September 12, 1974
By Dave Owens
The 1974-75 Guilford Col
lege Arts Series will offer to
the public: Shirley Verrett r
opera's newest superstar,; Art
Buchwald, nationally syndi
cated humorist-columnist;
Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre;
Zamfir Rumanian Folk Music
Ensemble; Dance Theatre of
Harlem; St. John's Smith
Square Chamber Orchestra
featuring Bert Lucarelli as
oboe soloist.
Full time Guilford students
are admitted free to all arts
series events upon presenta
tion of student I.D. Full-time
faculty and staff may request
free complimentary tickets.
Season memberships are
available at the Arts Series
office in Bryan Hall. A regular
adult membership is sls. For
students not enrolled at
Guilford, the membership is
$7.
Arts Series memberships
also entitle holders to see
some 40 outstanding movies
on the Guilford College Film
Series.
With one exception, Arts
Series events will be held in
Dana Auditorium on the
Guilford campus, according to
Hugh Stohler, series coordi
nator.
That exception is the Dance
Theatre of Harlem, which is
being sponsored jointly with
the UNC-G Concert-Lecture
Series.
The Harlem group will
perform in the Greensboro
War Memorial Auditorium on
two evenings - Thursday and
Friday, Feb. 13 and 14.
Members of either the
Guilford series or the UNC-G
series may attend either
performance, Stohler said.
All programs on the series
will begin at 8:15 p.m.
1974-75 Arts Series
Shirley Verrett will open the
series with an evening of
songs on Monday. Sept. 23.
Art Buchwald will speak on
Friday, Oct. 4, and the Claude
Kipnis Mime Theatre will
perform on Thursday. Oct. 24.
The series will resume on
Friday, Jan. 31, 1975, with the
Zamfir Rumanian Folk Music
Ensemble. The Dance Theatre
of Harlam is Feb. 13-14, and
St. John's Smith Square
Chamber Orchestra is to
perform on Monday, March
31.
Shirley Verrett, described
as having "a voice that can do
practically anything," has
become one of the most
sought-after singers in the
world.
by Lynn Gladen
The lights of Georgetown in
Washington, D.C., shone
brightly on the faces of weary
Guilford travelers who rode
seven hours last Friday to see
Shakespeare's As You Like It
at the Wolf Trap Theatre the
following afternoon.
Morning came too early for
the members of the Shake
speare class who walked down
the street from the William
Penn House where they were
staying, to the Foiger
Shakespeare Library.
There they saw how the
scenes and actors from
Shakespeare's writings depict
Shakespeare's Elizabethian
Age. There is a replica of the
Globe Theatre on which the
acting company of the library
performs Shakespeare as well
as other plays.
The Guilfordian
The internationally acclaim
ed mezzo-soprano has inspir
ed new opera productions in
such houses as the Metropoli
tan, Covent Garden, La Scala,
Vienna, Paris and Bolshoi.
She made her debut at the
Metropolitan in 1968 as
Carmen, a role she has sung at
Covent Garden the past two
seasons. Last season she sang
Cassandra in the new Met
production of "Les Troyens",
among other roles.
Time magazine considers
Art Buchwald "the most
successful humorous colum
nist in the United States."
Walter Lippman called him
"one of the best satirists of
our time."
Buchwald, subject of seve-
Play Revie
Besides the fascination of
the library, the group also
talked with a Shakesperian
scholar from Zurich, Switzer
land. From there, the group
drove to Wolf Trap Farm Park
for a picnic preceding the
play.
Filled with good food, the
group entered the semi
outdoor theatre. Those with
five dollar seats enjoyed good
acoustics of a poorly produced
play. Othersi constantly
strained to hear fine Shake
sperian writing while they
were bored to tears by the
colorless costumes and the
dull set.
The audience could not help
from thinking of Godspell, as
poorly selected music blared
from the speakers.
The letdown was a
tremendous loss for those who
anticipated seeing a fine
Shakespeare play.
ral national TV interviews in
recent months, has written
one Broadway play, "Sheep
on the Runway," and several
books, including "Getting
High In Government Circles,"
"1 Never Danced at the White
House," and "... And Then I
Told the President."
Claude Kipnis is a Paris
born Israeli who studied under
Marcel Marceau and is,
according to one reviewer,
"an example of a pupil whose
style and virtuosity sometimes
surpass the teacher's."
Since coming to the United
States for a nine-week
engagement in New York, the
Kipnis group has made annual
extended tours of North
America. It has been featured
at Paris' Festival of Theatre
des Nations and twice at both
the Ravinia Festival and
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
The Zamfir Rumanian Folk
Music Ensemble and the
founder, Gheorghe Zamfir,
caused such a sensation in
their American debut last
season that they have been
brought back this year,
literally by popular demand.
They are described as
"absolutely fantastic," and
Zamfir is said to be
"astounding" as a player of
All through the play the
group could not help thinking
of a fine vegetarian dinner at
the Golden Temple of
Conscience Cookery on Con
necticut Avenue, and then a
night in wonderfully, exciting
Georgetown.
Jones Art Exhibit Now
in Urban Center
Some 35 works of Bobbie
Jones will be on exhibit
through the month of
September in the Urban
Center. Ms. Jones is a
Guilford College student
majoring in psychology. She
works in the admissions office.
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the Pipes of Pan. In New
Haven last season they
received "a standing ovation
of an intensity usually
reserved for divas, astronauts
and baseball greats."
Arthur Mitchell, the first
great black classical dancer,
and his Dance Theatre of
Harlem perform what he
describes as "classical ballet
with soul."
A dance critic wrote
following a Baltimore perfor
mance: "In a stunning
combination of classic move
ment and ethnic rhythms ...
the entire company ... made
this a stimulating theatrical
experience. Artikry, taste and
intelligence were the basic
ingredients demonstrated."
Clive Barnes of the New
York Times called the
company "A controlled ava
lanche!" Leonard Harris of
CBS News said it is "''unique,
impressive." Walter Terry in
the Saturday Review said,
"It's a miracle!"
London's most talked about
young ensemble, the Orches
tra of St. John's Smith Square,
is conducted by John Lubbock.
Appearing with the ensemble
will be Bert Lucarelli,
described as "perhaps the
foremost oboe soloist in
America today."
A British reviewer wrote
that Lubbock's "sincerity and
sensitivity drew inspired
playing from a predominantly
youthful, yet obviously talent
ed ensemble."
also
The exhibit features oil,
pencil and college works in the
genre vien, with a special
"Guilford Group" of campus
scenes and student portraits
comprising one-third of the
show.