TUESDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1961
sets the mood while playing intricate interpretations of Eurasian
melodies. The Brubeck quartet has captured first place in virtually
every national jazz poll.
'6l Series' Opens
With Thomas Play
The "Our Town" of Wales came to campus Saturday
This "tiny dingle" called Milk Wood, in the words of the
play's author, "preached a green-leaved sermon on the inno
cence of man" that "all means nothing at all."
The play, "Under Milk Wood" by Dylan Thomas, was'
presented by New York's The Cir-1
cle in the Square Theatre as the, this together with poignancy,"
opening performance of the Uni-'Ringland said.
versity Artists' Series. Ringland also noted that "Un-
Byron Ringland, director of the der Milk Wood" was originally
touring company, said that he, Produced as theatre "in the
was "excited over the " spon .; round." However, because of
taneous" reaction of a college; the limitations of touring facili
audience. A program like the Ar- ties. it had to be changed to con
fists' Series "is the healthiest thing ventional stage.
that could happen to both the He said that he did not prefer
theatre and the college," he said.i either the conventional stage or
The professional actor needs
!"the round" for this play because
-
an alert, intelligent audience, l w ,„
ne has found it works well both
Ringland said, adding that the
college student "should have the ' "The important consideration is
experience of witnessing true, that the cast and set be played
New York drama." .forward," he said, "so that it may
'relate strongly to the audience."
Ringland said that the greatest;
challenge of "Under Milk Wood"'
is that it is a "great work in it-Prof Conducts Research
self" and that "it is a poem, note An investigation of glass,forma
a play." "For that reason," he lion and properties of carbonate
said, "it is harder to keep the' glasses is being made by Dr. 0.
play true to form without making, F. Tuttle, professor of geochem
it seem phony." i istry.
"The company must realize in! His research is supported by a
what terms they should play their;one-year $lBO,OOO grant from the
parts—they are not one charac- 'United States Atomic Energy
ter. Somehow, they must tie all. Commission.
By ROCHELLE MICHAELS
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK PENNSYLVANIA
Jazz Sparks Rec . H
Explosive jazz brought a
standing-room-only crowd to
their feet Sunday night at the
Dave l3rubeck - Stan Kenton
concert in Recreation Hall.
"Our reception was excellent,"
Kenton said after the perform
ance.. "The acoustics were good
because of the large audience."
Joe Morella, the drummer in
the Brubeck Quartet, called the
crowd "a good audience to play
to." "Rhythmically we were
doing all right," he said.
Morella received loud applause
after completing an exhausting
9 1 / 2 -minute solo in the Brubeck
arrangement of "Take Five."
"Gene (Eugene Wright on string
bass) and I have to keep together
when we get into the counter
rhythm effects in order to keep
the group from mailing apart,"
Morella said, adding, "We man-
—Collegian photos by 'Oen Coleman
KENTON AND CLUB give out
with their brassy interpreta
tions. After .his performance.
Kenton had his 22-piece band
applaud "the wonderful audi
ence."
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(aged to stay together this time."!with • Louis Armstrong and his
"Since we improvise on every band.
number," Morella said, "We could: Kenton himself arranges ap
(play the same tunes differently;proximately one-fourth of his
!each night." numbers. He said that he wouldn't
J Kenton said that only his be in music ifjj weren't for jazz.
solos are improvised, but he !Though his mother was a pianist,
I believes that his new 22-piece he said he had no interest in
J band is more flexible than ever. music. until he heard a group per
"l added the section of four. forming one day when he Was
mellophoniums to get more color," ; about 14 years old. When he
he said, adding, "The new brass asked what they were playing,
has changed the function of each he was told that it was jazz.
!section. I now use the saxophones ' "I was sold," he said.
like fiddles in an orchestra." , In the summer, Kenton holds
The mellophonium, designed a band clinic in Indiana for
especially for Kenton, has a young musicians who are inter
' range between a trombone and ested. in music as a profession.
I a trumpet and slightly resembles The students are rehearsed and
a French horn in shape. Ken- instructed by musicians from
ton is the only musician to use show business and from the
the mellophoniums in a section, teaching profession.
Brubeck, however uses stand- The Brubeck quartet, which has
and instruments and experiments been intact since the end of 1958,
'with different rhythmical effects. is planning a trip to Berlin in
His main ambition is to compose, November. The group has been to
Morella said. Recently Brubeck Europe and. Asia before on a tour
and his wife -wrote a Broadway sponsored by the State Depart
'show which they recorded along ment.
TIM Puts-off Elections
The Town Independent Men
will not hold elections today
and tomorrow because an in
sufficient number of applica
tions for council positions was
received, Robert Fry. TIM pres
ident, said.
Fry said that anyone inter
ested in being a member of the
council should attend the open
meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow in
203 Hetsel Union Building.
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