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December 1989
9
The Arts
Annual Lila Moe Conce t Featu res Fa rner, Aarons
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Wale Sayinka
Nigerian Nobel Lau reate Honored By cou ntryma n During PLU Visit "As he read about h is c h i l dhood, a h alf-a dozen chi l d ren sat at h i s feet . It was so tou c h i n g , " said School of the A rts Dean R ichard Moe. Moe was desc r i b i ng the scene that sur ro un ded Wole Soy i n ka, the 1 986 N obel Prize in Literat u re reci pi ent. Soyinka p resented a poetry rea d i n g last October to a c rowd that packed Aida I n g ram Lect u re H a l l . " P L U stu dents, com mun ity members a n d school c h i ldren sat in ra pt atten tion," Moe commented. Soy i n ka read from his memoi rs, "Ake: The Yea rs of C h i l d hood" and h i s most
recent vol u me of poetry, "Mandel a's Earth and Other Poems." After the rea d i n g, the crowd reassem bled in the Un iversity Gall ery, where the works of N igeria's lea d i n g a rtist were on d isplay. Bruce On obrakpeya, a friend and fel l ow Nigeri an, was fi nally able to show Soy i n ka a very spec i a l p iece of a rt. After Soy i n ka was awarded the Nobel Prize, Onobrakpeya cre ated a plaque commemorating h i s fri end's ach ievement. Soy i n ka saw that plaque for the fi rst time at PLU. "It was a n extraord i n a ry day for PLU a n d for Ni geria," Moe sai d .
World Pre miere Of Dop p man n Work To Be Perform ed At PLU In January The world p r em i e r e of William Doppmann's Trio for Horn, Viola a n d Piano will be performed by the Centrum Cham ber Players at 7 p . m . S u nday, Jan. 28 in the U niversity Center. The new piece was written for PLU and is subtitled " Dove/Hawk, Lion/La mb: A Strate-
PLU V ideo Earns Fifth Award "Lou ie, Lou i e," a video produced by PLU Telev i s i o n a n d A u d i o Servi ces fo r t h e Washi ngton State Centen nial, h a s won its fifth award, an E m e r a l d C i ty Gold C u p Award from t h e International Television Video Association. The video features the Choir of the West and d i rector Richard Spa rks. It previously received two awards fro m Rel igious Public Relations Council (RPRc) a n d honors from Counci l for Adva ncement and S u p port of Ed ucation (CASE) a n d the Pierce College Centennial F i l m Festiva l .
g y For Peace." I t will premi ere d u ring PLU's Interim, whose theme this year is "St rate gy for Peace." T h e p ro g r a m a l so i n c l u d es M o z a rt's String Quartet with Horn, KA0 3, and Doh n anyi's Q u i ntet for Piano and Strings. Doppmann, a former Tacoman, is a classi cal pianist based i n New York. He has won severa l i nternational co m petitions and has performed with the Chicago, Detroit, C i n cinnati, Houston and Tokyo sy mphon ies. He has recorded for Col u mbia, Nonesuch and Delos. As a composer, Dop p m a n n has recei ved com missi ons from chamber ensembles to orchestras. His works a re publ ished by G. S h i rmer and MarGun Press. E a c h w i nt e r D op p m a n n o r g a n i zes a select gro u p of i nternational ly-recog n i zed musicians to perform chamber music con certs. T h i s year, the C e n t r u m C h a m ber Players i nclude Dop p m a n n, v i o l i n ists Theo do re Arm and C a rm i t Zori, viol ist Paul Colette, cel list Stephen Kates and hornist Robert Routch. The concert costs 510 for general adm is sion and 55 for students and sen ior citi zens. C a l l 5 3 5-7 1 43 fo r further I nforma tion.
Northwest C h a m ber Orchestra cell i st Richard Aarons j o i ns PLU p i a n i t Rich ard Farner for the 1 2th a n n u a l Lila Moe Mem o ria l Concert. The recital beg i ns at 3 p m . Su nday March 4 i n Eastvold Aud itori u m. The p rogram opens w i t h Beet oven 's Sonata for Piano and Cello i n g minor. Aarons will perform Bach's S u ite No. 1 for U naccom pa n ied Cello. Farner will play Franck's Prelude, C horale and Fugue. The recital culmi nates with Aaron s and Farner perfo r m i n g S h osta ovich 's Cello Sonata in d m i nor. Proceeds from t h i s recital benefit the Lila Moe Memorial Scho l a rs h i p F u n d . The fund provi des ass istance to women stu dents who are resum i n g t h e i r ed ucation and who have career interests in the arts. Suggested donation is 58 for general admissi on and 54 for students a n d sen ior citizens.
PLU's First Com pact Disc Features Late Baroque Organ Mus i c "The Grand Centu ry: O rgan M u sic from the Late Baroque" is PLU's fi rst com pact disc release. The record i n g featu res PLU m u sic p ro fessor David Dahl perfo rm i ng on the Brom baugh t racker organ at C h rist C h u rch, Tacoma. "The Bromba ugh organ conta ins all of the critical tonal elements needed to bring this colorful organ literature alive," sai d Da h l . T h e record ing presents sa m p l i ngs from German, Fren ch, Italian a n d Engl ish organ m usic from the golden period of the late Baroque era. Also ava i la ble on cassette, the record ing i s PLU A u d i o Reco rd i ngs' fifth rel ease in five years. In 1 985, Dahl and the Choir of the West recorded "J .s. Bach and the Chorale." A 1 986 Ch ristmas Record i n g , "Songs to the Shepherd," featured the Choir, U n iver sity Chorale and Washi ngton Brass Qui ntet. Dahl, the C h o ra l e a n d Everg reen Brass Qui ntet were featu red on the 1 987 "Cele b ration i n H y m n " reco r d i n g . Last year, " Passport" featu red the Choir perform i n g l ive d u ri n g its concert t o u r o f Engla n d . Records and cassettes o f all five record- ' ings are avai lable at 58.95. The "Grand Cen tury" com pact disc is 5 1 2 .95. Qua ntity dis counts a re available. For information or to pl ace orders, ca l l P L U Audio Recordi n gs, 1 -800-7 27-5566.