October 28,1998
Meredith Herald
Campus News
Raleigh Flute Choir holds fall concert at Meredith
Betsy Carbrey
Staff Reporter
From ragtime to traditional to
classical music, the 1998 Fall
Concert by the Raleigh Flute
Choir covered an array of musi
cal genres. Held in Carswell
Auditorium on Sun., Oct. 25, the
performance featured guest artist
Ed Stephenson on guitar and the
Meredith Flute Ensemble.
Established in 1986, the
Raleigh Flute Choir is an ensem
ble group of professional flutists
from the Triangle area. The
group generally has six to nine
players.
Choir member Ann Pearce
said, “We operate as a chamber
ensemble. There is no single
director. We all share the respon
sibility equally.”
The members play the entire-
flute family. All the flutists play
the standard “C” flutes while
Irene Burke also plays piccolo,
Thomas Mease plays alto flute,
and Pearce plays bass flute. The
other members are Merrit Flex-
man, Kim Kittner and Rosene
Rohrer.
The Flute Choir has three per
formances a year: fall, Christmas
and spring. The Raleigh Flute
Choir sometimes invites guest
musicians to participate in their
concerts. “We like to include
other local musicians,” said
Rohrer.
The 1998 Fall Concert fea
tured Stephenson on two pieces:
“Aventurero,” by Armando Tor
res Arellano and “Pavane,” by
Gabriel Faure and William Ben-
net.
In addition to Stephenson, the
Meredith Flute Ensemble also
performed an arrangement of the
traditional “Simple Gifts, by
Ricky Lombardo.
The Raleigh Flute Choir also
performs original compositions
written specifically for the Choir.
One of these compositions,
“Memories of East Tennessee"
by Ausiln Alan- Scott, was per
formed Sunday. Each movement
in the work depicted a different
part of East Tennessee and actual
persons who live there.
The Raleigh Flute Choir also
sponsors the Raleigh Area Flute
Association. The Flute Choir
aids the Association by sponsor
ing concerts and master classes
with top flutists in the world.
“We think it’s important
because that association helps
flutists of all ages to become bet
ter flutists and hear profession
als,” said Pearce.
The Flute Association has
250 members who are students,
professionals, and amateurs.
The Association provides
scholarship competitions for
students of all ages and all lev
els.
In addition to the three annu
al concerts, the Raleigh Flute
Choir has traveled to give spe
cial performances at the White
House, Colonial Williamsburg,
the Biltmore Estate and the
National Flute Association
Convention in Washington,
D.C.
Last year the Choir recorded
a Christmas CD titled Carols
for Flutes. The group is
preparing to record their next
CD.
Psych week offers informative seminars
Kelly Fish
Sian Reporter
Informative seminars were
offered to Meredith students last
week celebrating the kick off of
Psychology Week.
Monday night, the movie Ay
Good As It Gets was shown to
those attending. Afterward, a
panel discussion was held con
cerning the different obsessive
compulsive disorders and the
types that were shown in the
movie.
Tuesday night’s session con
sisted of a graduate student panel
that talked about getting in and
enjoying graduate school. Many
upper-class students were in
attendance and commented on
the helpfulness of what is such a
timely issue for themselves.
Art therapy was the topic for
Wednesday’'*.! seminar. Guest
speaker. Sue Etheridge, who
works for the prison system,
spoke on her Job as an art thera
pist. She explained that she has
her clients draw a person and an
apple tree, and from these draw
ings, she could analyze their per
sonality. She would compare the
lines and colors that the clients
used, and each client would have
a portfolio of their work.
First-year psychology student
Heather Womack said, “I thought
it was interesting to see all of the
information you can learn about
a person through their artwork—
even though the ‘artist’ himself
may not be aware of it.”
Thursday night the seminar
was entitled, “What to do with a
BA in Psychology?” Several
Meredith graduates with BA’s in
psychology were present to talk
about their current jobs. A few
examples included being
employed at a preschool, being a
fifth grade teacher and working
at a girls’ home. Most of the
graduates were planning to
attend graduate school.
To wrap up the week, on Fri
day a dinner was held among
Meredith faculty, staff and stu
dents. Food was catered by the
dining hall, and the dinner was
held in the Dogwood confer
ence room.
“The faculty-student dinner
offers a chance to visit with
your professor’s outside of the
classroom which both students
and faculty seem to thoroughly
enjoy,” said Psychology Club
president Mandy Litton.
Etheridge visits campus, speaks with college students
Albon Valenti
staff Reporter
Congressman Bob Etheridge
visited campus Thursday.
Etheridge, a democrat, repre
sents the second congressional
district for North Carolina and is
seeking re-election on Nov. 3.
Students and faculty sought
out Etheridge as he made his
rounds through Belk Dining Hall
and the Cate Center. The visit
aroused curiosity as Etheridge
was followed by a camera crew
from NBC Nightly News. NBC
was following the candidate for a
story they aired Saturday about
the backlash of negative cam
paigning.
Etheridge’s opponent state
senator, republican, Dan Page
has run negative ads since
August.
Students asked Etheridge
about a number of issues ranging
from education to nutrition.
Etheridge has been an advo
cate of education throughout his
career, ‘Today a college degree
is a prerequisite for a good job
and the hope of a decent future.”
Prior to his election to con
gress, Etheridge served as State
Superintendent of Public Educa
tion for North Carolina.
During his term in Washington
Etheridge has sponsored legisla
tion to protect social security,
education and tobacco.
Etheridge is a graduate of
Campbell University. He is from
Lillington.
In a phone interview Page
stressed education and a bal
anced budget as his first priori
ties if elected to Congress.
The Meredith visit was a stop
on the college tour which also
included NC State, St. Augus
tine’s, Shaw and Peace.
Meredith College is new to the
second district which resulted
from federally mandated redis-
tricting of North Carolina's
congressional districts. The
new district includes Wake,
Wilson, Franklin, Granville,
Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Lee
and Sampson counties.
The election for Congress is
next Tuesday.
Congressman
Bob Etheridge
visits with
senior Elizabeth
Wellman while
talking with
students in the
Cate Center last
Thursday.
Photo by Alison
Valenti
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