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Show Classics: Tiemeyer aims at excellence BY PATTI FISK Chronicle Staff "No, no, no, you have the notes but you don't project it...it you don't mentally project it, it s not there..." So speaks Chris Tiemeyer as he leads the University Chamber Orchestra in preparation for their April 11 concert. He is continually con-tinually interrupting rehearsal to adjust minor details, dissecting each part to mold together the whole. The qualities mat have made him musician show themselves them-selves while he practices. Chamber Music isn't necessarily dull-it can have the same vitality as a full-sized orchestra, according to Mr. Tiemeyer. "All that 'chamber' group means is that there are fewer people," he said. "For example, 20 musicians perform in our next presentation. A smaller group allows for more selectivity, and it is not uncommon for a chamber group to be much more vital." At 30, Mr. Tiemeyer is one of the youngest professors in the Department of Music. He already had a long history of musical accomplishments before he came here three years ago. At that tim he had been a member of trie Baltimore Symphony, the Aspen Festival Orchestra and acting principal prin-cipal cellist with Leopold Sto-kowski's Sto-kowski's American Symphony at Carnegie Hall in New York. When he first came to the Department of Music, Chamber Orchestra Concerts were sporadic at best. He saw the need for an ensemble to utilize the talent ot the many advanced string players on campus-to give the players the opportunity to perform difficult works, and to give the public a chance to hear them. Members join the orchestra only at Mr. Tiemeyer's invitation. So in spring, 1969, the first concert was presented. Since then the orchestra has grown in quality, as well as increasing performances, per-formances, and the coming concert con-cert will be the fourth of a season series of five. This Sunday's concert will be presented at the Music Hall at 3 p.m. Admission is free. First on the program will be Vivaldi's Concerto No. 5 in e Minor, featuring soloist Sidney Baker on cello. "Concerto Fo Violin" by Joseph Haydn will feature Meredith Reed as soloist. After intermission, two contemporary contem-porary works will be offered. The Easter portion of Handel s "Messiah" will be presented Sunday Sun-day at 8 P.m. at the Federal Heights Ward, 1300 Fairfax Road. The public is invited to attend. Donald R. McDowell, candidate for his master of music degree in choral conducting, will conduct the concert. Soloists are: Marian Vance, soprano; Margaret Arnold, contralto; con-tralto; Thomas Pike, tenor; and William Goeglein, bass. They will be accompanied by a string ensemble en-semble consisting of Janet Groes-beck, Groes-beck, Teresa Hicks, David Warner, Joy Walker, Farrell Hurst, Cheryl Cronin, Chris Schiller and David Barber, Univerisity students. Robert Hixson and Ronald Tuckerfield will play trumpet and Trica Thomas will accompany at the harpsichord with George McClellan at the organ. Singers were selected from the University and community. |