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Show Modern heroes at the Covey Center UVU Wind Symphony brings in a good crowd, even on a Tuesday By SIERRA WILSON Life Writer Children, grandparents, adults and teens filled the Covey Center's red-carpeted foyer as they waited to enter the concert hall. Once inside, audience chatter, accompanied by the sounds of musicians warming up, rose toward the vaulted ceiling The chatter faded as the lights dimmed and applause took hold as the conductor took the stage. The UVU Wind Symphony, conducted and directed by Dr. James Colonna with special guest pianist Dr. Hilary Demske, played at the Covey Center for the Arts Tuesday, Oct. 4 in the symphony's first concert of the semester. The show, entitled "Heroes of the Modern Era" began at 7:30 p.m. and featured four musical pieces all complimenting the final piece, The Star Wars Suite. The show brought in a crowd of at least one hundred people. Each piece was met with applause and often with whistling and hooting. The Star Wars Suite even earned a partial standing ovation. The first piece, The Ronald Searle Suite, was a special performance because, as Colonna announced, it was the first time the piece had been played live in over two decades. Those in attendance were the first audience in Utah to ever hear the piece performed. The suite, by .11 composer Lyn Murray, was written to accompany a 1957 cartoon film about the history of energy. The dynamic piece showcased each instrument's sounds, often in quirky and unexpected ways. After the first number, played by a small group of musicians, the lights came on during a brief intermission and brought the full symphony to the stage. The lights dimmed again and the symphony then played Firefly, a dynamic piece by Ryan George inspired by the vivid imagination of George's daughter. The next piece was a favorite of fans of The Man of Steel and non-enthusiasts alike: The Red Cape Tango, part of a Michael Daugherty symphony inspired by Superman's death. Adding an extra surprise, the symphony placed one French horn player up in the balcony with the audience. This player, along with another French horn player on stage, began the piece with what seemed to be a musical conversation floating across the entire theater. The energy subsequently began to build as the Tango rhythm took hold, introducing a dramatic sequence with one part consisting almost entirely of cymbals. At the end, all the trumpet and French horn players stood to sound the closing bars. Finally, the moment everyone was waiting for arrived. John Williams's The Star Wars Suite began with the 1■111i familiar Imperial March. The symphony continued through the gentler Princess Leia theme and two other pieces, closing with the well-known Main Theme. As a new twist, the suite was accompanied by a slideshow of shots from the Star Wars films, paying homage to the cinematic roots of the music. As Colonna brought the symphony to silence, the applause began and, one by one, many of the audience members stood in ovation. After the show, attendees lingered in the theater talking and meeting with members of the symphony. Fred Gummow of Orem, who came to see his granddaughter play, was impressed by the difficult pieces and said the show was different than anything he had heard before. Kresten Erickson, a high school student from Eagle Mountain and Nikki Wells, a student from Utah State University also enjoyed the show and both agreed that The Star Wars Suite was one of their favorite parts. Heather, Katie and Stephanie Morley, ages 9, 13 and 15, respectively, were also pleased with the show and came to support their mother who plays flute in the symphony. Stephanie said she liked the way the players "meshed together." Keep an eye out for the symphony's next concert later this semester and for their many concerts coming in the spring. GILBERT CISNEROS/UVU REVIEW The Wind Symphony performed in a concert titled "Heroes of the Modern Era." To hear "Ronald Searle Suite," one of the pieces performed at the concert, scan this QR code. GILBERT CISNEROS/UVU REVIEW Rachelle Anderson concentrates on her part in the symphony's performance. GILBERT CISNEROS/UVU REVIEW Dyana Durfee waits during the intermission for the next part of the concert to start. English department's literary journals are up and running By NICOLA PRITCHETT Life Writer Upon first glance room SC 213B look like an enormous peer review pow-wow. UVU students of all ages sit huddled around tables quietly scanning and shuffling papers; this is the reading portion of Touchstones' reading night. "Touchstones", is the longest running of the three literary journals emerging from UVU. These journals, "Touchstones", "Warp and Weave" and "Essais," each unique in their content, collect written and visual works each semester to be compiled into roughly 300 pages of the best creative work available. With each issue, "Touchstones" receives a wide range of creative submissions including 10-minute dramas, short stories, art including photography, and poetry. Every submission is the product of a student. On Friday Sept. 30, students gathered to read and rate the submissions, casting votes to decide which of 250 potentials will make it into the publication. This is only one small step in the Herculean task of creating a professional level literary journal. Behind each issue is a team of qualified student editors, readers, designers and of course submitting writers who work tirelessly to compile the books by the end of each semester. It's not all grueling work though, editor Lorna Larsen explains how beneficial a place on the staff can be, describing it as, "a great learning experience...anyone interested in getting their work published and learning to improve their writing." Students interested in joining the team contact touchstones journal@ gmail .com. "Touchstones" staff isn't the only one hard at work this semester. In fact, Mike UVU Review Life Section is on Twitter! Follow all the latest updates from the life section. @UVULife Brown, "Touchstones" editor explains that the three journals have been, "really working together and helping each other out." Enter "Touchstones' sibling journals: The brainchild of founder and current editor-in-chief, Jenna Atkinson, "Essais" can still be considered a newborn, having published its first issue in May. Don't confuse age for maturity however, even as its first issue "Essais" received over 100 submissions from students around the country and, in the case of two submissions from India, around the world. "Essais" is the campus's premiere essay journal, featuring literary, critical theory and cinema study essays. Submitting to "Essais" is a great opportunity available to any under-graduate student, but Jenna Atkinson explains the benefits of going a step further and becoming part of the "Essais" staff. "The very most basic student at UVU can get involved just to get involved in something, which will, statistically, lead to a more successful academic career," Atkinson said. Students interested in staff opportunities can email essais .uvu @ gmail .com . What began as a cardboard covered, spiral bound class project in 1999 has now become the campus's professional speculative fiction journal, "Warp and Weave." Featuring both written and visual works of speculative fiction, think horror, sci-fi, and fantasy, "Warp and Weave" includes reality-bending short stories, poetry, and art. It picks its pages from submissions supplied by a range of writers and artist of all ages, from students and faculty, to local high school students and last semester, even a professor from Bolivia. "Warp and Weave" is carefully compiled under Editor- in-Chief, Darek Purcell, who promises exciting things in the journal's future, beginning in December. "To commemorate the 10th volume and the huge strides "Warp and Weave" has taken in the last few issues, we're planning on printing a second, special edition journal this semester," Purcell said. "It will be a retrospective issue, reprinting some of the best writing and artwork we've received over the last eleven years the journal has been in existence." In addition to the growth "Warp and Weave" has made in the past few years Purcell assures readers, "we're not stopping here. My staff and I have big plans for our oncelittle journal." This excitement isn't limited to patron personnel however. "Warp and Weave" is always looking for staff and submitters, positions that Purcell promises come with their own perks. "Anyone can write speculative fiction, and we offer the opportunity to get published. or to learn what goes into the publication process for journals or books," Purcell said. "But, like "Touchstones", our process isn't limited to editing and proofreading, but extends into event planning, advertising, design, and layout work." Students interested in taking advantage of these opportunities should check out qualifications at warpandweave.net . 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