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April 4, 1978
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Who’s Who Named
Guitarist Ron Hudson
Captivates Audience
The 1977-78 edition of WHO’S
WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN
AMERICAN JUNIOR
COLLEGES will carry the names
of 17 students from Brevard
College, who have been selected
as being among the country’s
most outstanding campus
leaders.
Campus nominating com
mittees and editors of the annual
directory have included the
names of these students based on
their academic achievement,
service to the community,
leadership in extracurricular
activities and future potential.
They join an elite group of
students selected from more than
700 institutions of higher learning
in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Outstanding students have
been honored in the annual
directory since it was first
published in 1966.
Students named this year from
Brevard College are:
Robert Barton Auslander; son
of Dr. and Mrs. H. P. Auslander,
Route 2, Palatka, Fla. Janice
Lorrayne Busse; daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Busse,
Briarcliff Dr., Charleston, S. C.
Elmer Keith Carroll; son of Mr.
^d Nfrs. Elmer F. Carroll, Route
7, Reidsville, N. C . Christopher
John Collins ; son of Dr., and
Mrs. John J. Collins, Pitman
Ave., Pitman, N. J. Julie
Cromer; daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Bobby E. Cromer, Stan-
dridge Road, Anderson, S. C.
Thomas Scott Cunningham; son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E.
Cunningham, Hilliswick Dr.,
Charlotte, N. C. Claude Lee
Davis; son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Davis, Lebby St., Charleston, S.
C. Kathy Jane Forsyth; daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Forsyth, 63
Avenue, S., St. Petersburg, Fla.
Matthew Wayne Gilson; son of
Ms. Jeanette GUson, Mulberry
Church Rd., Charlotte, N. C.
Nancy Louise Gottron; daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Got
tron, Manor Drive, Stuart, Fla.
Constance McLain Howe;
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Howe, Hendersonville, N. C.
Melanie Marsha Johnson;
daughter of Ms. Lenora Johnson,
Wildwood Drive, Weaverville, N.
C. Rodney Owen Lowery; son of
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Lowery,
aoister Drive, Winston-Salem,
N. C. Sandra Ann Monteith;
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Monteith, Park Avenue,
Brevard, N. C. Farley Dean
Salisbury; son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alan D. Salisbury, Edgewood,
Sumter, S. C., Catherine Forest
Varner; daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew B. Varner, Mt.
Pleasant Rd., Morristown, N. J.,
and Kenneth McKinley Williams;
son of Ms. Beadie A. Williams,
2nd Avenue, Smithfield, N. C.
On the evening of March 28 a
young man named Ron Hudson
graced the stage of Dunham
Auditorium on the Brevard
CoUege campus with his unique
mastery of the classical guitar.
Mr. Hudson’s performance was
a combination of Latin-American
rhythms, classical numbers
transcribed for the guitar, and
his own works. His talent as an
artist makes one want to sit back,
relax, and become absorbed in
the rhythm and flowing melodies
of his songs. Many times during
the performance one wonders
how such a young man could
succeed in playing complex cords
and create the illusion of more
than one instrument being
played.
Mr. Hudson learned to play the
guitar at age eight. He grew up in
a small mountain village of
Guatemala where his parents
were missionaries. He received
his schooling through
correspondence courses, while
his parents taught him to play the
trumpet, Irombone, organ, and
marimba. His main interest soon
turned to the guitar, which he
taught himself to play. At the age
of seventeen he came to the
Brevard College, with the
endorsement of the Division of
Cultural Arts of the North
Carolina Department of Public
Instruction, announces the
establishment of a School for
Gifted Students in the Arts which
will be held on the campus in
Brevard, from Jime 11 to July 7,
1978.
The names of two student
participants and one alternate
may be submitted from every
school district in North Carolina.
Each local superintendent has
been furnished with the
procedure to submit names for
the school. Students recom
mended by their superintendents
will be accepted.
The subjects to be taught at
this school are art, music,
drama, dance, and creative
writing.
The faculty for the school are
all professionals in their
respective disciplines. A partial
listing of faculty includes: The
Carl Ratcliff Dance Theatre from
Atlanta, Georgia; Jackson
Parkhurst, guest conductor of the
North Carolina Symphony;
Thomas Beverdorf, Chairman of
Music Composition at Indiana
United States to continue his
musical education at Bethany
Nazarene College in Oklahoma
and the University of Texas,
where he received his master’s
degree. This was the first time he
was ever in a classroom and it
was a period of transition from
the cultural norms of Guatemala
to those of the United States. In
1970, the Consul General of
Guatemala heard him play and
was so greatly impressed by his
performance that she im
mediately gave him a grant to
study in Spain. Mr. Hudson was
the first artist to receive a grant
of this type. Upon his return he
became an internationally
famous guitarist and a frequent
artist at college and university
concert series. In addition to his
performances at academic in
stitutions he has performed
throughout the United States,
Europe, Canada, and Latin
America. Aside from his concert
series he has released several
albums of Spanish and Qassical
Music. While in the United States
he calls Houston, Texas his
home.
The selections for the evening
concert included: “Recuerdosde
la Alhambra” by F. Tarrega:
University; Catherine Mayo,
soprano, from New York; ’Ted
Baughan, Audio-Visual l^ecialist
from the University of Wyoming
and others, including several
Brevard College faculty mem
bers.
The program for the school is
characterized by individual and
small-group instruction. Unlike a
typical summer camp, there will
be no bands, choruses and the
like.
An unusual aspect of the
program will be a cross-tracking
opportunity. Each participant,
regardless of his-her major area
of study, will have the op
portunity to study each discipline
in the other four areas of study.
This will result in examples su^
as a music major “throwing” a
pot on a kick wheel while the art
student is doing modem dance
with Carl Ratcliff or classical
ballet with Ann Berry.
The cost of the program is
$495 and includes room, board,
and all instructional fees. In
formation on the program may
be obtained by writing Dr. John
Upchurch, Director, School for
Gifted Students in the Arts,
Brevard College, Brevard, N. C.
28712.
Linda Cain
“El Condor Pasa,” a traditional
song Americans know as “I’d
Rather be a Hammer Than a
Nail;” and “Winter Shade of
Pale” by Gary Brooker. In ad
dition to these numbers he
performed several that he has
written himself. They were
“Reflections of Cuba,” “The
Tarantula Song,” and “Entre
Las Ruinas de Guatemala.” His
closing number for the evening
was “Brandenburg Concerto No.
3 in G Major” by J. S. Bach; this
was his most difficult one to
perform.
The following, day Mr. Hudson
performed at a ten o’clock
convocation. This gave all those
who were not able to attend the
evening’s performance a chance
to hear this most dynamic artist.
Mr. Hudson performs courtesy of
The Consulate of Nicaragua and
his concert at Brevard College
was sponsored by the Cultural
Life Committee. Mr. Hudson’s
unique mastery of the guitar and
his versatility as a performer
make him one of the best
classical guitarists of this
decade.
Chamber
Ensemble
Performs
Medley
On Sunday, April 2, the
Brevard College Chamber En
semble performed a program of
sacred music for the 10 o’clock
morning worship service of the
Fairview Moravian Church in
Winston-Salem. That afternoon,
the group presented a concert for
the First Methodist Church of
Hendersonville at 5 o’clock in the
church sanctuary. This program
contained both sacred and
secular musical selections.
The Chamber Ensemble
consists of thirty-three students,
both singers and in
strumentalists. Organized by tte
director, Virginia Tillotson, ^
versatile group performs a wide
variety of types of music, from
Palestrina tiirough Seals and
Crofts. Mrs. Laurie McDowell of
the college faculty serves as
accompanist for the group.
Brevard College is one of a
small number of two-year
colleges accredited by the
National Association of Schools
of Music.
SchoolFor The Gifted
Established