THE N. C. ESSAY
VOLUME V, NO. XVII
NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
MAY 10, 1071
DiBonaventura In Recital
Concert pianist Anthony di
Bonaventura, who has performed
with major orchestras in the
United States and Europe, will be
presented in recital at the North
Carolina School of the Arts on
May 12 at 8:15 pin. The recital,
which is open to the public, will
conclude a two-day series of
master classes and seminars
with piano majors at the School of
Music.
The program, to be held in the
Auditorium of the Main Hall, will
include the Sonata in D major,
written by Ludwig van Beethoven
at the age of 11; three Spanish
dances by Enrique Granados;
Franz Liszt’s Valse Impromtu in
A flat major and the Hungarian
Rhapsody No. 10. Also on the
program is a group by Frederic
Chopin, including the Nocturne in
F sharp major, Opus 15, No. 2;
the Waltz in A flat major, Opus
34, No. 1; and the Ballade No. 4 in
F minor. Opus 52.
Di Bonaventura made his first
public appearance at the age of
four when he appeared with his
violinist sister, playing four
shows a day in a movie house.
Bom in West Virginia, he was
educated as a scholarship student
at the Settlement Music School in
New York and at the Curtis In
stitute in Philadelphia, where he
was a pupil of Madame Isabelle
Vengerova. At age 13, he made
his debut as soloist wi^ the New
York Philharmonic.
After a stint as pianist with the
U.S. Army Field Band, he made
his debut in Washington, D.C. in
recital and with ^e National
Symphony, followed by his debut
in London with the Royal
Philharmonic. His European tour
included engagements with six
European orchestras and an
invitation to participate in a
Beethoven Festival under the
direction of Otto Klemperer and
the Philharmonia Orchestra of
London.
In recent years, his orchestral
engagements in America have
included the Philadelphia Or
chestra, the New York
Philharmonic, and the orchestras
of San Francisco, Pittsburgh and
Chicago. This past fall, he
completed a three-month tour of
Australia and New Zealand.
SCA Elections May 11
The Student Council elections
will be held on Tuesday, May 11
in the Commons Building. The
elections, originally scheduled
for May 3, were set back so that
more students could register for
candidacy. As it stands, this
election will seat only half of the
SCA for the 1971-72 school year.
The remaining representatives
will be voted into office in Sep
tember, ’71. The number of
representatives elected this year
is as follows (total membership
in each department is designated
in parenthesis): Upper Division -
Dance 2 (3), Drama 3 (4), Music 2
(3), D & P 3 (4); Middle Division -
Dance 1 (2), Drama 1(2), Music
1(2), D & P1 (2) ;Lower Division -
Dance 1(2), Music 1 (2),. Plus,
four officers - President, Vice-
President, Secretary, Judicial
Board Chairman.
Thus, at full strength, the SCA
would have thirty members.
The candidates for the up
coming elections are: President -
Bob (Cozier, Steve Henderson,
Jim La Rocco. Vice-President -
Lauren Cager, Harvey
Livingston. Judicial Board
Chairman - Richard Kaplan,
Frank Wolff. Secretary - Susan
Thompson.
In the various divisions, the
candidates are: Dance (Upi^r) -
Karen Gober, (Lower) - Louise d’
Ameilo; Drama (Upper) - Chris
Coan, Joan McGee; Music
(Upper) - Dee Moses, Virginia
Jolmson; Music (Middle) - Karen
Wilson, David Wilson, John
Patterson; Music (Lower) - Lee
Metcalf; D & P (Middle) - Kevin
Dreyer.
(This was the slate at press
time. Since then, several more
students have registered as
candidates. For a complete list,
check with Tommy Williams.
Also, platform statements from
each of the presidential can-
Commencement |
Schedule
Thursday, June 3
Rehearsal for Com- fti
mencement Exercises S:
(Time To Be Announced)
Friday, June 4 §
6:30 P.M. - Buffet Dinner :$
For Graduating seniors, S
families & friends ^
8:15 P.M. - Com- ^
mencement Concert Main S
Auditorium %
Saturday, June 5 $:
11:00 A.M. - Com-
mencement Exercises
Main Auditorium
Duo Recital
Jerry Horner, violist and
Clifton Matthews, pianist, will
present a duo recital in the Main
Auditorium of the North Carolina
School of the Arts on Friday, May
14 at 8:15 P.M.
The program will include
Sonata in G Major for Viola da
Gamba and Piano, by J.S. Bach;
Suite for Viola and [%no by
Ernest Bloch; and the Sonata in
Eb Major; Opus 120 No. 2, by
Brahms.
Horner, a member of the
faculty of the School of Music and
violist of the Claremont String
Quartet, received a B.M., Magna
Cum Laude, and an M.M. and
Performer’s Certificate from
Indiana University. He has ap
peared as a soloist and chamber
music player in major cities in
the U.S. and in Europe.
Matthews, who came to the
School of the Arts in 1968,
received his B.S. and M.S.
degrees from the Juilliard School
of Music, where he was a student
of Irwin Freundlich, who is also a
member of the faculty at the
School.
Following study with Friedrich
Wuhrer in Germany and Guido
Agosti in Italy, Matthews
remained in Europe for five
years, presenting concerts in
England, Scotland, Scandinavia,
Holland, Germany, Austria and
Switzerland. He has been a
member of the music faculties at
Skidmore College in Saratoga
Spings, N.Y. and the University
of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Vote For
SCA
May 11
We would like to extend our
best wishes for peace and hap
piness to Steve and Kathy Bord-
ner, who were married at a very
simple and beautiful ceremony
on Friday morning. May 7 by
Alton Buzbee.
Starker and Gingold Engaged
For NCSA Repertory Seminars
Janos Starker, cellist, and
Josef Gingold, violinist, will
present monthly repertory
seminars at the North ^rolina
School of the Arts next year,
according to an announcement
made today by Robert Ward,
President of the School. Both
Starker and Gingold hold the title
of Distinguished Professor of
Music at Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana.
In making the announcement.
Ward said, “Nicholas Harsanyi,
the newly appointed Dean of the
School of Music has of course
made recommendations in the
area of repertory seminars for
the coming school year. When he
advised us that Messrs. Starker
and Gingold, his colleagues of
long standing, might be in
terested in an affiliation with our
school, I of course encouraged
the invitation since they are two
of the world’s most outstanding
teacher-performers. Their
presence as they present their
repertory seminars to our
students will be a stimulation of
immense value.”
Although the seminars ^ill be
primarily for students in cello
and violin, they will be open to
other students as observers. In
addition to the seminars. Starker
and Gingold will be involved with
the string faculty of the School in
matters of curriculum and in
struction.
Born in Budapest, Janos
Starker was educated at the
Franz List Academy, where he
was a pupil of Leo Weiner. He has
held the chair of first cellist with
the Budapest Opera and
Philharmonic Orchestras, the
Dallas Symphony, the
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
and the Chicago Symphony.
In 1958, he joined the faculty of
Indiana University. At that time,
he changed his performance
focus from the career of an or
chestral soloist to that of an in
dependent solo artist.
For over a decade. Starker has
specialized in unaccompanied
recitals. He has toured all over
the United States and Canada,
Europe and the Far East. He has
also played at the Ravinia
Festival, the Lucerne Festival
and the Gulbenkian Festival in
Portugal.
Probably the most recorded
cellist performing today,
Starker’s innumerable records
(principally Deutsche Gram-
mophon. Mercury and Angle)
include no less than three per
formances of the complete Bach
Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.
Joseph Gingold, a pupil of
Eugene Ysaye, served as con-
certmaster and soloist with the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra for
three years and with the
Cleveland Orchestra, under
George Szell, for 13 years. He was
also a member of the NBC
Symphony under Arturo
Toscanini and of the NBC String
Quartet.
Named “Teacher of the Year”
in 1968 by the American String
Teachers Association, Gingold
has compiled and edited Or
chestral Excerpts of 300 works in
the symphonic repertory,
published by the International
Music Co. This three volume
work is a standard text used by
students and symphony players
throughout the world.
During the past year, he has
given master classes at the
National Conservatoire de
Musique in Paris and served as a
guest teacher at the Toho School
of Music in Tokyo, Japan.
Gingold represented the United
States on the juries of several
international violin competitions,
including the Queen Elizabeth of
Belgium Competition in Belgium
and the Wieniawski Competition
in Poland, both in 1967.
Violin Found
didates appear on Page 3).
TUESDAY, MAY 25
(9:00- 12:00)
In March of 1966 the Cochran
Gallery of Washington, D.C.
loaned the Claremont String
Quartet (composed of faculty
members from the North
Carolina School of the Arts) a set
of Amati string instruments,
including a cello, viola and two
violins. The estimated value of
the instruments was $80,000.
In April of that same year, one
of the violins, being used by Mr.
Marc Gottlieb, was stolen from
an automobile during a concert
tour in New York City. $23,750
was paid to the Cochran Gallery
as insurance compensation.
Five years later, on April 21,
1971, the missing Amati violin
was discovered.
On that day, Marc Gottlieb
received a telephone call from
Jacques Francias, an instrument
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26
(9:00 • 12:00)
French 102
Exam Schedule
L 8. M 1 ■ B
Buhler
Italian 102 • A
Room 329
L & M III - B
Buhler
English 100
Room 329
English 102-A
L 8. M II ■ B
Shaffer
Room 327
English 102-B
L 8. M IV - B
Shaffer
English 211-A
Room 327
SS 204 ,
Beginning Lighting
Resur
Design Studio
(1:00
English 102 C
(1:00-4:00)
English 102 D
Corson
Room 327
Artom
Room 319
Fitz-Simons
Room 313
Johnston
Room 315
Frohn
Room 320
Sugg
Room 329
Stone
Sem. B
THURSDAY, MAY 27
(9:00-12:00)
Math 104
Shropshire
Room 315
Italian 202 A
Artom
Room 319
Italian 202 B
Baskin
Room 313
English 315
Johnston
Room 320
SS 206
Hyatt
Sem. B
:00)
Music History II Johnson
Room 329
Music History IV Johnson
Room 329
Psychology
Anthropology
Genetics
Frohn
Room 311
Johnston
Room 320
C. Johnson
Room 327
Evans
Room 321
Corson
Room 329
(1:00-4:00)
Physiology
English 310
Italian 102 B
Artom
Room 319
German 202
Stiener
Sem. A
FRIDAY, MAY 28
(9:00-
12:00)
English lOOL
Frohn
Room 313
VA 306
Jeffries
Room 327
English 318
Johnston
Room 320
English 211B
Sugg
Room 329
SS 106
Ruark
Room 315
Corson
Room 329
Frohn
Room 320
French 202 Corson
Room 320
French 302 Freeman
Room 317
(1:00-4:00)
Italian 102 S
Italian 402
Artom
Room 319
Artom
Room 319
(or with any of the other Italian
exams.)
dealer in New York. Mr. Fran
cias said that a man had brought
in a violin for appraisal which he
immediately recognized as the
presumed lost Amati. Mr.
Francias also recognized a case
and two bows which belonged to
Mr. Gottlieb and which had also
been stolen.
The long-missing Amati was
still in good condition. However,
the man who brought it in
maintains that he purchased it
legally, not knowing that it had
been stolen. The unamed man is
still in possession of the Amati. In
all probability, the question of
ownership will be settled in court.
The Cochran Gallery was
notified of the discovery but it
may yet be some time before the
$16,000 instrument is returned to
its rightful owner.
HIGH SCHOOL EXAM
SCHEDULE
June 1-2-3,1971
DATE
CLASS
TIME OF DAY
Tues. June 1..9:15 10:05 . 9 30
11:30
11:45 12:35..1:30 3:30
Wed. June 2..12:40 1:30..9:30
11:30
1:35 2:25 1:30-3:30
Thurs., June 3..2:30-3:20..9:30
11:30
Exams will be held in Rooms in
which classes normally meet.
N.B. Students will take their
exams only at scheduled times;
e.g. those students having a 2:30
class will fake their exam on
Thursday, June 3, at 9:30 a.m.