cover."