March 2,1995
Arts & Entertainment
Reknowned pianist featured
in recital and workshop at Elon
C'hris Adams
Staff Reporter
One 1)1 Ihc 20ih tcniury’s Tin-
csi pianisls, Barry Hannigan, will
he on campus March 3 and 4 lor a
iwo-day Icslival in Yeager Recilal
Hall
During his visil. Hannigan, a
music professor at Buckncll Uni
versity, will showcase his unique
playing style and discuss his tech
nique.
Hannigan is a regular at con
cert stops throughout the United
States and Europe He has per-
I'onned at various locations around
the world, including New York's
Carnegie Hall and Norway‘s Munch
Museum.
Hannigan said performing
seems to come natural to him
“Some people arc pul on the
earth for just one thing. I think 1
was destined to perform and to leach
piano," Hannigan said.
This masterful pianist has
laught at such prestigious schools
as UCLA, Yale, and Cornell
Hannigan said his workshops
consist of what the students need to
learn.
"What I hear and see will de
termine what I teach. I do better
teaching when 1 wait and react to
the students' needs," Hannigan said.
As lor the concert, Hannigan
will premiere a piecc composed for
his own use callcd the "Makro
Kosmos." The piece, a George
Crumb work, involves a combina
tion of traditional and new sounds,
including the use of voice through
the piano.
Victoria Fischer, director of
keyboard studies at Elon, said this
piece should be the highlight ol the
show, which IS expccted to run for
about an hour and a half.
Fischer believes the audience
will have a positive response for
Hannigan
“He is a leading authority in
the 20th century piano repertoire,"
Fischcr said.
Hannigan is looking forward
to performing "Makro Kosmos” as
well as the rest of his ensemble.
Having performed in public
since the age of 12, Hannigan is
ready and willing to showcase his
talents.
"1 draw on the principles that
my teachers gave to me, and I go
from there." Hannigan said, “I am
Sound Check: CD Review
'Hell Freezes Over' is classic Eagles
Hcilly Farrell
Reporter
When the Eagles returned from
a 14-year "vacation" m 1994, the
group was welcomed by sold-out
concerts across the country.
Unfortunately, personal con-
llicts and illness forced the band to
cut short its reunion lour in the
early fall
To the satisfaction of fans ev
erywhere, the Eagles will regroup
again for its opening weekend, April
7 and 8, at Charlotte’s Blockbuster
Pavilion.
If the high ticket prices pre
vent some fans from seeing The
Eagles perfomi live, listening to
them perform live on disc may be
another option.
Hell Freezes Over, which was
released about three months ago,
has consistently made Billboard’s
Top 10 list.
The CD includes 14 songs
and over 74 minutes of music. It
opens with four new cuts, most
recognizably the ballad "Love
Will Keep Us Alive." Beauti
fully performed by Timothy
Schmidt, this song proves that the
legendary Eagles' ha^ony is as
smooth as ever.
Ofcourse. hard rock is where
The Eagles’ thrive. The sevcn-
minute live version of "Hotel Cali
fornia" features incredible guitar
solos by Joe Walsh with Don
Henley’s distinct voice belting out
Barry Hannigan. 20lh century music specialist
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looking forward tocomingto Elon,
and hope to have a good time dur
ing my stay.”
The Seventh Annual Piano
Pedagogy Workshop, sponsored by
Elon's Department of Fine Arts
and the Alamance County Piano
Teachers Association, will be held
Saturday.
Hannigan will give a technique
lecture at 10 a.m. and a mastenj
class for students and teachers at
1:30 p.m. The woAshop is $ 18 for
adults and $14 for students.
Hannigan’s concert begins at 8 p.m. j
and is free.
CD Cover
the epic much like he did 19 years
ago.
Live albums have a place all
their own in the music industry and
Hell Freezes Over is no exception.
Familiar classics like "Wasted
Time" and "Desperado” never
sounded better.
Labeled early in their career as
"country rockers.” the Eagles were
influenced greatly by Motown,
R&B, delta blues. Southern soul,
gospel, cajun. bluegrass. Country
and Western. Tex-Mex, folk and
rock-a-billy.
By combining such a diverse
mixture of music. The Eagles de
veloped its own blend of hard-hit-
ting rock and smooth, soulful
sounds which have withstood a
generation.
Despite the group’s success on
stage, personal differences among
the five band members have report
edly been rocky.
Since first collaborating in the
early 1970s, Schmidt. Walsh.
Henley, Don Felder and Glenn Frey
have been known for their hostile
splits and endeanng reconciliations.
However, their music is what
brought the five men together two
decades ago. and it is that same
music that has brought them to
gether 20 years later.
Packed concerts and the hit
CD Hell Freezes Over seem to
prove that The Eagles haven’t lost
their now legendary popularity.
Jazz orchestra performs
at theater dedication
Andrea Schmidt
Staff Reporter
The North Carolina Jazz
Repertory Orchestra will perform
in the John A. and Iris McEwen
McCrary Theater Sunday at 4
p.m. as part of the theater’s offi
cial dedication ceremony.
The theater, which is named
in honor of Iris McEwen McCrary
Coupland and her late husband
John A. McCrary, opened its
doors in September 1995.
An official dedication cer
emony was on hold waiting for
the naming of other facilities
within the Faith Rockefeller
Model Center for the Arts.
Another postponment oc
curred last October due to a de
cline in Coupland’s health.
The ceremony was resched
uled for this Sunday and
Coupland’s choice for entertain
ment was the N.C. Jazz Reper
tory Orchestra.
The 18-piece orchestra,
which was founded in 1993 by
James Ketoh and Gregg Gelb, is
considered one of the top jazz
groups in the South.
Ketoh, the orchestra’s mu
sic director, is a Bowman and
Gordon Gray Associate profes
sor of music and the director of
jazz studies at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Many of the group’s mem-,
bers are professors from area uni
versities such as UNC-Chapel Hill,
Pembroke State University, East
Carolina University, North Caro^
lina Central University and Duke
University.
These talented musicians
form “an orchestra whose meins
bership reflects the highest level
of professionalism,” according td
a press release.
The orchestra has performec
with Lionel Hampton, Stan
Kenton, Woody Herman, and
Dizzy Gilespie, at such places a
Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Cen
ter and in the Middle East.
When the group visiU Elon, it
will perform pieces such as, “Take
the ‘A’ Train,” “The Mooch” and
“Rockin’ in Rhythm.” which wett
made famous by the Duke
Ellington Orchestra.
Music by the Count Basie Or
chestra will be performed as well
“The Orchestra is great, and
the tickets are going quickly,” said
program director George Troxler,
Tickets to Sunday’s concer
at Elon cost $10 or are availablfl
free of charge with an Elon I.D