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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Oct. 8, 1964
KU Brass Choir Needs Additional Literature
The rich, brilliant sounds of brass instruments are familiar in orchestras and bands, but very little music has been written especially for brass players.
"To give musicians exposure to the literature for brass and challenge them to be better musicians," Kenneth Bloomquist, assistant professor of band, founded the Brass Choir in 1958. This year there are 16 members in the ensemble.
"We make a concentrated effort to play all kinds of music," Prof. Bloomquist said. "The 'golden age' of brass was during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Brass music is an unrecognized medium today because of the lack of literature," he explained.
SINCE ITS FOUNDING, the choir has achieved international recognition. Last spring, at the invitation of the State Department, the ensemble toured countries in the Far East.
"We played all types of music on our tour, but fast music was the most popular," Prof. Bloomquist said.
"We found that folk music always drew applause. When we arrived in a new country, we always made arrangements to perform two or three native songs at each concert. Naturally the audience was pleased when we performed their music," he said. "And the Far Easterners knew more American folk songs than we did. They knew the music and could sing the words in English, even though they didn't know what the words meant."
"THE TRIP was invaluable in terms of experience. All the brass choir members are better musicians as a result of the trip," Prof. Bloomquist said.
This year the ensemble will perform in Kansas City at the National Convention of Music Therapists, the Kansas City, Mo. Junior College and the KU Medical Center. The choir will also travel to Wichita to represent KU at the Kansas Music Educators Association meeting.
Prof. Bloomquist has high hopes for the choir this year. "Potentially it will be as good as any brass choir we've ever had," he said. "The interest and enthusiasm is better than ever."
Official Bulletin
New foreign students are reminded to complete and return the orientation form found in the October issue of the "International Campus" newsletter.
CATHOLIC MASS. 5 p.m., St. Lawrence Chapel, 1910 Stratford Road.
GERMAN CLUB, 4:30 p.m., 502 Fraser Hall.
PANEL DISCUSSION on the 1964 Summer Language Institute in Holzkirchen, Germany. Refreshments served
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Inn. (Reservations)
Call: UN 4-3072
Lecture, 7:30 p.m., 122 Malott, "Porphyrins and Their Metallo Complexes"—Dr. J. Gordon Erdman, senior fellow, Mellon Institute.
CHRISTIAN FAMILY MOVEMENT, 8:30 p.m., St. Lawrence Center, 1915 Stratford Road. Evens group. All married couples welcome.
EPISCOPAL EVENING PRAYER, 9:30 p.m., Danforthe Chapel.
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAM, 7:30 p.m.
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
CATHOLIC MASSES, 6:45 a.m. 5 p.m.
St. Lawrence Chapel, 1910 Stratford Road.
SPEECH PATHOLOGY Colloquium, 2-4
p.m., 203 Bailey Hall.
I'm all cracked up over the SUA Carnival. Humpty Dumpty
FRIDAY FLICKS, 7 & 9:30 p.m.
Treasure Auditorium
EPSCOPAL EVENING PRAYER, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth Chapel.
Found—one lunch.
New owner—one Irish setter.
A large Irish setter trotted across campus this morning, a sack lunch clutched firmly in her jaws.
Irish Setter Retrieves Lunch.
When You're In Doubt, Try It Out—Kansan Classified
Apparently, an unsuspecting student had laid down his lunch. The dog saw her opportunity to eat some real food, not just that dog stuff.
When last seen, the setter was headed toward the Campanile, presumably to settle down to a late breakfast or an early lunch. Maybe she just wanted to gloat over her victory.
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