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Show Page 8 The Tfumderbird Monday, February 20, 1984 Harmony without rivalry income to pay the rent. The brothers have gained a working admiration for each other in the year and a half they have been together. Burk admires his brothers ability to concentrate. One thing I have noticed about Don is his concentration. When he sets his mind to do something, stand back, because once he makes up his mind to do it, consider it done. If he cant do it morally or legally, then hell find other ways, even if he has to do it by hook or by crook, continued Burk. by Lisa Laird Bob Burk and Don Sunderland, who make up the singing duo Driftwood, have the advantages of brotherly harmony without the sibling rivalry. The two do not even look as if they could be related. Burk is the older with darker hair and complexion, while Sunderland is more fair with brown hair and blue eyes. Burk is calm and speaks with quiet confidence. Sunderland energetic and speaks with enthusiasm about his goals. Burk and As Sunderland were raised in n separate homes, visiting each Brothers Bob Burk (left)and other over the Christmas and also compatible musically. summer holidays. We view our relationship same tastes and love for music. more as good buddies than as Their band is their priority and actual childhood brothers, they work together for the Burk explained. We dont benefit of the band, avoiding share that many childhood personal glorification. reminiscences. Sunderland explains, We Burk said as good friends switch around on leads of they can maintain a mutual songs, rather than say, its my respect toward each other and turn to sing the lead now, we their work. with whoever sounds the go Sunderland Burk and got the best. opportunity to get more Sunderland plays the bass acquainted about a year and a half ago when Sunderland guitar and Burk plays the moved to Salt Lake City to live acoustical guitar. As Driftwood, they specialize with Burk. in folk music, ballads and love The brothers shared their goals and found they had the songs. They enjoy singing songs Sunderland maintained that half-brother- Don Sunderland , after having made friends, find they are from the Hollies, Simon and Garfunkel, America, Bread, and many more. They chose the name Driftwood from a song by their favorite band, the Moody Blues. Burk explained, We felt it portrayed the atmosphere and attitude of the band. Out of respect to the band and the song, we would never sing Driftwood before an audience, Sunderland said. They have already had some success with their music in Salt Lake, playing for Der Ratskeller, the Pie and other pizza places, the Marriott SUSC ensemble has Renaissance flavor Concert review by Jay Hill Classical guitar music, Renaissance ensembles and impressionistic music by French composers highlighted the Small Ensembles Concert held last Monday in the Thorley Recital Hall. The ensemble began with Renaissanse music by a recorder trio, consisting of Brenda and Todd Bryant and Tom Robinson. The trio performed with a festive spirit. More Renaissance music was played by the duet of Virginia Stitt on the oboe and Joseph Costello on the guitar. Costello was a bit nervous at first and at times Stitt had to hold out a note while he found the position for his fingers to play. But otherwise the two performed well together and added to the festive spirit of the concert. The Meistersingers, a womens chorus, performed with intensity and emotion. A variation of smooth and stacatto music had the audience sinking in their seats one minute and tanning their feet the next as a flute Quarter (Janae Bickmore, Brenda Bryant, Robinson, and Stitt) performed. The group left little doubt that it had been well rehearsed. Another notable performance was the Cing Pieces en Trio. This woodwind trio, Sharon Ross, Sarah Solberg, and Stitt, had no trouble capturing the attention of the audience. They played in excellent harmony without a noticeable mistake. One of the most memorable performances was Passacaille, a string trio which played with energy and emotion. Jan Harrison, Sara Penny and Michele Marl. all deserve recognition for their d night. Their fingers seemed to performance ments and a rousing applause sing on the in awarded the lc note. Overall the formances were very good. Mistakes wen ..rdly noticeable and the emotion in the music u carried to an audience that was mainly complin , .,tary. Stitt, assist?.-,- ' professor of music, said, The students have wo adcrfully well. All individuals in u ensemble were involved in the co hr-- h'-'- h,cy Hotel, dinners, and weddings. Right now the brothers goal is to see how far they can go with their music without making it a job. e As students at SUSC, they find that classes and band practice fill their time. Sunderland, an accounting major, felt that as long as he and his brother enjoy singing it would never be a job. Burk, a computer science major, said they prefer to reinvest any earnings they make into equipment and band expenses, rather than use the full-tim- Burk is a perfectionist. Bob will grab a music book and hell play it and say, that sounds OK. Then hell grab the record and it will be just totally different and thats not good enough we have to do it just like the record. Its not good enough to strum it, he has to do it exactly like the artist. He has picked up his different styles of playing from the different artists that way, Sunderland said. The duo was a bit apprehensive about how their music would be accepted in Cedar City. We got a lot of feedback to up tempo, up tempo and we just couldnt do it. We liked our music and wanted to keep our style, said Sunderland. Now that they are here, they have established themselves as regular artists at The Office on Thursdays and at the Pioneer Lodge at Brianhead on Fridays and Saturdays. Bands nlav for SUSC SUSC students and the community members are invited to a special band performance Feb. 22 at Southern Utah State College. The SUSC Symphonic Band, under the direction of instructor of bands Dennis Bacon, is clinic for hosting a two-da- y selected students from Utahs junior colleges. The clinic will culminate in a conbined concert at 8 p.m. in the Thorley Recital Hall. Nearly 50 of the finest musicians from Dixie College, Snow College and the College of Eastern Utah are expected to attend the woikshop which is being held with assistance from the cUSC Admix, on; Office, Cl ic ger band president. Selections for the Wednesday evening concert will include An Armed Forces Sulute, America the Beautiful and American Civil War Fantasy. There will be no charge for admission, however, donations with be welcome, Seegmiller said, and will ' - earmarked for the purchase of new band equipment. SUSC band e experienced raH Oiowth this year, and the combined banc i ill offer music lovers a real tr Seegmiller said. The peri nance promises vusical to be an excit evnerience tor wnce and pci'npants , |