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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1964
Importance of Discipline Known To Voice Professor, Performer
Norman Abelson, associate professor of voice, knows the meaning of the word discipline.
Until last Saturday night, Prof. Abelson combined teaching and performing with the Kansas City Lyric Theater. By day he taught voice students and at night he drove to Kansas City to rehearse with the opera.
"Before the season ended, I put 4,000 miles on my car and every bump on Highway 10," he said.
A baritone, Prof. Abelson has sung professionally since he made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1953. He songs both opera and oratorio.
"I prefer to sing opera," he said, "especially roles from 'Don Giovanni' and 'Boris Godunov.'"
Singing is hard work, he feels. "A singer must constantly practice self-discipline," he said. "When he is practicing, he cannot waste a moment."
Prof. Abelson explained that singers usually cannot practice more than four hours a day, or their voices become weak.
A cold is the singer's curse. "When a singer has a cold, he simply cannot perform well, and sometimes not at all." Prof. Abelson said, "At the Lyric, we had a doctor backstage armed with throat sprays, pills and syrups in case any of the performers came down with colds."
"Performing is a very fragile thing no matter how well a singer feels," he said. "He can be very good one night and very bad the next."
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CATHOLIC MASS. 5 p.m. St. Lawrence Chapel, 910, Stratford Rd.
PSYCHOLOGY COLLOQUIUM, 4 p.m.
Strong Auditorium. "Some Neuropharm-
cological Aspects of the Central Regulation of Adhesion" -Sebastian Grossman,
Chicago
TOUS SONT CORDIALEMENT invites a reunion avec la réunion de novembre, octobre à 4,30 dans Fraser Theater. Une programme interessante et amusante poussée : le film "Crim Blane"
SUA MINORITY OPINIONS FORUM.
3U0 n.a., Big Eight Room, Kansas Union.
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CARILLON RECITAL, 7 p.m. Albert Gerken.
CLASSICAL FILM, 7 p.m., Dyehe Hall.
TIMELY TOPICS LECTURE, 7 p.m., St.
Lawrence Center, 1910 Stratford Rd. "The
Problem of Evil."
MARKETING CLUB. 7:15 p.m., Sunflower room, Kansas Union. "The Role of a Marketing Consultant" Charles Kaufman should be interested in marketing, field welcome.
CATHOLIC MASSES, 6:45 a.m. 5 p.m.
St. Lawrence Chapel, 1910 Stratford Rd.
FACULTY RECITAL 8 p.m. Swartthout Recital Hall, Boulton, flutist.
EPISCOPAL EVENING PRAYER, 9:30
p.m. Danforth Chapel.
TOMORROW
"THE NEW EUROPE and America: Cooperation or Competition?" 8 p.m., Forum Room, Kansas Union. Philip E. Moosey
11:35 a.m. Canterbury House, 1116 La-
DER DEUTSCHE VEREIN, 4:30 p.m.
502 Fraser "Studium im Ausland"—Dr. J.
A. Pruille
"CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHICAL Thought," 7 p.m., S. Lawrence Center, 1915 Stratford Rd. Rev. Malachy Sulliyn Q.S.B., Ph.D.
“ART PRESENTED.” 8 o'clock. Ballroom,
Kansas City, M. Maxon, director,
Chicago, Art. Institute.
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"MORAL REASONING," 8 p.m., Dyche Auditorium.
"CHRISTIAN FAMILY MOVEMENT." 8 p.m., St. Lawrence Center, 1915 Stratford Rd. Don and Mary Yeats. VI 2-3692 lead couple.
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have also heard Prof. Abelson. In 1960, he won a two year contract at the Bayerische Staatsoper (Bavarian State Opera) in Munich, Germany. The contract was the prize offered by the Mozartem in Salzburg, Austria.
He sang in Havana, Cuba, just before Castro's take-over of the Batista government. "Batista's men had machine guns trained on the hotel where I stayed. But the tension and danger didn't keep the Cubans away. They love opera there," he said.
Opera is really growing in America, he believes, especially when sung in English. "People can appreciate opera more when they understand the language. It is more colorful and has more meaning for them," he said. "Opera is no longer just for the elite." he added.
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Before coming to KU, Prof. Abelson taught at the University of Minnesota. He has no definite plans for the future. His philosophy is "to take things as they come." "I find that I am always happy with the way things turn out, especially if I don't plan them," he said.
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"And people have more time for the arts, since we have more leisure time," he added. "We don't have to fight Indians anymore or worry about keeping warm in winter. Most
Music and the other fine arts are vital. Prof. Abelson feels.
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, one of the greatest singers of all time, has been Prof. Abelson's inspiration. "I admire him more than any other singer," he said.
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People-to-People was not on the mailing list of prospective organizations to be supported by the Council. It did not appear before the Finance and Auditing Committee to discuss its plans. It was not represented at the budget session by a budget or a representative.
He also enjoys other singers. His favorite non-opera star is Ella Fitzgerald, "She is a great artist," he said.
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priations board could meet and change their source of support from the ASC to the University.
"I regard art as the bread of life," he said. "It is only through art that man lifts himself out of the animal state and only by creating beauty does man become worthwhile; and the quest for beauty is eternal."
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Other allotments were: Mortar Board, $242; combined pep clubs, $260; American Pharmaceutical Association, $220; Alpha Phi Omega, $170; Engineering School Council, $283; the Business School Council, $275; the Student Bar Association, $250; and the Current Events Committee, $1,000.
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