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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1984)
PGMC season opener Liszt Requiem For those who dare to be m oved, the Port land Gay Men’s Chorus, directed by David York, will open its fifth concert season with The Liszt Requiem, one o f the few large-scale works o f the Romantic Era written especially for male chorus. The Liszt "Requiem ” is a work of sweeping emotion and lush harmonies. It requires the combined forces o f large m en’s chorus, four male soloists, two trumpets, two trombones, tympani and organ. PGMC conductor, David York, has engaged the finest of local soloists and instrumentalists to com plete the ensemble. Besides the "Requiem,” the program will include three shorter works, ending with the world premiere o f a stirring new piece by Portland com poser Terry Snowden, a m ember o f the Chorus. The Snowden work is set to a text by Walt Whitman and has in strumentation com m issioned by the Chorus. Musically, this is the m ost ambitious pro gram yet presented by PGMC. Part o f the expense for professional soloists and instru mentalists will be offset by a grant from the Metropolitan Arts Comm ission — the first public grant in PGMC history, and something o f a breakthrough for gay performing arts groups in the Portland area. Part o f the grant will also be used to help defray costs o f a delayed broadcast by radio station KOAP. Performances o f the “ Requiem ” will be at 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 6 and at 7 P.M. on Sunday, October 7 at Westminster Presbyte rian Church, N.E. 16th and Schuyler. Also, for the first time, the Chorus is pleased to announce its entire 1984-85 Season Brochure and offer season tickets at saving up to 20 percent off single-ticket prices. Sub scribers will be able to hear all four concerts for $21 (a savings of $5). The season will consist o f four concerts: The Liszt R equiem ; Christmas with the Chorus, D ecem ber 15 & 16 at the Eastside Performance Center, 531 S.E. 14th at Stark S t; Zillion s; An Original Musical, written for the Portland Gay M en’s Chorus by composer-lyricist Tom Simonds, also at the Eastside Performance Center, March 16 & 17, and The Chorus at S chnitzer Hall with the Gay M en s Chorus o f Los Angeles, June 28. Single tickets are $6 ex cept at Schnitzer Hall where tickets will be $8 general admission and $12 for preferred seat ing; season tickets of $24 are also available with the preferred seating at Schnitzer Hall. Anyone wishing to receive a season bro chure may write PGMC at PO Box 3223, Portland, OR, 97208 or ask any Chorus member. The Chorus would like to extend an open invitation to all residents o f the Portland Metro Area to com e and enjoy the 1984-85 season, the most exciting year o f PGMC yet! A special preview o f the Chorus sound will be heard when PGMC opens the program at the Lucille Hart Dinner on September 29. Interaction: Art and Science Northwest Artists Workshop and The O re gon Museum of Science and Industry are collaborating on a month-long event explor ing the relationship between art and science. This even t entitled Interaction: Art and Sci ence, includes a month-long exhibition of visual artworks which integrate the sensibili ties o f the artist with scientific ideas, prin ciples, or methods. The work in the show, som e o f which involves audience participa tion, ranges from intricately drawn biomedi cal illustrations to a vending machine dis pensing rocks which can be strategically placed to purify the environment And visitors o f all ages are sure to be delighted by Bill Will’s Sensory Chamber. Artists included in the show are Ken Butler, Steven Soihl, Peter Teneau, Bill Will, Joel Ito and Randal Davis o f Portland; Eric Egas and Tim Ely o f New York; Sheila Pinkel of Los Angeles; William Fetter of Bellevue, Wash ington; and Buster Simpson, of Seattle. The show will be held at OMSI, and runs from O ctober 12 through Novem ber 4. Hours are 9-5 seven days a week, with ex tended hours until 8 p.m. on Fridays. A spe cial feature will be teams o f local artists and science educators serving as "explainers” on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 -5 p.m. Ad mission to OMSI is $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for children, with a reduced rate of $ 1.00 on Friday evenings. OMSI is located at 4015 S W Canyon Road. For additional infor mation, call OMSI at 222-2828. As part o f their month-long program, In teraction: Art and Science, Northwest Artists Workshop and The Oregon Museum of Sci ence and Industry will present a major lecture series about the shared values and interest of art and science. The lectures will be held in OMSI’s Main Auditorium, and will begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $3.50 for the general public and $2.00 for NWAW or OMSI members. On Friday, October 12, Dr. Frank Oppen- heimer, Director o f San Francisco’s unique Exploratorium, will open the series with a talk entitled Art and Science: Two Different Paths to Discovery. Dr. Oppenheimer will talk about the way in which artists and scien tists work together at the Explorium and how the combined work can alter the ways in which we perceive the world and our experi ences. On Thursday, October 18, Peter Richards and Joe Ansel, also of the Exploratorium, will present a lecture entitled Creating Art in a Science Museum. Richards is the Director of the Exploratorium’s Artist-in-Residence pro gram, and Ansel works with artists in fabricat- ing pieces for display in the museum. The final lecture, The Hew Renaissance: Art. Science, and the Universal M achine, will be presented on Thursday, October 25, by Gene Youngblood of California Institute of the Arts and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Youngblood will use video and slides to demonstrate how computers can now simulate objects, structures, and land scapes realistically without the use of cameras or drawings. This will include state-of-the-art computer graphics ranging from flight simu lators to scene simulation for Hollywood films. dictum, "I want what I want when I want it" Rather, a lasting union is maintained through compromise, not conquest In blending their cooperative urges with a belief in justice and fair play, Librans make excellent judges, lawyers or arbiters of any LIBRA U B R A The Scales Sept. 2 3 -Oct. 22 The Sign of the DIPLOMAT An Interpersonal, Cardinal Air Sign Air Image — A Rainbow “ I relate” In initiating the second half of the Zodiacal cycle, the airy interpersonal Libra immerses itself in the world of others. While its com ple ment, Aries, acts alone, Libra defines itself through partnership. Without companion ship. it feels as deprived as the ram who lacks his freedom. Through relationships, Libra learns the les son of cooperation — the ability to balance its own wants and needs against those of ano ther. Obviously, this endeavor would not suc ceed if both partners followed the Aries type. With the disputing parties standing b e fore it the sign of the scales tactfully and dispassionately weighs their respective points of view. The result— a com prom ise is reached, and the former opponents are now reconciled. In the yearly cycle, Libra corresponds to the first days o f Autumn, a time o f greet splendor and beauty. Likewise, many Librans are drawn to the balance and harmony o f nature, which they seek to recreate through the artistic pursuits of the painting, p h otog raphy, music, etc. Even those not artistically inclined dress tastefully, if not luxuriously, and choose to live in aesthetically pleasing en vironments. In the body, Libra rules the kidneys, the organs that maintain the electrolyte balance o f the bloodstream through weighing which minerals to keep and which to eliminate. P O R T L A N D GAY MEN'S CHORUS PRESENTS: THE LISZT REQUIEM A rarely heard work of great beauty, for men 's choms. four male soloists, brass ensemble, tympani and organ. Plus the premiere of a stirnng new work bv Portland composer 7è rry Snowden. NWFSC Northwest Film Study Center S W Park& Madison 221-1156 V off admission with this ad Ju st Out, September 28-October 26 Saturday, October 6 at 8 p.m. Sunday, October 7 at 7 p.m. Westminster Presbyterian Church, N.E. 16th and Schuyler Tickets $6 available at Dugan's, Forward Gear, Roxy Hearts, Sensonum, Somebody's Place, and at the door. This performance partially tunded by a urant from the Metropolitan Arts Commission