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Show m7 1 Artts Si EetierttaiiminmeinLit I-- a; - . j -, r- .,,.,.-,,,,. .,,,, k-i - --' i i -. CHUCK BOWHAYTHE SIGNPOST Percussionist Jason Hinojosa takes a few minutes to warm uponthetimpani Ensemble will be giving a concert June 1 in the Val A. Browning Center at before a practice Wednesday night. The Weber State University Percussion 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $3 for adults and $2 for children. nsemble more than just a bio boom By Dawn Webber Signpost production manager The walls of the Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts are destined to rattle June 1 as the Weber State University Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Donald Keipp, will perform its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Allred Theater. "It's more than crash, boom, bang, " Keipp said. "Expect the unexpected." The program for the concert will feature pieces like "Past Midnight" by Tom Gauger. The piece was originally commissioned for the University of Utah Per cussion Ensemble and is now on a compact disc of the U of U's work. The piece is 13 minutes long and is one of the more challenging pieces the ensemble will play, Keipp said. The rest of the program consists of the following pieces, "Brazilian Street Dance," by Thomas Brown; "The Swords of Moda Ling," by Gordan Peters; Tchaikovsky's "Andante," and Rosales' version of "Bolero."They will also be playing a piece titled "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis," which was composed by R. Vaughn Williams and arranged for the ensemble by Chris Flygare. Flygare is a WSU freshman and a first-year member to the percussion ensemble. Flygare, who is legally deaf, was recruited from Davis High School. He has arranged several pieces for the percussion ensemble and has written many original works. Keipp is in his ninth year as conductor of the ensemble. He came here from the University of Iowa where he earned his master's and doctorate's degrees. " I love the students I work with here. They are all very talented," Keipp said. Since Keipp's arrival, the percussion ensemble has expanded its members from its lowest enrollment of four to its highest enrollment last fall of 13. Currently, the ensemble has 9 members five women and four men. Keipp said the percussion ensemble members also play in other bands in the music department such as the orchestra and the concert bands to improve their technique. He has also arranged the practice schedule so members can attend percussion performances throughout the state. This year at the annual Percussive Arts Society Festival, all of the percussionists placed in the 90 percentile. The See Percussion page 8 Theater student performances excel beyond 'measure' By Jennie Atagi Signpost staff writer "Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." Matthew 7:1-2 describes the principles presented in "Measure for Measure" presented Thursday through Saturday in the Allred Theater. The play will also be performed May 24-27. The saga unfolds as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna, played by Kyle Lewis leaves his deputy, Angelo, played by Andre' Ward in charge of enforcing the morality laws. Angelo sentences Claudio, played by Justin Ivies, to death for impregnating Juliet, The Signpost REVIEW his betrothed, played by Cheri Pratt. Isabel, Claudio's sister, played by Amber Dawn Smith, visits Claudio in prison to see what she must do to plead for his life. As Isabel meets with Angelo to plead mercy for her brother, Angelo requests that she give up her virginity for Claudio's life. This is so contradictory to Isabel and the morality laws that Angelo is enforcing that it repulses her. But soon she develops a plan with a friar, who is actually the duke, to thwart the plan and catch Angelo in his indiscretion. The entire play is a battle of morals, values and wits; the fight between corruption and good. The staging is interesting in the play. The prison holding the corruption and prisoners is in front of the stage where everything takes place. The actors and the scenes being performed are above the prison. The actors in the prison below go on with their daily activities of card playing, drinking and sleeping as the action goes on above them. Occasionally, the two settings collide as the audience witnesses one of the people sentenced in the setting above the prison, being transported into the prison. The play was set in a timeless era by Robin Wilks-Dunn, the director. The cos tuming featured a classic Gothic influence and worked well with the scenery and the action going on. However, the timeless era was not very evident as the prisoners were reading tabloid magazines and wearing sunglasses. This small discrepancy distracted from the timeless feeling and brought the play back into the present. The acting was excellent in the starring and supporting roles. Performances of the actor's were believable and verywell-rendered. There will be a free performance for students with Weber State University I.D. Monday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. It is first come, first serve for the seating. The performances will continue from May 24-27 with tickets at $5 and $8. |