Arts & Entertainment November9,1995 6
Award-winning poet
Snodgrass visits Elon
Shannon Prater
A&E Editor
Pulitzer-prize winning poet W.
D. Snodgrass will read from his
collection of poems Nov. 15, in
Elon College’s McCrary Theatre at
7:30 p.m.
During the past 40 years,
Snodgrass has received recogni
tion as a prominent American poet,
and developed a resume that boasts
many great accomplishments.
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Renowned poet W. D. Snodgrass
Among those achievements,
Snodgrass has written or contrib
uted to more than 30 volumes of
poetry and earned numerous awards
and fellowships, including a
Pulitzer Prize in 1960.
Snodgrass’ appearance at Elon
is sponsored by the Liberal Arts
Forum and Sigma Tau Delta En
glish National Honor Society.
“It’s rare to have a Pulitzer
Prize winner at Elon,” Liberal Arts
Forum adviser Anne Cassebaum
said. “It should be inspiring to
people here who are writing or
studying poetry.”
Having influenced such well
known poets as Anne Sexton and
Robert Lowell, Snodgrass estab
lished himself as somewhat of a
revolutionary in the 1950s, Assis
tant Professor of English Kevin
Boyle said.
“He was one of the first con
fessional poets and is a master of
formal poetry,” Boyle said. “He’s
also one of the major American
poets since World War II.”
While at Elon, Snodgrass is
expected to read from a collection
of his best-known poems,
Cassebaum said.
“His being here gives students
an opportunity to hear a nationally
known poet who has been famous
for about 40 years,” Assistant Pro
fessor of English John Herold said.
“He’s a very important part of his
generation.”
Admission to Snodgrass’ read
ing is free.
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Sacred music to be performed in
Eric McGrickard
Staff Reporter
The Elon College Concert
Choir and Chamber Singers will
performing a program of sacred
Hebrew music Nov. 14 at 8 p.m.
in Whitley Auditorium in com
memoration of the
Krystallsnacht.
Assistant Professor of Mu
sic Jonathan Green will direct
the performance by the 20 cham
ber singers and 60-member choir
in honor of the commemoration
and of the jubilee of Jerusalem.
The Krystallsnacht took
place 57 years ago on Nov. 9
when German Nazis destroyed
many Jewish synagogues and
executed Jewish people.
This year marks the 3,000th
anniversary jubilee of the city of
Jerusalem.
In recognition of this occa
sion, the singing group will per
form “Biblical Suite” which was
written by Gershon Ephros.
“Biblical Suite” was written
in the 1950s and intended to be
performed on the historical
3,000th anniversary.
Because this music is now out
of print, Elon is fortunate to have
this once in a lifetime opportunity
to perform this historical piece on
campus.
“This concert presents every
one with a unique opportunity to
encounter wonderful music that has
not been a part of previous concert
experiences,” Green said.
“The performance should be a
good concert that will offer Elon
students the opportunity to hear
some Hebrew music first hand,”
freshman choir member Amy
Clayton said.
This concert has a special
meaning to senior Jody Pearlman.
She is studying music at Elon to
become a cantor, a leader of He
brew music. Pearlman is also the
president and founder of the Elon
chapter of Hillel, the National Jew
ish Student Organization.
Pearlman said she believes this
concert will help open some cul
tural doors on campus and help
unite the community.
“This is my opportunity to
show how beautiful the music of
my Jewish heritage is,” Pearlman
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Choir Director Jonathan Green
said.
The concert is also very
timely due to the recent death of
Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin,
Tonight, which is the actual
anniversary of the historical
event, the Concert Choir and
Chamber Singprs will perform at
Beth David Synagogue in Greens
boro.
The group’s participation in
the anniversary concert and
Krystallsnacht memorial on Nov.
14 at Elon College is free and
open to the public.
Densmore reminisces in McKinnon
Andrea Schmidt
Staff Reporter
To set a collective mood be
tween himself and the audience of
about 500 in McKinnon Hall, leg
endary Doors drummer John
Densmore lit a stick of incense
which burned throughout his hour-
long performance Monday night.
Densmore began his lecture
with excerpts from his autobiogra
phy Riders on The Storm, but his
speech was unlike any standard
classroom lecture.
Video clips of the band in the
studio aided Densmore in his por
trayal of the other Doors members:
Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek and
Robby Krieger.
The audience was entertained
with short drum solos as he played
popular songs such as “The End,”
“Crystal Ship” and “LightMy Fire.”
Another attention-getter
Densmore utilized was a series of
short monologues which helped
reveal his history of involvement
with the Doors.
The short scenes were some
times comical wRile others showed
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uoors drummer John Densmore transports Elon back to the '60s with
his performance in McKinnon Hall.
a more serious side to Densmore.
When his performance was
complete Densmore opened the
floor to questions from the audi
ence. Subjects ranged from his
attitude about illegal substances to
what really happened in Miami.
Elon student Carson Ander
son spent time with Densmore prior
to his speech helping him set up for
the~ perforinance. '
“John Densmore was surpris
ingly very down to earth; you some
times forgot you were talking to a
rock ‘n’ roll legend,” Anderson said.
In closing, Densmore offered
some advice to young bands just
starting out.
“Keep writing original music,
it s the only way to go,” Densmore
said.