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Pianist expresses rhythmic language of music
■ Beall Concert Hall opens
up its new concert series with
a deaf pianist’s performance
By Mason West
Oregon Daily Emerald
The warm sound of classical pi
ano will fill Beall Concert Hall on
Thursday when Valerie Zamora per
forms at a student forum.
This forum represents one in a se
ries of five for this term. Scott
Barkhurst, publicity director for the
school of music explains why this
one is of special concern.
“When we have a particularly ap
pealing artist we try and let the pub
lic know about it,” Barkhurst said.
Zamora’s repertoire includes de
manding solo pieces, especially
large pieces due to their storytelling
ability. She has studied at many
prestigious schools including Juil
liard. Through her schooling and ca
reer, she has received many scholar
ships and grants for her skill. She is
also hearing impaired.
Janet Stewart, student forum co
chairwoman, is largely responsible
for bringing Zamora to the Universi
ty. Zamora is disabled, but she is not
completely incapable of hearing
sounds. Stewart said that her curios
ity about how Zamora interprets
sounds is one of the large reasons
that she made this forum happen.
“I think this is a really extraordi
nary opportunity,” Stewart said.
First and foremost, Zamora wants
people to come see her performing
the music. She doesn’t want the fo
cus to be on her disability: She is not
a deaf pianist; she’s a pianist who by
chance is deaf.
“I hope the audience takes away
with them the same inspiration that I
get from hearing live performances,”
Zamora said. “And it doesn’t hurt if
it helps everyone become aware of
our prejudices in everyday life. Each
one of us is different, and each one
of us has special gifts to offer, to share
and to accept.”
Zamora reads lips but can also un
derstand some speech, just different
ly than a person without a hearing
impairment.
“Language is made of rhythms, in
flections and volume,” she said.
“Music is no different. 1 learned to
understand language largely bv
these factors rather than by actual
words.”
After Zamora’s performance, she
will take time to
answer any
questions the
audience has.
“An artist
coming from a
totally different
point of view
could break
down our as
sumptions,”
Stewart said.
“Maybe she can
teach us how to hear differently.”
The concert is co-sponsored by
the Disability Services office on cam
pus. Molly Serois, student disabili
ty councilor, explained why.
“One of our missions is to educate
the University community about
disability,” Serois said. “That can be
achieved very effectively by people
with disabilities showing what their
capabilities are.”
Zamora’s disability has meant that
she must work harder to succeed.
When she performs with other musi
cians, she memorizes each part for
each instrument. She also spends
time with the players to get a feeling
of their personal styles and body lan
guage related to their music.
“Often, in the music, it’s like look
ing through a peep hole. I may be
able to ‘hear’ only a portion of the
whole, but that portion is intense,”
Zamora said.
The free concert will be in Beall
Concert Hall in the School of Music
Thursday atl p.m.
HurlyBurly’ requires seasoned actors to perform
■ A dark comedy about the
lives of three Hollywood men
sets the Arena Theatre stage
Lindsay Buchele
for the Emerald
Eddie is searching to discover
himself. Phil lives emotionally
from moment to moment. Mickey
doesn’t care what happens, as long
as he doesn’t get hurt. Three men,
one city and a lot of disturbing self
discovery make up David Rabe’s
1980s play “Hurlyburly.”
Deciding to direct the play to sat
isfy his thesis requirement, Donald
Clark Honors College student Gre
gory Thorson will bring the pro
duction of “Hurlyburly” to the Are
na Theatre beginning Wednesday.
The play features a blend of sea
soned University actors, including
“Nicholas Nickleby” actors Luke
Hamilton, Curtis Williams, Sarah
Linder, Sam Super, Darlene Dadras
and the director himself.
“All of the actors in ‘Hurlyburly’
have been in award-winning
plays,” Thorson said.
Experienced actors are needed
for this dark comedy about three
Hollywood men and their out-of
control lives. The main character,
Eddie (Hamilton), is struggling to
discover his true purpose in the
world. Analyzing life in a some
what scientific and Freudian way,
Eddie lives life “in the fast lane,”
Thorson said. Eddie’s friend Phil
(Williams) and roommate Mickey
(Cameron Carlisle) have their own
difficulties dealing with the fast
paced superficial world they live
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in. All three turn to parties, sex and
self-obsession.
“This is a very depressing arid
debauched play,” Thorson said.
"Yet it’s intelligent at the same time
as being disturbing.”
Thorson claims the plot can be
darker than that of “American
Beauty.” However, he chose the
play not for its cynicism, but for its
significant themes.
“This is one of my favorite plays
and one of the best to come out of
the 1980s,” Thorson said. “It shows
the way Americans use instant grat
ification to avoid contemplation.”
Additional characters set the
mood for the play and add to the
basic plot. Artie (Super), another
one of the group’s close friends,
frustrates Eddie because of his
seemingly undeserved success,
Thorson said. Three very different
women characters also play an im
portant part of the men’s lives.
“Donna is a runaway from the
Midwest who’s given to Eddie and
Mickey as sort of a ‘sex package,”’
Linder, who plays Donna, said.
“She’s somewhat of a mood-setter
at the beginning of the play.”
The other women characters in
clude life-in-the-fast-lane Darlene
(Lindy Anderson) and lounge
singer Bonnie (Dadras).
"All three women characters are
manipulated by the men,” Thorson
said.
The production, which started to
come together in early May, will
take the already-adult plot and add
a little twist.
“Each night, the props are set up
in completely different places with
out the actors’ knowing where they
will be beforehand,” Thorson said.
This technique, Thorson hopes
will add a genuine flavor to every
performance by forcing the actors
to improvise during scenes.
“It’s a little, difficult — [the sel
changes] — but it’s also exciting. II
frees us up to explore the space and
subtext of the play,” Williams said.
Because of the set changes, the
feel of the play will be a little differ
ent each night, but will still posses
the same dialogue and reactions as
the original play, Williams said.
"Hurlyburly” will be performed
through Oct. 6 and will be Thor
son’s third University production.
Assistant direction is by John Petei
Breaden, and Jackie Jacobus is the
stage manager.
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