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Show About A&E Editor: Debra Jandreau Phone: 626-7621 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Artist hand-drums into Percussion Festival Out and irj i v- - - iv See By Pete Tefertiller-Hassett asst. a&e editor-The Signpost An all-day, statewide percussion festival will be pre sentcd by the Weber Stale University department of performing arts and the Utah chapter of the Arts Society Saturday in the Shepherd Union Building. The day's events, which are open to the public on a first come-first served basis, will include a performance by the Salt Lake City Percussion Ensemble, composed of members from various Salt Lake City schools, and will end with a Festival concert presented by the WSU Percussion Ensemble, featuring guest artist Kalani. High school and universities throughout Utah are invited to participate and perform before a panel of percussion clinicians for a critique. Also, anyone interested in improving their percussion skills or knowledge are invited to attend the free workshops and performances. Performance competitions will be held in the areas of snare drum,multi-percussion, timpani, drum set and percussion ensemble. Clinics on hand-drumming will be Soloists shine in Concerto Night Students Allred, May perform a variety of music styles for Concerto Night By Megan Bair a&e writer-The Signpost Seven soloists will showcase their talents Sunday night in Weber Slate University's Symphony Orchestra Concerto Night. "Students in our department learn about Concerto Night their first year here. It's a goal that many students set for themselves," said music director Michael Palumbo. One of the performing soloists is Marci May. May, a music education major, has anticipated this performance for a long time. She will be singing "O Don Fatale" from Verdi's opera "Don Carlo." "This is my fifth year at WSU and I've looked forward every year to going to Concerto night .This year was the first year I auditioned," May said. "It's a song that fits my range blends well w ith my voice. Really I am just preparing for my senior recital." Singing is something May has been doing for a long lime. With a father who is a band director and a sister who is a choir teacher, music has always 4 1 Hand-drumming artist Kalani Percussion Festival, along with conducted during the festival. The clinics will include a drumset by Kelly WaJlis, recording artist from Salt Lake City, timpani by Ryun Louie, timpanist with Ballet West, two separate marimbas by Steve Fulton from North Texas State Uni been a part of her life. "I started singing as soon as I could talk and performing when I was 6," May said. "I was in a children's choir called Kids-R-Music." In addition to her performing groups at WSU, May performs with the group "Cold Fusion." Because she will be doing her student teaching next semester, May is almost at the end of her WSU performances."This is my last semester in all my performing groups and music classes," May said. "It's sad." After graduation, May wants to teach high school choir. There is more than one reason May prefers high school over junior high, though. "I think I am too sarcastic for junior high school," May said. "You can tell a high school class they sucked, but a junior high class would take it more personally." May has some pretty specific goals for her future students. "I want for all of my students to have a musical appreciation for all types of music. Classical, jazz, even rap," May said. "I just want them to get away from the one type of music they usually listen to." She also has advice for those just starting out in WSU's music education program. "Stick with it through the first two years. They are the hardest ever, but once you get past that it is a lot of fun," May said. 1 - ry V fr-ru ,, ) s will perform for the WSU workshops and lectures. versity and Jason Dyhouse, graduate student at the University of Alabama, and a concert percussion by Ben Miller, professor of music at Marshall University in Huntington, W. VA. The special guest artist, Kalani, is a hand percussionist and world mu Also performing will be soloist John Allred. The Weber State University senior gives advice and expertise as one of the soloists. in the WSU Symphony Orchestra Night. "You just need to practice lots and consistently," he said. That is Allred's advice to anyone wanting to play a musical instrument. And he should know. "On a good day, I can get in two to three hours of practice. That is what I work toward. Sometimes longer," Allred said. ' Allied has been playing the piano for the last 16 or 17 years, ever since he was 6 years old. However, he doesn't remember what sparked his interest in the instrument. "I just started to play. We have a piano at home," he said. "My mom says I started to play by ear. So she got some of her old piano books and started teaching me. I started formal lessons when I was 7." This isn't a serious career for Allied, however. "It's a good thing to have for a hobby. I don't have a big desire to teach music. I really enjoy performing, but it's not practical to live as a performer." In fact, Allred's goals for the future are a pretty far jump from music. "I would like to get my Ph.D in history somewhere out of slate, then teach See Concerto page 5 sic recording star who gained public attention as the percussionist for the New Age pianist, Yanni. The star will conduct a clinic on hand-drumming and will lead a drumming circle. Kalani accompanied Yanni during four United States tours in 1991 and contributed his musical talents to three of Yanni 's CDs, plus the double platinum "Live at the Acropolis" video and CD recorded in Athens. Kalani has recorded two CDs of his own. "Pangea," released in 1 994, which was said to be a beautiful-sounding album of thoughtful compositions by "Drum Magazine," and his latest CD. "Insights," for which Kalani said he took his inspiration from the nine "Insights" in James Redfield's best selling novel, "Celestine Prophecy." Kalani 's music draws from jazz improvisation, West African drumming, classical and rock sources, and Brazilian and Afro-Cuban rhythms. He also makes use of vocals and is famed for breath-taking solos on djembe, congas and timbales. Kalani studied with Jerry Steinhollz and Alex Acuna while working toward his major in percussion performance at California State University Northridge. After graduation, he moved back to the San Francisco Bay area and worked with jazz legend Max Roach on a theater production. He has also worked with Kenny Loggins, John Mayall, Chante Moore and others. Post posed one-man show By Pete Tefertiller-Bassett asst. a&e editor-The Signpost The last performance of the ingenious" one-man show, Robert Post's "Here in America," received a standing ovation by a spellbound audience at Peery 's Egyptian Theater. A master of quick change, Post created a combination of radical characters and hilarious spoofs. His boundless talent, dexterity and comic timing were superb as he transformed himself with the mere use of a mask, hats and Hawlcss dialect. Post performed a blend of inimitable characters in seven sketches, including a piece titled "Ace Wingspan, King of the Sky." Post look an astonished audience, ihrough the use of their imagination, on an aerial joyride with high-flying tumbles and heart-stopping dives. He created the illusion of film's long-shot and ciose-up techniques. With his rubbery limbs, his arms became the plane's propeller and his fingers portrayed the pilot walking on the wings on the plane. Post's cacophony of mouth sounds added a quality much like the soundtrack of an episode of Loony Toons and helped to complement his oura- A&E Briefs CD party Cat Van Natter will hold a CD party Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jackson Theatre. Door prizes will be presented at the party. Admission to the party will cost $5. Copies of Natter's new CD, "Come Inside," will be available for $10. Guest organist David Lines, guest organist, will present a Feb. 26 program at the First United Methodist Church, 26th and Jefferson, Ogden, at 7:30 p.m. The program will include the Bach Vivaldi Concerto is D Minor, Beethoven's Suite for a mechanical organ, Albinoni's famous adagio transcribed for organ solo, two rhapsodies of Saint-Saens and others. Craig McKennon, trumpet, will be featured for "Prayer of St. Gregory" by Hovahness. Theie will no charge for the performance.Artist Lecture Arts and Humanities presents "Getting Off the Page," with guest actor Anthony Zerbc. Monday at 9:30 a.m. in the Marriott Allied Health Building, Peery Lecture Hall. Robert Post geous physical cartoon. Post's off-the-wall imagination in his interpretation of the Seven Ages of Man in "Just Another Head" will long be one of his most unforgettable and brilliant pieces. A stark black box. resembling a coffin with a skirting, was ihe setting for the "heads." Post's head, covered with a bald cap, appeared to float as his character aged through the confusion of elementary school ABC's, high school dances (with a bald female mannequin head), college sports (where Post carried See Post page 5 |