Harpist and flutist display diversity with concert

musical productions over the years, with Marshall performing in PBS specials, “America’s Got Talent,” and “Glee.”

Jeffrey Howard Roundup Reporter

Harpist Jacqueline Marshall and guest flutist Eve Bañuelos displayed their musical prowess and diversity, performing to a full house during a free concert Thursday, Nov. 22. Marshall and Bañuelos met each other in the University of California, Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and have worked on a number of

Kat Wilson Roundup Reporter

The student orchestra is gearing up for its annual free concert, scheduled for Friday, Dec. 6 at 7:30

Specializing in contemporary chamber and symphonic music, Bañuelos has also performed onand off-screen, touring China with the Young People’s Symphony Orchestra and even guest performing on “Tosh.0.”

Both well-experienced with their specific instruments, Marshall and Bañuelos played a mixed program, performing a variation of a work by Frederic Chopin, the Irish traditional composition “Danny Boy,” and an excerpt from the play “Carmen.”

Composed by Gioachino Rossini, p.m. in Music 3401. The concert is open to the Pierce community.

The repertoire will consist of Symphony #104 by Australian composer Joseph Haydn and the flute concierto by Antonio Vivaldi, his variation of a theme by Frederic Chopin could be considered as what is called in today’s music a remix. Rossini’s influence is heard in the piece when longer notes are broken up and shortened to accentuate the normally calming flow of the song.

The Irish classic “Danny Boy” was recognizable by most of the listeners and played in its entirety. The composition is heavily influenced by the harp, one of the most prominent instruments in the history of Ireland.

“Carmen,” a story of love and jealousy between a soldier and a gypsy, includes a mixture of gloomy and mysterious melodies.

The two also performed a classical tambourine and a according to James Domine, orchestra director.

“Students who attend can expect live music. These are pieces they don’t hear very much,” Domine said. “Our concert is free, so it allows students the resources they contemporary piece to show how their instruments’ sound and styles have changed through the last few centuries. need to learn about the artistic and cultural tradition of the music we play. Students would otherwise have to pay to see the music we’re playing if they wanted to see it live.”

Contemporary music often refers to a modern style of music, implementing newer and farfetched techniques.

For Marshall, this even meant kicking and knocking on the wooden part of her harp to add auxiliary effects. Bañuelos included tactics such as saying a word while blowing into her flute, or modulating sounds from her throat to expand her tone’s range.

There will be no concert next week due to Thanksgiving, with the last free Thursday concert event taking place on Dec. 5.

The orchestra rehearses Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Music 3401.

Wearing leggings, tennis shoes and a comfortable blouse with a jacket layered on top, Catherine Collins Campbell could be any other student at Pierce College, but her eyes and her spirit tells there is a lot more to her.

More than 69 years ago, Catherine was born in Nova Scotia, Canada. Her first job was working two years for the Department of Agriculture in Canada as a home economist.

“Leaving Nova Scotia, I moved to Vermont, Montreal, California, up to Seattle and Vancouver, then back down to California,” Catherine said. “I found myself taking psychology in a University of California, Los Angeles extension course.

Catherine is a student in the ENCORE program at Pierce. She heard about the program through people older than her, she said.

ENCORE is aimed at assisting older students with their desire to go back to school, according to the program’s website.

The program offers free noncredit courses that focus primarily on the interests of the students that it caters to.

She owns up to being an opinionated armchair social psychologist, even after getting her degree in nutrition.

Catherine has had a varied career: a nutritionist, food stylist for television commercials, daily columnist in vegan nutrition for Healthy Choices, European fashion buyer, film acquisition for online streaming, talent agent, and social networking for film distribution.

“I loved them all, but none

She has been volunteering in her avocation — the theater — while being the sole support of her son, Carey Campbell. “Plays just come to me,”

Catherine said. “But the rewriting is a ton of work.”

It took her 12 years to teach herself to write her first play, “Love in the Time of Witch Hunts.” It was inspired by a short story she found while reading Ms. Magazine.

“I put it in my safety deposit box. Then I started writing around this short story,” Catherine said.

It took her ten years to get the rights for the story.

Now Catherine works on eight to ten plays in progress, depending on her mood or the news of the day. She names Tennessee Williams and Bertolt Brecht as her favorite playwrights.

“I grew up in Santa Monica in the neighborhood of the Odyssey Theater. My mother was a director’s assistant,” said Carey. “I grew up backstage.”

Carey is also a writer and is completing a documentary, “Back to the Garden.”

Happily preparing for her last career, a life in the theater, she is excited about her theater class with instructor Gene Putnam.

“He is so skilled in all aspects of theater having taught and directed full blown plays.” Catherine said.

She draws inspiration from the women of the world.

“I love to hear the diverse voices of women around the world. Interestingly, women in countries under siege are the most prolific. I’m grateful to have playwriting to fill my retiring years. It is especially joyful work and these political times are so juicy.”