Friday. May 19. 1961
University Daily Kansan
Waiting to Mellow -
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KU Composer Likes Old Style
By Kelly Smith
"I have a lot to learn yet. Composers have to mellow--like good cheese and wine."
John W. Pozdro swung the swivel chair towards the window, glanced out, then turned back towards the desk and smiled, "I've been lucky, but I have a long way to go and thank goodness, I have 30 or 40 years to do it in."
A FULL TIME position as associate professor of music theory and a spare time hobby of composing music account for most of Prof. Pozdro's time. He has also been appointed the new chairman of the music theory department by the Board of Regents, effective July 1.
"Mine is conservative music, written with a conventional technique," he explained. "The music of the 20th century is complex. At this point I am a lone wolf and not yet influenced by the world around me—in time perhaps I will be."
PROF. POZDRO has accepted bids to do and complete two compositions this year. One was to write the score for the Douglas County Centennial musical, "Hello Kansas." The other was his "Third Symphony," introduced on Dec. 13 by the Oklahoma City Symphony and written under a grant from the American Music Center's Ford Foundation.
This symphony, as well as a composition for chorus, "All Pleasant Things," will be featured on a half
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PROF. POZDRO explained that his composing consists of the idea of evolution and the "logical sequence of that evolution."
"In other words, I think of an idea, or more likely, an idea just creates itself, then with the evolution of ideas, a solid theme takes root, and I just transfer it to paper."
Referring to his actual composing, he said, "It takes as much time to copy and prepare the music as it does to write it. I do the copying by hand, and it's a real chore.
"There's no guarance of fame or fortune as a composer," he said, pushing his glasses up. "All I have is a compulsion to write music, and the need to capture myself in a creative way.
"EVERY PIECE of music will eventually be appreciated in its own realm, but the composer himself writes because he wants to, not because he wants to please anyone else."
Prof. Pozdro explained that his urge to compose "really jelled" while he was attending Northwestern University from 1949-46. Hc
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"DELANEY WAS a fine, warm man, who by his kindness and faith in people, was an encouraging and patient teacher."
added that Robert Delaney, his composition professor at Northwestern, has been his most important inspiration.
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As the father of two children, John, 5, and Nancy, 3. he has an interest in children's creativity with music.
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"There's just so much a man can do in his promise to keep from imposing his own life, preferences and ideas on his children," he commented.
"However, I try to keep from influencing them, and I don't know that I would recommend either of them becoming musicians.
Prof. Pozdro plays the piano, and is familiar "with the basic techniques of all instruments. A composer needs to know the sounds of every instrument and consciously spend many years listening, thinking and experimenting with those sounds."
John W. Pozdro
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