May 12, 1978
Giersch's Composition
Spring Concert Successful
by Robin L. Baulding
Entertainment Editor
The Behrend College Chorus
together with the Symphonic
Singers of Erie presented their
annual Spring Concert here at
Behrend, May. Both choirs were
directed by Mr. Davis P. Giersch,
Assistant Professor of Music and
the Behrend College chorus and
band director.
The Behrend Chorus per
formed “Sing We” and “Chant
It” It by Morley, “When Jesus
Wept” by Billings, “He, Wat
ching Over Israel” by Men
delsohn, Three Hungarian Fold
Songs (The Handsom Butcher,
Apple, Apple, The Old Woman)
by Seiber, “Sip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah”,
and “Hallelujah Chorus” by
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the audience stood during the
recital of the Hallelujah Chorus.
After the Behrend Chorus
performance, the Symphonic
Singers of Erie performed
“Honor and Glory” by Bach,
“Ave Maria” bv Rachmaninoff.
Religious Folk Songs (“Litany, A
Hunter From Heaven”, “The
Grim Reaper”, “Crusader’s
Hymn,” “The Twelve Disciples”,
“O Dearest Jesus”) by Brahms,
“Rest” by Vaughn-Williams, “O
Mistress Mine”, by Vaughn-
Williams, and “Put On A Happy
Face”..
The highlight of the evening
was when the two choirs com
bined to sing the composition
“Revelation”, a composition by
Mr. Giersch himself. The com
position, based on the book of
Revelations was indeed what the
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members of the audience called
“a truly remarkable piece.” The
piece was narrated by Dean
Benjamin Lane. Bob Charaos and
Bruce Gamble were the per
cussionists, and Bob Stewart was
on the electric bass.
This concert brought to an end
a very successful year for the
Behrend Chorus. The year in
cluded a Christmas concert, four
performances at local churches
and a trip to New Kensington,
Pennsylvania, for the second-
Penn State Commonwealth
Campus Regional Music
Festival. The Symphonic
Singers, who also perform
several times'each year in the
Erie area, are twenty-four music
enthusiasts including two former
Behrend students.
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The Behrend Players
Inge’s Picnic
by Sheri Reim
Collegian Staff writer
This spring term, the Behrend
Players performed a popular,
familiar play written by William
Inge. Under the direction of Paul
Iddings, the Players presented
the 1950’s summer romance,
“Picnic.”
First to appear on the scene
was Helen Potts (Jan Kremer),
who enjoys young people and
their activities. She is the
motherly neighbor to the Owens
family. Flow Owens (Dana
Moody), the head of the family
coped with the problems of
raising a beautiful daughter,
Madge (Linda Beals) and a not so
pretty, but intelligent daughter,
Millie (Sharon Reim). Millie was
forced to put up with the
ridiculing remarks of the neigh
borhood paper boy, Bomber
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(Brad Joseph) while trying to
hide her jealousy over Madge and
her college beau, Alan (Jeff
Williams). Irma Krankite (Sue
Hood), Christine Schoenwalder
(Heidi Miller), and Rosemary
Sydney (Deirdre McCauley)
were three old maid
schoolteachers all out man
hunting. Rosemary was the
fortunate one who managed to
hook the unfortunate
storekeeper, Howard Bevans
(Paul Moore). Hal Carter (Mike
Prasta) appeared on the scene
and changed every women’s
outlook on life.
The play was performed April
28, 29, 30 and May 3,4, 6, 7 at the
Studio Theatre. It was a very
successful production and the
Behrend Players would like to
express their thanks to the people
who attended.
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