Vol. 4, No. 18
North Carolina School of the Arts
Feb. 25. 1970
The first act of Mozart's
Marriage of Figaro^ scenes from Act
II and Act II of Rossini's The Barber
of Seville^ and Chabrier's chamber
opera, Inaomplete Eduoatiorij will
be included in An Evening of Opera
to be presented by the school of
music of the North Carolina School
of the Arts.
Two performances of this pro
gram will be given - Friday, Feb.
27, and Saturday, Feb. 28, at 8:15
p.m. in the main auditorium of the
School of the Arts. Admission will
be charged (adults, $2.00; students,
$1.00). Reservations may be made
by calling the box office (784-7843).
An Evening of Opera will be
fully staged with orchestra, costumes
and scenery. William Beck, teacher
of voice at the School of the Arts,
and member of the New York City
Opera Company, is stage director.
Norman Johnson, member of the visit
ing faculty at the School of the
Arts and conductor of the Denver
(Colo.) Lyric Opera, is musical
director and orchestra conductor.
Roles will be sung by: Lunda
Austin, soprano of Greensboro (Fri
day evening); John Cheek, bass-bari-
tone of Wilmington; Donald Cranfill,
baritone of Raleigh; Marise ,
Ettesen, soprano of Mount Olive
(Friday evening); Elizabeth Herrick,
mezzo-soprano of Richmond, Va.;
Donald Litaker, tenor of Concord;
Virgil Lonergan, tenor of Rose Creek,
Minn; Kaye Lowe, soprano of Durham;
Ellen McLain, soprano of Franklin,
Tenn; David Perry, tenor of Minne
apolis, Minn.; Carol Rolandi,
soprano of Spartanburg, S.C.; (Sat
urday evening); Neal Schwantes,
baritone of Montreat; Lynda'Smith,
soprano of Fort Myers, Fla.; Johnny
Williams, baritone of Raleigh.
Scenery, lighting and costumes
will be by the school of design and
production. Agnes Lattak, faculty
designer, is in charge of costumes.
Set designer is Julian Eubank of
Hampton, Va. Cammie Lavine of New
York is production manager. Carlton
McKenney of Richmond, Va.
sta^e manager. Lighting will be
by Williaffi Parrish of Greensboro,
and Edward Byers of Cuba, 111. is
in charge of properties.
CONVOCATION
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1970
1:30 P.M.
Main Auditorium
Fantasie StUcke . . , . R. Schumann
Susan WaIker-CeI Io
AI an Zi ngaI e-Piano
Serenade (Opus 8) Beethoven
Cathy Ta i t-Violi n
Phil Wachowski-VioI a
Mark Ward-CeI Io
Guitar Selections
Charles Stein
(iiANNiNi Scholarships
Awarded
The first Vittorio Giannini
scholarship awards are announced by
Dr. Louis Mennini, dean of the school
of music, at the North Carolina
School of the Arts.
The scholarships are for $1,000
each and will be awarded annually.
Funds were left in the will of the
late Dr. Vittorio Giannini, one of
the founders and the first president
of the School of the Arts. Dr.
Giannini Died in November, 1966.
In his will he specified that
scholarships should be awarded annu
ally, on merit, to two students in
composition, one in violin and one
in voice. Each will be renewable
as long as the student remains at
the School of the Arts and maintains
a high quality of work. The winners
are elected by the composition,
string and voice faculty.
The Vittorio Giannini scholar
ship awards go this year to Michael
Colina of Charlotte and Daniel
Foley of Jacksonville, Fla., compo
sition students; Catherine Tait of
Rock Hill, S.C., violinist, and
Johnny Williams of Raleigh, voice
major.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Eighty-
eight dance, drama, music, scenery
and production students and eight
faculty members are working on the
production of "Guys and Dolls,"
which will be presented in the drama
theater at the North Carolina School
of the Arts March 6 through March 14.
Matinees will be at 2 p.m. All eve
ning performances will be at 8:15 pm
Admission will be charged (adults,
$2.50; students-through college,
$1.50). Reservations should be made
by telephoning the box office, 784-
7843.
The all-school's production of
"Guys and Dolls" is directed and
choreographed by Duncan Noble of the
dance faculty. Noble has taught
ballet and modern dance at the
School since the school opened in
1965. In the past five years, he
has choreographed five new ballets
which have been premiered at the
School of the Arts. He has been
production coordinator for Joseph
Leighton of New York, the director
of Paul Green's outdoor drama, "The
Lost Colony," at Manteo for the past
four summers.
Before coming tA North Carolina
Noble was a featured dancer with the
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. He ap
peared in seven Broadway shows and
was featured on NBC-TV spectaculars.
For four years he was resident chor
eographer and director for musical
productions at the Pittsburgh Play
house in Pittsburgh, Pa. He has
been guest choreographer and direc
tor for companies throughout the
United States.
Marc Gottlieb, first violinist
and a founder of the Claremont
String Quartet, in residence at the
School of the Arts, is musical dir-
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SHAFFER P6RF0RmeD
Sherwood Shaffer, Chairman of the
Theory Department at the North Carolina
School of the Arts, recently had one of
his compositions, "Faces of Time", per
formed in the Alice Tully Hall at Lin
coln Center in New York City. Hugh
Ross conducted the Manhatten Madrigal
Singers who performed the work. The
concert was presented by the National
Association for American Composers and
Conductors, February 15, 1970.