September 3, 1968 The N.C♦ Essay Page 2 The N. C. Essay is published weekly by students of the North Carolina School of the Arts j ys an aid to correlating the aciivities of the four departments ; music, dance, drama, and academics. The title was chosen by students and publication began during the first year of operation of the school. In addition to correlating these departments, the newspaper endeavors to express stud= ent ideas and opinions through letters to the editor, and student poetry and creative writ - ing for publication. Allmaterial for the paper must be submitted on Tuesday before printing on the following Friday. With support and interest, the newspaper should be an intergral part of the school,cer- i ving both students and faculty. Anyone interested in working on the paper should contact i I Tony Senter or Lynn Bernhardt immediately. Buketoff to Conduct (con't from pg. 1) his appointment to the faculty of juilliard. For 10 years he taught courses in harmony and counterpoint , headed the choral depart ment and directed the chorus for the scliOol’E operatic productions . From 1941 to 47 he taught at the Chautauqua School of Music and was director of the Chautauqua Opera Association. In 1942 he received the first Alice M. Ditson Award for outstanding yonng American conductors and was forrnally ir.troduced to New York concert goers at a Tovm Hall con^ cert. He then joined the faculty of Colum bia University where he remained until 1947, when he resigned to become music director of .'triglnal Broadway production of the fv-'O Menotti operas, "The Medium" and "The Telephone,” The company appeared in Boston, Philadelphia , Chicago, Detroit, Cinclnnatij London and Paris. While he was in Paris, he wa" appointed conductor of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra. In the fall of 1948 he was invited to conduct one of the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts in Carnegie Hall sharing the series with Leopold Stokowski and Dmitri Mitropolous . He was re-engaged for five concerts the following season and in 1950 was appointed music director for the entire series. In 1951 he resigned from the New York Philharmonic to devote more time ro his ex panding activities in Fort Wayne , and to assume the post, of head of the Orch'^stral Department at Jordan College of Music in Indi-mapolis, After a Europfjaa tour in 1956- 57 under a second grant fmm the Ditson Fund , Buketoff conceived the idea for World Music B^tnk, a project for the international exchange of contemporary music , The Focke- feller Foundation awarded the Bank two grants, and it was put into operation in 1954 under Buketoff's leadership. In the spring of 1964 Buketoff spent three monts in Reykjavik as guest conductor of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and in the fall of the same year was named Its music director. He commuted monthly between Rey kjavik and Fort Wayne. While in Iceland, he recorded the third Symphony of Robert Ward, now president of the N. C. School of the Arts. Buketoff's first concert in New York Lincoln Center 's Philharmonic Hall took place in 1964 when he conducted the American Symphony Orchestra in a concert Featuring Ruggiero Ricci, the violinist . Ricci , in addition to concertizing, teaches master cl asses at the School of the Arts. Buketoff r^^sgned from the Fort Wayne Philharmonic in 1966 to concentrate on the expanaon of the World Music Bank and to devote more time to conducting commitments in Europe , He also beome chairman of the Contemporary Composers Project of the Insti tute of International Education . The ins titute promotes contemporary music in in ternational concerts and recordings. While conduction the Indianapolis Sym phony in a week - long symposium of contemp= orary music in 1967, Buketoff was again hon ored by the Ditson Fund as the conductor of American contemporary music. Within the past few months Buketoff has completed four long -playing records for the international RCA Victor Red Seal Catalog, conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on three discs and the New Phllharmonia on i;he fourfct . Both orchestra are based in London. In the winteir •->' 19>''0 Buketoff con- ^^ucted the Royal I'i ; ;‘on f c at the two opening concerts of t Mw'en Fest:iv«l of Contemporary Music xa London, Later this summer he will lead the orchestra in a Lon don Festival Hall Concert and at the summer Festivals in Cheltenham and Harrogate, During the 1968-69 season Buketoff will conduct the St. Paul Civic Opera Association In the past he has appeared as guest conduc tor with the Chicago, Houston, Denver,Kansas City, Indianapolis and San Diego symphoni es in this country, and has conducted the Or questra Sinfonica Brasileira of Rio ds la- neiro, the Dan,tsh State Rodin Orchestra, and the Oslo Philharmonic, BURTOM, HVATT ASSl^ME POSITIONS (ron't from page !,) Chapel rill I, He hafc a b.ochaJor of divinity degree from Yale Divinity Sf:hooi arid a mail- ter of theology degref^ from Duke Dj^vinit^ School. He has completed his ptrelimmary studies for a doctor of philosophy degree in political science at Duke University and Is now working on a dessertation on U,S. gover nment support of the arts. He has been associated with Duke Uni versity for the past 10 years,where he serv ed as associate director of religious activ ities, Baptist chaplain and assistant to the international student advisO-C^* He organized and directed for five ye ars (1962-67) a summer service project in volving Duke students on the east coast of Nicaragua. They worked especially with Mor avian and Episcopal medical missions to help establish clinics. Hyatt spent a summer in Mexico and one in Norway on service projects sponsored by /}/ 0 'r/'f £'A PA/// ' WARDS JOIN DOR/M OTW Mr. and Mrs, Dale arft the new dormitory parents in the Mens' dorm for the 1968-69 school year, Homing to us from Greensboro where he xs 3 srnior history major at Guilford Col lege., Dale Ward is originally from Kensing ton, Maryland, His wife, Royalyne, is from Florida where she studied for three years at the Ringling School of the Arts in Sarasota, Completely immersed in her artistic endea vors, (she is a painter) she was unable to say from exactly which part of Florida she comes. Aside from his history studies, Mr. Ward has served in the Marines, played semi- / professional football and served as a guinea pig for the Navy. He plays Banjo and guitar and his favorite sport is rowing. They both like the full range of music "with the exception of Country Western" and they are both looking forward to the year at the School of the Arts. Says Royalyne, "We just love being a- round the dance, the drama, and the music I " They want to participate as much as possible in the school functions, attending concerts and productions whenever possible and perhaps taking a few classes. Dale has even done some acting. Their aim as dojcjii pi-irents this year is not to "walk sfouuc -ii.Lh a big stick,” b-ji to serve in an advisory capacity, listening to students- problems, and just plain shoot ing- the-bul I c They would like to becofiic as much 3 part of the school as possible and get to know the students during their stay. Additional members of the Ward famfly are a German Shepherd, a Siamese cat, and a terrier named Dante, JOHNSON TO HEAD CHORAL DEPARTMENT (con’t from pg, 1) the Oratorio So v of New York and accomp anist to l-’ddin; concert artists. Hp. i ‘ ^ivea B«.S, and M,S, degrees from cbe Juilliard School of Music in New York. ?or the Central City Opera Festival he eoac*uete:.s Massenet's "Manon," "The Ballad of i.aby Ooe," by Douglas fioore and John Lat- ofjcnej Rossini's "T.”,e Italian Girl in Al- j..i^rs,'' Bluet’s "Carmen," Verdi's "A Mask ed ball," Donizetti's "Don Pasquale." In addition to choral and symphony or chestra concerts at Peabody Conservatory, he conducted Honegger's "Joan of Arc at the Stake," Benjamin Britten’s "The Turn of the Screw," Moznrt'f. "The Ab-Suction from the Seraglio.Berlu/ = s safired trilogy ''L'Enf- •iuct' Du i'hri^>t," MoZ/irt's "The Impresacio" ind "rf> Masque of Angels,'' by Domnleo >'r- ger'to and -John 01 f - ‘ AkTici.!'.Jn Comniitree. in Durham, He orgci>'ii->rd a living -,\')d Ir.i.-otng pro ject, in the xnner f ity.. Th i s ;.ue >e\ c, nov in its third year. gi»'es Duke students an exposiice to pjEobl^'ras faced by people living in poverty^ Tea students act ually IIV? i.r ar! economically depressed area for a y«.7r, where they work with neighbors and in the activities of a community centet sponsored by Duke University, Hyatt received the Andrew Bershak In ter- t raternity scholarship at Carolina and two Crimp'js ministry graats from the Danforih Foundation, The Hyatts moved here this summer and are living at Clemmons« They Have three children, Katherine, 10; Victoria , 7; and Russell, 2, When you are in the right, you can afford to keep your temper -- When you are in the wrong, you can't afford to loose it.

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