Friday, October 1, 1976
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SUA says concerts well-planned
By PAUL JEFFERSON
Staff Writer
Concerts at the University of Kansas are expensive and well-organized, Mike Miller, director of Student Union Activities (SUA), said Friday.
He said that the average cost for a concert in Hoch Auditorium was about $2,000 or $3,000, and that for Allen Field House the cost ranged from $8,000 to $15,000.
"Many considerations go into whether a show will have general or reserved seating, such as the length of time we've had to publicize it and the type of show," he said.
The main organizing for KU concerts is done by the Special Events Committee.
THE COMMITTEE is in charge of all phases of staging a concert, Miller said, such as publicity and hiring security people, stagehands and users during the concert, and special events for Speech Events, sets up all the facilities for us by the visiting artists.
Thornton Mason, Lawrence senior and head of the Special Events Committee, said the committee handled all the entertainment that appeared in Hoch, the field house, the Union Ballroom and the Union's Hawk's Nest.
"We keep track of available dates and facilities here, then let booking agents know to out them so they can be in touch with any groups in this area." Mason said. "Then the group's agent may try to set up a date for them here."
BECKY MULKA, Overland Park sophomore, who is in charge of hiring ushers for concerts, the committee met with staff to organize volunteers and assist duties.
"We have different users at each concert to try to get more students involved," she said.
The ushers' main job is usually taking tickets, stamping admissions and designating seat locations at reserved-seat concerts, Mulka said. The number of ushers varies from 20 to 40, depending upon where the concert is.
"All of the concert workers are volunteers, but they get free admission to the concert," she said. "Sometimes, the staff are in charge. Any trip, any student can volunteer to do this."
SHE SAID the ushers also had to watch to smoking, which is prohibited at concerts.
"All we can do is to ask people not to
Stadium fills to tune of ringing Campanile
GERKEN TRANSCRIBED the score for the fight song from the KU songbook to make it sound good on the carillon bells, he said, and he plays the same version of the song before football games that he played at convocation.
One doesn't have to go to a University of Kansas football game to hear the KU fight song, "I'm a Jayhawk." The bells of the Memorial Campain can be heard ringing the stadium telephones of other University songs before football games and on other special occasions.
Albert Gerken, professor of music theory and University carillonie, plays variations of the fight song on the carillon in the campanile, as well as classical and folk pieces for regular recitals Wednesday nights at 7 and Sunday afternoons at 3.
The carillon is a keyboard instrument with baton keys connected directly to the bells in the campanile. Playing the carillon is different from playing other keyboard keys when worn, because keys must be struck with a closed fist and with great force.
Gerken said he first played the fight song during convolution on the first day of classes this semester. In the second half of his recital that day, Gerken played songs relating to the bicentennial, such as "Yankee Doodle" and "Dixie."
Gerken said transcribing “is mainly an effort to write something that sounds good on bells. It’s not so much a variation treatment as it is a transcription. Transcription is where you transcript a piece for various modes of treatment. For these
GERKEN SAID he plays the fight song twice, and sometimes three times, in performances, making it slightly different each time. The first time, he might play the song using only the pedals of the carillon, the second time he might use the keyboard.
Andy Krum, Leawood junior and a member of the technical and stage committee, said that he had helped to build the stage for the Yes concert last semester and that he had worked the spotlights for the Lynrd Skynird concert last Friday.
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"Most groups bring their own stagehands to handle the main areas of lights, sound and equipment," Frum said. "We kind of do all the heavy work."
pieces, I took a score written for piano and transcribed it for carillon."
"I don't do anything really different with each version," Gerken said. "I just play it differently enough each time so I don't get bored with rhythm and rhythm remain basically the same."
smoke; we certainly can't kick them out of the concert or anything. It's not a problem
In addition to playing the fight song and the KU alma mater, Gerken plays classical and folk pieces in his regular recitals, and arranges the scores for about 70 per cent of the pieces because most of them aren't written for the carillon.
Elaine Fanning, Washington, D.C. senior and chairman of the Hospitality Committee, said the Hospitality Committee was responsible for meeting the groups to make sure that all the requests listed in their contracts with SUA were fulfilled.
On the second time through, Gerken sometimes embellishes the tune with different musical configurations under or above the melody elements. he said.
Mark Woodman, Wichita junior and a guard at the LYNKryn Sydney concert, said that as a guard he acted mostly as an aid to the ushers during the concerts.
So far this year, she said, Cowtown Productions of Kansas City, Mo., has taken care of most of the hospitality measures, but SUA will provide complete accommodations for the Neil Sedaka homecoming concert.
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Kansas City. They provide security at a lot of concerts for buildings and equipment."
"We are stationed at all the doors to try to make sure no one sneaks in or crashes the gates," he said. "We also work with the Kincaid Professional security people from
"The groups usually aren't 'demanding or anything'," she said. "They're nice to be around, but mostly they want to be left behind, can get ready for their performances."
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