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March 30, 2000 The Banner Page 5 Features WCU students perform By Lena Burns staff Writer The UNCA Department of Music presented “Gamelan Kyai Tatit Ratri,” a concert of traditional Indonesian music, at Lipinski Auditorium March 25. The Western Carolina Uni versity (WCU) Gamelan En semble performed “Gamelan KyaiTatit Ratri,"which trans lates into “Venerable Night Lightning.” I was a bit disap pointed that students, and not actual Gamelan musicians, performed the concert. The WCU Gamelan En semble has performed this piece since March 1999, and is one of the only 120 gamelans in the United States. The 14 WCU students who made up the “Gamelan Kyai Tatit Ratri" started their set off with the song “Lancaran Manyar Sewu (A Thousand Songbirds)." I thought I was trapped in side a music box that never stopped playing the same song. This.feeling remained with me throughout the en tire concert. Otherwise, the music was not bad. The program explains that a gamelan “is an orchestra of tuned metal percussion instru ments characteristic of Java, Bali, Malaysia and other is land cultures off the coast of Southeast Asia.” Each instrument used has its own tuning system and an unusual name that I could not pronounce such as “bonang,” “gong ageng,” “kempul,” “siyem" and so forth. “Vener able Night Lightning” was originally assembled in 1984 for use at the campus radio station of the University of Santa Cruz in California. The gongs the performers used were made in Central Java, but the stands and reso nators were made in Califor nia. The program said that their instruments were “not as decorative as traditional gamelans.” Sometimes the songs became repetitive and aggravating to me, but the music was differ ent and the crowd of mostly students seemed to enjoy it. I was also disappointed with the commentator/performer who introduced the songs and special guests. He explained the tuning and beats of the songs, but not once did he mention the culture, signifi- canceor what the songs meant. It would have made the con cert more enjoyable if he would have gone into some detail about the origin and culture of gamelan. The most interesting aspect of the performance was a dancer dressed in culturally- correct cloth ing who came out and danced during the song “Lancaran Singromansah (Preparation for Battle).” “I really liked the dancer, just because it was so spiri tual," said Sherrie Bowser, a junior history major. The music was distinct. I could look at each instrument and hear the part that musi cian was playing, then I could look to the next instrument and also hear that part. The Western Carolina Uni versity Gamelan Ensemble was into gettingthecrowd involved. At one point they asked six people from the audience to come up on stage and help them piayasongwith“sulings," small bamboo flutes. I found this quite comical, because they did not bother to explain in detail to the partici pants how to play the instru ments, so the participants stood up on stage, looked lost and pretended to play. I left the performance feeling disappointed because the cul ture was notexplained, butover- all it was interesting “It’s always interesting to hear new types of music from differ ent countries, and I thought their performance was rather interesting," said Alan Frazier, a sophomore computer science major. Artist to lecture about his work By Melissa Starnes Staff Writer Twentieth-century Ameri can figurative artist Philip Pearlstein will give a public lecture at 7 p.m. on April 5 in the Diana Wortham Theater. He will speak about his work and show slides of his partment. This event is free for UNCA students, and counts as a humanties and Arts 310 cul tural event. From 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. on April 5, Pearlstein will cri tique student work in Owen 132. He will jury the 33rd annual student show on April 6, said Cooke. “Pearlstein is really not that much concerned with the aes thetic as he is with the experi ence of painting, and he sees that every inch of the paint ing IS just as important as ev ery other inch of the paint ing,” Cooke said. Pearlstein’s main focus is painting nudes. In the 1950s, he did landscape paintings. During the time that the ab stract impressionists were painting, Pearlstein began painting rocks. Then in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he went on to using models in studios, ac cording to Cooke. “He didn’t try to make the models prettier than they are,” Cooke said. Many people thought that models should be painted beautifully, but Pearlstein painted them as they really looked. Since they were live models, not photographs, they had to sit for hours, and their faces tend to look bored in the paint ings. Others thought that he should have made their facial expressions more animated, ac cording to Cooke. “His thought about the way he works is that he sees the models like a stilllife,” said Cooke. In Pearlstein’s paintings, many times the head or foot of the model is not included, Cooke said. “According to what I’ve read, he starts at some part, maybe in the middle of the drawing, and then paints out, and what ever happens to fit on the page is what he paints,” said Cooke. “Very rarely do you see the whole figure," Cooke said. Cooke commented that Pearlstein probably worked under flourscent lighting to achieve the shadows in the paintings. Once the people are painted, Pearlstein begins “filling in the space with very ornate kinds of materials like elaborate fur niture,” Cooke said. Pearlstein also believed that every piece i;j- the painting should be equal, said Cooke. Pearlstein painted during the time that many artists were into pop culture themes, like Andy Warhol, who was his roomate. Pearlstein went the other way and did his own style of painting. m For lour Information academic notices CSAC Scholarship ApplicoHons Available, RH 013 Early RegistraHon • Zf27-Af7 Last day to withdrav^ from Term II classes • 3/31 • due 4/28 Southern Circuit Film Series "Hoisted Street, USA," (discussion with film maker to follow) Lipinsky, 7:30 pm • 3/30 asian/asian-american/pacific islander history month ■ leadership opportunities Japanese Taiko Featuring Marco Lienhard, HCL, 8 pm • 3/30 Reception featuring Asian food, LF, 5:45 pm; Panel Discussion: "Myths vs. Realities of Asians in America," LF, 6:30 pm * 4/6 athletics Men's Baseball vs. Marshall, McCormick Field, 2 pm • 4/4 Men's Baseball vs. Asheville^ Tourists, McCormick Field, 7 pm • 4/4 Men's Baseball vs. Marshall, 2 pm * 4/5 Men's Tennis vs. Garner-Webb, 2 pm • 4/6 Student Activities Interns for Summer/Fall/Spring & Homecoming 2001 (applications outside HC 27), (x6674] • applications due 4/5 lectures/workshops I march 30 thru I april 6 UNCA FYI is a service of the Student Activities and Student Affairs offices. FYI is published each Thursdoy. Deadline to submit information is Fridoy ot 2 pm, for the following week's publicotion. Send basic information to J- Fuller, HC 27or e-mail Jefuller@bulldog.unca.edu. See FYi on Banner Online at www.ur>ca.edu/banner/fyi. ! career opportunities/jobs Student Activities Interns for Summer/Fall/Spring & Homecoming 2001 (appli cations outside HC 27), (6674) • applications due 4/5 Career Center Webpage-www.unca.edu/career; job listings available or visit i WHC; job openings, in Career Resources Library To be notified of part-time job openings via e-mail, e-mail kdkeller@unca.edu concerts/live entertainment Baila! Latin Dance Night! (An ISA event) Side Door, 9 pm * 4/1 Classical Guitar, Joseph Pecoraro, $5, HLH, 4 pm • 4/2 Storyteller Susan Klein, HLH, 8 pm, $6 • 4/7 Greenfest Sign-Ups (spon. by SGA), outside the caf * thru 4/3 8-Ball Tournament play begins 3/27 America Reads tutor training, LF, 4:15 pm • 3/31 Admissions Open House, LH, 10 am • 4/1 Daylight Savings Time begins * 4/2 Greenfest (spon. by SGA) • 4/4-5 Table Tennis Tournament, open to students, faculty, staff, sign-ups 3/27-31 at HC gameroom desk • play begins 4/3 White Ribbon Campaign: brochures, domestic violence materials, rape awareness materials, white ribbons at dining hall; visibly show support, take responsibility and work with women to end men's violence, (x6710 for more info) • 4/17-21 UNCA March of Dimes Walk America Team, interested walkers & sponsors (contact Elise x6513) the walk is April 29 at 9 am SGA Elections- Vote HC & KH • 3/30 exhibits Alicia Chatham Exhibition, Univ. Gallery, OH • thru 4/4 Laura Gasperson Exhibition, 2nd Floor Gallery, OH • thru 4/4 "Image to Image: Woman to Woman - Inspired Textile Work," Blowers Gallery, RL • thru 3/31 Breman Forum (Humanities Cultural Event), "World Politics and the Human Condition," OCC, 4:30-6 pm • 4/4 Dinner & discussion, (spon. by UNCA representatives who went to a confer ence on environmental issues in Arizona), PDR, 5 pm • 4/4 Women of Color & White Women: Power through Alliances LF, 11am-4pm (sign up 232-5037) • 4/8 "The Invisible Wall: Germans and Jews,"W. Michael Blumenthal, OCC, 7:30 pm • 4/6 outdoor programs - HC (x6001) Plant & Tree ID Trip, $10*4/2 Day hike to Lake Pinnacle, free, (includes transportation & guide) • 4/9 Equipment Rental - backpacks, sleeping bags, tents, mountain bikes, HC theater The Yellow Boat, CBT, $5/students, show times vary • 4/12-16 tickets - discounts - he 27 - 10 am to 4 pm African American Dance EnsembI, $5 • 4/9 Asheville Art Museum, $3 Asheville Smoke, $4 • 4/2, 4/6, 4/7, 4/8 Biltmore House, $22 Chimney Rock, $6 United Artists Theatres Movie tickets, $4 Student Rush $5 Ticket - to Diana Wortham Theatre Mainstage events, call 257-4530 for availability of tickets Opera- Barber of Seville, $10 • 4/9 women's history month "Managing Change: Students' Perceptions of Assimilation of Women at VMl" Melinda Costello, Robert Yearout & April Clark-Mays, LF, 12:15 pm ' 3/31 Storytelling Workshop, OCC, 8:30 am- 4pm, $35 (call x6376 to make reservation) *4/8
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