Musicians to perform
new compositions
in ArtsCebter concert
By STEPHANIE DEAN
Stofl Writer
Composers' Forum, a program of
the ArtsCenter, presents a concert of
new music by five local composers
this evening in the ArtsCenter's new
Earl Wynn Theater. Works by Roger
Hannay, Peter Klausmeyer, Linda
Pristera, Paul Whetstone, and Pam
ela St. John will be performed.
One of the compositions on the
program is Roger Hannay 's The
Nightingale and the Rose." Accord
ing to Hannay, "The Nightingale and
the Rose" is one of the fairy tales
Oscar Wilde used to tell his children,
and he later wrote it down in a more
organized form. Hannay describes his
musical version as "a mini-opera
a small, musical dramatic work where
all players participate by speaking
and singing. Each musician plays
different roles during the course of
the story."
Four people will work together to
perform Hannay's piece: soprano
Carolyn Helton, flutist Anna Wilson,
guitarist William Stewart, and double
bassist James Baird. "The Nightin
gale and the Rose," Hannay says,
"really can be interpreted on multiple
levels. It is a metaphor for the
perception of reality between art and
life." He expects that immediately
following the performance the
audience will probably be amused,
and afterwards he hopes the produc
tion will be thought-provoking.
Paul Whetstone will perform his
"English Playground Suite" on piano.
It is actually four playground songs
"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,"
"Row, Row, Row Your Boat," "Old
MacDonald," and "Pop Goes The
Weasel." "IVe reorganized the four
melodies into a larger neo-classical
structure and used various ways to
create an extended form with the
melodies as a base," explains Whet
stone. He thinks children would enjoy
this work, though it was composed
for a large range in audience.
Through "English Playground
Suite," Whetstone is "trying to evoke
a sense of childhood remembrance
and a sense of mystery of what it was
like to be in that childhood state."
Linda Pristera will also perform
her own compositions. These include
the jazz instrumental "Farfella"
(meaning "butterfly" in Italian) and
"After The Storm Goes Away" and
"I Think I Can See The Sun," two
passionate ballads. Pristera believes
her style "is somewhere between jazz
and acoustic folk rock." Her inspi
rations for these songs were her
friends. " I Think I Can See The Sun'
is a song really written for a lot of
friends who were real wonderful
people, and it was my tribute to them,
thanking them for who they are.
'After The Storm Goes Away' is for
healing, to be a comforting, nurturing
kind of song. Many people can relate
to that," she said.
Through her works, Pristera hopes
the audience "will feel very warm, like
I touched something deep inside of
them. That's what I try to do with
my music talk about feelings. I
hope people will feel close to me when
they're done hearing them and feel
my songs will have some relevance
to what's happening in their life."
Peter Klausmeyer's works include
"Two Songs on Poems by Vozne
sensky" and "Three Songs on Poems
by Dorothy Parker." Voznesensky is
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poets. He was exiled by Krushchev
in 1963, and his works were banned
in the Soviet Union for years after
wards. The two poems set by Klaus
meyer are brief statements on what
being a poet means for Voznesensky.
"I like his imagination and would like
to meet him someday," Klausmeyer
says.
Dorothy Parker is a 20th-century
American poet that Klausmeyer feels
is much underappreciated. "Her
poetry is witty, personal and some
times tinged by bitter sarcasm," he
says. "She's witty and has a sardonic
quality that I like." "Three Songs on
Poems by Dorothy Parker" is actu
ally for prepared piano where the
piano is altered by putting things
inside of it. "In this piece I use
aluminum bars on the strings, which
makes a kind of tinkle, and pieces
of wood in the lowest register that
makes a snare drum sound," he
explains. Klausmeyer hopes the
audience "will be open and all I can
ask is that they listen. If they don't
like it, say so. I like an honest
reaction."
Pamela St. John will be performing
"Hope" and "Impromptu for Alice."
"Hope" is a diary tone poem for piano
and voice which features St. John on
piano and Linda Pristera singing the
voice line. St. John explains it as
"something I wrote 15 years ago and
put to music. It is sort of an auto
biography. It describes a period I was
going through at the time."
"Impromptu For Alice" is a duet
for piano strings (the actual plucking
of piano strings) and keyboard. The
string part will be performed by Alice
Yeaman, who inspired the piece. St.
John feels that her works "are a way
of connecting with other people,
which means that feedback is very
important."
All five composers have extensive
backgrounds in music. Roger Han
nay has been a resident composer at
the University since 1966; Paul
Whetstone received a Bachelor of
Music Education degree from UNC
and has taught piano and toured
nationally with Touch Mime Theatre;
Linda Pristera, who has been com
posing since age 14, also has a
Bachelor of Music Education degree
from UNC and specializes in teaching
popular as well as classical voice
lessons; Peter Klausmeyer holds a
doctorate in composition from the
University of , Michigan at Ann
Arbor, and his works have been
performed on both sides of the
Atlantic; and Pamela St. John, who
founded the Composer's Forum, has
a Bachelor's degree in piano perfor
mance from Indiana University.
A wine and cheese reception, co
sponsored by Red Baron Restaurant,
will follow the performance, with the
composers on hand to greet the
audience.
The Composers' Forum Concert
will begin tonight at 8 p.m. at the
ArtsCenter. Call 942-2041 for ticket
information.
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Staff Writer
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Berger.
"Yeah, buckeroo!" replies Bryan
from his wheelchair as he prepares
to mount his horse, Chester. "I
sure wish Chester were a bucking
horse. Bucking horses are
awesome!"
Riding instructor Wittman and
student Berger are part of Wednes
day night horseback riding lessons
given at the N.C. Therapeutic Rid
ing Center, located at the Klopfer
boarding stable near Chapel Hill.
The program serves 18 handi
capped children and adults, and it
is designed to supplement their
standard physical therapy.
Dot Kohlbach, who started the
program 10 years ago in Durham,
led Berger and two other handi
capped children into the riding
facility for a final safety check and
preliminary exercises before the
45-minute lesson.
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Kohlbach said. Three walking
volunteers are assigned to balance
and guide each rider.
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maneuvers that included walking'
the horse over and around poles,
standing in the stirrups, arm exer
cises and leading the horse to trot.
"I like trotting the best because I
like to go fast," Berger said.
Kohlbach ended the riding ses
sion with a game of Simon Says.
Wittman is a physical therapist
in the Burn Center at N.C.
Memorial Hospital. She has been
a member of the all-volunteer staff
at the handicapped riding center
for the past four years, and she
believes in the therapeutic benefits
of horseback riding.
"For kids who don't walk nor
mally, the walk of the horse mim
ics human gait," she said. "So by
riding, they get all the pelvic
motion they wouldn't get
otherwise."
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cannot relax, the slow rhythmic
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