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8 Monday, April 26, 1999 JIL JMJ iii'^ BAMD By Donald Warren Rogers, presented its Spring Concert on Contributing Writer April 13 at 8:00 p.m. in Reeves Audito- The Methodist College Stage Band, rium. The Stage Band generally performs under the direction of Mr. J. Michael pop music in a jazz or blues style, and oc- Jason Taylor, Phil Colby, Tyree Woodley, and Mr J. Michael Rogers “gettin’ jiggy wit' it. ” Photo by C. Kearns. casionally show tunes and television themes. This year the band has twelve members playing a mixture of brass, wood- wind, keyboard, and percussion instru ments. Desiree Horton and Rachael Schultz play flute, tambourine, maracas, and woodblocks. Senatra O'Neal played clarinet. The four saxophonists were Jason Taylor, Adam Torres, Phil Colby, and Greg Stallings. Trumpet players were Susan Smith and Melissa Aldrich. Marshall Carter played trombone. Percussion was played by Tyree Woodley, and Mr. Rogers played digital piano and keyboard bass accompaniment. The program opened with “Blowtorch” by Les Sabina, fol lowed by “Groovin’ Hard” by Don Menza. Susan Smith played the trumpet solo for “Sambita” by Jay Chattaway, which was followed by “Kansas City” by Mike Stoller. Susan Smith also did the trumpet solo on “A Night in Tunisia” by Dizzy Gillespie. The band then performed “Polar Ice” by Jeff Jarvis, followed by Billie MC Youth Chorale Tour NC And VA By Donald M. Warren Contributing Writer The Methodist College Community Youth Chorale, a mixed chorus of middle and high school students from around Cumberland and the surrounding counties, visited Corinth Baptist Church in Elizabeth City, NC and Busch Gardens theme park in Williamsburg, VA. The Youth Chorale is a community chorus offered through the Methodist College Preparatory School for the Performing Arts. This year’s Chorale has 21 students in it. The group left on April 7 and returned on April 9 after performing for the congre gation of Corinth Baptist Church and spending some time visiting Busch Gardens and Colonial Williamsburg. Choir members spent the night in church member’s homes on Wednesday evening. On Thursday morning the group left Elizabeth City and drove to Williamsburg, VA, where they spent the day at the Busch Gardens theme park. On Friday, they visited Colonial Williamsburg before leaving to return to Fayetteville. The Chorale gave a full concert at the Corinth Baptist Church on Wednesday evening. The program included “Sing A New Song” by Michael Haydn, “No Other Gifts” by James Quitman Mulholland, “Hymn of Promise” by Natalie Sleeth, “Clap Your Hands” by Patti Drennan. Other performances included; an ar rangement of “Amazing Grace” by John Coates featuring Marianne Parker as so prano soloist, an arrangement of the spiri tual “Set Down Servant” by Walter Ehret with solos by Julia Burgess, David Morton, Krista Dourte, and Joey Cook, “Shut De Do” by Randy Stonehill, a collection of tra ditional African music called “South Afri can Suite” arranged by Henry Leek, “Look at the World” by John Rutter, and finally a Youth Chorale Favorite called “Shake The Papaya Down” arranged by Ruth Dwyer and Judith Waller. The Methodist College Community Youth Chorale is under the direction of Mr. Marten Spena, Minister of Music at Vil lage Baptist Church in Fayetteville. They are accompanied by Mrs. Ronda Spena, an instructor of music at Methodist College and music teacher for Village Academy. The tour was chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Spena, Mrs. Marta Burgess, Mrs. Bonnie Cook, and Mr. Donald Warren. Members of the Youth Chorale are Julia and Mary Burgess, Joey Cook, Saramarie Currie, Krista and Katie Dourte, Mackenzie Eckerd, Eve Green, Crystal Hall, Sable Lyon, Leigh Ann Markuson, David Morton, Clifton Neal, Marianne Parker, Andrew and Erin Slatter, Andrew and Adam Spena, Victoria Sosa, Jennifer Thomas, and Whitney Vickers. The Youth Chorale will present its full concert for the Fayetteville community on Monday, May 3 at 7 p.m. in Reeves Audi torium. The concert is free and all are in vited to attend. Holiday's “God Bless The Child” featur ing Marshall Carter as the trombone solo ist. The first half of the concert concluded with the theme from the television show "Frasier” by Bruce Miller. After a brief intermission, the program reopened with the theme from "Night Court” by Jack Elliot. Jason Taylor played the saxophone solo for Earle Hagen's "Harlem Nocturne." Marshall Carter then provided the trombone solo for "Traces" by James Cobb and Emory Gordy. The fi nal pieces of the concert were “Straight Ahead” by Carl Strommen, “Aftershock" by Larry Barton, “Hot Sauce" bj" Howard Rowe, and “Dr. Dues and Co.” by Dominic Spera. During the course of the concert, there were several other incidental solos in various pieces, performed by other mem bers of the band. The music department is very grateful to everyone who came to take part in this concert. They especially appreciate all fac ulty and staff members who show their sup port for the performing arts at Methodist College. For more information on upcom ing music department events, please con tact the Fine Arts Division secretary at 630- 7100. ATTENTION STUDENTS ■ 10-40 hrs./week; Flexible Schedules ■$10.15 per hr. Appointment ■Customer Sales/Service ■Scholarships/Internships Available ■ No Experience Necessary; Will Train ■Starting Interviewing, Call May 3; 860-1067
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