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Christmas Concert Tickets Available Longwood College's Department of Music will present two Christmas concerts at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Dec. 5. In Wygal Recital Hall. "We are giving two performances this year In order to accommodate everyone who may want to attend." said Dr. Paul Hesselink. chair of the Music Department. Both programs require advance tickets. The tickets are free to all." Hesselink said, "but they must be reserved by calling 395-2504 or picked up In advance from the Music Department office in Wygal Hall." The Christmas concerts will feature five of Longwood's
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performing ensembles — the Concert Choir. Camerata Singers, Brass Ensemble, and two Handbell Ensembles. Among traditional and non traditional seasonal music on the program are "Hodie" by Healey Willan; "Infant Holy. Infant Lowly." arranged by Gerre Hancock; The Twelve Days of Christmas." arranged by John Rutter; three movements from The Nutcracker by Peter Tchaikovsky, performed by the Handbell Ensembles; herald trumpets: and more. Directors of the ensembles are Dr. Donald L. Trott. choirs; Dr. Hesselink, Handbell Ensembles; and Dr. Gordon Ring, Brass Ensemble.
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International Internships In response to the growing Interest in Japan, the International Internship Programs (IIP) announces a four-week training program for university students and graduates. From June 23-July 21, 1990, participants will study Japan by experiencing it. The program includes Japanese language instruction, meetings with government and business leaders, field trips to some of Japan's more renown companies, visits to cultural and historical sites and residency with a host family. "We endeavor." said IIP president Mr. Yoshikazu Ikeda. "to provide the students with as many
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experiences as possible in the short time they are in Japan." Ikeda also noted that the program objectives and content are aimed at preparing the students to work In Japan. "Our training should help students get Jobs in American businesses doing business in Japan and the rest of Asia." Ikeda added. Students are encouraged to register by December 15 in order to reserve a space in the limited enrollment program. For further details on how to apply, contact International Internship Programs. 654 Colman Building. 811 First Avenue. Seattle, WA 98104. Or call 1-800-869-7056.
Shanghai Quartet To Perform
The much acclaimed Shanghai Quartet will perform on Wednesday. December 6. at 8 p.m.. in the Crawley Forum at HampdenSydney College. The concert is free and open to the public. The program for the evening will Include works by Beethoven. Zhou Long, and Brahms. The Shanghai Quartet, consisting of three violinists. Weigang LI. Honggang U. and Zheng Wang, and cellist Kathe Jarka. was the Graduate Ensemble-inResldence at Jullliard In New York for the past two years. They are currently the Quartet-ln-Residence at the University of Richmond for the 1989-1990 academic year. Formed In 1983 at the Shanghai Conservatory, the Shanghai Quartet is rapidly Longwood shows Its holiday spirit with the annual emerging as one of today's leading young string quartets. Christmas tree. After gaining national recogPhoto CrmdU: R Bnjct Gantt. nition in competitions and
performances throughout China, they were selected to represent their country at the Portsmouth International String Quartet Competition, where they were awarded second prize. Subsequently the Quartet left China to continue their studies with the Vermeer Quartet in the United States. Since their arrival In thie country they have also studied with the Tokyo String Quartet at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and have participated In master classes with the Jullliard Quartet, whom they now assist at The Jullliard School. The Quartet's 1988-1989 season consists of over fiftyfive concerts In twenty-five states, including their debut in New York's Kaufmann Concert HaU. In their 19891990 concert tour they will appear In Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, in the Creat Performers Series.
On Display City Woodworks, a collection of works by 20 Richmond-area furniture makers, sculptors, and carvers, is on exhibit in Longwood College's Bedford Gallery through Dec. 15. Quilts by Julia Pfafl" are a counterpoint to the wood ob Jects in the exhibit. "Wood is a medium we all can Identify with. If only as fuel for our stoves and fireplaces." said Amle Oliver, exhibits coordinator. "What's fascinating in the exhibit is that these professional craftsmen use wood In so many ways and exemplify so many attitudes about this basic material." The City Woodworks exhibit is a collection of "work of outstanding caliber that represents the best the Richmond woodworking community has to offer." Campbell said. Included In the exhibit are: small goblets of mahogany, cherry, walnut, locust, and cottonwood. by Randy Poliski: bowls and vessels of maple burl, red oak. and mahogany, by Dug Campbell and David Sterling; tables of walnut bloodwood. walnut Inlay, ash. and ebony, by I larvey Reams. Clint Edwards. Harrison, and Ken Willis; bongo drum shaped stools of birch with polychrome paint, by Graham Campbell; a Windsor armchair by Randolph Wilkinson; a framed mirror with shelf by Craitf Blddle; shelves of painted ash and walnut by David Rogers; and a sofa of mahogany, holly. and basswood with folk art style carvings, gold and silver leaf, red polychrome paint, and blue silk upholstery, by William R. Ivey.
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