University Daily Kansan, March 5, 1982
Spare time
Ron McCurdy director of the KJ Jazz Ensemble I rehearses the hand in preparation for tomorrow night's concert. JOHN HANKAMMERKANSAI
Hungarian to teach authentic dances
ByMATT DeGALAN
Staff Reporter
a weekend of spirited dancing, sore feet and expert instruction awaits those attending the KU Folk Dance Club's Hungarian Folk Dance Workshop.
Andor Czompo, an expert in Hungarian folk dance and native Hungarian, will conduct the workshop. The first session starts at 7:30 tonight in St. John's Gymnasium, 1233 Vermont St.
Ccompo, billed as "the leading authority on Hungarian folklore and dance in the Western Hemisphere," is currently an assistant professor at the State University of New York at Cortland.
Craig Paul, the club's former president and an active member, said that he had seen Zcompo work and that he was impressed by the dancer's style and broad knowledge of Hungarian culture.
"He can convey not only the style, but also the spirit of Hungarian dance," said Paul, a KU graduate and assistant engineer at the Remote Sensing Laboratory on West Campus.
"You will get the feel of Hungarian dance, the spirit of Hungarian culture and the spirit of the world."
THIS SPIRIT HAS DRAWN about 40 folk dancing afficiados to the workshop. The KU club holds such workshops once every two years, making it a unique opportunity for the Lawrence area, Paul said. The only similar program in the annual folk dance workshop in Kansas City, Mo.
The club's current president, Theodiac Mutchman also stressed the rare opportunity that the club has.
"It will give people a taste of a workshop is like. A lot of people have never been to one. They don't know what dancing is like outside of Lawrence." Millich said.
THE WORKSHOP ITSELF will be comprised of six sessions. Introductory teaching and a party will open the workshop tonight. Tomorrow there will be dance sessions at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and a culture session at 7 p.m. The last session will be at 9:30 Sunday morning. The clinic concludes at 2 p.m. Sunday with a closing party and review.
TICKETS FOR EACH SESSION are $4, $3.75 for students, Passes for the entire week are $18, $1.75 for students, The club, which is parish-run, offers students, to hopes break even on the workshop, Paul said.
One special aspect of the cultural session will be Czompi's films. He has returned to Hungary several times to film the native dancers and study their styles.
"It gives you a little better idea about the dance that you are learning and what makes it special," Millich said. "It makes it a little more personal."
Still, the dancing is the main attraction.
"Just the sheer enjoyment of the dancing is part of it. Basically that's what it—a lot of dance
PARTICIPANTS IN THE clinic should expect to see their feet and dancing for about 12 hours tomorrow.
"In a situation like this with a lot of people doing something they like to do, you have a really good time. A wonderful time," she said. "The energy is incredible."
on campus
TODAY
THE UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY CLUB
would host 4 p.m. in the Sunflower Room of
the Kampus Library.
TOMORROW
THE STUDENT SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANCHORHISM will sponsor a Workshop in
RENAISSANCE DANCING FROM 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. of the Satellite Union.
Beginner's welcome.
THE SIMULATIONS GAMING GROUP WILL
meet at 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. in Cork II of the
Kingston University
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ADVISORY BOARD will sponsor a workshop, "We Still Have
SUNDAY
a Long Way to Go," from 9 a.m. to noon in the Big Eight Room of the Union.
THE KU CIRCLE K CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in 641 Mollot Hall
THE ALL SCHOOLSHIP HALL CHRISTIAN
SCHOOL will meet at 8:30 p.m. in
Danforth Park.
Pied Piper Rampal causes a sellout
By KATHRYN KASE
Staff Writer
The mere announcement that flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal was to perform during the KU Arts Festival made many behave as if he were a criminal in him, leading the way to the Murphy Hall box office.
Within two hours of tickets going on sale February 16, Rampal's concert sold out, stunning officials of the KU Concert Series, which is in the m. March 8 concert in the University Theatre.
"The response to the concert has been fantastic," Jacqueline Davis, Concert and Chamber Music Series director, said. "Rampal's reputation as an artist, coupled with his visibility performing on public television, makes him one of the most popular performers around."
Rampal's reputation has also been enhanced not only through his performing, but by his reviving many long-forgotten works and songs that the music originally written for other instruments.
ONE EXAMPLE OF the latter is the Sonata in A major by Franck, which Rampal will play here. According to John Boulton, associate professor of music performance, the Franck piece was originally written for violin, but was transcribed for flute by Rampal.
"He also does a lot of editing of flute music," Boult said. "It is very helpful to use them strategically by doing this."
As a performer, Rampal is exciting and the program for his KU concert should both entertain and demonstrate his virtuosity, Boulton said.
ALTHOUGH RAMPAL regularly tours North America, playing to sold-out houses, he has recently begun to conduct. He made his American conducting debut at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York and has gone on to be a leader of major orchestras in America, Europe and Japan.
The flutist's accompanist, John Steele Ritter, has played regularly with Rampal since 1974. He recently appeared with the flutist on "60 Minutes" and in the PBS-TV concert with the Boston Ballet. The flutist is associate pro-ducer of piano and electronic music at Pomona College in Clarmont, Calif.
ONE OF THE prices of Rampal's popularity has been the sellout of his concert, which has left
"All unclaimed reservations will be released at 10 a.m. on March 8, the morning of the performance, on a first-case, first-served basis," Humphreys said. "Those who want tickets must show up in person, and we cannot guarantee that everyone who shows up will get a ticket."
many area fans clamoring for tickets. Although there are technically no tickets left, Margaret Humphreys, a Murphy park office employee, said yesterday that there were limited options available for those who were willing to make an extra effort to hear Rampal.
THE NUMBER of tickets available per person was 16, Humphreys said, to probable two to four tickets.
If someone cannot get a ticket by getting unanimated reserved tickets on Monday, there is one at the gate.
Humphreys conceded that the chances of getting into the sold-out concert were slim and said that only 30 reserved tickets had not been picked up yesterday.
"The night of the performance, a waiting list will be taken at 7 p.m.," Humphrys said. "That will also be on a first-come, first-served basis, with cancellations and any no-shows' seats will be sold."
Rampal KU concert is a University Arts Festival event and is funded partially by the Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
"But if someone is still interested and wants to go the trouble, this is the way to do it," she said.
KU jazzer teaches cool
Jean-Pierre Rampal
By LISA GUTIERREZ
Staff Reporter
When Midwest musicians encounter California cool on Saturday, the result will be over nine hours of learning, listening, playing and all that jazz.
Gary Foster, noted West Coast jazz musician and 1959 KU music graduate, will be the guest solist and djliner at the 5th Annual Jawhayk Jazz Festival in the University Theatre.
Thirteen high school jazz ensembles will join KU jazz groups for the festival.
Ron McCurdy, director of the KU Jazz Ensemble L, said that the festival was a good opportunity to play.
"We started it because it was a good way to promote jazz education in the state of Kansas."
"Anytime you're trying to build a program, you need the exposure."
THE FESTIVAL BEGINS at 8:30 a.m. with performances by the high school ensembles scheduled for every half hour until 4 p.m. Starting at 4:10 p.m., Foster, McCurdy and the KU jazz ensembles will hold individual instrumental clinics for the high school students.
At 5 p.m. the Kansas Music Educators Association will honor Horn Band will be featured in an audition directed by Billy Burr.
The festival's guest soloist is one of the most sought-after musician in the Los Angeles area. Foster performs in studio orchestraes and theme music for television series and movies.
HIS STYLE OF JAZZ, long-time friend of Jerry Rubin, the professor of music history, is modern, but bad.
Wright and Foster have kept in touch ever since attending KU together in the late '50s.
Foster left Lawrence in the early 60s for the
woodwind player and proceeded to become the top
woodwind player in the world.
He has his own studio, named Nova, and has about 15 teachers who work for him," he said.
FOSTER, WHO ALSO TEACHES courses at Pasadena City College in jazz improvisation, travels around the country as a clinician and guest soloist.
Wright said that Foster makes an effort to visit
almost every year or every other year to per-
form his duties.
"The kind of arrangements that we get from him are different from straight-ahead arrangements and it's good for us to be exposed to that kind of music."
He's a very vicious man, Wright said.
McCurdy said, "We have worked with him more than any other clinician because we enjoy working with him so much.
Foster's arrangements require extra concentration and technical jazz. Ensemble I and II, McCary explained.
"You can't allow your mind to wander or you're bound to make an error," McCurdy said.
Members of the KU Folk Dance Club, dressed in traditional and authentic Slavic clothing, prepare to perform a Yuzsalvian Line Dance.
Staff Reporter
By DEBBIE DOUGLAS Staff Reporter
Therapeutic art on exhibit
Llip Svee, co-chairman of the SUA gallery committee, said, "We decided that showing the work of these two people would be a worthwhile introduction to a whole new dimension of art that was not formerly explored at KU."
Robert E. Ault therapist at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka said that Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton and Mary Ada Spellman, who had both struggled through years of emotional illness, have benefited greatly from the therapeutic aspect of creating art.
It's been said that laughter is the best medicine, but there are two women who would say that art was just as good.
The art work of both of these women will be on display in the Kansas Union art gallery in an exhibit, "Art-its Therapeutic Dimension," through March 28.
EVEN THOUGH the art has been on display since March 1, the official opening event is next week.
Ault will speak at the opening about the value of therapeutic art.
Ault said that although the aesthetics of Layton's and Spellman's work as art forms could be argued, the profound impact and impact on their lives as a "therapeutic" agent could not.
"For both women, their art has played a major role in their health and survival as well."
Ault said that "Grandma" Layton, from Wellsville, took up art at the age of 68 and curled herself of a forty-year struggle with depression. Her work is now receiving national attention.
HE SAID Spellman's paintings currently on
exhibition were done between 1960 and 1970 in the
Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Ault quoted Spellman as saying, "I think my paintings have a kind of poetry in them. They come from the heart. I try to make people happy, that way I make myself happy. I try to save people and end up saving myself."
Svec, who is majoring in graphic design,
said that after seeing the exhibit she began to
think of art as possibly being more emotional
than rational.
1 round both of the artist's work very fascinating and inspiring." He said.
She said Layton's depiction of old people was very unusual and Spellman's imagery was very interesting.
Howard Spencer, curator of Collections at the Wichita Art Museum, said that "Grandma" Lyon, unlike most naive artists who prefer to deal with landscapes, chose self-portraits as the subject matter of her drawings.
Her work, Spencer said, always showed her personal response to the present world.
"She relates deeply to what is happening about her with an incredible level of self-identification, the ability to put one's self in someone else's shoes," Spencer said.
Weekend Arts
TODAY
THE KU FOLK DANCE CLUB will sponsor a weekend clinic with Andor Czompo beginning tonight at 7:30 at the St. John's School, 1233 Vermont St.
GARY FOSTER, COMPOSER AND STUDIO MUSICIAN, will be the guest soloist at the KU CONCERT BAND'S SPRING CONCERT at 8 p.m. in the University Theatre. Admission is
TOMORROW
THE JAYHAWK INVITATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL with Gary Foster as guest clinician, will begin at 8:30 a.m. High school jazz ensembles will perform every half hour until 4:14 p.m. A MUSIC BLOCK will be presented by SEMILE B, with Foster as guest soloist, will perform at 5:30 p.m. All sessions are free.
"The Last Laugh," at 2 p.m. in the Spence Museum of Art Auditorium.
The Murnau Film Series will continue with
SUNDAY
George Lawner will conduct the UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA in its SPRING CONCERT at 3:30 p.m. in the University Theatre. Incl Bashar Paige and John Stephens will be the vocal soloists for the concert. Admission is free.
As part of the VISTING ARTICLES SERIES, Rita Slaa will perform a PIANO RECTAL at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recial Hall. There will be no admission charge.
OPENING THE EXHIBIT "WHY PUPETS?" Piyada Vajarantan, Thai graduate student, will perform a THAI PUPET SHOW at 2:30 p.m. in the main gallery of Spoon Hall. The exhibit will remain on display through May 16.