Vol. 4, No. 1
NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
October 3, 1969
Bobbitt To Edit ki .
iiterary Magazine New Claremoiit Premiers
Jim Bobbitt, NCSA college
freshman, has accepted the position
of editor of the NCSA Literary maga
zine, a publication made possible
by a $400 grant awarded last year to
the N.C. Essay by the N. C. Arts
Council. '
There will be three issues per ^
year: Fall, Winter, and Spring. Ma
terial is now being taken for the
Fall issue.
The editor is asking for origi- '
nal poetry, short stories, photogra
phy and various other writings short ’
in length.
Material should be turned in no
later than October 31st to either
Jim Bobbitt or Mr. Anthony Fragola,
advisor.
PRIZE OFFERED
There is also a $10.00 prize
which will be awarded to the person
who submits the best name for the
title of the publication. All name-
entries should be turned in by Octo
ber 31st. Name suggestions should
be given either to the editor or ad
visor. Eligibility is limited to
NCSA students.
The first faculty recital of
the fall semester will be given by
the Claremont String Quartet at the
North Carolina School of the Arts
tonight, Friday, October 3. The
concert will be presented at 8:15
P.M. in the main auditorium at the
school.
The Claremont has been in re
sidence at the School of the Arts
since the school opened in the fall
of 1965. The quartet was founded in
1953 and made its New York debut at
Town Hall in 1954. Since then, it
has given concerts in almost every
country in the world and fills en
gagements every year in the United
States.
Two of the founding members are
Marc Gottlieb, first violinist, and
Irving. Kelin, cellist. They are
joined this fall by two new members,
Vartan Manoogian, second violinist,
and Jerry Horner, violist.
This will be the first public
concert which the four have present
ed together. They will play Haydn’s
Quartet (Op. 76) No. 5 and Debussy's
Quartet (Op. 10).
Ralph F. Hill assumed the
duties of administrative director
of the North Carolina School of the
Arts, beginning Sept. 1. He
replaced William C. Herring, who
resigned to accept the position of
assistant to the president of the
Atlanta Arts Allicance at Atlanta,
Georgia.
Hill's appointment was
announced in August by Robert Ward,
president of the School of the Arts.
Before accepting the appointment
here. Hill, who had been internal
auditor at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, was
scheduled to become director of
accounting at UNC-G.
Before going to Greensbg.^,
Hill was comptroller of Salem
College and Salem Academy for 10
years. For eight years before that
he was affiliated with the Wachovia
Bank and Trust Company as an
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The third selection on the pro
gram will be Mozart's Quintet for
Horn and Strings. It will be played
by Gottlieb, Horner, Klein and Fred
erick Bergstone, French hornist with
the Clarion Wind Quintet, also in
residence at the School of the Arts,
and Emile Simonel, former violist
with the Claremont and now violist
and manager of the Piedmont Chamber
Orchestra.
PAUL TAYLOR
DANCE COMPANY
PERFORMANCE FRIDAY, - 8:15 P.M.
The Paul Taylor Dance Company
will appear tonight, Friday, October
3, at Reynolds Auditorium. The per
formance will be at 8:15 p.m. Tic
kets for the
per for mance
are being
provided to
the students
and may be
obtained in
Mr. Hyatt's
office.
Look
Maga z i n e
called the
company "one
of America's
younge s t ,
s p u nkiest
ballet troupes." They have also
been well received abroad. The per
formance is being presented by the
Civic Ballet of Winston-Salem in as
sociation with the National Endow
ment for the Arts and the North Ca -
rolina Arts Council.
Semans Receive
Award
Dr. and Mrs. James H. Semans
recently received the National Bro
therhood Award presented by the Na
tional Conference of Christians and
Jews. Dr. Semans is the Chairman of
the Board of Trustees of the School
of the Arts and Co-President of the
Siena Summer Session of the School
of the Arts. Both Dr. and Mrs. Se
mans are very interested and active
in the work of the school. '
1
The award recognizes the Semans
for outstanding contributions toward
improved human relations. Only two
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Hill Assumes Duties