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I was surprised twice when I spoke
with Nick Schittone, director of
programming for the College
Television Network, to try to unravel
the mystery behind the televisions in
the Student Recreation Center.
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that wants us
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Schittone said. What surprised me is that
this implies that someone at UNC actual
ly asked to have them put in, but nobody
in the SRC seems to know who.
If you don’t visit the SRC or the
Granville laundry rooms, you may not
know anything about the CTN, a chan
nel that, according to Schittone, pro
vides “the best entertainment out there
for the college audience.” This means
playing the hottest new videos about
79 times per week, peppered with fast
paced, MTV-style news updates.
Renowned Peabody Trio Brings Classical Flair to UNC
By Michael Abernethy
Staff Writer
Roll over, Beethoven, and give
Tchaikovsky the news. Classical music
is outdated, right? Not so, says Seth
Knopp, pianist for the internationally
renowned and
award-winning
Peabody Trio,
which performs
at 8 p.m. Friday
in the Hill Hall
Auditorium.
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The trio, which formed in 1987 and
won the Naumberg Foundation’s
Chamber Music Award in 1989, is a
firm believer in the timeless power of
classical music.
“Music reveals what words cannot,”
Knopp said. “Words are around but not
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It’s obnoxious, and I wanted to tell the
world how much I hate it, how my
refined music critic taste was far above
any of the “entertainment” it provides.
The fact is, I simply can’t do that Not
without Shaggy popping into my head,
knowing full well that I’m lying when I
tell him “it wasn’t me” who wrote that
column mocking his video. My subcon
scious knows that I watch it between sets,
as long as I’m working out alone.
My excuse is that CTN is my exclu
sive source for hearing hot new music,
an obligation for the serious music writer
like myself. I can work out while watch
ing it, and it’s a hell of a lot cheaper than
calling my little sister three times per
week. The truth is, it’s addictive.
SRC employees complain that CTN
plays the same songs over and over
again, an irritating prospect when you
can’t change the channel. They some
times get around this by turning the
sound off and playing radio stations
offering more variety, like GlO5.
exact. Great pieces are about life search
es and the greatest pieces’ meanings
deepen over time, with more life expe
rience.”
The trio is also made up of Knopp’s
wife, violinist Violaine and
what he calls a “perfect match” of a cel
list, newest member Natasha Brofsky.
The trio, which is the resident faculty
ensemble of the Peabody Conservatory
in Baltimore, is scheduled to perform a
broad range of pieces, including both
traditional and contemporary works of
the chamber music genre.
“There is a large body of great works
to explore,” Knopp said. “We want to
give exposure to newer works and also
breathe new life into older, more tradi
tional works."
Music Professor Richard Luby, who
originally scheduled the trio to perform,
said he chose it because it is a group of
internationally renowned artists from
the East Coast. “I thought it would be
good to present them to our audience
here,” he said, an audience he believes
will be filled with a wide range of peo
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Others have complained that CTN’s
Sarah McLachlan videos aren’t con
ducive to exercise. This may be true,
but that’s because the CTN is so much
more than background music. It gives
me something to stare at instead of
other peoples’ asses.
Yet the College Television Network
really does suck a large percentage of
the time. Slower songs can be prob
lematic, but for me the bullshit “mod
ern rock” (i.e., Creed, Three Doors
Down) brings on the emotional diar
rhea that makes me want to simulta
neously puke and smash the TV with
a dumbbell.
Of course, CTN doesn’t program
specifically for weight rooms. In fact, the
second surprise of my conversation with
Schittone came when he told me that his
network is broadcasted on cable as well,
even though the programming doesn’t
seem appropriate for televisions that let
you change the channel.
But maybe some people would
pie, from faculty to music majors and
other students.
As instructors at the Peabody
Conservatory, the trio’s members con
duct classes and weekly seminars for
gifted high school and college-age musi
cians about classical performance tech
niques. They are also frequent visitors to
the area’s elementary and middle
schools, where tl j-io enjoys teaching
young children how to listen to music
and what to listen for.
“Classical music is a different form
than radio, so there is a different way of
listening,” stated Knopp. “But we find
that children often understand what
composers mean better than musicians.
They are wonderful at listening to the
heart of the matter.”
When asked why he thought UNC
students should be interested in a clas
sical performance, Knopp replied
enthusiastically, “What’s not to be excit
ed about? Anyone who is interested in
individual expression of emotion and
what’s common between people should
be fascinated by classical music.”
watch, if CTN actually is the total
entertainment package it bills itself to
be. Beyond videos, Schittone said, the
station focuses on sports, fashion, ani
mation, technology and all other sub
stance-free interests of the stylish yet
sophisticated college student of today. I
visited the Web site to investigate.
There 1 found an uplifting interview
with Uncle Kracker, Kid Rock’s DJ
and CTN’s Freshman Artist of the
Week, concluded with his declaration
of love for his baby daughter.
“She won’t be attending rock-and
roll concerts anytime soon,” Kracker
explained. “Maybe I’ll start her off
with some Christian bands when she’s
30.”
Unfortunately for the child’s
Uncle/daddy, shielding her from the
College Television Network won’t be
that easy.
The Arts & Entertainment Editor can
be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu.
The concert is the sixth this year in
the William S. Newman Artists Series.
Tickets are $ 12 for the general public,
$lO for seniors and $5 for students.
They can be purchased at the music
department’s office in Hill Hall or at the
door.
The Arts & Entertainment Editor can
be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu.
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■ “Black Orpheus,” today at the Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center. Part
of the Black Film Series, this film explores the samba, set against the backdrop
of Brazil’s Camaval. 962-9001.
■ Mayflies USA, Hie Comas, Friday at Cat’s Cradle. The Mayflies and the
Comas are two of the greatest Chapel Hill pop bands of all time, for the moment
967-9053.
■ “Marisol,” opens Friday at Swain Hall. Company Carolina’s production
of the oft-picketed supernatural drama about a war in Heaven. 990-1121.
■ “Almost Famous,” Friday and Saturday at the Carolina Union
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which was critically acclaimed, yet crashed at the box office. See for yourself
why Kate Hudson won a Golden Globe for best actress. 962-1449.
■ Cherry Valence, Friday at Go! Studios. Raleigh’s favorite sons invade
Chapel Hill for a night of rock ’n’ roll. Think MCS, the Stooges, and lots of older
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■ Bio Ritmo, Saturday at Cat’s Cradle. Everybody’s favorite Chapel Hill
via-Richmond salsa band lays down some hot, spicy beats to make you move.
967-9053.
■ “Tango Pasion,” Tuesday at the Carolina Theatre’s Fletcher Hall in
Durham. Argentina’s top dancers perform the passionate South American dance
set to the music of Astor Piazzolla’s “The Tangata Suite.” 560-3040.
■ Low, Labradford, Wednesday at Cat’s Cradle. Make sure you’ve had a
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