Show 34— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday February 16 19S4 — m m m a - -- r' vrm i - ijphiii a ij y j i ' ' ' g : y'V'v I&v£vvV7:‘‘ y"- - rv jt s j Garry BryantHerald Journal cr USU professor emeritus Irving Wasserman visited North Park Elementary students to participate in a music appreciation class His k ? visit was part of an organized volunteer effort on the part of parents to counter cuts in the art education budget PT A fights budget cuts offers volunteer art music lectures T 9 t j 9 The PTA of North Park Elementary has answered the call to education cutbacks that left the school's education in the arts at the mercy of the administrator's knife Members of its PTA have come to the rescue by providing volunteer lectures in music and art appreciation for classes from kindergarten to fifth grade “The volunteers haven’t only been the moms either" said Carolyn Jones a fourth grade teacher “There have been some fathers come in to tell students about Hayden Bach Rembrandt and Mozart Jones gives much of the credit to Hillcrest Elementary School and two parents Charlene ' z: Nielson and Kevon Miller Nielson the art specialist and Miller the music specialist of the North Park program found a similar program to their liking refined it and did most of the footwork The two parents were impressed with a similar program at Hillcrest in the Logan School District and had reacted positively to previous experiences in other districts They suggested its implementation at NodPPark “It was these two who sought volunteers for each class organized and scheduled the half-hopresentations" said Jones "They sent out questionnaires to find out what parents had past experience in either field and which were available" At first there were several fears by Jones' teaching associates They expressed fears of lack of parental response and a worry of one more PTA mom to crowd the classroom and get in the way “None of those problems have materialized as parents responded to the call for help and teachers’ fears were dismantled by presentations and professional behavior”' said Jones “Most teachers realized they lacked the time to properly research and organize a proper class in the ur well-organiz- ed in-cla- ss arts” notion that something done successfully should be easy to do well again may not always apply At least Irving Wassermann believes that may be true in the case of artistic works performed before and now scheduled for The performance again Wassermann has performed in Logan every year since 1940 except for two years he was in the army in World War II Tonight at I pm he will present a recital free and open to the public in the Morgan Theater Chase Fine Arts Center at Utah State University ' “I will play some of the same programs I when I first came to Logan in 1940 I played Chaconne by Bach and the the J: played Beethoven Sonata on that program They have been favorites of mine for many years” Wassermann reminisced But that doesn't J mil mean getting ready for the current recital t X has been easy "“You might think it would be easy for me to my do But I am playing them to concept of the' music and the different i perspective I have" he observes And that aj means an intensive new effort -- f- -j 31 t 14K YELLOW GOLD 141 YEUOW GOLD ?!PSAiUWEDSET Regular $102500 3 RING COMBO Regular $82500 3900 71750 57750 'V Many of the parent lecturers have no more than a background of piano lessons and a However college level art appreciation Jones doesn’t want patrons to be misled into thinking the parents are sent into the class without any advantage “That just simply isn’t the case" she said "Nielson and Miller have organized a thorough filing system of past lectures and suggestions for organizing future ones Music appreciation presentations are enhanced with the help of a good collection of classical works" In addition parents were instrumental in organising classroom visits like last month's me by USU professor emeritus Irving Wasserman and trips to the art studios on USU campus An important evaluation has come from the offices of the Cache School District and Pat Wright district advisor for elementary education Success at North Park has led to other such programs at Providence and throughout LADIES 14K GOLD UDIES 14K GOLD 14K YELLOW GOLD DiHOltD DIAMOND SWIRL Vi CARAT DIAMOND Reg $57500 Regular Regular $31000 40250 29750 23250 the district “Students are fortunate that we are able to take advantage of these available resources” said Wright “We've been impressed by the way it’s been so well organized” Jones echoed those remarks and her own concerning the need of such a program When e budget cuts took away the school’s art instructor she said the need existed to fill full-tim- this void “This is the age to kindle and begin a student’s apreciation of the arts” she said “It would have been a crime to deny students a chance to be aware of them and the encouragement to learn more” In future months' North Park will be hearing of Bach Chopin and of famed artists Other programs the school wouldn't normally be able to provide are scheduled for the near future Wasserman approaches tonight’s concert with a new perspective By USU Information Services UDIES YELLOW GOLD “I hear the music differently now 1 approach it differently So playing them is almost completely new There is a great dichotomy between what I remember of the way I played then and the way I feel now” the pianist observed as he prepared his program Part of thai difference comes with the experience of years of having a different perception of emotions and of what the composer might have felt or have he might intended how Wassermann explained His program will include Chaconne Rondo in E Flat Major Op U Hummel Sonata in F Minor Op 57 (Appassionatta) Beethoven Etudes Op 13 Schumann and two Chopin selections Nocturne in D Flat Major Op 27 No 2 and Scherzo in B Flat Minor Op 3L Wassermann is former head of the USU Music Department He was on the music faculty at the university from 1955 until 198L He has been a frequent performer not only in Utah where he has soloed with the Utah Symphony on several occasions but also in other cities of the United States and Europe But he is perhaps best known as a teacher of generations of successful piano students Bac!)-Buso- 141 YELLOW 1(1 TEU0W 6010 UDIB CIUSTKDKIMXD Regular $77500 UDIES 14K GOLD GOLD main diamond ONE FULL CARAT Regular $63000 Regular 140000 39900 98000 54250 mwiioGfiin DIAMOND EARRINGS 02 Carat Total Weight Regular $3995 06 Carat Total Weight Regular $10595 17 Carat Total Weight Regular $24QOO 1 4 Carat Total Weight Regular $42500 45 Carat Total Weight Regular $97500 09 Carat Total Weight 19” 49” Regular $18500 15 Carat total Weight Regular $37500 13 Carat Total Weight 119 Regularl79500 6$ Carat Total Weight 199” 487” HW WS jqipiimwy Regular $i47500 75 Carat Total Weight Regular$275000 IU 89” 187” 399” 987” 1375” w ni Sym-phoniqu- es V 4 WS4 i 3 ft : m r |