The Behrend beacon. (Erie, Pa.) 1998-current, April 15, 2005, Image 3

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    Friday, April 15, 2005
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Concert Band to perform nontraditional music
By Crystal Chisholm
staff writer
When most students hear the
word classical in front of music,
they sigh and shake their heads.
However, this semester,
Behrend’s Concert Band’s “An
evening of Chamber Music” is
not just for grandma. With their
unique variety of pieces to be
performed, this semester the
band is taking a different
approach to the concert.
“Instead of using the full
Concert Band as a whole, the
band will be broken up into
smaller chamber ensembles.
Each ensemble group will range
from four to nine people,” said
Band Director Dr. Gary
Viebranz. “All of our pieces will
be performed this way, except for
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one large piece that includes
everyone.”
Chamber music is music per
formed in smaller groups ranging
from four to nine people, with
one player for each part.
“It’s like a group of soloists,"
said Viebranz.
For many, classical music all
has the same sound. But
Viebranz stresses each group’s
individuality.
“Every ensemble has its own
distinctive sound providing a lot
of variety to the listener," said
Viebranz.
This semester the band is try
ing to cover a wider range of
pieces and styles with the songs
they are performing. One such
piece by C.P.E. Bach, has a more
offbeat style of classical music.
“His music is more dance
music than concert music,” said
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another piece to be performed, is
defined as revolutionary and con-
troversial
"Premiered in 1964, the piece
is one of the first compositions
with a very small amount of har
monic material,” said Viebranz.
“It is built on C major and has no
chord changes, but a great deal of
repetition, which gives the piece
the feel that it is turned inside out
on itself.”
Every person in the ensemble
receives the same piece of music,
but it occurs in different phases.
“It was an entirely different
way of thinking than anything
happening prior to that piece in
the classical world,” said
Viebranz. “For this reason it cre
ated a lot of buzz.”
“An Evening of Chamber
Music” will take place on April
21 at 8 p.m. in the McGarvey
Commons.
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civil respect for diversity with
in the Penn State community,
while emphasizing a nature of
respectful tolerance for the dif
ferences among to con-
stituents.”
The award was presented in
the form of a plaque April 9, to
Soltis by University President
Graham Spanier in Eisenhower
Auditorium in State College.
Campus newspaper finds new editor-in-chief
On Monday the Beacon
advisory board met to decide
who would take the reigns of
the Beacon. After an hour of
heated deliberations, Annie
Sevin, COMBA 05, emerged as
the new leader of Behrend’s
newspaper.
The Beacon advisory board
is made up of seven members;
the Beacon’s current editor-in
chief, Dan Stasiewski; the
Beacon’s current managing
editor, Amy Frizzell; the
Beacon’s adviser, Dr. Cathy
Roan; Senior Lecturer in the
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help, we can always try."
By Dan Snedden
assistant news editor
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Soltis was choosen for the
award by the Student Awards
Committee after being nomi
nated by Dr. Mary Connerty, a
Penn State Erie English lectur-
'd was really surprised," said
Soltis. “I find it amazing that
I’d be honored with this.”
Soltis, who is graduating at
the end of the semester, plans to
attend law school and eventual
ly go into politics. He says that
Department of Humanities and
Social Sciences, Cathy Mester;
Director of the Humanities and
Social Sciences Department,
Dr. Richard Aquila; the
President of SGA, Scott Soltis;
and the Director of Student
Affairs, Ken Miller.
“I am very excited about
next semester,” said Sevin. “I
think we’re going to have a
top-notch staff that will pro
duce a qiihlity newspaper.”
“We made a lot of changes
with the paper this year, and I
hope Sevin makes it her own,”
said Stasiewski. “She has the
ability and enthusiasm to make
this an even better paper next
year.”
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“If students were put on
the committee they could
manage funds more effi
cently because it’s their
money.’
Lauren Fehl,
MRKTG 04
no one thing stands out in his
mind as his greatest achieve
ment at Penn State Erie.
“I’m really proud that since
day one I’ve tried to make this
university and this campus bet
ter." said Soltis. “Wherever I
go I want to continue to help.”
In his last two weeks, Soltis
plans to work on his end of
term report for the SGA
archives
"I think that Dan Stasiewski
has done a good job in creating
a professional atmosphere and
an inviting atmosphere,” said
Roan.
Roan said that she was
pleased that this year, like last
year, two students applied for
the position and that she is glad
that the Beacon is taking steps
to increase participation from
the student body as a whole.
“Campus press is the press.
It’s not a game; it’s not a class.
It is very easy for student jour
nalists to get pressured from a
lot of sides on what they’re
covering, especially by people
who don’t see student press as
journalism.”
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