Musicians enteltati1l7,!an/llhroug-h song VOCALISTS HARMONIZE; RESTRUCTURING EASES RNALRY This year marked a new start for the choral program. In recent years students have been ab le to se lect for themse lves wh ich program they wanted to try out for; this year students tried out for all of the programs and then were placed in the group that Dr. Arthur Shearin and Dr. Clifton Canus III felt was best for them. The three groups in the choral program are University Chorus, Concert Choir and University Singers. The chorus has been redesigned for most of the members to be vocal majors, the choir for people who are serious about improving theirvocal talents and singers for students who sing for their own personal enjoyment. "Students could specifywh ich program they wou ld most like to be a part of, but they were placed according to Dr. Canus' and my judgment," Shearin said . He also said the program "changed" due to a desire of Canus' to work more with vocal majors and "serious vocal students." Canus said, "We changed it so there would be no primary group and to cut down on some of the competition between the two groups. The groups will sing the same musicas before and they will travel and perform the same as before. Th is change wi ll designate the purpose of each group a little more clearly." Most students reacted positively to the , rearrangement. Junior Ray Rawley, a member of the choir, said, "I think it's great. Ittakes competition out ofchorus, choir and University singers. The competi tionwas hurting us getting along. It gives all groups a different focus." Previously, the chorus and the choir met at different times, but now they practice at the same hour. "I like the change, but I do miss the fact that we cannot visit with each other, " Drew Dasher, a sophomore chorus member, said. Sophomore Jyusef Larry said he benefited from the new arrangement. "I like the change. I think it has worked out for the best for chorus and choir," he said. "To me the restructuring is not that different right now because this is the first year of the new program." Sophomore Shawn O'Brien, a Good News Singers entertain an audience with gospel songs at Lectureship Central in Rhodes Memorial Field House. Good News Singers used their musical talents to spread God's word to a variety ofaudiences. • 248 ORGANIZATIONS member of choir, said he thinks it was a good change. "I think it will be good for the whole choral program; I am not sure about it alleviating competition. I don 't th ink it wi ll ," O'Brien said. Junior Jeff McKeand, a member of choir, disagreed with O'Brien. "Ithi nkthe restructuring is good because there was a lot of tension and excess competitioIV between the chorus and choir. Competition is good, but not too much. Each group now has its purpose; there is no reason for competition between the two." Rawley said, "The restructuring kind of takes out which group you want to be in, but that is not a big deal because most coll eges don 't allow you to pick. One of the groups is not goi ng to be better than the other because of the directing techniquesofDr. Shearin and Dr. Canus." The changes made to the choral program are long-term changes that will be implemented over a period of time. "Students probably will not even notice a change," Ganus said. - Meredith Hlasta "Music, every dream that haunts, with dim delight, The drowsy hour between the day and night, The wakefuJ dream between the night and day, Imprisoned,waits for thee, Impatient, yearns for thee. Music, thou lendest wings to grief to flyaway, And wings to joy to reach a heavenly height, And every dumb desire that storms within thy breast Thou leadest forth to sob or sing itself to rest." - Reprinted from the 1924 Petit }ron
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