UO SINGERS SLATE
FINAL CONCERT SUNDAY
Program Has Varied
Selection of Numbers
By Joanne Johnston
' Emerald Reporter
• !" "J-!1 <iin Kinging froni sacred to secular and classical to
ojuilar will he presented at the annual home concert given by
.*1V *tiver.sity hangers and Madrigal Singers at 3 pan. Sunday
n tlie Student l niou ballroom.
I he first section, by the Singers,^will include ‘‘Lift Up Your
I< arts. Sing \ e," by < '.retclianinoff; “Come Blessed Rest,” by
’.ach; I lodie Christas Natus List,” by Willan; “When Jesus
x‘ P*•" a '■'inixl. by Millings“Crucifixion,” by Koshetz, ami
/MleluRi,” by ()lson.
■
»
DONALD ALLTON
I.ea<ls Singer*
H
1
.eader Allton
\lso Organist
h Donald W. Allton, director of the
7 free vocal groups in the school of
£.iufiic, has been nt Oregon for nine
e ears, during which time he has
uilt up a reputation not only as
:f .Tie director, but also as an ex
’ .'lent organist.
* Allton received bis Bachelor of
. usic and Master of Music degrees
* om the Eastman School of Mu
> •
c of the University of Rochester,
■ i New York. While there he
,-yed as organist and assistant
“ loir director of the Salem Evan
> ilical church and as director of
■s le Frauenchor of the Teutonia
1 iedertafel, the Genessee Valley
* t<?tHl society and the B’nai B’rith
y toral society.
. previous to coming to Oregon,
s ■ was for two years head of the
'"^.ic department at Mary Bald
, in college at Staunton, Va., and
« 4j served as associate director
k ’• choral activities at the Uni
'■* (ti’sity of Kentucky.
'■ Coming to Oregon in the fall
'i 19-14, Allton has since organized
id directed both the University
„ utgers and Madrigal Singers, as
Lc ell as directing the choral union
the last four years.
«Soloist Mercer
>ti ”
Voys Marimba
>'■’ Featured ( /s an additional at
action with the University Sing
le is in their appearances this year
•” matimba soloist Wayne Mercer,
11 .dor in music education. A native
jd Salem, he transferred to Ore
S»n from Northwestern university
least fall term.
p(. Possessing an ability to adjust
a
most any style of music to his
,UI strument, Mercer plays both
1 issical and popular numbers. He
► s- studied with Mrs. Priscilla
k ’ hilsey of Salem, Joe Brye of Ore
to
in state college and, during his
»n state
0 ?d years at Northwestern, under
rd J
tg.
air O. Musser.
it
The second section, by the Mad
rigal Singers, includes both mad
rigals and folk songs. It will son
sist of “Hark, All Ye Lovely Saints
Above,” by Weelkes; "April Is In
My Mistress’ Face,” by Morley;
"Mother, I Will Have a Husband,"
by Vautor; "A Virgin Unspotted,”
by Billings; “Black Is the Color of
My True Love's Hair,” arranged
by Churchill, and “Han Skal Leve,"
arranged by Baker. For these num
bers the group will follow the ori
ginal madrigal custom and sing
sitting around a table.
The Singers will give the third
section of the program, including
"Immortality,” by Ireland; “Tree
of Sorrow,” by Chavez; “A La
Puerta Del Cielo,” arranged by
Dood, and "Brazilian P3alm,” by
Berger.
Wayne Mercer, marimba soloist,
will present the fourth section, per
forming “Caprice,” by Paganini;
"My Heart Is Filled With Long
ing," by Bach, and “Spanish
Dance," by Granados.
Selections f rom the musical
“Brigadoon,” by I/iewc, will make
up the fifth section of the con
cert, done by the University Sing
ers.
Concluding the program will be
“When Alan-a-Dale Went A
Hunting," by de Pearsall; "Creep
Along Moses," arranged by Kubik,
with an incidental solo by Douglas
Stobie; “Go ’way From My Win
dow-,” arranged by Niles, with in
cidental solo by Janis Kvans, and
“Sit Down, Servant,” arranged by
Pittman.
Madrigal Group
Feature of Slate
The Madrigal Singers, the Uni
versity of Oregon’s newest singing
group, will be a feature of Sun
day’s concert which is being pre
sented by the University Singers.
A revival of a form of music
which originated in Europe in the
16th and 17th centuries among the
nobility of England, France, Italy,
Germany and Spain, it was often
the only form of entertainment at
banquets given during this period.
Originally, Madrigals were sung
while sitting around a table. In
order to re-capture the spirit of
the songs, the Oregon group also
uses a table in their presentation
of the music.
The students who participate in
this style of singing do so because
they are enthusiastic about the
musical literature that is best
adopted to this kind of group. In
addition to the madrigals, the stu
dents will also sing folk songs
which are suitable to their style.
Members of the Madrigal Sing
ers are Janis Evans, Jacqueline
Madigan, Marcia Eagleson, Pat.
Hartley, Marlys Nelson, Beverly
Goheen, Clarence Dial, Carl Win
klebeck, Donald Allton, Norman
McCabe, Don Jackson and Doug
las Stobie.
According to Allton, the music
the group uses is very difficult to
perform and demands absolute
self-reliance upon the part of the
singer.
THE 60 VOICE UNTNVERSITY SINGERS
Group s Annual Tour Ends Sunday
aunday s concert will mark the
| end of the Seventh annual tour for
the school of music’s University
Singers, the group having recently
returned from a seven-day trip
covering central, eastern and
southern Oregon.
Organized by Donald Allton in
1946 to meet the demand for a
small, flexible group for touring
purposes, Singers has grown from
the original ensemble to its present
size of almost 60 voices under his
direction.
Not restricted to music majors,
the chorus includes students from
several different schools and de
partments on campus.
Included in the group's person
;.nel are 13 sopranos: Dorothy An
derson, Tamson Breese, Barbara
' Fulton Chafin, Marcia Eagleeon,
Jams Evans, Kathleen Harris, Pa
tricia Hartley, Jacqueline Madi
gan, Eva Jean Miller, Jane Patter
son, Jeanette Stone. Mary Lou
Teague and Rita Yuzon.
Altos are Kathleen Ackerman,
Carol Arneson, Anna Marie Blick
enstaff, Rosalie Blickenstaff, Jac
queline Densmore, Beverly Goheen.
Dorothy Govig, Alta Haag. Sally
Dwight D. Eisenhower originally
applied for the Naval academy at
j Annapolis, but was turned down
because of over-age.
A stitch in time saves nine, and
a bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush, and hard work always
pays off.
Ingalls. Margaret Jackson, Audrey
Mistretta, Namcie Steinmetz, Mary
Sweeney, Rae Thomas and Donna
Trebbe.
In the tenor section are James
Baker, Clarence Dial, Ed Kenney,
Robert Luoma, Cliff Matousek,
Neal Pierce, Ray Post, Larry
Swanson, Don Wilson and Carl
Winklebleck.
Bass-baritones are Richard Ba
ranavich, Russell Cowell, Gordon
Green, Ray Hill, Gordon Howard,
Gerald Igl, Donald Neely, Doug
las Patterson, Jerry Reynolds,
Emil Smith, Norman Sowards,
Douglas Stobie and James Wilson.
Accompanist for the group is
Joyce Sinner, while this year's tour
manager and assistant conductor
is Cliff Matousek.
These Spring Evenings
GO TO GREGG'S
After a show or a drive
You'll Enjoy . . .
. . . Burger Basket
. . . French Fried Shrimp
. . . Strawberry Shortcake
. . . Milkshakes
At Springfield Junction
Q'l&jtf'A. ^h*Uu&-9*t