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University Daily Kansan
Friday. Jan. 8. 1960
Voice Professor to Enhance Recital Songs With Paintings
How does a singer make her song "ring on" in the hearts of her listeners when the song lasts but 45 seconds?
A KU assistant professor of voice may have the solution. And she plans to give her idea its first trial here at her recital at 8 p.m. Monday in Swarthout Recital Hall.
Miriam Stewart Hamilton will show pictures she has painted to illustrate the songs as she sings.
"When a concert only lasts 58 minutes, the music fades into the air and is gone forever, but through painting, the music finds duration," Prof. Hamilton said.
Hopes For More Response
Through her paintings, Prof. Hamilton hopes to keep the music in the minds of her audience beyond the concert hour and to gain more response from the audience during the concert.
"The composer contributes only 65 per cent toward a successful concert," she said. "The rest depends on audience response. It is difficult to give a good performance when the audience is like ice."
Each painting, labeled with the title, composer, and lyrics of the song it represents, will be on display all day Monday outside the recital hall to give concert-goers the opportunity to see the paintings before the program.
The singer is eager to see how her audience will react.
She emphasized that she does not intend for the audience to accept
her paintings as the sole expression of the music, explaining that no two persons would ever have the same concept of a song.
"Only when the ideas of the singer and the audience blend at the footlights will there be a performance that no one will forget," she said.
Prof. Hamilton painted the pictures for the recital during Christmas vacation.
Paints From Lyrics
Most of her paintings originate from the lyrics of a song, although she considers the music important.
"All songs are inspired by the poetry," the singer explained. "Then comes the composer and then the performer."
Prof. Hamilton first began her art work during high school and later did art work to help pay her expenses while studying at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
She recalls that one of her voice instructors once warned her that she would have to choose between singing and painting, but she never had to worry about the choice.
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Bill Dugan goes over work schedules with Chief Operator Merle Brauch in the Des Moines toll center.
Bill Dugan wanted responsibility. See how he's done in just four years.
When William P. Dugan graduated from State University of Iowa in 1955, he had a degree in business administration, a wife, and a firm resolution to get ahead in business.
Bill went to work with Northwestern Bell Telephone Company at Des Moines. "I wanted to work where I'd find real opportunities for advancement and get the training necessary to take advantage of them," he says. "I couldn't have made a better choice."
Ten months of diversified training taught Bill the "language" of the business and gave him the know-how and self-assurance he needed. He was transferred to the Traffic Department at Cedar Rapids where he gained experience in operating
room procedures, force scheduling and training and in supervising operating personnel. He returned to Des Moines and in February, 1959, was promoted to District Traffic Supervisor there.
Today, Bill heads up an organization of ten supervisory people and about 230 telephone operators who handle approximately 42,000 calls each day. He is also responsible for auxiliary services such as Information and the Telephone Company switchboard.
"This is a booming business," says Bill. "There are new problems coming up every day to keep my job interesting and challenging. I don't know where a man can find more genuine opportunities to improve himself."
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