Bennington College hosts revived Chamber Music Conference and Forum
After a three-summer hiatus, Alan Carter and George Grossman bring the Chamber Music Conference and Composers Forum of the East to Bennington College August 10 to 24. The event features intensive coaching by a 20-member staff, reading rehearsals, and five public concerts. The forum commissions three major works by Lockwood, Wigglesworth, and Baksa, to be performed by conference musicians under composer direction.
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Alan Carter
George Grossman
Chamber Music Conference
Composers’ Forum of the East
Bennington College
Johnson State College
Carter
Composers’ Forum of the
East
Normand Lockwood
University of
Denver
Colo
Frank Wigglesworth
The
New School
New York City
Robert Baksa
Creative Arts Center
Jennings Hall
Seminary St
Middlebury
Joel Berman
University of Maryland
Paul Wolfe
New College
Sarasota
Fla
New College and
Silver Mine
At the Movies Harte Threshold and Local Theaters Spotlight
A Harte Theatre on Main Street screens Threshold rated PG. Williamstown offers a double bill with The Producers and Qualiser Fortune Has A Cousin In the Bronx featuring Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder. Twin Cinemas shows Brannigan with John Wayne rated PG. Shampoo continues at Cinema II in its fourth week. The Godfather Part II runs at Manchester Cinema. The Godfather Part II at Manchester.
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Harte
Harte Theatre
Main Street
Nickelodeon
Williamstown
Mass
Mel Brooks
Gene Wilder
Wilder
Zero Mostel
Twin Cinemas Cinema I
John Wayne
Brannigan
Cinema II
Warren Beatty
Julie Christie
Goldie Hawn
Manchester
Zero Master
Quakser Fortune
Bob Wills Dead at 70 a tribute in Fort Worth honors him
In Fort Worth the Longhorn Ballroom hosted 1500 mourners and fellow musicians paying tribute to Bob Wills, who died at 70 after bronchial pneumonia. Ray Benson urged attendees to celebrate with upbeat music, noting Wills’ joy in danceable country swing. Wills had suffered strokes and spent his last year confined. Survived by wife Betty, three daughters, a son, siblings, and extended family.
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Fort Worth
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UPI
Ray Benson
Asleep At the Wheel
Longhorn Ballroom
Bob Wills
Benson
Wills
Bob
Merle Haggard
Kent
Lightcrust Doughboys
Texas Playboys
New York
Bakersfield
Calif
Tulsa
Nashville
Tommy Allisop
Tex Ritter
Country Music Hall of Fame
Betty
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George Andre
Metropolitan Opera Company
Patricia Spencer
da Capo Players
Ballet Theatre
Elwin Garwood
Cleveland Orchestra
Michael Dumouchel
Royal Canadian Ballet
Montreal Symphony
David Carroll
Christine Synder
New Haven Symphony Orchestra
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Hunter and Purchase College State University
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Lron Kettle Restaurant
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Playboy
Judith Crist
OK — N.Y. Daily News
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Robin
Jack Nicholson
Ria Theatre
Vermont
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