Glee Club Tries Hard but Falters at Columbia Night
The Columbia Glee Club delivered a mixed concert at Philhar monic Hall with weaker early numbers and stronger later performances. Highlights included Counting the Goats and This Train with solid solo and group harmonies, while the ensemble overall fell short of full engagement and imagination.
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Keys
Glee Club
John Colucci
Joseph Ellis
David Freedman
Robert E. Lee
Barnard
Peter Shack
Columbia
Amherst
Yale
Philharmonic Hall
Columbia University Club
Choir Arts Shine in St Pauls Chapel Tudor Singers Concert
The Tudor Singers led by Louis Weingarden joined strings and organ in preclassical works at St Pauls Chapel. Morley and Victoria pieces impressed with a capella finesse, while Tallis and other selections showed uneven clarity due to acoustics and ensemble balance.
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St. Paul’s Chapel
Louis Weingarden
Tudor Singers
Thomas Morley
di Victoria
Mozart
Weingarden
Jeremia
Thomas Tallis
St Paul's
Ralph Kneeream
Buxtehude
Gibbons
70th Varsity Show Premieres Tonight at Columbia
The Columbia Players present their 70th annual Varsity Show In Troubleshootore a four day four performance run written by Howard Kissel and directed by Alan Woods. Set in a saloon in Lockwhistle the plot follows Zachary a Westward artist renamed Mandolin who partners with cowboy Idaho Montgomery to claim gold amid scheming Lockwhistle and a pornographically marketed Sue Brett. The score by Daniel Paget features rotn ballads and dances by the Bayou Belles with Elaine Lawrence Kay Thomas Stephanie Ellington and others in a period style stage production opening tonight.
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Columbia Players
Columbia
Howard Kissel
Alan Woods
Lockwhistle
Stefan A. Rudnicki
Zachary Mendelson
General Studies
Bill Henderson
West
Sue
Brett
Barnard
Elaine Lawrence
Zachary
Mandolin
Aks
Idaho Montgomery
Midnight Oil
Sue Brett
Daniel Paget
Troubleshootore
Stephanie Ellington
Fanciulla Delawest
Kay Thomas
Civil rights protest recount at Women's House of Detention
Helen Geiger recounts a CORE protest at the Queens and New York City sites. She describes arrests, bail delays, and nine teen hours in the Women's House of Detention. She notes police brutality concerns and the contrast between the World's Fair spectacle and national Negro oppression.
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Queens County
Miss Fielding
New York
Amta
Bulletin
CORE
United States
Helen Geiger
Baldwin Blues Play Teasers by Baldwin a Searing Drama
Review of Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin with Medgar Evers tribute. Richard Henry a Southern musician returns to racial tension in Birmingham, clashing with Mister Charlie. Juanita and Lyle Britton are drawn into the conflict as Burgess Meredith directs.
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James Baldwin
Mr. Baldwin
Charlie
Richard Henry
al Fireman, Jr
Richard
New York
Mister Charlie
Burgess Meredith
Baldwin
Flanders Directs Last Night Fest Saturday Evening
Assistant Professor Peter Flanders directs the final concert of the year at Columbia University Ord McMillin Academic Theatre. Haydn Lord Nelson mass and Rossini Stabat Mater will be performed with Dorothy Berquist, Harriet Comfort, William Barnholt, and Dean Sandhagen. The chorus toured Brandeis University and Boston area. Admission is free.
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Flanders
Columbia University Ord McMillin Academic Theatre
Peter Flanders Wall
Haydn
Lord Nelson
Rossin
Dorothy Berquist
Harriet Comfort
William Arnholt
Dean Sandhagen
Brandeis University
Boston
Education to the Editor on liberal arts colleges
Letters to the Editor discuss the purpose of liberal arts education. The writer reflects on Barnard and how a liberal arts college should prepare students for life in a complex society and for earning a living or pursuing a profession.
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Barnard
Liberal Arts
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Diana Sands
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