December 2, 1968
N. C. ESSAY
Page 3
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COfPOSER'S C(X(EST
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ArtSj Post Office Box 4657, Winston-
Salem, N.C. 27107
Dr. Mennini has been Dean of
the School of Music since the School
of the Arts opened in the fall of
1965. Before coming here, he was
associate professor of composition
and orchestration at the Eastman
School of Music in Rochester, N.Y.
He teaches composition at the School
of the Arts, and his students have
consistently won major awards in
cluding five Ford Foundation awards,
12 Fulbright awards, six Benjamin
awards and a Koussevitzky Foundation
award.
Dr. Mennini has composed two
chamber operas, "The Rope," based on
the Eugene O'Neill play, and "The
Well." He has composed two sym
phonies , a number of works for sym
phony and chamber orchestras and
vocal works.
The Philadelphia Symphony, the
Columbia Broadcasting System's sym
phony, the National Symphony and the
Los Angeles Symphony are among
orchestras which have performed his
works. Many of his works have been
recorded.
Buketoff is internationally
known as a conductor. He is former
conductor of the Fort Wayne (Ind.)
Symphony and is, at present, chair
man of the World Music Bank and Con
temporary Composers Project. He is
the conductor of a current series of
recordings of contemporary music
with the Royal Philharmonic Young
People's Concerts in Carnegie Hall.
He conducted the American Symphony
Orchestra in Lincoln Center's Phil
harmonic Hall with violinist
Ruggiero Ricci as soloist. He has
been guest conductor of the Iceland
Symphony Orchestra and its music
director. He has appeared as guest
conductor with the Chicago, Houston,
Denver, Kansas City, Indianapolis
and San Diego symphonies, also the
Danish State Radio Orchetra and the
Oslo Philharmonic in Europe.
The Piedmont Chamber Orchestra
was created by a grant from the
Rockefeller Foundation which was
presented to the School of the Arts
for the purpose of creating a pro
fessional chamber orchestra which
would be available for tour through
our the southeastern region of the
United States. The first tour be
gan on October 30.
OPERA I'/ORKSHOP
(con't from p. 1)
of Rose Bampton and Norman Farrow.
In the cast are: Marylin Ball of
Huntsville, Ala.; John Cheek of Wil
mington, Barbara Curry of Danbury,
Ella Cutts of Angier, Douglas Deca
tur of Matthews,; Georgyn Geetlein of
Westfield, N.J.; Steven Haas of Mia
mi Beach, Fla.: Hugh Harvey of Can
ton, Martha Lindsey of Chesapeake,
Va. ; Donald Litaker of Concord;
Elizabeth Peeler of Shelby, Bernard
Thacker of Winston-Salem and John
Williams of Raleigh.
by David Wood
11:35 p.m. at the North Caro
lina School of the Arts. The play
is over, the audience has filed out,
and only a few people remian in the
theatre at all. Sitting qtdetly in
front of my make up mirror. I'm
watching about fifty years disappear
under a few dabs of mineral oil.
(It's better than cold cream.) I'm
thinking it's funny. I can't recall
how many times I've been through
this ritual! Watching age come and
go and being able to control it is
somewhat satisfying.
The whole evening was satisfj'-
Ing. The play went well, the audi
ence responded, the actors went away
tired and happy. But now, when few
epople ever see it - the magic happ
ens ! The theatre grows deathly
quiet until you can feel it all the
way in the dressing rooms.
1 wrap a towel about my should
ers and walk out into the "house."
It greets me with distrubing silence
- before me stretches a sea of empty
chairs shrouded in the darkness.
You know, to many actors this is un
nerving and they will take any stens
to avoid it. They are the ones -. lo
put on their social marks before re
turning to the world of reality each
day-so much so that they forget who
or what they really are. Pity.
I stand stage center, and I
smile. I love the theatre and now I
feel its love for me as well. We are
old friends. It has given to me - I
have given co it. And I have learn
ed the more I give the more I re
ceive from the act of giving.
I have also lerirned the vaJue
of respect. If I respect this
place, it will show me the same
courtesy. If I can love it now - in
its silence - how much more will I
love it in its bustling glory!
Words like immortality, and
ecernity used to conjure up tremend
ous mental images of sight and sound
to me. No more. This silence -
this tremendous, unearthly quiet
seems more powerful than the loudest
sound.
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Theatre, no matter whether in a
high school auditorium or in a gym
nasium painted black, is still thea
tre. It is still a vital part of
that mysterious something once call
ed the "devine invalid" - and it in
cludes such names as Kean, Booth,
Barrymore, Shakespeare, and Bern
hardt. Yes, it seeks of eternity
especially in its silences.
The hour is late. My mineral
oil feels cool against my face. It
is time to go. Tomorrow night the
magic will happen all over again -
and the audiences, as well as the
actors, will come and go once more.
Theatre will live and die once more
to be reborn again the followiafj
night.
It isn't easy - but then, noth
ing worth having comes without some
work on your part.
The lines from nie Sea Gull
come to me as I return to my make-up
table.
"Now I know, I understand, that
in our work acting, what matters
is not fame, not glory, not what I
used to dream about, its how to en
dure, to bear my cross, and have
faith."
CALENDAR
Dec. 2-6:30 p. m. Piano Master
(mon.) Class with Irwin Freundlich
Main Hall Auditorium, NCSA
Dec. 4 - 11:30 a.m. Student Recital
(Wed.) Brass Department
11:30 a.m. -Student Activi
ties Committee Meeting.
Room 320
Dec. 5 - 2p.m. to 9 p.m. - Moravian
(Tfaurs,) Candle Tea, Brother's House
Old Salem.
Dec. 6 - 8:15 p.m. Opera Workshop
(Fri.) Auditorium, Main Building
NCSA
Dec. 8 - 1:30 p.m. - Bowling
(Sun.)
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