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Conductor fine tunes his career
Doctoral student assists KU bands
By Scott Mullen Special to the Kansan
A conductor's work is never done. Just ask Robert E.Foster, director of University of Kansas bands.
Foster, along with Mark B. Johnson, Lawrence doctoral student.
"Ninety percent of what a conductor does is not in front of a group," Foster said. "There is a large administration part. If you don't have the administration down, the concerts you want to perform don't have a chance."
will direct "A Festival of Brass" at 7:30 tonight at the Lied Center. The concert is the first performance of the season for the KU Wind Ensemble.
"You have to believe in yourself in order to get up in front of a large musical ensemble." Johnson said.
Under Foster's guidance, Johnson is learning the ropes of what it takes to direct bands and orchestras on a college level.
In addition to being involved with KU bands, Johnson is the graduate assistant for the KU Symphony Orchestra and works as the show designer for the KU Marching Band.
"It's kind of a like an apprenticeship," Foster said of the learning process that Johnson is going through.
Conducting large groups of musicians is nothing new to Johnson. Before moving to Kansas with his wife, Peggy, Johnson directed junior-high and high-school bands in North Carolina for 10 years. Johnson also led clinics and was a guest conductor for the North Carolina Youth Symphony.
Conducting has been a dream of Johnson's since the seventh grade. He advises other students pursuing a serious career in conducting to study with great teachers and to find opportunities to conduct.
"Feedback from other musicians is the greatest feedback, and they usually aren't bashful about telling you what they think," Johnson said.
"A conductor has to work out all
Johnson admits that conducting is an unusual business.
his kninks in front of everyone," he said. "You have to be willing to take that risk and be a bit of a gambler."
For those who gamble successfully, conducting has many rewards.
"It's fun work to do," Foster said.
"The more you work on it, the more you realize what can be done — which makes it even more fun."
"Conducting is not just about walking around with a wooden stick in your hands," Johnson said. "It's a form of performance art."
General admission tickets for "A Festival of Brass" are on sale at the box office in Murphy Hall, 864-3982; Lied Center, 864-ARTS and the Student Union Activities box office, 864-3477. Tickets are $5 for the public and $3 for students and senior citizens. Foster said the performance would last about 75 minutes.
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Jerel Hilding, assistant professor of dance, leads a beginning ballet class of junior high and high school students in stretching. Hilding taught the class Saturday during the 33rd Annual Dance Day at Robinson Center. Seventy-five students from Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma participated in the event.
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By Josh Yancey Kansan staff writer
And Chancellor Robert Hemenway wants to visit them all. He has been to 18 already.
Some of Kansas' 105 counties have fewer people than KU's mammoth Chemistry 184 class. Some are farther from Lawrence than Omaha or St. Louis.
Driving through does not count, either. He wants to stop and talk to people in each county, whether they are state legislators, Regents, alumni or parents of KU students. They all are tax payers, and their taxes support the University of Kansas.
Most recently, Hemenway visited Allen and Labette counties, home of Iola and Parsons respectively, for Rotary Club speeches.
He went on a tour in June that covered a half-dozen counties and visited the police training center in Hutchinson, and he spoke to a group in Garden City.
Kansas is a large state — the 14th largest in the nation — with a population of about 2.5 million. About 75 percent of the population lives in eastern Kansas and Wichita.
Still, Hemenway sees the need to visit all parts of the state.
"He recognizes that the needs and the issues in western Kansas are going to be different from those in southeast or northeast Kansas," said Tom Hutton, director of university relations.
Among his destinations:
Hogeman County, population 2,500. It has two incorporated towns: Hanston, population 300, and Jetmore,
population 850.
If Hemenway maintains his pace, he will visit all 105 counties in about two years.
Tribune, home to 900 of the
people, 1,700 people.
Panhellenic's women's week to begin tonight
County's 1,700 people. Hugoton, in far southwestern Kansas, is about as far from Lawrence as one can go and still be in Kansas. It has a gas station, a diner, a few homes and a school. The chancellor has been there to visit a state legislator.
"This is Kansas," he said. "We like to see Kansas' leaders here."
"He keeps a breakneck schedule," Hutton said. "There's no question about that."
Women's issues are the focus at a series of events this week sponsored by the KU Panhellenic Association.
Activities begin at 7 tonight with a workshop at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. The topic is "Relationships and Dating," and the workshop will be led by Barbara Ballard, director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center.
By Phillip Brownlee Kansan staff writer
Discussion will include relationships with parents, siblings, sorority members, friends and significant others. How well these relationships are handled affects how well students do in college, Ballard said.
Ballard said it was important that sorority members come together as a group because they make up the largest women's organization on campus.
Wednesday evening, following a joint Panhellenic and Interfraternity Council meeting, a surprise community service project will be held benefiting Women's Transitional Care Services of Lawrence. Details of the project will not be announced until after the meeting.
The women's week activities conclude Thursday evening with a presentation by Beverly Davenport Sypher, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Sypher will speak about "Women as Leaders" at 8 p.m. at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
Kirsten Cigler, Panhellenic women's program coordinator, said the events were designed to be uplifting.
"Together, they can make significant changes," she said.
"It's not often that all the women in the Greek community come together to hear inspirational messages," she said.
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