Contemporary Arts Festival Program, 1956

Contemporary Arts Festival ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

The province of art, like all other provinces of man's mind, is never final; it is never a free inheritance from the past. It must be continually renewed . Contemporary art is our own: from and for all of us. When we really look and listen, we find in it our life, our times, ourselves. Contemporary art invites us to ourselves, for we are the substance out of which it comes to be.

In this Second Annual Contemporary Arts Festival (April 29-May 19, 1956) Illinois Wesleyan, by presenting characteristic works in the fields of painting, drama, and music, shows its belief in the vitality of our day's creative spirit.

CONTEMPORARY ARTS FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Frank R. Bohnhorst, Chairman.

Rupert Kilgore, School of Art Dr. Lawrence Tucker, School of Dramatics Dr. Carl Neumeyer, School of Music

ART When Sidney Harris spoke on our campus this year, he menthe tioned several influen ces that seem to have negativ e effects on bevarious Fine Arts at the present time. One of these is the split as campus our on s obviou as is split That Arts. tween the differe nt it is in our society. The Contem porary Arts Festival at Illinois Wesleyan offers an ideal opportu nity for student s in each of the Schools in the College of Fine Arts to develo p more interes t in the work The of the other schools through immed iate and intimat e contact. of ion proport the by ed measur be should Festival the of success s program the of most ng attendi student s in the College of Fine Arts will e, exampl for , student art The .

Schools three all by sponso red drabe a better painter if he seeks the opportu nity to respon d to . forms various its in music to and tions matic produc It But the Contem porary Arts Festival has a still broade r purpos e. to chance good a eople, townsp as well as s, student offers to all e come in contact with various forms of creativ e express ion. Anyon should ints viewpo l persona r broade p develo to who feels a need d as attend the festival program s. This attenda nce should be regarde toward much ute contrib can that activity rricular a type of extracu a well-ro unded college educati on. of the Art GUEST ARTIST: Profess or David F. Dreisba ch is Head

BFA Depart ment at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. He has d receive He .

Iowa of ity Univers State and MFA Degree s from the and sin, Wiscon of ity Univers the , College Beloit at training earlier as a the Pennsy lvania Academ y of Fine Arts. He is widely known many in d include work his had having ker, printma a and painter has exhibit ions around the country during the last few years. He prizes. several won has and shows n one-ma had three Center.

EXHIBI TION: April 29-May 18, Main Lounge, Memor ial One-m an exhibit ion of paintin gs by Profess or David F. Dreisbach, guest artist.

EXHIBITION: April 29-May 4, Art Gallery Building.

Exhibition of selecte d paintin gs by the staff and student s in the School of Art, Illinois Wesley an University.

PANEL DISCUSSION: May 1, 3:00 P.M. Faculty Lounge,

Memorial Center.

Subject: "The Creativ e Artist in Contem porary Society ."

Panel membe rs: Prof. David F. Dreisbach, modera tor, Barbara Cobb, Marian Cox, Ken Helm, Oliver Jackson , Robert Lewis, Ann Rothschild, Jack Schacht, William Wartm ann.

LECTURE: May 1, 8: 15 P.M., Presser Hall.

Subject : "Proble ms of the Painter " by Prof. David F. Dreisbach, Guest Artist.

MUS Ie FIFTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC MAY 9 - 10, 1956

This Symposium is one answer to the charge that our age cannot create, but only hand down musical values from the past. It aims to more closely relate today's composer, performer and listener through the hearing of representative contemporary works, and the interchange of ideas.

Two prominent American composers are guests of the Symposium: Mr. Hunter Johnson of Benson, North Carolina, and Mr. Ulysses Kay of New York City. Works of these men, plus those of Illinois Wesleyan faculty and student composers, form the basis of the Symposium.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9

10:00 11: 15 12:00 2:00

3:00

8: 15

(All sessions will be held in Presser Hall Auditorium unless otherwise noted.) a.m . Convocation. Concert by the Modern Dance Group of DePauw University; Miss Martha Cornick, director. a.m. Reception for Symposium guests. Faculty Lounge, Memorial Center. noon Luncheon. Green Room, Memorial Center. (Reservations required .) p.m. "Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano" - Hunter Johnson.

Allegro con fuoco Adagio serioso Allegro Molto Paul Kelch , flute; Dorothy Fridlund, oboe; Charles Aschbrenner, piano; Carl Petkoff, director.

Analytical rema rks by the composer. p.m . Panel : "Nationalism and Internationalism in American Music." Mr. John son , Mr. Kay, fac ulty members.

Moderator: Henry Charles. p.m. Concert of Contemporary American Music.

1. "A New Song" Ulysses Kay Psalm 149: 1-2- Sing unto the Lord .. .

Psalm 103 : 13-16- Like as a Father . . .

Psalm 117:- 0 Pra ise the Lord . ..

"0 Lord, How Long?" ______________ Lloyd Pfautsch "Song of Liberty" (Whitman) _______ Frank Bohnhorst Illinois Wesleyan Collegiate Choir; Lloyd Pfautsch, conductor.

2. "Suite from 'Letter to the World'" _______ _ ________________________________________________ Hunter J oh nson "Because I see New Englandly" a. "life is a spell" b. "I open every door" "Ancestress" a. "I'm sorry for the dead today" b. "It's coming, the postponeless creature" c. "Looking at death is dying" d. "Gay, ghastly holiday" "The Little Tippler" a. "In the name of the bird and the butterfly and the bee, amen" b. "The Fairy Queen" c. "Party Scene. Let us play yesterday" "Leaf at love turned back" a. "There came a day at summer's full" b. "I thought such days were for the gods" c. "Soul, wilt thou toss again?"

Coda. "This is my letter to the World" Barbara Cobb, pianist; University Orchestra; Mario Mancinelli, conductor.

3. "Short Suite for Band" _________________________ Ulysses Kay Fanfare Allegro March Allegro Interlude Andante Lyric Piu Mosso Finale Allegro (played without pause) Illinois Wesleyan Wind Ensemble; Kenneth D. Simmons, conductor.

THURSDAY: MAY 10

9:00 a.m. Program of Student Compositions 1. "Short Alleluia" __________ ___________________________ Don Crews Konnie Konecki, Phyllis Krahmer, Celia Page, sopranos; Barbara Cobb, Dianne Elias, Marilyn Mackin, altos; John Cobb, Lester Gill, Bill Watkins, tenors; Bruce Duff, Gene McNish, Oren Walker, basses; Robert Beebe, director.

2. "Improvisation on Gregorian Themes" ____ Don Crews Don Crews, organist 3. "Three Modal Vignettes" ________ Charles Aschbrenner Work (Dorian) Play (Lydian) Worship (Phrygian) - Psalm 121 Harold Lowe, violinist; Virginia Karl, soprano; Charle$ Aschbrenner, pianist.

4. "Petite Caprice" ______________________________ Judy McDonald Judy McDonald, pianist.

5. "Suite for Woodwinds" __________________ Robert Riseling Paula Kelch, flutist; Dorothy Fridlund, oboist; Robert Reilly, clarinetist; Frances Smet, bassoonist.

6. "A Clear Midnight" (Walt Whitman) ______ Alpha Witt Phyllis Krahmer, soprano; Charles Aschbrenner, accompanist.

7 . "Piece for Piano and Violin" __________ Judy McDonald Don Haines, violinist; Judy McDonald, accompanist.

8. "Echo" (Christina Rossetti) ____________ John Caltagirone Dianne Elias, mezzo soprano; Charles Aschbrenner, accompanist.

9. "Miniature Suite for Flute & Oboe" ____ James Moses Slow Canon Andante Gigue (alia rhumba) Jessie Peterson, flutist; Dorothy Fridlund, oboist.

10. "A little Girl's Songs" (Hilda ConklingL_James Moses I am Thunderstorm Morning Butterfly Charlotte Peterson, soprano; Mary Alice Ray, accompanist.

10:00 a.m . Student conferences with guest composers. Room 24.

Open to all interested observers.

2:00 p.m. "Quintet for Piano and Strings" ________________ Ulysses Kay Allegretto Adagio Allegro Dwight Drexler, piano; Mario Mancinelli, violin; Marvin Mutchnik, violin; Irwin Spector, viola; Yvonne Tait, cello.

Analytical remarks by the composer.

4 :00 p.m. Concert of Contemporary American Music 1. "Quartet for Brass" ________________________________ Ulysses Kay Fantasia Arioso Toccata Alan Dickerson, trumpet; James Ring, trumpet; Wayne King, tenor trombone; Dennis Windler, bass trombone; John Silber,,.cJirector.

2. "Sonata for Piano" __________________________ Hunter Johnson Allegro molto e dinamico Andante Cantabile Allegro giusto Wilbur Perry, pianist 3. "Three Fugitive Songs" ________________________ Ulysses Kay (Fi rst performance) The Mystic (Witter Brynner) Song Is So Old (Herman Hagedorn) Evensong (Ridgely Torrence) "Mortal My Friend Must Be" (Emily Dickinson) ._ Hunter Johnson "Exultation Is The Going" (Emily Dickinson) .__ .______ Hunter Johnson __________________ (First performance) Ann Rothschild, soprano; Barbara Cobb, pianist 4 . "Hymn- Variations and Fuguing Tune" ___ .___ _ ____ Frank Bohnhorst Paula Kelch, flute; Dorothy Fridlund, oboe; Orval Washburn, clarinet; Lee York, horn; Frances Smet, bassoon; Maurice Willis, director.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The entire Festival has been made possible through the combined ¡efforts and devotion of the students and faculty of the School of Art, the School of Dramatics and Speech, and the School of Music.

Special thanks are due Mr. Glenn Berenz for the program cover design; Miss Constance Ferguson and the cafeteria staff for reception and luncheon arrangements; Mr. Lee Short and Miss Patricia Kimler for publicity and news coverage; Delta Omicron, Phi Mu Alpha and Sigma Alpha Iota for ushering during the Symposium; and President Merrill J . Holmes for his enthusiastic belief in the worth of contemporary creative endeavor, as represented by this Festival.

SCHOOL OF DRAMATICS AND SPEECH presents

IIFAMILY PORTRAITII by lenore Coffee and William Joyce Cowen

Directed by lawrence E. Tucker

Designed by Robert C. Price

May 16, 17, 18, 19 - Season 1955-56

"And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples followed him. And when the Sabbath day came, he began to teach in the Synagogue; and many hearing him were astonished saying - 'Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joseph, and of Judah, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?' And they were offended at him. But Jesus said unto them, 'A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.' "

CAST Ma ry _____ ~__ _ _____ __ __________________________________________________________ Ma ri a n E. Cox Da n ie I ____________________________________________________________________________ Ha I KI en ha J oseph ____________________________________________________________________ Da vi d Wei ma n A Shepherd ___ ___ . ________________________________________________ James Ascaregg i Naomi, Si mon's wife __________________________________ ______________ Marilyn Frazier J uda ____ _ _____________________________________________________ Roger Wi Ibur Mary Cleophas, Mary's sister-in-law ________________ ____________ Ann Bodine Reba, Joseph's wife __________________________________________________ Jan Mueller Si mon __________________________________________________________________________ Ted Paris James ____________________________________________________________________ Joseph Vernon Mo rdeca i _________________________________________________________________ Herbert Norton Se lima _______________________________________________________________________ Ca rol Krueger Eban, a peddler ___________________________________________________________ Ron Davis Math ias ________________________________________________________________ Tom D. Wa Iters A Disci pie ___________________________________________________________ Fletcher Colema n A Fisherma n ______________________________________________________________________ Ian Short Hepzi bah ______________________________________________________________ Ba rba ra Wag ner Appi us Hadria n ______________________________________________________ Robert M. Lewis An n a _______________________________________________________________________ Ba rba ra Nel son Ra bbi Sa muel _________________________________________________________________ Tom Hawk Mendel _____________________________________________________ _________________ Ells Ingra ham A woman of Jerusalem ____________________________________________________ Jan Kemp Ma ry of Magd a Ia ________________________________________________________________ Edie Bi rd N ath a n ______________________________________________________________________ Parke r a born Da n iel, aged sixteen _______________________________________________ J ames Idd ings Esther, Joseph's da ughter ____________________________________________ Jan ice Moon Leban , ¡of Damascus ______________________________________________________ John Kelso Josh u a, his so n ____________________________________________________ James Asca regg i Beu Ia h ________________________________________________________________________ Ruth Rei ch ert People of Capernaum ____________________ John Kelso, James Ascaregg i, Ells Ingraham, Jan Kemp, Ann Guerrero, Marsha Eden, Jean Casner, Rose Hobson, Herbert Norton, Tom Hawk, Ann McGurk, Carman Olson, Ann Pruitt, Phyllis Sedgewick

SCENE SYNOPSIS ACT I Scene l. A house in Nazareth . Summer.

Scene 2. Wineshop at Capernaum. The following Spring.

INTERMISSION (Eight Minutes) ACT II Scene l. The house in Nazareth. A year later.

Scene 2. The following week.

INTERMISSION (Eight Minutes) ACT III Scene l. A street in Jerusalem . Spring of the following year.

Scene 2. A house in Jerusalem . The same night.

Scene 3. The house in Nazareth. Some years later.

PRODUCTION STAFF _____________________________________________ __ ______ Ron Davis _________________ ___ __________ _________________ Robert M. Lewis

Assistant Director Stage Manager Scene Construction Fletche r Coleman, Chairman Ian Sand ers, Ted Paris, Ellen Lenard, Mary Nauman, Ells Ingraham, Dave Weiman, Roy Booker, Cathy Ross, Tom Hawk, Robert M. Lewis, Barbara Wagner, Ian Short, Janice Moon, Roger Wilbur, Todd Martin, Joe Vernon Properties Ann Bodine, Chairman Betty Steinhauer, Rachel Junnila, Phyllis Sedgewick, James Ascareggi, Donna He nderson, Kath y Giebel, Ciel Axe lson, Ann McGurk, Carmen Olson, Barbara Wagner, Darlene Whitehead, Carol Edwards, Ann Guerrero, Sandra Barr, Jan Kemp, Mary Fulkerson, Nancy Huff, Phyllis Owen , Pat Galbreath, Judy Dickinson, Ruth Blake, Virginia Peterson Costumes _ _____ Jan Mueller, Edie Bird, Co-Chairmen Barbara Nelson, Ann Pruitt, Beverly Schneider, Jacquie Marshall, Carol Nelson, Laurann Jackson Sou nd __________ _________________ _________________________ Don Gottsch a Ik, Cha i rm a n Lights ________ ______ __________________________________________ Tom Hawk, Chairman Ted Paris, Dick Thomas, Don Gottschalk, Barbara Owens, Robert Cummings, Clarence Pederson Publ icity ____________________________________________ Barbara Owens, John Jordon Ticket Sa les ____________________________________________________________ Bu ny a nAnd rew House Ma nager ______________________________________________________ Phyll is Kr a hmer House Staff _____ Alpha Gamma Delta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sigma Kappa, Sigma Alpha Iota

MASQUERS - drarT\atic organization

- officers-

President ____ c _________ _ _______________ ___ ____ Fletcher Coleman Vice President __________________________ "" ______ Barbara Owens Secretary and Treasurer -7------------------ Marilyn Lumb THETA ALPHA PHI - National honorary dramatic fraternity

- members Marian Cox Barbara Owens Robert M. Lewis Marilyn Lumb Bill Holcomb

Jan Mueller Fletcher Coleman Tom Hawk Phyllis Krahmer Edie Bird

SCHOOL OF DRAMATICS AND SPEECH

Di rector ______________________________________ Lawrence E. Tucker Technical Director ___________________________ Robert C. Price Technical Assistant ________________________ Robert M. Lewis Da nce ______________________________________________ Joanne Schmitz Ma ke-u p __________________________________________ Forrest Watt Speech ________________ ________________________ Ma rie J. Robi nson

Panel on Religious Drama Saturday, May 19 - Main Lounge, Memorial Center Speaker ________ Wesley Swanson, University of Illinois Theatre Staff Topic: The University Theatre and Religious Drama Student Panel Members: School of Art: Frank Vitek, Oliver Jackson School of Music: Ann Rothschild, Phyllis Krahmer School of Dramatics and Speech: Marian Cox , Robert M. Lewis