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Show Friday, February 9, 1990 THE SIGNPOST 5 Henderson makes mouth noises for all to enjoy LJli By Bart Vander Does Staff writer of The Signpost Swoosh, pop, smack, moo, sqeek... could it be the sounds emanating from your bowl of Rice Krispies? Not exactly. How about new sound effects for Batman II? Wrong again. In reality, these are mouth noises that Dr. Mark Henderson, professor of choral music at Weber State, may use during his recital here tonight. He will be performing a twentieth century piece for mouth noises, "Stripsody," as his finale. The sketch score for the piece is all pictures depicting different mouth noises put on music staffs, Henderson said. "I can do anything I want within these parameter in using these kind of sounds. But what pitch I do it on and how long it is will be my interpretation. It's a form of improvisation each time I do it," he said. Henderson, who is also the director of the vocal jazz group Sound System, has been making mouth soundsfor alivingforquite a while now, ever since high school. There, henotonly sangin the school choir, but was also in a rock band. He was both the lead Weber State IARS YORGASON, a teacher at Weber, By Colleen Gardner Asst. arts editor of The Signpost "I believe in music, I believe in love." This could well be the philosophy of Laurence Yorgason, director of "The Lars Yorgason Singers" and "The Lars Yorgason Jazz Quartet," who will be performing this weekend in Ogden. He's also involved in performing, writing and arranging music for his performing groups and the Weber iiii ttSlii MARK HENDERSON, a member of the vocalist and lead guitarist. "We were a real heavy, no kidding type of rock band, " he said. "We played in the late sixties during the Jimi Hendrix Era. I had long hair and a beard and wore torn up clothes." However, at sixteen, Henderson began singing in the musician, composer Yorgason believes in music iBiiiiiiiiifMii liiiipiliipi;iiii 1 , iisi:s:sgs?s. composes himself and his music. State Department of Performing Arts. Yorgason has gone into many other things, but music remains a love of his life, because "some things you just don't get over, and music is one of those things," he said. Yorgason tried from time to time to get music out of his system but to no avail. It all started when he began his musical career at the age of five. "My mother started me in piano lessons and I guess music just kind of grew on me," he said. "I got into junior high and played the french horn and didn't WSC faculty, presents a recital tonight. Mormon Tabernacle Choir and sang with them for three years, he said. From there he went on to earn his Bachelor of Music at the University of Utah and then completed his doctorate at the University of Illinois. His doctorate was in choral like that. I played the trombone and then went to the tuba in high school and college. I added the string bass when I was 19, but my favorite was the tuba." Still unable to get music out of his system, Yorgason went to WSC for two years, majoring in music, before transferring to Brigham Young University and getting a bachelor's degree in music theory. "I planned to be a professor of music, but decided I owed the world more than that. I then went on to get a master's degree in history from BYU, and then became a seminary teacher." He's now a teacher at the Weber State LDS Institute of Religion. He's grown to become similarly religious about his music. "I love music," he said. "Personally, I am very much fx - conducting and he recieved also a minor in vocal perfomance. With that kind of training, he has grown to be opinionated about various vocal styles. The main kind of music that really seems to ruin the voice or do damage to it, he said, is the heavy-metal or the hard-edged rock that requires a lot of screaming. But he also says that anyone can damage their voice if it's not used properly. On the other side, some of Henderson's favorite vocalists are opera singers, including Kathleen Battle and Pavarotti. "Technically there is kind of a raging fight among voice teachers. You're either a Pavarotti person or a Domingo person," said Henderson. "Domingo is probably the better example technically but I get more 'bone chills', per note, from Pavarotti than any other singer alive." In the pop music spectrum, Whitney Houston "has fabulous technique,"he said. He enjoys listening to Sting for his voice and his interpretations, but would never recommend him. "There are certain types of music that I don't like, " he said. "Those are the commercial modern sound, computer buoyed up emotionally and otherwise by beautiful music. It has had a great influence on my life and my family. It can either influence you for good or evil." As for what is perhaps the evil side of music, he feels that rock and roll may not be the best influence, an opinion that goes back several years. "I have let it be known that I Agatha Christie's classic Who-Done-lt "Mouse Trap" Presented by The Ogden Area Community Theater Last Two Nights! February 9 & 10 at 7:30 p.m. Washington High School 3279 Washington Blvd. Tickets $4.00 Available at: Eccles Community Arts Center 2580 Jefferson 392-6935 or at the door the night or the performance or in Building 3, Room 327 From Kristi Barker Chase IMI II IHM a V The Arts generated songs. Formula pop makes me crazy. Also elevator music like Muzak. That's ponography. It's similar in a way because it appeals to something in you that would be better left unserved." For the recital tonight, Henderson will do a variety of songs, including an early renaissance piece with other vocalists and musicians playing a variety of renaissance instruments. The Weber State Faculty String Quartet will accompany Henderson in a selection entitled "Billy in the Darbies." The recital begins at 7:30 in the Monson Theatre of theVal A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts and is free of charge. do not like rock. Heavy metal music is at the bottom of the heap. I didn't even like Elvis when he was popular," he said. While he does not like rock, he has a deep appreciation for what he feels is the great influence good music can have on one's life. "Music has been very (See YORGASON page 6) |