7/29/2019 1973 Newspaper Clippings http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/1973-newspaper-clippings 1/22 Brevard Center To Open 37th Year July 6 The Brev ar d Musi c Center, summer musical mecca of the So uth eas t , be gi ns its 37th season of concerts and operas J uly 6 with he first of seven Festival weekends. Featured in the initial of· ferings ar e a concert by Brevard Music Center Or chest ra with guest artist Sylvia Rabinof , the Pops.Qpera "T r i al By Jury, " and an appea rance by violinist Daniel Heifetz. . lDtemationally acclaimed by music lovers everywhe re . Sy lvia Rablnof will appear I n Coocert at the Ce nte r, Friday at 8:15 p.m. She 1'1'111 appear with the Musi c Ce nter Orchestra twde r th e direction of He nr y Jani ec. She Is the C(l mposer of the cantata "The De lu ge " and is curr ently e ngaged In recording Vivaldi 's %5 Double Violin Co nce rti . Saturday evening at 8: 15, the first of three Pops Concerts for the season will be pr es ented, f eaturing t he or chest ra and opera workshop singers from the Center. Orchestral fare will include works by Offenbach, Ar nold, Leowe, and Gounod. The second half o f th e Sa turday evening pr ogram will feature a se mi - s t aged per- formance of Gilbert and ' includes Robert Shaw, Yar Sullivan's "Trial ByJury" with brough and Cowa n, Benjamin all roles filled by the staff of the Middaugh, and JealUline Alt Center and students from the meyer. opera workshop under th e Opera performances to be general direction of John presented during the swnmer Richards McCrae. season include "Hansel and Gretel," "Tales of Hoffmann," Sunday at 3:30, the Brevard I'Carmen," and "The Merry Music Center Orchestra under Widow." The opera workshop at the direction ot Henry Janice will aga in appear in concert, this time with violinist Daniel Heifetz appea r ing as guest artist The SWlday program will be dedicated to the memory of Paul C. Thomas , a long-time friend, supporter, and trustee of the Center. Daniel Heifet z won first prize at the 1 969 Merriweather Post Competition and ha s s tudied at the Curti s Institute of Music with famed violinist Efrem ZimbaUst. The New York Times has ha il ed Heifetz as "8 dashing performe r ." Th e Orches tr a and Heifetz wHl pe rf or m Beethoven's Seventh Symphony and the Vi olin Concerto by Slbelius. Tep name guest artists have always been a mainstay of the Center and this season is no exception. Pianists Van Cliburn and Peter Nero lead a list that the Center will be under the ge ne r al di rection of John Richar ds McCrae. One of the musical highlights of the season will be the production of Richard Rodgers' "Oklahoma !" on Aug. 3. Tickets for performances at the Ce nter ma y be purchased at Bcaslnllton House of Music , Greenville and Spartanburg; Bunzl Tours. Atlanta: C a ~ e Mus ic Company, Asheville; Opportunity Hou se , Hen dersonvillej Rice Music House, Spartanburgj and Strain Music Co. , Waynesville. Information concerning concer ts and tickets is available from The Brevard Mus ic Center.
Brevard Center To Open 37th Year July 6The Brevard Music Center,
summer musical mecca of theSo uth eas t , be gins its 37thseason of concerts and operasJuly 6 with he first of sevenFestival weekends.Featured in the initial of·
ferings are a concert byBrevard Music Center Or chestra with guest artist SylviaRabinof , the Pops.Qpera "T rialBy Jury," and an appearance
by violinist Daniel Heifetz..
lDtemationally acclaimed bymusic lovers everywhere .Sy lvia Rablnof will appear InCoocert at the Cente r, Friday at8:15 p.m. She 1'1'111 appear withthe Music Center Orchestratwder the direction of HenryJaniec. She Is the C(lmposer ofthe cantata "The De luge" andis curr ently e ngaged Inrecording Vivaldi 's %5 DoubleViolin Co nce rti .
Saturday evening at 8:15, thefirst of three Pops Concerts forthe season will be presented,
featuring the
orchestra
andopera workshop singers fromthe Center. Orchestral fare willinclude works by Offenbach,Arnold, Leowe, and Gounod.
The second half of theSa turday evening program willfeature a semi-s taged per-
formance of Gilbert and ' includes Robert Shaw, YarSullivan's "Trial ByJury" with brough and Cowan, Benjaminall roles filled by the staff of the Middaugh, and JealUline AltCenter and students from the meyer.opera workshop under the Opera performances to begeneral direction of John presented during the swnmerRichards McCrae. season include "Hansel and
Gretel," "Tales of Hoffmann,"Sunday at 3:30, the Brevard I'Carmen," and "The Merry
Music Center Orchestra under Widow." The opera workshop at
the direction ot Henry Janicewill aga in appear in concert,
this time with violinist DanielHeifetz appea r ing as guestartist The SWlday program willbe dedicated to the memory ofPaul C. Thomas, a long-timefriend, supporter, and trustee ofthe Center.
Daniel Heifetz won first prizeat the 1969 Merriweather PostCompetition and has studied atthe Curtis Institute of Musicwith famed violinist EfremZimbaUst. The New York Timeshas ha iled Heifetz as "8 dashingperformer ." Th e Orchestr a andHeife tz wHl perf orm
Beethoven's Seventh Symphonyand the Violin Concerto bySlbelius.
Tep name guest artists havealways been a mainstay of theCenter and this season is noexception. Pianists Van Cliburnand Peter Nero lead a list that
the Center will be under thegeneral di rection of John
Richards McCrae.One of the musical highlights
of the season will be theproduction of Richard Rodgers'"Oklahoma !" on Aug. 3.
Tickets for performances at
the Center may be purchased atBcaslnllton House of Music,
Greenville and Spartanburg;Bunzl Tours. Atlanta: C a ~ e Mus ic Company, Asheville;
Opportunity House , Hendersonvillej Rice Music House,Spartanburgj and Strain MusicCo. , Waynesville. Informationconcerning concerts and ticketsis availab le from The BrevardMus ic Center.
Take Brevard SpotlightBREVARD - Last week's Saturday night will tcature a?roduction of "Oklahoma!" and Pops Concert by the Brevardn c e r t by Peter Nero are hard Music Center Orchestra preseu
acts to follow , but the Brevard ling exerpls from "Man of LaMusic Center is offering another Mancha ," "Most Happy Fella ."
weekend of major aUractions " Fiddler on the Roof," "Girlwith the ope ra "Carmen" Fri- Crazy" and an Irving Berlinday night. the Pops Concert medley."Tonight on Broadway" Satur- At 3:30 p. m. Sundayday night and a concert by Brevard Mu sic Cente rfamed classical pianist Van welcomes world famous pianistCliburn SUnday afternoon. Van Cliburn to the stage to
"Carmen" under the direction appear with the Brevard Musiciof John Richards McCrae wil l Center Orchestra under confeature Dorothy Krebill as ductor Henry J anie<:. A capacitJCarmen. Krebill has electrified crowd is expected to hearau diences on two continents Cliburn who will feature Colaswith her portrayal of Carmen. Breugnon 0 v e r t u r e byFor two years she wa s a KabaJevsky, Scheherezade by
leading artist wi th t h e R im s k y -R o s a k ov andMetropolitan Opera National Rachmaninoff's Pi ano ConcertoCompany and has since ap- Number Two in his concert.peared with numerous com- Cliburn is among the small!)anies in America and Europe. handful of true superstars in
Asheville native David Rae music today. He was born j :l5mith will portray Escamillo. Sh reveport, La. , and rea red in
8arlier in the Center season Texas. More than a decade agnhe stunned the audience WJlh he triumphed at Moscow 's
his portrayal of Dr. Miracle in Tchaikovsky Competition, and'Tales of Hoffman." his phenomenal career since
has taken him around theworld.
Tuesday the Center's 37th
season moves into its final weekwith concerts by students inUte Transylvania Concert Band,Wind Ensemble a nd You th
Orchestra. Concert and ticketin formation, is available at thE
number of students bave enrulled for the summer MSSion a
the Brevard Music Center ac-:corrling to Ross MagouJa ,-
registrar for the Center. MOr. u... l1li -"'dent. have
registered for das1es a n
workshops for the seven session at the Center. Representing vireuallY eYf:ry alate in
the country, students riving last week and im-mediately began a t t e n din g classes, and worksbops preparing lor the scbieduIe of to be pf11Iented at the Celiter during the __
dents have enroUed '01' tbesummer session at the' Bre-vard Music eeRier accordingto Ron Magoalas, registrar
for the Center.
More than 300 students have
....... .lutnetloD. and at·
teaUoa darIDI their my.SUff and (acuIty membtnrepresent many major eol·leges aDd eouenatories andrepresent . . . . , . of the finestinstructon In music today.
registered for classes and work· A major instructional thrust
shops for the seven week $ego of the Center is to combinesian at the Center. Represent- ,learning with performance.ing virtually every state in the Students will perform for a va·
country, students began arriv· riety of Center organizationsing last week and immediately such as the Brevard Music Cenbegan attending classes, rehear· ter Orchestra, the Transylvaniasals, and workshops preparing Symphony Orchestra, Operafor the schedule of concerts to Workshop, the Transylvaniabe presented at the Center duro Youth Orchestra, the Transyl.ing the season. vania Concert Band, and Wind
With. staff and faculty of
more tban 150. Center ata·dents are afforded ample In·
Ensemble. Students have the
opportunity to appear in re.eital every Wednesday afternoon at the Center in addition
to playine with and for DlUIJ'
top artists such as Robert Sha'T1Peter Nero, Van C l l b u ~ Jeannine Altmeyer, Benjamfa;Middaugh and Edward Vito. I
"Wh11e at the Center
dents ~ e i v e many bonn ·0',trainJll& and cre4lt boan)that are tranderable t colle,es 8Jnd 1 l D i v e n l t l ~ihr'olllbOU& . the COUD&ry.".'llhe1unique blend of . I n s t n I c t l o ~ a and performance offen .. . . iD..D ~ V e qDaHty 0' edaeiUoa[and experience tlult is prbetl ')
by mllDY young artlaU and
bas bec:ome the halbnart ef;1
Center alumni who now ap.' ')pear hi v1rtaaDy every maJor_orrhestra and sympboD)' il lthe HIlDtr7. ...
Brevard Music Center Opens Season On July (j IREVARD - The Brevard
Music Center. su m mer
musical mecca of I h eSoutheast. begins its 37thseason aC concerts and operasJuly 6 with the first of sevenFestival weekends.
Featured in the initial offerings are a concert byBrevard Music C e n t e rOrchestra with featured guestartist Sylvia Rabinof, thePop:K)pera "Trial by Jury,"
and an appearance byviOlinist Daniel Heifetz,
J nternationally acclaimed
by music lovers cverywhere,
Sylvia Rabino will appear in
concert at thc Center Friday
at 8:15 p.m. She will appear'with the Music Ce n t e rOrchestra under the directionof Henry Janiec. She is thecomposer of the cantata "TheDeluge" anti is currentlyengaged in recording Vivaldi's25 Double Violin Conce rti.
Saturday evening at 8:15,
the first of three PopsConcerts for the season willbe presented, featuring theOrche s t r a and OperaWorkshop singers from theCenter. Orchestral fa re wi!(
include w()l'ks by Offenbach.ArnOld , Loewe, and Goonod.
The second half of theSaturday evening programwill feature a semi·stagedpcrfonnance of Gilbert andSullivan's delightful "'I'rial By
Jury" with all roles filled bythe sJaff of the Center and
students from the OperaWorkshop under the generaldirection of JOM RichardsMcCrae.
Sunday at 3:30, the BrevardMusic Center Orchestra underthe direction of Henry Jamecwill again appear in concert,this time with violinist DanielHeifetz appearing as guestartist. The Sunday programwill be ded i ca t ed to thememory of Paul C. Thomas,
a long·lime friend, supporter,and trustee of the Center.
Daniel Heifetz won 1st prizeat the 1009 Merriweather Postcompetition and has studiedat the Curtis Institute of
J\Iusic with famed violinistEfrem Zimbalisl. The NewYork 'l1mcs has hailed Heifetzas "a dashing performer."The Orchestra and Heifptzwill per for m Beethoven'sSeventh Symphony and theViolin C o n ~ r t o by Sibelius.
Top name guest artists have
aiwaY3 been a mainstay of
the Center and this seasonis no e;'l:ception. Pianists Van
Cliburn. and Peter Nero leada list that includes Roi>ertShaw, Yarbrough and Cowan.Benjamin Middaugh, andJeannine Albneyer.
Opera performances to hepresented during the summer!leason include "Hansel andGrelei." "Tales of Hoffman,""Carmen." and "The .Merry
Widow," The Opera Workshopal the Center will be underthe general direction of JohnRichards McCrae.
One of Ule m u si ca l highlights of the season will bethe production of RichardRodgers' "Oklahoma!" ongust 3.
Tickets Cor performances at
the Center may be purchasedat Brasington House of Music,Greenville and Spartanburg
(5. C.); Buml Tours, Atlanta;Cagle Music Company ,
Asheville; Opportunity House,Hendersonville; Rice MusicHouse. Sparta nbu rg. S. C.;and Strain Music Company,Waynesville. Information con-cerning CQllcerts and ti cketsis available from The BrevardJ'l"luslc Centcr.
Brevard C e n t e r ~ s Varied WeekendBREVARD - Brevard Music
Ind head of the string depart
Center moves into one of its menl at tile center and i!t amoot varied weekends of the professor of music at theseason Friday nigbt with the Uni I'crs-ity of Bowling Greenmusical "Oklahoma!" 10 be and conducb::lr of the Universityfollowed Saturday night with a Syn19 lxmy Orchestra.concert by the Transylvania For the past Hi summersSymphony Orchestra with guest IRaab has sel"Yed on the facultvartist Edv.ard Vilo and an a,p- of the center, bas been beadpearallCe Sunday by pianist oC the string division, conPeter Nero on concert wittl the certmaster for the Festiva.lBrevard Music Center Orches- Or;chestrn and c<lnductor of bOthtra. the Youth OrctJestra and the
Friday at 8: 15 p,m. producer- Transykvania Symphony. .director John Richards McCrae Sunday afternoon at 3:30,
and conductor Henr;y Janice Peter ~ e r o will appear in c o ~ -combine talents with ·the Opera cert WIth the Brevard MUSICWorkshop and 000rus to present Cenler O r c h c s ~ r o under conducIthe Rodgers and Hammerslein's or Henry Janlec.musical. Nero. pian ist. composer and
Mearsals have been under conductor, has recorded "Sum-mer of '4,2" "Theme From
way {or more than. a week for Love Story,'; "The F'irst Timethe performance ""th aJj roles Ever I Slaw Your Face," thet ~ ~ ~ members of the Opera love I hem e from "The God-
. ; ~ h "Ok! ho aI" father" and the theme from., ........ 60' -:- as a. m 'On' "Lady Sings The Blues."
Surl'}' With T h ~ Fringe He was reeently selected theTop." "People win Say We 're , .J to " d "Oh Wh t a Number One Instrumentalist by
n .ve, an . ' , a cash Box Magazine and has3 . e a u ~ l f u l M 0 r n 1 n g are live gold records to his credit.hlghhgtlts. . Nero's program inc 1Udes
Saturday mght con d u c tOr Gershwin's" R hap sod y In!E)mil Raab will drop his baton Blue," Boda's "Overture 1962"
on a concert by to h e and Pops Classics " Love IsTransylvania Symphony featur- Here to Stay," "The Man J
jng an appearance by guest Love." "Bidin' My Time," andartist hanpist Edward Vito. "1 Gol Rhythm."
Vito is currently on the Tuesday night the yooth andfaoolty of the Universil.y of Chamber Orchestras conductedMiami and solo hailliS!. w i ~ by Mario Mancinel!l and Wardthe Miami Philharmonic. F'or Woodbury wil! appear in conmany years he was associated eert. Wednesday night th e
v.ith NBC and Arturo Toscan- Transylvania Concert Band andnini. Transylvania Wind Ensemble
Brevard Music Center basannounced U. programICheduled for ita mh year 01cperaUoolliated to begin July 8.
Director Henry Janie<: has
announced __ 42 differentperformancel for the teUOD atthe music center. one of lbe
principal summer musicfeatlvall In the world.Heading tbe lill of stellar
guest. artists for 1973 will bepianl.sla Van CUbum. appearing
A q u I t 12. and Peter Nero_A ............ ..intern.don.lly acclaimedartllta wiD appear .nth the
Brevard Mu.1c Center Or·chestra cooducted by Janiec.
Also appearing with orchestra wDl be Sylvia Rabinol,
" " ' " . . . . . . . "" ' " the JWlia<dSchool of Music and pincipalpiano lrIItructor at the MuskCenter; Daniel Helletz, brilliantyOUD' violinist; baritoneBenjamin Middaugh, YoungArUat winner 01 the NationalFederatIon of Music Cubs;Jeannine Altmeyer, recentwinner 01 the Mettopdlilan()pera Auditions ana a member
ollhe Center'. artist (aC\llty;Edward Vito, Me III the greatbarpista of &he centry ; andftutist Charla DeLaney, analwnnus of the Center and oneof the leading Dutiat in the
country.Of special note Is a residency
at Brevard by Robert Shaw,music director ohthe- AllantaSymphony and louftd« " thofamed Robert Shaw Chorale.Shaw wUl be at the Center lortwo weeks, closing his vtall witha perlonnance of the C<mplete"Messiah" by . Handel on July
IS. Other choral-orcbeatralJI'OII'aIDI wU1 be conducted byWa'd Woodbury. d1tedor 0( the
famed Bach FeltivaJ In Winter
Park, Fla., and-by Jantec.
An apGlogy : A few weeks ago. . isted musical opporttDties In
the area and we omitIed our ownIl!ndersonvtUe Symphony. And
this is a fine baby in theaitureof
OW' town and U's ,. ..
Already Its Innuence 6s beirw fetaebe_here. Janice JMiec UIedsongs from ''1'be Men'y Widow"whelI she luested with our Symphony. and some 01 . were so
enchanted that we wrote Dr.
Janiec asking that ()per8Worbbop at Brevard prM!f1l
this op:eretta some MJrrmtr.
BreVIIrd Musk Center Il'h!GIIewas anllOW'lCed this ""'* and
guess what's on it? Yca"re right.
''1'he Merry Widow! "
OIan Harbour
manager. has giVftl""thedaleof'l"uesday. May l. for the nez1con
c.'eI1 . Anothet IOkUlhas beftI booked. but we camot
announce his n8meat thlsUme.
_...
"._-. . , . our hal. did you see CI'I th !
BreVIIrd seheduJe that Van
aiburn will play m &nday.August It ? We have known for
8OmC! time that this was beinfI:negotiated. but kept our pr'OfI'IiII!
not to write about il.
The whole Ml90n PfCI'Ulsounds absotutely wonderful.
What with Cliburn. and aboPeter Nero (who plays on August51; the great harpist EdwardViIo
and duc.-plani sts Yarborc:lIgh and
Cowan back again on stall:Robert. Shaw few two weeb
culminating in the COft1lIde" Messiah" on Ju ly 15; nOpe ..
producttons covering the fieldfrom ''Camwn'' 10 ''OtJahoma,' '
it looks like a busy MJrrmtr rew
the weeks between Ju l y ' andAugust 19.
For information on Uckets and
student enrollment. writeBrevard Music Center. P.O. Box511. Brevard. N,C. ZI7l2.
A news release week fromBrevard Music amouncesthe soloista who will head theFestival weekend Programl and
it is truly a distinguished list.After her concert three sum
menago. Mary Costa told IIStbatmember. of the music worid c0n
sidered an jnvitation to appear at
Brevard was a distinct hono r.And this must be true for this
year's program includesdistinguiahed stars.. Pianist Eugene List has been
one 01 lhe world' , foremostartist! for nearty 40 years. He hasappeared In concert, on televisi!lnand in movies. Anna Moffo isranked a, one of the mOst
beautiful and talented women onthe concert. and ope .. stage. JoMAlexander is a leadini tenor at
lhe Me t and is a returntnsfavorite at BMC. I
For the faculty, S y l v i fRabtnoff , of the Juillianl School
of Millie, will play the openingconcert.. July 5, with the BM<:
On=bestra, and on Wecb!eday,July 31, will playa piano-violin
sonata recital with her Iaband,8enJ)O Rabinoff. •
Popular duo--pjanisCa JOM Yarborouih and Robert eo.an willalso return, to teach and perform . They will open the Con- I
noiueur Series on Monday, July
8, and play a concert wtth tileTnwylvania Symphony on July
13.
Mary Ann 8uIcbIrIg.
m e ~ r a n o and Brevarda lumna, will also be back for ·aFestival concert. Henry Janiec.
and Emil R ub wlU be c0nduc:ting lhe orchelltru and . I n Richarda McCrae hMdI theOpen Workshop few his tenIhseason. The operas have bemannounced, but guest toIoiItIhave not as yet been named.We ' ll do a column on thIt 5*t ofBrevard as soon as we have fullinfo.
revard: The 'Tan lewood' of AppalachiaBy JAMES ROOSH ~ M l I t l c lIII il.,
BREVARD, N.C.Brevard isn't far from Miamias the crow flies, but whoflies a crow? If you go my
way, by jet and rented car,}'Gil wing to Atlanta, switchflights to Asheville, thendrive the country roads that
twist and tum, and aren't
very well marked, peeringhopefully in the dark at what
yon trust is the centcr of the
road.You are groggy but tri
umphant w11en you reachtown and motel, just a
stone's throw from the summer music camp that JameSChrist ian Pfohl founded 37~ a r s ago, Originally "just forboys."
By night, the "light'nbugs" (Sam Ervin's veryown) lend I hospitable glowto the lonely stretoh of road.By day, and blazing sunahine, you dr ive that onceeerie road, blinking at the
d • e p -ditch shoulder youblessedly could not see the
ni&'lt before.
Up the hili you go, thendown a piedmont valleyringed by mist and BlueRidge mountains - wonderof wonders. they really areblue after all.
1lfEN, suddenly, sprawledbeneath you on a bosky,g r e e n plateau are thecampsite cabins, the woodenrellearsal sheds, the new red·
wood hall, and the 1,500-seatauditorium flung far off tothe left. You glimpse, Inshort, a panoramic view ofBrevard Music Center, whichas one scribe put it, "is to
M SICAppalachi a what Tanglewood is to the Berkshi res orInterlocben to the GreatLakcs." uld it possibly bemore?
I doubt it, but in any case,at camp'f. pOrtal you spot
what looks like a sentrystanding i:luty but turns outto be a trombone playerroadside, blurting out hisscales. CaoJt it morning practice, Brevard style. And notet hat Oscar Hammersteinwasn't Ifidding when hewrote,' e hills are alivewith the sound of music,"though happened to betalking tu t Salzburg, notBrevard.
No m ter, here you areJust as likely to encounter anoboe player in a forest gladeas a deer, or. for that matter,a bassoooist chortling meni-
ly at water's edge.
IN THIS CASE. FreddieMacLain, 17, of Hudson,N.C., and. all irate eyebrowswhcn I "truded on Wagnerin progresS. Yet he promptlyturned friendly on question
ing.Yes, Freddie likes the
camp, even In this his veryfirst suntner. The cabins are
crowded/ the hot water is not
so hOI, yet he insists, "You
reaUy get a lot of experiencehere in six weeks. J play inthree orchestras and theamount of music we cover isgreat."
As for the lures of lakesidepractice, "You don't feelcramped physically or menU:lly in this kind of setting,or s el f -conscious about
acoustics." Still, he admits,"It's so damp out here my
bassoon swells up and ittakes two people to pull itapart!"
But make no mistake.Freddie can handle that bassoon - a clarinet, too - fo rhe startcd at age II . Likemost of the 300-odd studentsthat throng the Center eachsummer (many on scholarships. from 5SO to 5500).Freddie was handpicked bytaped and live audition fromthe cream of high school tal ent.
ANO IF YOU have any
doubts about the quality ofthat talent, just stroll the
grounds and listen. Say, toRobert Barr's TransylvaniaW in d Ensemble, one ofBrevard's four student orchestras. For precision. tone,and focused ense mble it is abuoyant band of players,nicely flexible to wit.
Even in raw rehearsal itsquality is apparent, notwithstanding a wry reprimandfrom the podium now anrl
then. ("You can't breathe ona crescendo - no way!";Don't tum a page on a hold,dummy! rr you're in that biga hurry to get to lunch, goon!").
Yet their performance isall the more remarkable
•'.
Bassoonist Freddie l'factaiu Practicing at Lakeside at Brevard 1\lusic Center
when you learn that the
music - some of i bristling
ly contemporary was
impreSS ively read at sight.
People ma y wonder. is that
unusual? Ycs. if happento be talking abOut music
camps, though not necessarily about Brevard. Here programs are prepared on s'hortrehearsal notice, and performed without delay. Scores
• • • dampncllI b 'h e only drawback, .try. 17-ycar-old .ttHlcn'
scanned b)l students , say, on
Friday, are likely to cnd up
in concert Tuesday night.
CHALK IT UP to camp
policy, and a philosophy of
training Brevard's director,Henry Janiec, explains thisway: "With 42 concertsscheduled in 47 days. our
whole thrust is on repertoryexperience.
"From an educationalviewpoint you can rehearseto the point where thestudent learns what it meansto really have a work downpat. That's a perfectly validapproach. But we h a v echose.n the other way inwhich the kids spend six tpeight weeks on everythingfrom musicals and opera tosymphony and chambermusi c, in order to learn to
cope with a variety of musi·cal problems."
You mcan you try todevclop the "quick study?" Iventured. "To some degree.Because what if a youngSinger actually gets into theNew York City Opera, andhas to learn lots of repertoryfast? By making our studentsface the facts of professionallife, we also cn courage them,at 16 and 17 , to decidew11ether they really want tomake music a career: '
NO SURPRISE, then. tha t"Oklahoma" was be i n gspirited into production withscarcely a w ~ k ' s reh&llrsal_ choreography, chorus andall. But marvel that thechorus sounded so strong,the principals so promiSing,even at first day's rehearsal.
Marvel, too, at the varietyin productions that alternates "Oklahoma·' one weekwith Bizet's "Carmcn" thenext. Or makes oratorio excursions into the rcalm ofHaydn's "Creation" andHandel's "Messiah," uncut.That one under the baton ofRobert Shaw, no less.
Between opera and oralo·
rio performances there is nolack of things to hear. forstudent ensembles fill out thewcek, not to mention facultyconcerts. Come on a weekn i g h t and you mightencounter a rare ProkofievQuintet. Come on a weekendand more likely you'll hearVan Cliburn playingRa chmaninoff or Peter Neroin Gershwin. For Brevard is afestival, too.
True. s u chartists aree s sen t i a l l y box officemagnets. But their collaboration with the Centcr's fineFe 5 t i va l Orchestra (85professionals and students)exposes Brevard campers to
big names in action.
NOTES Janiec, "If youhave kids working alongside
professionals like Cliburn or
Shaw in rehearsals, a quantum of that profeSSionalismis bound to be absorbed simply by osmosis,"
Marvis Martins agrees. Asophomore soprano at theUniversity of Miami, and apupil of Mary HendersonBuckley. she came to Brevardthis summer in the advanced5 t u de n t category andproclaims it "a musician'sparadise."
"Obviously," she adds,"it's lin excellent breedingground for young singers
because they get to hear andperform in solid operatic productions. And, fra nk ly,where else in this part of thecountry could someone likeme get the chance to be soloist in the "Messiah" under aconductor like Robert Shawand portray the Mother in"Tales of Hoffman", all inthe same summer?"
BUT BREVARD has other
fa cets, too. Its Repertory Orchestra sets up vacation shopfor eager young professionalsfrom orchestras like Dallas.Atlanta and Baltimore, whowant to strengthen their gripon the repertoire.
On the successful side, too,count Brevard's Teacher_Aide project which selecta50 talented students fromrural, Southeastern schools,teaches them conducting.new music and instruments,plus how to tcach their peers.
then sends them back to highschool to aid their schoolmusic teacher.
So much for the present.What about the future?
FOR ONE thing, Brevardneeds a wider base of support, and It ftGpes (or morefoundation backing to .helpwipe out a $130.000 deficit.
There are other change.,
too, for Brevard has just appointed Robert Cole its firstyear-round general manager.First on his managerial agenda? "To give Brevard an Easter to Thanksgiving season,"says Cole. That means bringing in the Winnebago Camp·
ers convention to utilize the
Center's facilities this fallwhen music goes out of season. Or, perhaps sellingBrevard as a meeting spot
for church and industryseminars.
THE HOPE is to widen and
deepen Brevard's value to theregion, while keeping its
main purpose clear."But training talented
musicians," says Janiec, "iswhat we are really here forand I hope we are doingthat well." By all indications,they are.
Staff Growing At Brevard Center, Summer Music Capital Of SouthBREVARD - Brevard Music lcarolina college. During World and was c b a r t ~ r e d by the State THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN IThu J I 12 1973 15 burg Little Theatre and for the l season ,has meant a major ~ v ; . I O P m e o t = a : ! : . U : : : : ~
Center has come a long way War I! . the camp became co- of North carolma. ' rs., u Y , past 21 years has been the con- undertaking by tbest two mea I 10 ed by Generalsince its conception 37 years e,ducahooal and operated for a More than 11 ,500 alumnihave. ductor of the Sp a r t an bur g plus many olbers. Ray Hooper ~ e c t r i · a . s C : ~ P n Yemploye and.
ago. Since that time, the center time on ,tbe campus of Qweens gone forth from Brevard to entered a new period of ex· of ~ n v e r s e College S c ~ l of Symphony, the Co n v e r s e joined \be caller last summer c o m m ~ t relations work. Cotehas grown to be " the Summer College In Charlotte. g ra e e symphony orchestras, cellence, growth, and strength. MusIc for years, and In 1964 Chamber Orchestra, and the as resident manager and has will I Y . tal his omee at
'Music Capital of the South." The present site was selected conservatories and mus ic He has directed the artistic t p r m t e ~ Dean of the Conve rse College o p e r a lsp e n t th e of f season the c ~ ' f e r m : ~ n a I ~ m o n t b basls,.Concelved by Dr. James after the war and th e schools all over the world. operat ion of the Brevard Music 00 0 . ~ U S I C . Workshop. . . I r e f u r b i s b i n ~ ltudent , faculty, the first time such a position
.Christian Wohl, the center was Transylvania Mu sic Ca m p Tte music center Is fortunate Center and served as its prin. In a ~ d l ! l o n . he has served Brevard 1$ expandmg on and ltaff bvlDg qu a r t e r I . has heeD held at the ceoter.:born in 1936 . At \be outset, evo lved as a businw: enterprise to have a unique and dymanic cipal symphonic and operatiC as prlDClpal conduetor 0 r many fronls and the addition H o o ~ is a g r ~ t e of North He is • graduate of the'Transylvania Music Camp was controlled by a corporation of combination of accomplished conductor since December, 1964. musical direclor of Ire Char- of two full.time professional Carolina State U ~ f t l " l i t y . Urdversit)' of Alabama and lsb l o w n as the Davidson College four men. Later it became a musicians and administrators. A native of New Jersey, trained lotle ()pera Association. Char. managers was included in those Robert Cole joined the staff a native of Huntsville, Ala.
'·Music Camp for Boys and was non-profit institution under the Under the leadership of Dr. at the Oberlin Conservatory, lotte Symphony. Sparta nburg plans by the board of trustees. June 1 as general manager Pat Gainey a semor at theheld on the campus ollbe North guidance of a board of t r u s t e e Henry Janiec. the center has Janie<: has been on the f a ~ t y City Schools Orchestra, Sl>artarr Getting ready for the upcoming after serving as director of t.:'nivenity 01 'North CaroU,na at
Robert Barr, diteclot ofbanda, attemed C 1n c i DD" t 1Cooservatory, University 0 fGeorgia, Auburn UniversitJ aDdEu t Central Oklahoma StateCollege. Barr bas IIId wid._ exporl_ with tI>o
I!>d Clndnnotl ......mer Opera. He is past pre&.dellt of. the G e o r g i a
Bandmasters AaIociaUon, theE d u c a t o r s
Association, and palt DatioDalv i c ~ i d e n t of the NatioDalBandmasters Fraternity . BarrIs a member of the faculty andadministrative staff of theSchool of Music at ConverseCollege and was recently cboaen_ o! the nation'.... . .In( eduoational music au..:tors by the "ScbooJ Musician"magazine.
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Emil Raab, conductor andhead of the string departmentat Brevard, is professor ofmusic at the University otBo.wling Green and conductorof the University SymphonyOrchestra. ·Before going to
Bowling Green in 1969, Raabwas on the faculty of theUniversity of Alabama. For thepast 14 summers, Raab hasserved on the faculty of theMusic Center, and has beenhead of the string division, concertmaster of the Festival
Ir.chestra, and conductor of
both the Youth Orchestra andthe Transylvania Sumphony.
Ward Woodbury, director ofmusic at Rollins College inFlorida, returns as director ofchoral activities and conductorat the Music Center. His formalmusical training was done atWestern State College 0 fColorado and the EastmanSchool of Musi c. Dr. Woodburyhas wide experience as a conductor of choral, operatic. andsymphonic music, and is activein numerous regional and nat io n a I professional organizations. In addition to the dutiesat Rollins College, he is alsoconduetor of the famed BachFestival of Winter Park. Fla .
Mario Mancinelli, a veteranof many seasons at Brevardas conductor, violin teacher andperformer, conduc ts the'Ilransylvania Youth Orchestra .After gaining his Bachelor and:\1astcrs degrees at Ohio State
University, he did post graduatestudy at Peabody College andthe UniverSity of lIIinois, withadditional work with WifgredPelletier and Bernard Goodman.Presently proCessor of violinand director of the orehestraat J J j n o i s Wesleyan University.he IS a member of the facultytrio and perfOMlS in the Peoriaand Springfield Orchestra .
The 1973 summer season at
·Brevard Music Center has allthe early signs of being thebest ever. Tickets sales are aton all time high with the VanCliburn performance and theproduction of "Oklahoma" nearing a sell out. Other highlightedattractions include Peter Nero,Robert Shaw, Daniel Heifetz,Yamrough and Cowan, Edward~ i t o Benjamin Middaugh, Jeanmne Altmeyer, "Merry Widow","Cannen", "Tales of Hoff-mann". as well as concertsby the Brevard Music CenterOrehestra, T c a n s y l v a n i a
Symphony O r c h e s t r a ,Transylvania youth Orchestra,and T r a n s y l v a n i a WndEnsemble.
A3bevine, is the new directorof public relations. Gamey I.the editor of the campusoonpaper .t lIolC-Aftville.
John lUcttards McCrae bas
beeII produ<er-diredor of tI>o
Brevard Opera WorUbop auddirector of .cademic actWltiet
at the Music Center since 1116.A native ol South CarollDa.
McCrae received his training
at Ute UDlversity of Soutb
Carolina, the lDslitute 0 f
Musical Art, aDd JuHUri
Graduate School in N _ York.
During his aloging career. be
appeared with many national
...-..... - ~ f t \ companies, and coueertlzed ID
almost all of the states. Since
1952, be has been professor 01
voice and founding director of
the Opera Wvt...... ..Coaveme Collt&e's ScbIIaI of~ r u i c . He bu beeD poert.ldirector ol the Qlarlotte OperaCompany, and bea.d. of theperformiDI arts diVlSkIn ofSouth Carolina Tricenteuni.aiCommission.
Orchestra At Brevard Music Center Is Highly Acclaimed. . . . _._ Ceo-
let' OrE.IWs, u.e ke , It t ... . . . . . . __We at Ike-
. . . . . . e.&er•• • egl.
..............m h .. .
............. wHll . . . . .- .................... h •• III wtIIl................... per.--
rnard Music Ceater Or·a memben stroBl. 11
of 48 profeuionaland 31 teacherl from
eli and unifttsittet all av·tbe U. S. With 41 of its
~ 1 I I b ! , , : almo.t half veterans
Jut year, lbe Orehe.trablahb' profeulonal mo-• weD respeded in their
"1Ie"'.:CC ""'lDdudiDt leveral who an !
eonducton in their OWD rlIbt._ ..............., .dull. at BI"ennI
... CN&er dDce III . .
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W . . . . . . ile Cealer'a aI·IIIIaUe. . . . . c..ftI'Ie c.J..
.....-De of the pia.. for the
'Center lit that time .. . thedewlopmeDl of • major CIt'
ebestra that would be the ODe
mulca1 unitylq elemellt fo r.n the nr iou performiD, ..pedI at the Center. The main.Oftbestra woald preseat Brev-ani'. mOIl. adept mualdauIIDOD& the faeulty, atudenl., and
. taf t wbo would aet the Cenf'lI!r'. IlaDdardt of music Ia
proleuioa.1lam and technique
TIlree daya Lelon c a m ~ en recWn' lor die _me r....... III'ennI. .......f...... lar a . . , . . . W .................. da M ulite Nertla car.uu ................_. " ... tIle__...... I'M tIn& two dQ I an_..- ... ......of_ ........ ..YarIou ere' 1 kil l btdadIa&the __ eo - Oreh-..TIle dQ ' belen campen •
rive, tIaefe . . . . M nl _eM... after wb1dl dIIlen.& ....claeI&n. ...... . . -b le &0. . . . ._, .. tile
tIn& eo_ceria.
AudltloDi for ebaira lrl Brevard Music Center Orcbutraare held periodieally throu,b
out the aeuon in order to maiD
tain the bi&h de,l'ee of profea.aionaUam and muaical prowessand to allow atudeou who af taotabl1 pt"C)II'I!Iaed durio, thesummer to Participate.
A.............. J_
artbtk tUndor of BmantMule eenler, the ,OIl of&be orehat ra"l . to be ..
profeaioul MMIIldIq .. po&
albie, wbkb .. relatlYely dUff·calt with lh e UmUed pne
Ute n d reheanal tbDe aadthe uriety . f atyles of • ••,k al arr8qe.enu perfOl'lD
....
As for the music itself playedby the Orchestra, Mr. Janlee'SI)'II it is buically conserva·tive. "There is the educationalproceu to conJider. and wefeel that mUlical experience
and facility are beat buUtthroUih the more traditionalrepetroire." Already tbis ex·perience and 'lcUity are beingattained by their performancel
with artists such as Sylvia Ral>inol and Daniel Heifetz andwill be tested later in the teason in their performances withPeter Nero and Van Cliburn.
CUrrently la th e third
week.f p e t f ~ 1M
Orcbl!ltn h.. pnwea .....
aelvea .. capable a. d fl.aU·fled n d matda &be ,aa1H7of . . . . . . . . o . e _ ....
eordlDB to Mr. halec. '"tbe
Brtvud Malh: CIDler Orchestn is al. . . a Joy . .
work with, year after yearThe nr) ' (a d tbat we have avet)' no e faculty, .. tradl·tloDally nD. students mat .II loeb. This year'1 OrcbestnI. remarkably sen.ltlve aadrespooslve: sensitive to themalic:: tbey are playing, and
remarkably responsive to ma.Ical directiolL It hu aD th emarkings of helD, one o( th efillea Orebeat,.. _."vl ever
jllusic Center AuditoriumAli th e 37t h summer sea son
at Hre vard i\l usic Ce nter
nea rs the halfway IlOint. rec-ord crowds ha\'c been a ttract·ed to Ihe Center (or a com-plete va riety of )ICrrorm ances
including concerts, 011<:r85,recitals, a nd chamb er mu sic.
Attendance figures are run ·ning well ahead of last years'
pace and arc expected to break
., 11 single season records ;I t the
Center. Capacity crowds havebeen on hand for the initial
Pops Co ncert, "Th e Messiah"
conducted by Robert Shaw , for
the opera "Tales of Hoffmann"
and for th e Pops Concert fca·tu ring "The Barbcrshoppers,"Near (3 1)acit y crowds have bee nrecorded at the Center forother cone rts du r ing the firsthalf of the summer season.
'n onter to han dl e eX llect·
cd ~ crowds ill thell ( ' iU fut Ure, new perm anentSf'a ts arc bein g inst.alled in
i t t i n t o P f o hAudito
rium
at th(' ( ' ('nter. With the addi ·t ion of IS2 ncw seats capacityfur the ;lUdilol'i um will bcr a i ~ c d tn 1640 sca ts with("hlin >! sea ts to be added for
large r crowds at the Center .
According to Bob Cole, gen·
era l lII,mager for th e Center t hent'w are being insta lled inthe nea r future .
!lTr. (:ol e says, "8 ecause ofthe unllrect'dcnted demand
for ti ckf' ts for our concertsWf' fc(' l we mu st take steps
H ( ( ' S S . 1 tn accomodate thi snl'w demand . Th e i'Tusic ('('n·it' r is grnw ing at a rapid pacf'
and as wewill
be ha\' ingmore
Ileo lilc vis it ing the Cente r Wf'
n . ed to b{' able to take ca re(., them. Th e installation oft h('sf' lICW sea ts reflec t justa small part of the growth
and CX II .m sion of the Center ."
T he l\u gust 12th concert byVan Clihurn is current ly soldou t but those wishing to att e ndthe:' concert who do not hav'
t ickets may purchase a lawnti ck!:!t for $1.00. Th e smash hi1
musical "Oklahoma!" and t htconce rt by Pct er Nero weI'(sl:lIouts.
The record .breaking yea rat 8reva rd Music Cent er ismar ked 1I0t only by larger
than ever crowds but also bya record numher of students
e nrolled. a r ecord number of
sta rr and faculty memb ers and
also hy the year round pres·
e nee of the genera l managera nd residence ma nage r.
"Center will present a Pops Con-eert, "The Barbershoppers".
featurin g barber shop quartets
from North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Tennessee. Amongthe highlights of the perform.
ance will be the appearance 'Oftwo barbershop quartets fromNorth Carolina. Ray Sawyer ofWeaverville and Ray Howard ofRuthe rford County will bringtheir quartets to the Center (or.the Saturday night perform·
ance.
The two Nor th Car olina quar-tets represent chapters of theSociety (or the Presentationand Encouragement of BarberShop Quartet Singing in Amer-ica. Paul Amsbary. former
president of the Dixie Di strict
of the Society and a resident of
Asheville, will be a guest at the
pe rformance.
The Society has more than
750 chapters in its inte rna -tional organization. Formed
in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1938,U now has chapters in tb eU.S., Canada, and England.Known throughout the country
for Its presern.tion of •unique brand of music from
our past, the Society bas
enter tained millions of happy
listeners across tbe country.The evening will feature the
best of barbershop quartetharmony that marked an era
Sing AlongGov. Jim Holshouser, center, sang along with shop singer himself, was attending the singing, spon·
other barber shop quartet singers in a resounding sored by the Society for the Preservation and En-
rendition of "Wait 'Til TIle Sun Shines Nelly" Sat- couragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing inurday night in pfohl Auditorium at the Brevard America, on his Western North Carolina "people'sMusic Center. The governox, e P Q ! ! ~ l ' . . 1 . ~ l l l f , , . ! o < " ' ________________
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : e ~ n ~ ~ ~ a ~ ~ e c k t o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ v ~ a r ~ d ~ Music Cente r Scholarship Fund. At right is Mrs. husband . The money for thecenter scholarship was collected inside the court as of Mrs . H e s s ' ~ Royal Matron
In Peformance At Montreat Last week tbe Reperto ry
C ham ber Q rehestra o f the Bl'eyard Music C en ter p e rfo rm ed fo r a capa(!ity aud ienee at the Presbyterian Conference in Montrea t.
The group of 43 musicians is composed of students and staff in the Repertory T rain ing gram at the Center. The pro-gram Is designed to widen the members' experience in read · ing .
The Chamber Orchestra's pro-gram was diverse. Atter the
Overture to "Don b) ' MOl-art, they played Schubert'. Symphony V In B flat m ajo r. B arber 's Adagio fo r S tr ing 0r-chestra , Opus 11 followed. The las t halt of their program con· sisted of the Suite
for Orehe. tta from "Comus" by Henry Purcell-Lambert and Dances from '"The B arte red B ride" by Friedrich Sm etana.
The program was received with great en thusiasm . The
dances from "'JIfIe Bartered B ride" was repeated a t an eo-"',..
Performances of noted pianists are among high·lights of what's left of the summer cultural seasonwithin driving distance of Charlotte.
Many will be ,looking forward to hearing Van Clioburn perform the Rachmaninoff Second Concerto with,the Brevard Music Center orchestra Aug. 12 at 3:30p.m. with Henry Janieeconducting.
Veteran pianist Lili
Kraus winbe
heard to-day (July 29) at 3:30 p.rn '.at the F ir s t BaptistChurch of Burnsville in abenefit concert for the
Burnsville Music in TheMountains chamber se·
ries.And pianist D a v i d
Bar·filan is performingAug. 4 at Guilford Col·lege with the Eas te rn
Music Festival Orchestra.
One shouldn't over·dook New York Philhar- Van Cliburnm 0 n i c concerts in Char·lotte, Durham, and Rock Hill in early September.
Our own Central Piedmont Comm unity CollegeSummer Theater is dOing Lorca's drama "The House of
Bernarda Al ba" Aug. 9·11 and 16·18 under the directionof Eugene Kustcrer.
And the Flat Rock Playhouse, official theater ofNorth Oarolina, is performing "TIle Night ThoreauSpent In Jail" July 31·Aug. 4. .
Chamber of Commerce had theopportunity to meet and hear a
few remarks from Robert Cole,
he new general manager atBrevard Music Center at theirregular monthly meeting Tuesday evening at the library.
Mr. Cole expressed his delight at being associated with
Brevard Music Center and explained that BMC officials were
pleased to have a full-time general manager that will be residing here in Brevard on a permanent basis.
"Th is is a brand new concept
of our operation:' Mr. Colc C!X·
plained, "And i t will mean thatthe Center will now have twoof its three key officials livi nghere year-round. Resident Manager Ray Hooper and I willboth be here, while Artistic Di-
rector Henry Janice will con-
tinue to be here in tnc sum·mer."
"We feel thtll this will meann more eflicient operation andwill certainly make for a muchcloser communion betweenfolks at the Music Center andthe local people of the area,and that's what we are lookingfor. We want the people of the
Brevard area to feel that theMusic Center is a vital part ofthe community," he C<lncluded.
At the conclusion of his remarks, Mr. Cole answered several questions from the floorC<lncerning future plans of the
Musie Center.
In other business,important committeewere heard.
severalreports
I t was reported that bothChamber membership and dues
receipts were up over this sameperiod last year, in«!.i.catin! the
ClimaxMusic Center's SeasonTh e fin al weekend Festival
of the 37th summ er season atBrevard lUu sic Center opensFriday night with a concertby th e Transylvania Symphony Ceaturing solo nutistCharles Delaney to be 101-lowed Saturday night by th eoperetta " JUerry Widow" , andSunday t he Brevard Mu sicCenter Orchestra ends th eseason with a rousing choralfin ale.
Condu ctor Emil Raab dropsh is baton Friday ·n ight on theTransylvan ia Symphony Orchestra wi th Wi nston · Salemflutist Charles Delaney appearjng I S a guest soloist. De laney
ha s been ,a student at the Center and is currently on the faculty at the University of 11liDo is. He is a published authorand composer. For a numberof yea rs he was rthe head of in-
strumental music at the NorthCarolina Governor's Schoo l.
Saturday night the last op·
era production of the seasonby J ohn Richards l\lcC r aewill feature a production of
the O)eretta "Merry Widow".Always popuJar at the Center,the production Is expected todraw a capacity crowd. Allro les In "Merry lVidow" aretilled by membe rs of the 01) ·era Work sholl at the Ce nter.
Sund ay afternoon at 3:30 th e
Brevard Mus ic Center Orc hes-
tra under conductor Henry J an·
iec will feature a chor us and
gues t soloists in the chorale f i·nale of the season. Works byBruckner and Bo rod in will befeatured in the co ncert . Theafternoon should offer something for every music lover inthe area and bring the cur tainon the 37th performing seaso nat the Center.
audience. How could It be other-wile with Iuch . .
Beverly CWbree.th, PaTyDInlela, Juke Janiec, RichardSimmonI, David Rae SmIth and
Steve Williama, pU the"Girls_'Maxima."
SuDday afternoon'. ClIoraIe~ 0 D e of tbe fln!iIl ... •
credlt to <::oiia'UaarallmryJan&ee and Ward Woodbury andthe student aineen andlnItnuneDtalilts. The whole_ hal been • briIliam sue-<*8 . Crowell 10 enarmouI that
new Ita" were added and cbalrI
overflowed the side alsleI.Seuon ticket raervationI 1 f t
beIn& takeD now throuehJan.aary1, 1174. After that dUe aurernablinIleliU will goon. ''fir-I t come" bals. For iltormation,write Brevard MUIic CeIUr. Box
