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Best Season Ahead

Brevard MusicCen ter Opens July 5thThe first performance of Bre.-

vard Music Center's 38th seasonwill be given, fittingly, by apianist who lives in New YorkCity, whose music has taken

her several times around the.....orld. but who chooses to spendher summers in our mountains.

" Brevard is a joy," SylviaRabinoff said in a telephoneinterview this week.

" I find a whole atmosphere ofmu sic·making separate (romthe pettiness which sometimesgrows lip around a group ofmuslcians ."

Is it the view from her cabin

window, is it the slower cad·ence of our speaking, is it walk-ing on grass instead of con-crete or waterfalls the h e i ~ h l ofher Manhattan apartment buildin g, is it the response of NorthCarolina audiences? Simple"Southern hospitality?"

Mrs. Rabinoff will say only."There is a ' graciousness aboutBrevard."

Friday evening, July 5th, Mrs.

Rabinoff will perform BrahmsPiano Concerto No. 1 with theBrevard Music Center Orchestra conducted by Henry Janiec,the Center's artistic director. A

member of the pre·college di-vision faculty of the JuilliardSchool of Music, Mrs. Rabinoffwill rem3in here for two monthsas the Center's artist-in-resi

dence.

Her husband, &mno, the vio-lin half of their internationallyacclaimed duo , will join his wifeonstage July 31st for a programof sonatas for violin and piano.

Mrs. Rabinoff speaks of herteaching in New York:

"Work at the Juiltiard is highly intense. A lot of competition.Brevard is more of a community. Everyone is there m a k i n ~ music and there is a great dealof cooperation.

" The ratio of students toteachers is low enough that Iam able to get a personal feeling for every student, even intheory class."

Since an 18-year-old pianistnamed Sylvia Smith made herdebut on a Paris s t a ~ e "someyears ago," lovers of the pianorepertoire - particularly of

Beethoven sonatas - havegathered in concert halls acrossthe United States, in Canada,Asia, Africa, the Middle andNear East, and in the capitals

of Europe to witness the skillsof the native New Yorker. Mrs.Rabinoff's first visit to the Cen-ter here was a brief one, anovernight stay and performance

in 1966. She was not certainwhat awaited her "hen she accepted a faculty position herelast summer.

"I expected a lot seeing theprogram and remembering mystay her,e in 1966 . But I did not~ e t to know the students thefirst time I was here'!

" I did not realize just howJ!:ood their music would be.There is nothing average or

amateur about the v,.'Ork of thestudents at Brevard. The student recitals are wonderful. Ilook forward to hearing themusic myself. Does that soundstrange? But it's true. Theirmusic really is professional ."

Beyond the 180 acres of theCenter itself, the world travellerfinds the town of Brevard "awonderful community, veryfriendly."

"Here (in New York ) you

can 't walk the streets at night.Thes:e of my students here atJuilliard who were with me lastsummer at Brevard can't waitto return."



300 Young MusicianS------ __

M a . o - - r . T r n h P : ; ; - o - : - " - - - - , c ; = - i " 7 ' - - , .- : " " 7S " " " ! t " , . . . n:""--S i q g eThe polished public face of the '" <u ,- • 'l; ' ~ ~ rH • > ... ;:-

Brevard

ROBERT BARR. BREVARD MUSIC CENTER

B r e ~ a r d Music Center' is , Georgia Power Co.-sebolarshlp' to • symphony and h a ~ ,put ID the Nor is B r ~ ~ . r d an:Wor ,smgn oexhibited under the auditorium , ,"" r .'r come Jo Breva'rd: v He i. 'OD . found;ations of • good cla.slcal ,play. Last lam 'mer's eoettrt

lights three times-each weekend, F a c u perf6rmers ·on c- the n e i ~ h e r the,BMCO or,the!SO; he record ,collection. Band 'ound out tti.t t J « ~ r s . but the Center's truer aspect can BMC Orchestra coach students in. p l a Y S t h l ~ d ch ,!ir In tJ;ae ,cone.ert . • ,_ , '" A " • _.of the previous lummer'( .. ad

be seen all day every daY ' in the , their varioos Instruments during band. ," '\. "Bemg here opened a world for had played R ~ m s k y . K ~ a k ~ ' s intent features of some 300 young ,., sectlonal ·rehe; ;:sal ·sesslons. . . " '" ..;1 j . ..' 1..' him' that h.e had not thought of ' jFlIgbt of Bumblebee" fa fae

muscians; ' . )',.-c1

...... "Everybody here-I'd say '95 before," believes Barr. m i ~ u t e and five secJ.d. /

T h e competition for 'chair , perceJ;lt-Js aJi-state material , '" , band's pertuulonl.&4c. be" , .Melanie Wilsden. Is 14 and an positions in the " hree' groups is l.ve been to the University of "We don" build castles in the / holding a stopwatch on reh"r;

oboe player, S ~ e comes from a 1 .stiff. Practice cabins fill at sunup Georgia brasS . workshop and .alr for these kids, But ·a. sals. 'S' . .:- .1;muiical family-both of .. h e ~ 1 and remain i!l use until a trumpet ' tJiere is jusf tio c o ~ p a r i s o n . dip youngster l e ~ v e s here, we hope, ' " .. !<led t.hA thparents play the piano and sing; , . player has the Jast word with not expect it to be as hantas it with a real Intelligent concept or .They dec . ' ey : .I } -her sister is· a flutist-and has " taps" at JO p: m . ) Student is." t; !' t, '·' what they are getting into In · gomgtoplar itmun ~ l i / studied oboe for two years In her , musician", ostensibly "campers" ..:'!It . ~ . , \ ,musk . The ~ a j o r l , an make a It becam,? the whole goal for

hometown of Marietta, G!II" on s u m m vf:l:catioil, _average Such humility is the beglnnb;1g dedsion whether or not they ,wUl sumrp.er, Barr J a u g hBefore that she h a ~ {studied , five hours of practic( a day. of r ~ v e m e n t , !Jarr go , into music or ~ o m e other " . h ' I h ,; , . '"piano. While in elementary . _ . , believe5.,u career, We try to tell tbem their O v e ~ t e yean a v , ~ :

' school she read a band magazine "I t is harder than 'I e " p e t e d . ' I ';!:w ~ ~ ' , • t chances. : Get them to asir: the many of them play way over tJfl:x

_whIch described summer music concedes Richard Hajek, 14 ,' an "We had a kid here a couple of questlon r- can I make a UyIng _ ~ e a d s , way o y ~ r their 0'i.D t"camps. " Her music teacher A ~ s t r a l i a n citizen whose parents years O : ; : real good little , with talent. Music J. a pntty pectatiOQ. ,They ,Jalt-.talaughed when MelanIe, then 11, now live.ln Atlanta, Gl: "i was trumpet player, very good., Aense forest. ' s ~ m e w a y . l t i s a h m : u e : d ~ : u i ~ ~ expressed her Intention to one surprised at how good o ~ e r came up ~ e r e and out of seven Tbey just go n t aday come to Brevard. She began students are." ,.. trumpets m the. concert band .h.e "They practice, perfonn, eat piece. , .a schedule of practicing oboe for wds"number six . 1 saw him in his .and just relax with professional " , .. "

to two' hours a day with Richard has studied violin for ' home town the following winter musicians for seven weeks, so "'Ibis one aftef1!OOD we ""roeanother hour or so given over to four' years beginning on a, jUnior t ana asked' 111m . what' he' had they get sOme idea what the life is giving a concert at Montreatr,!1"piano practice. . High school instrumeni and : learned.at Brevard. <He' jus h like. We ,letthem know you don't whole group: went, cra;t:

l graduating into private lessons . grinned at me . 1 found out.one have to be a great performer to lust w,ent and sat .down. ._.This summer" is his, fjrst at thing: ~ e b o d y else' can play be a good teacher." ", : " ~ e y that feeling, a c o n d this past spring, the band

direcior at Floyd JUnior HighSchool in Smyrna, Ga. (near

Marietta outside Atlanta)

d i s c o v e r e ~ that he had one' ap;

plication to ' the T r a n y l v a n i a Music Camp at Brevard. Hegave it to Melanie: Her audition,

· won for her not only admission to 'the Center, but a scholarshipfrom the Georgia Power Cpm-pany.

Brevard. He failed to make trumpet too' ' 15 just m.the way. They p l a ~ , , : : ! e i t h ~ of the two "'big" or. ' - No one seems to object to the ."Flight of the 'Bumblebee" , 57

chestras. His reaction? "I am "I t is i m p o ~ n t lor them to rigors of Brevarct.. seconds." , '.\0 ' ' ' 'practicing harder. I wan( to learn that no m a ~ t e r how good , J

'/ make the TSO." they are ch!lnces are there i. ' Gene ,Smith p r o ~ a b l y speaks . Ttte d u r a t i ~ of the pieeealways going to be s o m ~ e for the ~ a j O r i t y when he ~ y s , "Rimslty-Konakov p o e e d t· .better. Oh. there are ncepHons. "Being here has strengthened.lll¥- =.... u t e 40 , 8 e c o n ~ . : . . . arr sIts tn on: 'audition,s , the

first two days of each summer. sessions, . then monitors _ the

.proiress .f each 01 his studentsthrough the summer.

We've had the prodigies. But plan!i to be.a musiciari." ,.generally we siabli5h for a .kid a "

. new set of personal ,.,standar.ds._. And , result of p r a c ~ l c e ''-' . ' : -•• "'} t l t i o n a r e s e v k l e ~ t .

th,e1 .. u m b l e enough , _ .• .Did the pretty oboe player with "Those comPetiUve audi tions to' where they ' can ' go olit 'and ' " I feel like I m getting better,

the musical mother and tbe are like walking into a bUzz ' Saw. prActice ' ana ' get .better, then ~ p e c i a i l Y a t sight reading," .Singing father take the Brevard This happens a lot- a !tid will n o t h i n g . i s g o i n g happen. But Melanie -· announces ! brigt::lUy.\Music Center by t o r m ? .. 1J. 'come here the best on the clarinet w h e n t b e y "challenged like A n : ~ t h e girl who sits next t"o .me;.')

. . 'say ; or trumpet, in his hometown that it is almost frightening how in , TSO says that I have

Last week she was placed in the ' . aila right :oU the bat there are f{tr .f.hey: can ·go.;" ., p r o v e d ,> ' ',., • 1 I . ' .first chair of the Center's wind h ~ r a d o z e ~ ciarinet; players"or . I~ n s e m b l e conducted by Robert -J tr;Jmpet players, who can cut him Ba " r e c a l l young man "who· :""Jjistening the oboe players

Barr. The group has two weeks 1n his best piece. I It's rough." near-Iy in 'tears a p p r o a c h ~ h l m ( In.j,the ' BMC helps. Just beingin which to prepare three major ' . - fol lowing' hi8 (irst audition ' at around all the musicialll here, aconcerts. At her .first rehearsal , .r. , Br.evard. The,boy announced bls lot .of them better tban me ..Just

in her new seat, Melanie was lost. - Toni M e r e '16, ' of '1UJifkln, i n t e n t l go. h o ~ e . hea r ing 'everybOdY "l, ~ r ~ c t , . ce

· S h ~ struggled through: sight · S.C. plays s.econd· chair, clarinet . - , " " '. encourages 'me to -'prac ce

r ~ a d i n g her part, then, in some, in the Concert Band. He .is 'at -uRe sca ;:ed J to deatti ' ... mOre .. · tt-1

dIS!reSS , sought aa r.r after the revard for: hls· second sum.mer. 'Barr r ~ l I s " <, A11 we play 6 ' a ~ k ,;;; ; ~ ? . '. '" . -r e h e a ~ l . ) ". home·is ·fOOtball music he told .me " Scott-- Rolik. 17, who heard

; ....<The hardest' thU;g is getting ' h e n e ~ e r h e a t d p e o p l e play, the about the Music Center fro!D a,"I 've been used to playing ail the other clarinet t h e s e h e r e c a n p l a y . ' f o i m Brevard student who, .iS

Class B. or C h l g ~ 5 c h o o l :t players= Mw·goOd they are." . , ~ ' . ' \ ~ ' . . • ' • . o t t · s t r u m p ~ t ,te acher Inmusic. Our band a(home is good \ . , . ' . 9 Barr talked him 'Into staying. Dearborn, MichIgan, feels a f ~ tiut nothing , lke""ilie"'wtnll . . Gene SmItb 18, a trumr:ter j'be ·las Ccim e. ihe titllld l tllrecter five ',an , all around ira· /,semble. The music here is a lot ~ 4 1 t - 1 . . . . . CM<>Wft1f t i i : f O f . i h t i f d e l i plofemen , 1t-ls a CO!,1tras

hirder thaD I expected. I never peorglR AU-stiie O r c h e s t r a last the boy was taklnl: private witlJ yoW' 1;e8chers ..Youdreamed I would be iJ ear. H e ~ a l a w . r d e c . a N a t i o b a l lessons at home. He had pur- get a varlety 'of v.iewwipt on how

Barr, a member of the facilityat ' .Converse 'College and aveteran or y e a t i at the Music

Center, has a fatherly manner on I

the podium ._

"Sweetie," he said to her."You've just been moved into the

I big league. Take that folder, getI behind a tree and practice. And

• pray a ' lot,"

• Barr chuckles alter the girl has

I one. ......

J "She is a good little oboist,

• She's young and stili has a little:J tendency to panic. With the

experience she's " getting, theexposure to all sorts of playing,she'll make out nne. In another 'year if she comes back here, shewill be a mature performer.

"They are challenged so muchhere . A student will rpart andplay more in a summer than he

would in three <lr four years inhigh school. There is a real exposure to the f a c u l t y U's almost

frightening how far some of these

kids go in a summer ."

It is the Brevard Music Center

Orchestra which has provided themusic for Brevard's opera

productions and for the concertperformance of Endre Balogh.Eugene List. John Alexander,Robert Shaw, Sylvia Rablnoff.Anna . Moffo and Jacques

D'Amboise. Only about 45

students perform with the BMCOrchestra, half of which is ex!

elusively profes s iona l

musicians-Center faculty 'members. Another 30 studentsj ~ i n those 45 to ~ a k e up theTransylvania Symphony Or

che ,stra. Brevar4's other"weekend" orchestra.,

Unsung but no less active are

Brevard's Transylvania Youth

Orchestra (TY0 1, Wind 'En semble and Concert . Band. TheTYO is directed and conducted byMario Mancinelli, who holdsseparate rehearsals for the youngstring players in a group. In t ~ e "off season," Mancinelli is aprofessor of violin and director of

the orchestra at Illinois WesleyanUniversity , Bloomington, Ill. TheConcert Band and Wind En ·semble are Barr's responsibility.

Approximately 175 young

musicians, from 40 states, make

up the o u t h groups .; '

i F e d e r a t l o n of Music Clubs-' 'chased sea.on tlclt.t· to the to play your instnulient." ,~ . . . , h " .1 r - + ...



Gala Plans

Brevard Music Festival Is

Ready To Open Next 'Weekend80mtdJ aatlft . . the . . . . . . .

taIu 1"l'I'owu., tile BftYardMule ee.&er wiD be heard

. . . he Slullbler Muie F.

th'al .,..1 011 die week"d orJllly sa. • ftlI.

Soturday night, July ..... KurtWelD '. memorable AmericanFolk opera "Down In the Va]..

...... wiD be preoented by the

lacully and ..- of theOpen W .... .hop under the dI-reetioD of John McCrae. WardWoodbury wID _ the or-

--Ile ee.ter". .. __ I. , . . eIIkiIIOy _ Frida,Jd&IIt ... • retara • ..,...

. . . by ee.eert ...... 8yI-

.. !'Ill 1bbWeQ'. . . . . . Ra""" j

IIMC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ....pert,itrD1 • 1InIuD. pIaao CfID

eertjt."., BMe 01 cbe ....... . . . eoa . .etor Henry Jalee,'W'lIf ~ , . n y M I" .R3"ti1DoII• • ,weD .. perIorm • Rlm.ky.

1tonaP4f ..-ertare ... •U_ ".._.__ SaloP. the . . . . . .

AMtoaa vIoUn_.

wIDm ~ h l l f u m B M C a W M ~ otf Sand.,- afternoon. Tbe 19-.-oId mustcian, who has

bien aeelalmed here and in Eu·r+Pe as a "formidably brilliantartist," "wiD ptav a PrMofteff

vtoUn concerto. Also on the SUn·uy matinee program wID be aeo1lUlO8ltloll by Liat . . . •

iYilijitony played

.by tile BIle 01_0_

-_ .-.......... Ute V.ae, .. the

. . 1'1111..... o,en w . .shef 8Ia" . . wID JIftHId theIIn& . , ...... RWakd P '*

ea.eer&l. 0 . .... ,,"aI bIDof fue an fnerlte ameli, . . . . 1IaIe. IC1'Ma ... p0pu

lar . . . . . . . . . . .

- - ~ - - - (Coatlned from pile n e )

Of flashbacks showing Draek',thy courtoblp of the beoutiluJJennie and lbe eveat. lNding

up to Boucbe'a death. WoveathrOughout the score ill thebuoyon! music of the _

chiao mountain people.

Trala," and Ia • roDletial

mood .hell Brad. baYitet

Je.ale . . . squre daaee............. V. . M.Ladla. o. Aaodter popIIIu'

....... air. '.........

"'...&ala," aadene.ret &be

. .u n dun : t eeM

T'ae leader, OI1Iarnktr, e:l- AD Friday aDd Saturday niPtplalal alae pW &0 the r. . .war progralD8 begin at 8: 15. 'I1letUDe 01 "Dowa In the Valley." SUnday matinee perlormances

A reWlited Brack UId Jeule start at 3:30 p.m. The tJcketlID, eI IIIeIr Icn'e ad..,.., office in PbobI Auditorium is&0 the me..., . , '"11ae.... . oped from HooD to .:00 p.m. 00. . . .e Dne.' . TIIeIr IarW Moadly tbrouIb Saturday. Oneoa' ...d. .. eU1'ied _ . . performance evenings i t is a1llochlll'eh. wIMTe the preaeller opeu from 7:00 p.m. to inter

slags abcMlt "Tbe LltUe Blaek~ i s s i o o

On SUDdays i t is openfrom noon iotermisslon.



First For Center

Music Will Yield To The Dance

This Weekend At Music CenterTH 87 lDembers 01 &be Brenrd

Mule Cellter Onhestra wW ,kIF;

.p Utelr IulnlIDetliU la l ite

m6lWJe 01 lite A.... 4 programaDd w .... oI f the , g ,e .

Their exeunt will leave thespotlight (or Jacques d'Ambolse

and partnerMemU Ashley of the

New York City Ballet.

M.llela. . yleldlDI ccater

,\ale to I daaeer Is • • ommCID at

Brevard - the d'Ambolle per-form'He wHl be • relaUve fin,fe r Ute Malk Center. Fer tbree

yean ID Ute Is&e II . t in, ....

ItntctioD iD daace . a . offered . t

Brevanl. TIle earoLImeat la

.aace cl a. .el ".. Iman.bowever: rediall were iDIormal.A "Dce compa.y performed oa

Ute Brevard s&ale lome yean_ , . wlUl medcrate .accen.

T" ' " Ute OIIly dae &bat daaeenever sraeed &be Brnanl ,....nds••••Uof mirrors iD oae SUbles

BaUdia, ctauroom .

The visit from d'Amboise is

caJeulated to ta p local ap ·preciation ror dan ce. D'Amboi.se

Merrill A s h l e . . . . ! y



Music Center Sets Midweek Concerts:BREVARD _ Special wtek· presented by SyMa and 8enno books. She is an lnstructor Inl The concert Band tnd Wind

day concerts, including two Rabinoff, their program in- the pre-college division of the IDnsemble program will includechamber music programs and eluding music by Beetbov"!n, Juilliard S00001 of Music. music by Alford, McBeth, Char·performances by the Tran.. Peter Mennin and Schubert. The Connoisseur program will pentier, Holst, Sousa , Rossini,sylvania Concert Band and the The Rabinoffs are among the feature two quintets for b r Dello Joio, 8arr and Respi.gbi.Transylvania Wind Ensemble, world 's most popular husbaild instruments, a vocal duet, a Conductor Barr director ofare scheduled for the last three and wife violin.piano duos o.n piano solo and • piano-viola Bands at Brevard Music Center,

days of the month at the Bre- the concert stage and their duet. A brass quintet composed is a member of the faculty andyard iMusic Center. repertoire comprises virtually of La r r y Black, Timothy administrative stalf of the

The last concert in this the entire piano-violin sonata Stewart, Warren Gre!, Gail SclDoI ci Music at Conversesummer's Connoisseur Series 1 i t e r a t ~ r ~ , plus works they have Wilson and Jamie Hafner will College.

will be he ld Monday night, July comnllSSlODed. play compositions by Penzel He recently was cbosen as

29, with a varied program R a bIn 0 f f , a native New Bach. Eric Hoo:-,"er a nd one of the nation's 10 outinc Iud 1Dg v ~ 1 and In- Yorker, is the last in the line of Darlene Reynard will play . . .strumentel music by Brevard Leopold Auer pupils UEt in- ViII a -Lob 0 s ' "Bachiar.<l.s s a nd I n g educational musIc

Music Center faculty artists. cluded sUCh artists as Heifetz, BTasileiras" and RUby Morgan d I r e c to r 8 by the ''School

The Concert IBand and Wind Elman and Zimbalist. He plays w i 1t p e r fo r m Franck's Musician" magazine. He has

Ensemble. conducted by Robert the 9rlceless " Lord Amherst" "Prelude, (borale and Fugue." performed wi th the Armco Band

Barr, will complete the mid· Stradivarius, one r l the tbree Wayne Baughman and Paul under Frank Simon the Inweek series with a program greatest violins in the world. Svendsen will fonn a duet 10 dianapolis symphony' and the

July 30. Mrs. Rabinoff, a foremt)5t sing selections by I ...es and De Cincinnati Summer Opera.On Wednesday nigflt July 31 woman pianist Is also theI alla, while Don ald Wright and

a sonata recital of s e l ~ t i o n s 10: composer of more than 150 W!1Iiam Noll will play a, d '01' 'n b 'works and the author ol several Hmdemith sonata.p lano an VI In WI e -__ - - - - _ _



Plb.yRHi§', nner Pre§ent§ ·,·I \. " . " . , -J. '. 'i.,:. . "" . , ~ . . , j : ' ;. . '. !.: '

~ e w l i m . ~ g e M u C e r i t ~:. . . " . " '. . . ' ,; ' ~ : '- - - ., ' . ' : ..-'.:", .

:4 Oy ELLEN EVANS . lovcs;lt so mu ch she """ouId go to twenfy-mlnute · :"Hellzapoppln". Phyllis Diller presented · a' Nome, Alaska, andplayonacakc . style comedy routine of Dille r'whole new-, Imoge this ' pal:t orice." ,. ' , i: -and supporting acts. In fact she' weekeild at Brevard Music Cen· . . As to com edy, ' Somewhere en was flying back to rehearsalsler. A new talent. a new r a c ~ . a roate it became her first love. '.'I t. 'immediate ly arter her concert

'new personality s U I p many . Is an extremely difficult medium. Saturdtly nigilt: . ." "and dcllghtf' jI all thorewr.o heard A mUSician expects and r t t e l v ~ 'We' asked her how, with her

. . inet her !,nd worlced'wilh . applause ~ r t e r each nwn!x!r. A hectic schedule, s h ~ fI"IlltI.1g:ed toher: . ' , . , " . r comedion must get a laugh::tIter fmd ti me to pract iCe. She admits

In concert on Sa turday nigh!, J 'each line" or he fal l.g n,.t on his - she doe'sn't really. ... .not near ly

·she sb owed amailng ~ r $ a t i l i t y face." -, .' . """ ,. ,,;, enough. but tries to squeeze in aShe : played, well, polrtlcularly .A3 for theatr !! : "Il ls now more ., littleeach day. '

, BDch, good touch and mu:;ician. 'octivo In the hinterlands. Broad- . Thls. of course, lstheweakncss. ship. After finishing oRe ol her way Is an antique. It tw .b&! I'j: , of h ~ r cence rti:dng. 'But, In our

u m b c r l l , she: llOIlC1.UlcOO .by dyspeptic c r : i t i opinion.. Phyllis Diller Is anwas not the great man , thugs and sotlring costs. La! extremely "smart . cookie."

s( all, .but an 'extreme ly good . Vegas is now the entertail\[llCllt H a l n g begun her 'career at 31., :'rnock·Back" of her oY.n com- - ~ t e r o f t h e w .." , ;- she has now with her face 11ft

. Posing . A song of DilIer '9 was , ·And with this, Miss DIller laUflo lengthened its span by a good tenalso oil · th e program. "My ched Into a brief resume of her -yea rs .-glving her time to build aPrayi'! r: : ' whk,h ,sung by .new act will open tri'Vegas s e e o ~ a r e e r and a new image .

s:opra.no Jane H1 clcl•.an3dvanced within two wuu ... an hour and It 'SI goOd one . ...student ! of Dreva rd OperaWorkshop . lind · the ManhatbnSchool 01MllS lc. !

.,. The DlIIctCll:pedltionS into!Xl.igand comedy had a touch of LasVeg:u, 'but kep t, not only the

audience, but Conductor HenryJmJiec Dnd the orehestra memo

bers In surches: Amnringly. theyncvermissed a note! ;- " : :

Whim she wDspreseotcdahu,gearm-bouquet of red 1US(!3' at e'Ur

taJn.caU. - Miss Diller ·imm edl:ltcly g \1ve . this to MiSS

I : 1 : e ~ e ~ r ~ 3 ~ ? e ~ a l l ~ •. .At tho press 'con tenmet In tl-.e '

tnDtning •.he ld in nbl"e3kbctwccn'rehearsa l sessions. Miss Diller..as very ·down·to-earth. ·· No

tnake-cup ex cept ' .lor the Ealseeyelashes . wh ich nre hertn:de-m:ork, hn lr.hiutging to hershoulders nnd cllreless c o ~

· st raigh t \bac k. she went 5tmIghttothe point on,evt"rYissce.

As fo he r Eace lift: " f ne\'(!r.waSreally ugly, you know. Th3.t wasan image J deliberately created.The fa ce li ft didn't ' change meexcept to erase the wrink1es, par



'La Boheme' Shows Strong PointsA Review l ibe Jewes, jealousies' sorrows, Iwas able to portray the tender· Iwith appropriate seductiveness in giving them every cbanee to

0'" a,. JORN BRIDGES aDd borse-play of the yOUDg ntSS of the dying heroine. IIUId ber short prayer in the 1u t get the words out. The over,aUS p e c l a l T, Tbe Cldze ..11mtl artist-students (The Bohemians) Per ry Daniels, Steven Alnus a c t was a quite moving forward motion of the opera did

, A near-capacity audience of the story. Mr. MeCrae's Williams. and Scott George as moment. One wondered the DOt suffer but for \hi. listener',e e re d tlle produc.ion of stage bus iness was natural and " MarceUo," "Colline." and reuoJI for cutting Musetta', re- taste MuseUa's "Waltz" was

:JIIuccini'. ope.t'a . '1 . Boheme" he aebievedsome very eHeelive "Schaunard ," the other spite of ber "Waltz" sung be- much too slow and thethe resident ope ra workshop stage pictures. particularlJ in Bohemians ltJat shafe the net. Ihind scene in the third ac t subsequent broadening of tempo

ij the Brevard Music Center the Jalt. act. The chorus was a mad e fie shand blood The two bit parts of "Benoit," at the Musetta·Marcello reunion~ r i d a y night. The stage direc- '3it static in the second act characters from their por' the landlord. in the first act ant was diminshed. Although the1:Ion was by John Richards street scene but the d:lildren trayals and not just ste reotypes. "A1cindoro," Musetta', escort subtle amplification of the

. :Crae and lhe conductor Will who bought Parpignol'a toys Daniels' singing In his final act in the second act were well singers overcl)mes some of the:Henry Janiec. UDder thelr were so generously applauded duet with McDonald was his done by AJven Browder and Jeff acoustical properties of ttleod ire c t io n the production lhal the plea of the single best of the evtnln. and Wil· Holmes. The part wu too low large auditorium, there wer~ e r g e d as a well.integrated urchin for a drum ... almost Iiams drew applause for bls for Browder bu t his parlalldo times wflen tbe orchestra still~ e e e of musical theater with oalileraled. singing of the "Coat Song." apDroach enabled him to projeCt over·balanced the singers.t1Jlany strong dramatic va lues The sets were quile IUCcessful Jane Hicks as " Musetta" it anyway. The many bows accorded theand affecti n& musical per· in using only a few set pieces !displayed a light sop rano with a Opera In any language but tile singers, Janiec, and McCrae~ o r m a n c e . s _ wbich were particu1arly weil top approached carefully but original always slows down attested to the audience's r.om,; As are all tbe operas painted and S!t the mood of with clarity. Her "Waltz" in the lempos. Mr. Janiec was perhaps plete enjoyment of this vibrantproduced at the Brevard Musie eacb act. 'l1le set was designed second act was sung and acted too kind to the singers m pots production 01 an old favorite'.Center, "La Boheme." w,s ray Thomas Hines and thegiveD in English and tbe acting lighti ng was by Paul Sweeney.of the troup ~ a d e a s t ~ o case William McDonald returned tofor .opera 10 Engl.lsh. . The Brevard'S' operatic stage in theverSion used (not crechted ID the teoor role of ·' Rodolfo." Ap. r 0 g r am) was generan, ' favorite of several years, hes l l l g ~

and a &ood percentagej

was absent last season atot It. could be understood' IBrevard but Asheville music-OecaSl.onally. lbe range of ~ h e I 0 ve r s beard bim at anvice or the accompaoYlIlI Albeville Sympbony eooeert 1aorchestral texture obsured the the spring. Surely one of theWilI"ds. most beautiful tenor voices i l'Ibe yoUDJ .case was opera in America today,

~ l e t e cony 101[ I,n recreatin McDonald lVas an Ideal "Rodol.

I f(l" in his projection of thecharacter and • model ofdiction and true "bel canto:"

IbeautJIul sinai",·Martha Sheil, as "Mimi", is I

lirica-spinto. with a particularlywarm middJe raDie. 'MJe uppervoice (as is UIIlII witb a voiceof this type) is a bit slow to

warm-up but ..men it WIll fullylet out in &be third .ct wastelling in its effect. Her singin&was at its belt Ia the movingfinal act when It WII alwa ysheard above the orcbestra. ye



-Brevard Center's Finale

Features 'Requiem' Aug: 18BREWARD - The grandf in a J. e to Bre'ard Music

Ce n t e r • s highly successful38th season will feature theope r 8 . "Bartered Bdde,"works by 20th century com·posers performed by theTransylvania S y mph 0 n yOrchestra and Verdi's somberand m 0 v i n g " Requ iem"

presented by the chorus aDdordlestra.

The "Requiem," which concludes the season on Sunday.Aug. 18, is often called the"Manzoni Requiem." It wucomposed in 1813 in memoryof the ItaUan poet AlessandroManwni and was Initiallyplayed on the first an

niversary of his death.The complete Mass in plain-&<log, or Gregorian chant,begins with the lotroit-''Givethem eternal rest, 0Lord"-rollowed by the"Kyrie"-"Lord have mercy;Christ have mercy; Lord havemercy" which is the openingof the regular Catholic Mus.

In compos ing h i '''Requiem,' ' or "Masa for theDead," Verdi eliminated or

combined several of the itemsusually found in the plain aonaversion and added the Com-ni'union "Lux aetema" aDdtbe Responsory "Libera me"which properly beloni in theBurial Service.

The BM<;: Orchestra Isconducted by Henry Janiecand Ward Woodbury will

conduct the transylvania f r e y ) . But, Marie flatlyChorus. refuses to marry him.V 0 c a I soloists' for the Retsal urges Marie 's father

"Requiem" a r e : sopranos to talk to Wenzel while heG ia n n a IWlandi, Sharon ta lks to Hans and tries tolWuse, Martha Sheil, Debbie Induce bim to give up Marie.Smith, Martha Toney ; mezro.. The matchmaker finally oI·• 0 p ran 0 s Kathryn Fraser , fer! Hans 300 norins and at

Jane Hicks. Beverly Smit(l, last Hans yields with t h eElizabeth Wall; tenors Wi!· stipulation that ).larie only

liam Momeweg, Richard Sim· marry a son of Micha. Whenmons, Patrick Woliver and Marie hears that she. bas beenbasses J. Wayne Baughman, exchanged for 300 florins :she

Scott George and Steven is understandably ups e t,Alexus Williams. particularly since she has just

"Barterd Bride," SaturdaY convinced the stuttering sim·ru ght's offering, is set in a pleton Wenzel that he wouldB 0 hem Ia n peasant village be miserable if he marriedduring the yearly church fair her.and festival. The three act At this point a travelingcomic opera by Ozech com· group of athletes and circusposer Bedrich Smetana is performers comes to town andenlivened with Slavic folk Wenzel is attracted to dancerdances including the polka Esmeralda (Erika Wheeler).and ille Fu r I a n t , the When Maria confronts HansBohemian national dance. The wit b his apparent faith.core retains the flavor of the lessness he teases her a bittraditional mid-European and then gets Kettel and bermelodies. to call ber parents and other

Hans (Patrick Woliver) 'and witnesses. At last the truth

Marie( ' ~ a i n e

Leatherberry) eQme5 out. Hans Is also a sonare in love but her parents of Micha, a fact the father iswant her to marry Wentel(Salvatore Rosselli). Ketsal more than ready to admit.( D a v i d , Rae Smith) the The young people receive themat r im 0 n i a 1 agent, blessinls of their pan!nts andnegotiates the marriage oon - the curtain descends on atracts with Krushina (steven scene of congratulations andAlexus Williams) and Kathin- rejoicing.ka (Nancy Diann Crame!;,), Also in the cast are MichaelMarie's father and mother. Boone as Murt, Scott George

They .ign an agreement that IL'I Springer and Mary NanMarie 'Will marry Wenzel, a Wilson as Agnes.son of Micha (Patrick God· "B a r t e r e d Bride" is

1 directed by John RichardsMcCrae and conducted by

Henry Janiec. The operaprodtdion .taff includes W.F. Noll, m. assistant con-ductor .nd Paul Svend.sen,



-

'74 Season

Was Best

Ever At

Brevard Music Center

* * * * * * * * * * * *Brevard Music Center con-

cluded its 38th season recently inwhat management officials

termed its biggest and mostsuccessful .

"The 1974 audience was by fa r

our largest a nd most receptive,"according to General Manager

Robert G. Co le. "Season ticketsubscriptions reached an a ll-tim e

high a nd tota l attendance in

cr eased app rOximately 20 per

cent from a yea r ago. Six concerts surpassed the sell·out leveland fiv e more were near se ll-

outs. "

" We a re gr a teful fo r the

public's continued support and

interest in Brevard Music Center ,and ar e pro mising to do our ut·most to make 1975 more ac·

ceptable to ou r a udience," Colesaid.

Brevard's artistic director

Henry J a n i stated, " Musically,1974 wa s the best season we've

ever had . The ca liber of st ud entsis certainly the most advanced in

the 10 years I've been here. Andthat goes for the 12· and l3-year·olds as well as advanc«:ddivision . They ar e moremotivated-they seem to getright with it."

Success measured in terms ofenjoyment covered the entiregamut of programs offered.

lawn. Famed pianist Eugene List

performed to a capacity

aud ience.

though it wasn't necessarily hisfavorite opera. "Th is was thebest production of 'La Boheme'

I've ever seen," he sa id , andAnother of the season's best because of that, he had

___ ~ e l J f . t ' s . . w the..s.p.a..r.kling L e r n e , , ~ - - - - - ~ o r b U g h l y e y e d iL "an d Loewe mu s ica l co rn ed,"B ri ga doon." Both the dress

rehearsal and the F riday night

pedormance pl aye d to full

hOllses.

But the true success of theperforming season is reflected in

remarks of concert goers who

had the ir own "highlights of the

season" judged st rictly on apersonal basis.

John Alexa nder. th o

Metropolitan Opera artist whoserich tenor voice filled th e

auditorium on a lovely Sundayafte rnoon , dr ew a standing

ova tion and had opera studentscommenting that they litera llyheld their breaths in placesbecause the music s ti rred themso deeply. Ano ther Met star.

beautiful soprano An na Moffo.also drew raves from en ·thusiastic fans,

The Concerto C n c e r t , p l a y e ~entirely by BM C students, was ahighpoint in the season for ma nyregular concert goers. As a longstand ing ticket holde r ex-

pressed,-" It was a thrillingexperience to see such yo ungpeople perform so mag nificen tly.The whole concert had a glow

"'Daughter of the Regiment, "described as a "real tour de forcefor soprano Gianna Rolandi" wasalso chosen as a favorite as wa s"Fa lstaff"where Perry Danielsappeared as the plump andra scally old knight, "Bartered

Bride" was selected because of

its colorful mid.European at

mosphere and rhythmic ethictunes. The folk opera " Down inthe Valley ," which opened the

season, wa s like because it, too,was typi ca l of a specific region,the very mountains surroundingthe Mu sic Center.

Piani st and fac ul ty art ist-in·res idence Sylvia Rabinoff wa s

also a first choke or audiencesbecause as one person commented, " there is something

about her style, the emotion she

feels when she plays can be feltby the audience." The Connosseur Concert played by the

duo piano team of Yarbrough andCowan with guest pianist WardWood bW'y, was also selected"becaus e it was beautiful musicperformed in a true cham ber

se tting, the intima te atmospherewas jus t r ight. "

Mid·week concerts by th e



We Thank You,

Brevard Music Center

Brevard Music Center's Ilenlalgeneral liIan8lJer, Bobby Cole, bas

lallied up figures wblcb' sbOw !batattenilance ibis year was up '20 percent over' 1973, wllb a total of 40,000payiJiIJ customers,.

Next year, we predict, will beven better, for Ibe aale of advance

pBOn ticketS Is runnlnlJ '40 percente a : d of Ibe comparable date last

fear.

Mr. Cole refuses to divulge nextat ibIS early date,

ut iays Ibe center Is negotl8t18t1ngth lome "Super Stars"" for the

1m season.

Great , Bobby , just great .EverythinJ's . in your favor. Cer-jl8lnly Ibe great stars know Ibey willenhance, not tarnish, their

pulations by appearInIJ bere.'J'bey'D be de1iibted to come.

11 And Brevard will welcome Ibem.

Because of Ibe greats wbo have~ d y apjJeared bare Brevard'S

Dame is known in Italy, England,Germany, RUssia, and other places

of Ibe world whereIiOOd

music Isappreciated.

We have in hand, for instance,some opera programs in whichnoled singen, in tbeir resUmes,MV'; proudly listed Brevard' ap-pearances along wllb sucb famousoperatic institutioDs as Milan,

Metropolitan , NeW York OperaCompany, san Francisco OperaCompany, and others.

Tbat's pretty good company forBrevard's nam'e lei be bandied aboutiO .

And it points up Ibe fact Ibat Ibe

value of 'Brevard Music CenterextendS far beyond its contributionas a regional cliltural center and itsconsiderable addition of dollarshereabouts.

We're beblnd you, Bobby, andAttIstic DirectOr Henry 'Janie., anil

!be wbofe staff. May you reacb neWplateau of suc.__ eacb year! '

1974 newspaper clippings

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