Show Page 4 November 1 1 1993 CEU is expanding its music field States Student Workshop of the American Choral Directors' Association (ACDA) last week at UNLV The two-da- y workshop featured advanced conducting classes and a composition competition Three CEU composers Ben Jones Dan Hall and Jeff Montoya prepared pieces for the contest The musical setting of Shakespearean ’ verses for men's voices by Jeff Montoya was accepted and forwarded to the division level competition According to Wilson all of the participants in the contest were seniors or graduate students in composition except for the three CEU students "They absolutely held their own Frankly we heard some really bad stuff Our students are really hilling the mark others are missing" Wilson students can do in IS minutes given a new project to compose It seems impossible but they really do produce some great stuff in that short time They run to their computers then bring a new piece back to the class arid we analyze their work together This is perfect preparation for writing in the real world These students arc learning not to be afraid to tackle any composition project" he by Marcle O'Donnell staff writer CElTs music department is offering a new composer's workshop It focuses on all aspects of commercial music composition film music commercials jingles and commercial-releas- e albums The class will be a year-lon- g course taught by Russell Wilson The only other institution to offer such a course in the West is USC in LA where the course is for graduate students only Eight music majors including Bonnie Bird and Aimcc Oveson arc participating in the workshop Each week the eight students are required to compose a work for the class In addition they arc given IS minutes of each class period to spontaneously compose a work which meets a specific commercial need Wilson said "It is astonishing what these flAWi Members of the class hope to create a CD at the end of the year It will featuring the outstanding works by each student The selected pieces will be featured in an April recital "I think people will be amazed at what these students are writing" Wilson stated UNLV competition Eight music majors (including three composers) from CEU represented Utah at the Western r CEU Poet is recognized n Wl spend the night circling the house in your white gown the nighthawks and poorwills You of good fortune and bad holding their wings in a prayer to those just beginning their journey omen a sustenance for your frail hands finding the waterways the sight of those who have known the darkness for centuries and yet share little cf their beautiful discovery an III - ii 1 pii ii Dr Jan Minich among over 5000 contestants received an honorable mention on his poetry collection entry "Hanging Gardens Sc Other Poems" during the Utah Arts Council’s 35ih annual poetry contest held Oct 7 at the Governors Mansion Minich has been continually writing poetry since receiving his master of fine arts from the University of Iowa's Graduate Writer's Workshop Minich Jefferson Montoya presents his new compostition concluded Two in a Row The College of Eastern to perfect this Sjworked ® The brief conceit Utah's music department will will be informal and is free be presenting to choral con to CEU students certs during November and the public Seven famous Rob- - mJ5 In the second ert Frost poems will concert Wilson's be presented in set- - (ft Ny students will be perRandall tings by forming Italian art Thompson during songs excerpts from the first choir concert Handers "Messiah" wad selections from famous broad-wa- y of the year at 8 pm plays on Moday Nov 15 in The Student Voice Recital is the CEU Ballroom free to students and the public The Chamber It will begin at 7 pm Monday Choir dirctcd by Nov 29 in the Music Building Russell Wilson has choir room mini-conce- rt He didn ’t want her to be alone Matt Dillon Annabclla Sciorra Parker and William Hurt star in director Anthony Mary-Loui- His buddies in an effort to bring Gus in as a partner in restoring a beloved neighborhood bowling alley suggest finding a "Mr Wonderful" for to marry her and take the burden of financial support from Gus' shoulders And it s not until he's enlisted the help of everyone from Rita to the charming d and eligible pharmacist down the block that Gus begins to wonder what it really is that he wants from life— and from Lee sc Minghclla's bittersweet romantic comedy" Mr Wonderful" about a divorced man learning about the mysteries of love as he searches for the perfect mate for his Lcc-somc- ex-wi- fe Gus (Dillon) is a Con Edison electrical worker in New York a young guy from the old neighborhood who married his sweetheart hung with his childhood friends and thought life would Like care of itself But his wife Lee (Sciorra) had other ideas She wanted to improve herself and leave the neighborhood and its claustrophobic way behind Eventually that meant saying goodbye to Gus as well and beginning a college education Now Gus has a new girl-R- ita (Parker) a who's nurse She is a sweetheart ready to get married and start a family However Gus gets Lee-- - and Rita aggravated every time he thinks of worries that he thinks of Lee a bit too often high-scho- onc good-hearte- ol Meanwhile Lee who's enjoying the guilty pleasure of a fling with her (married) English professor (Hurt) is suddenly adrift in memory and emotion as she perceives an array of romantic choices before her Matt Dillon and Annaballa Sciorra apaak through gazes "Mr Wonderful" takes a poignant second look at first love Contrasting the gritty realities of life as an electrician with the mysterious electricity of romance the movie reflects on friendship old times and new horizons |