Thursday, May 16, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
5
No 'jazz' is allowed in Murphy
By Bob Butler
Kansan Staff Reporter
Second in a Series
At present, there are no jazz courses offered by the KU School of Fine Arts. Only a few courses in music history and theory even touch jazz and none place on it a primary emphasis.
There are, however, faculty members who feel that jazz is a necessary part of a well-rounded musical education, and that it should be included in the school's curriculum.
As Russell Wiley, retiring this spring after 34 years as KU's director of bands, says, "I'm for a well-rounded program, and jazz programs are becoming a part of music schools all over the country. It definitely has a place in the university."
Richard Wright, who is president of Musicians Local 512, assistant program director of KANU radio and a graduate of the School of Fine Arts, says the scope of musical education at KU is "narrow."
"More and more universities have jazz workshops in their curriculum with the idea in mind that most of their students will not be able to join a symphony orchestra," Wright said. "They will teach—most of them—or become studio musicians after graduation, and this requires training other than just the classical and traditional that is taught by the School of Fine Arts. Jazz is like the facts of life—if a little boy doesn't learn it from a good source he's going to learn it wrong."
Actually, no attempt has been made to establish an official jazz program at KU. Two years ago, however, Wright and other students formed the KU Kicks Band, a group of students who wanted to play jazz and give free concerts.
At that time members of the band petitioned the Fine Arts Administrative Council, headed by Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts, for permission to use the practice rooms in Murphy Hall. They were denied permission because, as the council told them, there was not a faculty member who was willing to become the band's sponsor.
Wright recalls that Earl Dumler (who failed to graduate from the School of Fine Arts and who is now playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra) returned to the dean and informed him that there was a faculty member, Roy Guenther, instructor of wind and percussion, who was already in the band.
"Earl came back to us and said Gorton would not accept Guenther as a sponsor because he said he was 'he immature' or 'too young,'" Wright said.
The official position of the deans office is that the school cannot afford to allow outside groups to use Murphy Hall's facilities.
"We are completely inundated with requests by non-University groups for practice space," L. Don Schelid, assistant dean, said, "and to let one in would mean we would have to let them all in. Primarily, the Kicks Bands was turned down because of the availability of times when the practice rooms are not in use. We can't have people up here at all hours of the night."
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