TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1963 Jazz Club To lid Concert Ella Fitzgerald, dubbed by many critics as "one of the very best jazz singers," will bring her unique jazz and ballad style to campus in a Jazz Club-sponsored concert at 8 p.m. Sunday in Recreation Building. - Miss Fitzgerald had her first break into show business in 1934 when she won an amateur competition in New York. Slated to-appear as a dancer, she was so nervous just before the perform ance that she made a quick de cisiozl to sing instead. Her unre hearsed song, "Judy," won her the first prize and immediately after wards, a job as a vocalist with the late band leader Chick Webb THREE YEARS later, while still with Webb, Miss Fitzgerald was skyrocketed to prominenCe when she wrote and recorded "A Tisket, A Tasket," and the "green and yellow basket" song became her theme song from coast . to Coast. Despite offers from the nation's top bandleaders, she remained with Webb. "Ella never once forgot Chick for giving her the break when others turned their backs others who wanted her when success came," jazz pianist Mary Lou Wil liams later said. . When Webb died in 1939, Miss Fitzgerald took over management of .the band herielf until 1942. SHE LATER made a number of tours with various bands, princi pally with Norman Granz's annual tour, Jazz at the Philharmonic, with which she performed for over ten years. Through the years, Miss Fitz gerald has become - best-known for her recordings. , Among the first songs she cut were "Into Each" Life Some Rain Must Fall," "How High the Moon" and "Oh, Lady, Be Good." She came into her own, how ever, in 1956 when her first album for Verve Records was - recorded. "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Visiting Prof Lectures Tensions Solved by Conformity Cultural conformity such as the 'world is now experiencing may prove even more effective than traditional diplomacy in solving world problems, Henry Ladd Smith, distinguished visiting pro fessor of journalism, said yedter day. Smith told the Faculty Lunch eon Club that evidence of this aspect of culture was apparent be fore the European Economic Com munity was a reality. He cited the example of Scandinavian and Ger man youths who traveled to Italy and France by scooter as pre- Sponsor en By CLAUDIA LEVY ELLA. FITZGERALD . . . 'unique stnger Porter Song Book," the first of a series of song books, was hailed as a "cl'assic" immediately. The Cole Porter Song Book was quickly followed in 1957 by the release of "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book." From then on her status as a pop ular singer soared. Tickets for Sunday's perform ance.are available at the Jazz Club booth. ground floor, Hetzel Union Building, HUB desk and the Nit tany News at $1.50 for club mem bers. Non-member tickets go on -gle tomorrow for $2.00. cursors of modern Eurocrats THE JOURNALISM professor attributed this new awareness in the fields of national culture to modern instantaneous commupi cation. But he went even further to state that the truly revolution ary aspects of the communications system is its "instant feedback" whereby public opinidn in regards td any cultural exchange can be readily determined by the artists themselves. In fact, he said, this "feedback" is responsible for cultural con formity, He explained by saying that formerly an artist's message was received only by an elite, with THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA Sunday . t Panhellenic Candidates Nominated The Panhellenic Council Screen ing Committee selected 12 can didates for five executive council positions last night, Jean Kennedy, chairman of the committee said. Three applicants were chosen for each position with the excep tion of- the first and second vice presidents, Miss Kennedy said three sorority women from Kappa Kappa Gamma were chosen for those two posts. Judy Shaw, Grace Ganter and Sue Finch will campaign for the vice presidencies. Lynn Crawford, Alpha Chi Omega; Colette Simone, Alpha Omicron Pi; and Marsha Evans, Delta Delta Delta were selected by the screening committee to run for the corresponding secretary's off ice. RECORDING secretary candi dates are Emily Workman, Kap pa Delta; Sue Dyer, Alpha Phi; and Kathy Rozamus, Pi Beta Phi, Miss Kennedy said. Nominated for the treasurer's position are Sally Campbell, Al pha Delta Pi; Yvonne Huguney, Sigma Sigma Sigma; and Eleanore Auerbach, Alpha Epsilon Phi. Patricia Pfordt, first vice persi dent, will automatically become president, Miss Kennedy said, by virtue of her office. The Panhel elections will be held Feb. 21, she added. Visiting Philosophy Prof Named for Spring Term Maurice Natanson, professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina and an expert on existentialist philosophy, has been named distinguished visiting pro fessor of philosophy and speech for the spring term. He will teach a seminar on the relations between philosophy and rhetoric, a topic on which he has written •numerous articles. full recognition of the artist's contribution often delayed until after his death because the elite group didn't readily let the con tribution filter down to the lower classes. The age of instantaneous com munication, with its corollary of instant feedback, has changed this, Smith said, by interposing a trans mitter and receiver between the artist and the public, rather than the elite group. THE PUBLIC is then able to decide for itself, without benefit of an upper class' distinction of what is good, whether an artist's work is acceptable to it, he said. THREE PRINCIPAL ROLES in Friday night's performance of "The Turn of the Screw" were played by Rita Loving, Patricia Neway and Bruce Zahariades. The operatic version of the Henry James novel was presented twice over the weekend in Schwab by the Artists Series. Enthusiasm Greets 'Turn of the Screw' By NANCY 'EGAN An atmosphere replete with ghosts and eerie music seemed to be no deterrent to audience en joyment of the New York City Center Opera Company's recent campus performances of "The Turn of the Screw." The touring group, with Pa tricia Neway as its star. appeared before enthusiastic capacity audi ences Friday and Saturday nights in Schwab under the sponsorship of the Artists Series. SPEAKING AFTER Saturday's performance, Miss Neway, who appeared as the governess both nights, said that she prefers operas to musicals with spoken dialu'•ue. Opera is "my field . . . my life, my love," she said, although "I learned a great deal" from ap pearing in Rodgers and Hammer stein's "Sound of Music" (for which she won the, coveted Tony Award). There is not yet a very large repertory of contemporary Eng lish operas, she continued:- but Se4 MI:Nt,7": ~. '''' t "'k)f k ,„::iiT.) . 11416%, : 4.. - 7 . 7.7::•• .T . 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Win a special place in -her heart with - a delicious box of candy. 0 1 44:444 13 . . ..., ..,,, -t/" 10 l. 1 - , ,i- ..., -,...., ,- : , ..,. ~,.., tr 110 East College Avenue there is a growing body of "really great works" which she would like to see presented as true operas rather than as merely theatrical productions, "I am interested in the young composers and am anxious to help perform in their works." She added that she is having an eve ning of operatic monologues writ ten for her which she hopes to perform in the near future. MANY MEMBERS of Saturday night's audience in Schwab were under the distinct impression that Miss Neway, who appeared in al most every scene, seemed to be totally exhausted by the time of the final curtain. When asked about her "ap parent" exhaustion, Mks Neway said that although the part of the governess is a demanding one, she has found that after a period of time, she is able to give an impression of intensity when she is actually quite relaxed; the initial intense effort can be re laxed without the end result being affected, she said. PAGE FIVE
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