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Show iljiffWTiMi''7pflf!iii n rmjiimij n (4. j" y Y 'fitr-mnTr- r Would you enjoy your rehearsals? By Harold Lnndrom Deseret News music editor Talking is like playing on the harp, Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote There is as much in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibration as in twanging them to bring out their music Perhaps Holmes should have written a book on conducting, for there are few rehearsals that could not be improved by reducing the amount of talking The above is an excerpt from the editors introduction to an article in the January issue of the Music Educators Journal written by Dr Val Hicks Val Illcks, as many readers will recall, was a prominent musician and composer here in Utah, receiving his doctorate at the University of Utah Val is now a free-lanc- rector stop a rehearsal and say. 'Lets try it again, and then give a do wnbeat without any indication of why the students were stopped, where they should concentrate their attention, vkhat should be changed, or how it should be changed How many times hav e you heard a choral director give an ambiguous direction, such as, Pronounce those words more distinctly (which words what do the singers need to do), a band director say, Lets blend that tone (what does that mean), or an orchestra director plead, Trumpets, play in tune (was it flat sharp does a slide need adjusting was a student that rehearsal language serves varying functions and that these functions olten move in a cycle Val Hicks examines this cycle in his article, ev article offers watch his or her guage more closely 0 COMPUTER lan- sity The program, written in COBOL, emplojs 32 TALK- -V libraries and ass'-c- i ations inundated with stacks of sheet music, it comes as welcome news tn hear of plans to simplify cataloging An up-t- o date method using computer indexing has been developed by 1th hour Rehearsals Hicks describes aluative, informative, remediative, and perfective phases of rehearsal language, and the initial, medial, and terminal stages of each phase Try tape recording one of your rehearsals In order to evaluate the amount and type of verbalization it Includes. 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Harrison's portrait has joined the gallery of Salt Lako mayors portraits in the City Com miss on Chambers Harrison, whose last official commission session was Friday, remarked (hat the painting was distinctive "Its the only ore with a full smile, he said diflerent categories m codes to identity composer, publisher medium, etc Esti mated cost adaptation of this method is 50 cents per item Interested rite Lynn McRae, Music Library, University of Virginia McRae, graduate student at the University of Virginia McRae working under his advisor, Jean Bonin, Charlottesville, B JANUARY 5, 1976 1 3 Harrison portrait joins those of former mayors has made a catalog of 1,025 early American imprint0 m the Rare Book Room of the Alderman Library at the Umver some practical advice for any director who needs to 'Would YOU Enjoy One of Quite often such commands dont make clear what need to be changed to improve the performance, let alone HOW the change can be accomplished The effective conductor, then, accompanies word reduction with precision cf statement Beyond this, he realizes Hicks DESERET NEWS, MONDAY, The portrait by Alvin Gittins, who also did the paintings of Mayors Adiel F Stewart and J ike Gam, shows Harrison seated in his commission VA 22901 chair wearing a blue blazer, gray plaid tie and pants, red and blue polka-do- t gold wedding band Harrison, 64, sat for Gittins 10 times sinie the City Commission approved the $3,500 portrait two months ago The painting continues a tradition started shortly after Jedediah Grant became the first mayor in 1851 Two mayors E A Bock and' E B Irwin, do not have portraits in the group Both resigned their posts when scandals in city government erupted ld e arranger, composer, and conductor, and a part-tim- e teacher at California State University, Fresno Everyone engaged m conducting, from the professionals to the newest amateur conducting a small church choir will find many worthwhile suggestions in Dr Hicks article, Im sure Continuing, the MEJ editor writes Most directors of performing groups do, of course, try to conduct rehearsals with a minimum of verbalization, but many do not give enough thought to what they say at those times when speech IS required How many times have you watched a di- - WWIP 100 Three patterns and colors to choose from to help eliminate fne harsh institutional look from a kitchen and make it a comfortable and inviting room. 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