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Show The Utah Polynesian Choir, comprised of Polynesians and from across the Wasatch Front, plans to offer holiday concerts and participate in community projects during the month of December. ' Saturday the choir will present a program of Christmas and sacred music as part of the Temple Square Series. Performance time is 7:30 .m. in the south Visitors Center. On Saturday, Dec. 2 1 , the Choir will present a Christmas concert at the Provo Tabernacle, 100 S. University Avenue, at 7:30 p.m. The .evening's program will include familiar Christmas carols, Island Christmas favorites, solos and small groups from within the Choir membership, and cultural dances of the Polynesians. Admission to this concert is S3 per person, and proceeds will be used to purchase music, fund choir activities and to finance travel and transportation. ; The Choir has been invited to present a program of sacred music for an LDS ward in the state of Washington. On the way there and programs for LDS wards along the Wasatch Front. To generate funds, the group caters and presents entertainment programs (Luaus) for companies and other organizations. As a community service, the choir participates in projects such as Festival of Trees and the Temple Square Series. The Utah Polynesian Choir was organized in 1989 as part of the centennial commemoration of a settlement of Polynesian LDS Saints who came to Utah in 1 889 to do temple work. The Choir was invited to sing at the LDS Church general conference in October, 1989. At that time, membership was around 400. Since then, about 100 have stayed organized as a choir and cultural group. Membership in the Choir is not limited to only Polynesians. Anyone wishing to learn and perform Polynesian sacred music and enter- Io-se- !ew music concei iy BYU ensemble The Group for New Music, firigham Young University's mod- - ern and e performance ' ensemble, will present a program J of unusual contemporary works 'Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center. ' Admission is free and the public avant-gard- '. js welcome. Cj Founded in 1987, the student and faculty ensemble specializes in t modern music that involves . ; un- usual combinations of instruments nd voices and unusual ways of performing, according to director Michael Hicks. "We like to extend our technique areas," he said. into unknown The concerts usually feature one piece of electronic music, vhich Jhis year will showcase "Silence Reigning," a composition based tn a scripture from the Doctrine and Covenants by new BYU faculty member and electronic music specialist Stephen Jones. Hicks will also premiere a work ; of his own during the perform3 ance, "Strategy of Looms" for string quartet. "The nates between strictly measured .music and free passages, where the players perform independently at their own speed, making their own choices about how to articulate the music," he explained. piece alter- tainment is welcome. For information on time and place for practices, contact Irwin Purcell at 377-76- 2 1 7, , Quincy Matagi at Founded a few years ago by BYU music faculty member Elaine Jorgensen with a handful of stu- dents, the unique ensemble now boasts nearly 30 members and three assistant directors as well as a graduate ensemble, .'all performing on a variety of llutes. er g The program will 'begin with "Welcome Welcome," a medieval round, followed by the : Konzert No. 2 in A Minor by Jo-- ; seph Bodin de Boismotier. Assist-- ; ant director Dawn Welch will con- .' wide-rangin- duct Mozart's Larghetto and Minuetto. iHM' 1 i ..Wl'MWI 'III' iMwiii.'ii'ww 1 fun time'. Ralph Woodward Chorale ARTS SERIES Ls ( ulf. . in -- j JoAnn Ottley Mary Wescott Mark Denton t 6- - Handel Intended 17th Century Performance Style with Baroque Orchestra Soprano w Alto Tenor Clayne Robison jtz Bass ""St,-- microtones or intervals smaller Thursday, December 12, 1991 Provo Tabernacle 7:30 pm The concert will also feature Michael Feldman's "Vertical Thoughts I" with pianists Heather Concert Tickets are available at: 39 West at University Mall Larsen and Rafael Olvera Garcia. SmithYTTX Clark's Travel, University Ave., Provo by Giuseppi Verdi Saturday, January 11,1992' 7:30 Jong Concert Hall Tickets: HO. 00 General Public. S8.00 StmknllFacultylSr. Cit. Ttckets available at the Music Ticket OftctfflAC, 378-744- 4 pjn.dt The.Silver Ensemble will then perform an arrangement of the Seranade from Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik," followed by a performance of the "Dance of the Comedians" by Smetana. Assistant director Tina Hammer will then conduct an arrangement of Strauss's "Chit Chat Polka," and the Graduate Flute Ensemble will present Jacques Casterede's "En Vacances" for flute ensemble. On a lighter note, Jorgensen will direct an arrangement of Johnny Mandel's popular "The Shadow of Your Smile," as well as Ricky Lombardo's "Christmas Fantasy," and the assistant directors will present a trio based on "Three Blind Mice." April Tsukomoto, assistant director, will then conduct the Air from Bach's Suite in D. mi mi inHl n umiit mwnt i "l" . t, MESSIAH Jorgensen'g Music, S. State, Orem $6.00 Adults tsr $3.00 Seniorstudents ' Sponsored in part by a grant from the Utah Arts Council Western Opera Theatre San Francisco Opera Center Hmmm Boohs ft 5 1 1 inWPil m it n"-""- ii ml mm Sv,ks1 CM m,,, iikmi, IO.v.lllltltttl fc ': Thomu '"I'lllWI a Atoundn III i Things in Heaven and Earth The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff, a Mormon Prophet Thomas G. Alexander 990 Paper. 96 pages. $8.95. Alexander reveals the multiple facets of this remarkable church president the gentle farmer, the diligent missionary; the polygamist; and the politician who led Utah Into statehood. Alexander is author of rr ISBN: Mormonim in Transition: A of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints, Uvttorv of the Church Q) y annex (flflt 0441214-72-- 9 li (mf m 1 ! Songs for Alternate Voices "Come, come ye saints," no quip nor punchline fear. These hilarious contemporary lyrics to familiar hymns by Paul Toscano, illustrated with new cartoons Dy caivin uronaani, will delight lovers of Mormon humor and dismay ward choristers. Toscano is an attorney practicing in Salt Lake City. Grondahl is editorial cartoonist for the Ogden Standard Examiner. rPEniri Cloth. 479 pages. $28.95. V tSfj ',K Music and the Broken Word Paul Toscano and Calvin Grondahl in ir I 5 ! MnwwtiHim Tmw efts I A ISBN: ni.imWWVW ng 377-993- 5. than the traditional half steps," Hicks said. Much of the work involves quarter or even sixth tones. mJKfX kmmii Tarccafi II story-telli- IIIIM David Long, followed by the "Story" from "Living Room Music" by John Cage. "It's an early work by Cage from the 1940s based on a text by Gertrude Stein," explained Hicks, who will be among the performers in the work. "It's a percussion quartet for four vocalists, with most of the interest coming from its complicated cross rhythmic layers, mostly spoken or using other vocal effects," Hicks added. Other vocalists for the work will be Thomas Herlin, Steven Johnson and Steven Ricks. Clarinetist Cindy Child will be featured in two movements from the "Microsuite" by William "This work is based on Through Saturday Dec. 14th imnwiii Bo-ma- n, De- netist Sonia Hirst and pianist 7t i an Island-styl- e PERFOt MING Quartet members for the performance include Cybele Stevenson and Judy Fletcher, violins, Joel Belgique, viola, and Jim Hardy, cello. The concert will open with Two Pieces for Clarinet and Piano by Hugh Shrapnel performed by clari- Frames & Custom Framing jjmi or Lorraine Hemming at 572-- 2 1 83. The Utah Polynesian Choir is directed by Quincy Matagi, an Orem resident of Samoan ancestry, who holds a masters degree in music from Brigham Young University. A composer, musician and featured entertainer at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Hawaii, Matagi was instrumental in organizing the choir in 1989. BYU portrayed by the gifted Dale will host a and carol singing program, followed the party. Alays a popular event, at by a candlelight tea Reservations for the Christoas Christmas party will be Saturday are required by calling she p.m. Delightful Christmas of party The hours are C!on "The shows, museum, puppet and De Paola, Tomie Tuesday through Saturday, fnxa God," by much-love- d s'oT; noon to 6 p.m. Admission is $2.50 Tolstoy's "Where Love is God is Also." for adults and $1.25 for childres will be presented by the Roper under 12. the McCurdy Doll Museum in cember. WWMSB imMiumH'w11 I 485-646- 5, 967-157- 5, the ill ul 225-822- Luana Philipoom at Malo Taosoga at Flute Choir Tuesday The Brigham Young University Flute Choir will present a holiday "Sounds of Silver" concert Tuesday at 9 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center. Admission is free. Tlie impetus and driving force in the organization and initial performances came from Clara Siiva. Silva is also a known Hawaiian entertainer and owner of Kimo's Hawaiian Restaurant in Provo. As president of the losepa Historical Association, Silva put together the committee which helped create the choir. The choir's first performance was on the steps of the Utah State Capitol in August of 1989, when Polynesian Week was initiated and when the 100th anniversary of the losepa settlement was commemorated. losepa was situated a few miles west of Tooele. A barren desert with extreme conditions in the winter and summer, losepa was known and certified as "The Most Beaut-tifCity in Utah." When an LDS temple was built in Hawaii, most of the remaining Polynesian saints returned to the Islands, leaving behind 87 graves. A monument was erected in 1989, on which the names of the original settlers were etched permanently. Each year, members of The Utah Polynesian Choir and other Polynesians return to losepa on Memorial Day to maintain the gravesites and have back, the Choir will present similar programs, plus Luaus for fund raising. Once a month, the Choir presents-sacred Puppet show, Father Christmas and tea party ai uuh muocum be Family Puppeteers. Following rv,!!"s Christmas" 'u, at puppet shows Father Christinas. activities festive the of the theme Peculiar People Mormons and Same-SeOrientation Ron Schow, Wayne Schow, and Marybeth Raynes, eds. x Mormons are proud to be "a peculiar people," distinct from other sects. But this title is ironic for gay and lesbian Mormons who face discrimination from within and without their church. Peculiar People is a definitive treatment or homosexuality Saints. among Latter-daRon Schow and Wayne Schow are professors at Idaho State University. Marybeth Raynes is a licensed clinical y therapist ISBN: 156085)12-- Cloth. 387 pages. $24.95. V' |