October 15,1987
THE LANCE
page II
Brass Quintet
Disc Spin
Plays Friday
The Tower Brass Quin
tet from Bowling Green,
Ohio, will perform a re
cital tomorrow night at
Vardell Hall at 8 p.m.
Popular jazz. Renais
sance madrigals and other
adaptations of European
and American brass music
will be among the musical
selections performed by
the group. The works of
Johannes Brahms, Charles
Ives, Johann Sebastian
Bach, as well as Tchai
kovsky are also in the
repertoire of the Quin
tet. The performance is
sponsored by the Arts and
Humanities Department.
The Quintet, which
has performed together
since 1979, tours the
Midwest and some eastern
states as well as giving
frequent concerts in
Ohio.
The group also plays
annually at the Inter
national Brass Quintet
Festival in Maryland and
has been featured with
the Baltimore Symphony,
on National Public Ra
dio's "All Things Con
sidered," and on WNCN
Radio in New York City.
Critic Boris Nelson
of the "Toledo Blade"
praised the group as,
"among the best of such
ensembles now in the con
cert field."
The four men and one
woman group also teach at
Bowling Green State Uni
versity, Findlay College,
Blissfield High School
and E.L. Bowsher High
School.
Two members, Martin
Porter, tr\jnpet, and Ber
nice Schwartz, horn, are
founding members of the
Tower Brass Quintet.
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stage well lit for energ
etic effects, and a video
screen in beat with the
music, REM was set for
one after another and the
track stream seemed
endless. The concert was
well "documented"
loaded with cuts from
their new release. The
only disappointment came
in the end when one real
ized they left out a cut
called "Strange." The
rest was there. From
"Worksong", to "Welcome
to the Occupation", to
"Exhuming McCarthy", the
band rocked on in a
crazed roll of frenzy.
"It's the End of the
World as We Know It", was
a highlight as Stripe
strung off a list of
world events rapped all
In one (just like a live
newscast taped, then spun
in fast-forward). On
several numbers, he
amused the crowd with
thoughtless and vdiimsical
preludes (on "End of the
World" for example, he
referred to California,
the earthquake, and 6.1,
6.1, the Richter
Scale). On the break
side of the concert, the
band featured their new
ballad, "The One I Love,"
a song called
"Fireplace," and the
"Oddfellows Local 151".
In between all of these
they placed the cuts
they've become well-known
for: from "Reckoning" it
was the final encore,
"Time After Time"; from
"Fables" it was "Driver
8"; and from "Murmur",
care of a few requests
from the crowd, it was
"Radio Free Europe." Lack
of old favorites from
"Chronic Town" and
"Reckoning" bothered a
few, but the show indica
tes the band's still on
the right track - 6 years
rimning. Four encores
sets later, the show at a
close, fans still wanted
more.
Tape
Thoughts of you, rewinding
the etching of your face
playing over the heads of my mind
like a vintage Dead tape
from a show long since past
maybe a little blurry around the edges
from such repetition...but
OhI What a memoryl
Jill Stricklin
Time
I love life!
Even though
Sometimes
I can't stand the (hours minutes seconds)
Involved.
I love life!
But I hate Time.
Beth Russo
handover Shows
I dreamed you cried out
into the moonlight, ribboned with fog.
Tie-dyes and bells ambled past,
jingli'r.^ good love and box of rain.
Drizzling rain, cold and dense,
filled your lungs as you screamed
and yet the bells jingled by,
filling their wearer's ears
®til nothing else could be heard
not your cries, or even their own.
^ut I ask you, I ask you true,
"sre's my box of rain, what can
I do for you?
Windows
Look into any pair of eyes,
at any given moment,
in any given guise.
Gaze into the meaningful stare
and see the messages
vrtiich are written there.
Hopes, losses, joy, and yet pain,
which are cleverly hidden
in the words we sustain.
For the eyes can't begin to hide
the epitome of all
that we feel inside.
My fondest wish came true
Last night in a dream I had.
When I awoke
And looked for you,
You were gone.
Are dreams all in the mind?
Directly related to REM sleep?
Or are they visits.
From the soul of one
to another?
I want to believe you wanted to see me
Last night.
Jill Stricklin
Jill Stricklin
Beth Russo