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Show THE UNIVERSITY fOURNAL • SOUTHBRN U'l'AH tJNM.ltSITY • MONDAt, JULY 3, 1995 Cello-piano duo opens Summer Concert Series Th i.nternationally experienced Drinkall-Baker Duo will perform the opening oncert f the 1995 Southern Utah University Summer Evening Concerts ries July 9 at 7 p.m. in the Randall L. Jones Theatre. Each concert in th series of ix performances i free to the public. "Thi cello and piano duo is a wonderful way to start our crie " Marla Bingham manag r of the concert ~eries for SUV' spon oring pecial project office, aid. "DrinkallBakcr ha emcrg d a one of America' leading cello and piano duo . It receives critical acclaim whcrcv r it perform and i enjoying a growing in ternational repu tation. T he two performer were extremely well receiv d when they were a part of our series here three y ars ago." The husband-wife duo is comprised of cellist Roger Drinkall and pianist Dian Baker. Drinkall-Baker has perfonned throughout the United States as well as in South and Central America, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Ma laysia, China, Japan, and I racl. T ogether they have pre ented over 600 concerts in 23 co untri es. Each m ember of th e duo also bas ex ten ive experience a a oloi t. They began performing as a duo early in l986 at Fl rida Dian Baker and Roger Drin k all State University where Drinkall was serving a coordinator of strings with the university's school of music. They regard them elves a two oloi t -a partnership of two equals-rather than soloist and accompani t. In addition to their July 9 performance, the duo will conduct a ma ter la s July IO at 10 a.m. in th UU Thorley Recital Hall. The cla will be frc and open to the public. Sp n or f r the cla arc uzuki tring and th American String Teachers A sociati n. Baker i currently head of chamber mu ic and Drinkall i. a professor of cello at Bri ham Young Univer ity. Both began their mu ical career at very young ages. Drinkall's first instrument wa the piano, which he bega n playing at age three. At eight, he began playing the cell o, and by the time he was 16, he was attending the Curtis Insti tute of Music in Philadelphia. Baker began studying the piano when she was seven. An accomplished viol ini t as w 11, she played with the Burbank Symphony of Californ ia and won the Bank of Am rica Award in both viol in and piano at age 15. Following Drinkall-Baker in th e concert series will be a July 16 performance by concert violinist Catherine Cho. American Folk Ballet prepares for season here Now in it 32.nd year, Burch Mann' distingui hed dance c,ompany celebrate life and dance with it ninth annual summer festival in Cedar City. The Ballet will be in residency on the campus of SUU from today throuu h fuly 22. It pres ntati on of the dance oncert The Texa Breed open July 13. Evening concerts begin at 8 p.m., while matinees of of An Afternoou with the American Folk Ballet, I aturing excerpts of the company's repertoire, are set for 2 p.m. The Texas Breed deals with th e my t h, magic and wo nderm nt of Am erica' folk hi t ry and provide a dazzling s h o w case for the compa n y's youthful and robust dancers. The production celebrate that outh eas t rn part of T exa that dips int o the red w aters of th R io Grande; a pl ac e wh e re, through cir c umstance a n d en vi r on m e n t, a new kind o f America was created . This remote enclave provided a coming together of people (the Anglo-American, the Spanish, and the Mexican) and animals (the longhorn and the mu tang) that produced a unique culture that will be remembered, more than a hundred years to a party being held at the Bremmerhassen ranch in Live Oak aunty, Texas. Lik th land, social events were open to all, unfenced, and one could hardly find a more diversified group of humanit , nor a more engaging cvenmg of dance as only choreo-grapher Burch Mann c uld create. One of the few professional dance companies to exist out ide of the nation's urban centers, the American Folk Ballet moved it headquarter from Pasadena, California, to Cedar City l l year ago, to re-e tabU h it root in rural America and to find spiritual nouri hmen t from the cenic pl ndor f southern Utah. I n its new urrounding , the America n Pol k Ballet has Houri h d, invi orated b Cedar City' con tinuing love affair with excellence in theatre, dance, and mu ic. The Centrum, the American Folk Ballet' shining performan e h me, i a pecial events center hailed fo r i ts s plendid acou tic , air-co n ditio n ed comfort, and its parab lie h aped row which prov id u nob tructed sight li ne to th concert tag . T o order t icket by mail, write the Centrum Ticket O ffice, SUV , Cedar City, Utah 84720. It i open yearround f r m ai I- rd r tic ket sa l es. Mat i n ees cos t $5, evening concert $ iO; there i a $2 discount for senior and children. Full payme n t must accompany your order . If y u enclose a tamped, el f-a<ldres ed envelope, Lhe ticket wiJI be mailed to you by return mail. Otherwise lhc ticket will be held at the Ce ntrum Box Office for your arrival. You may also call 586-787 r 5 6-7 72 for information or to order. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-, think back l angingly the romantically, long asto men freedom of the We t, when free gras formed a carpet over half a continent. In The Texas Breed. the American Folk Ballet teansports its audiences back ~~~!ijffiii~illlllll |