UB Music Notes,3/11 P.J.O'Rourke, Roscoe Mitchell,more PSAs
WBFO 88.7 FM -- David Benders, Program Director
Note: each Monday during WBFO's presentation of
NPR's "Morning Edition," and each Sunday after "Opus"
and before Sunday's "All Things Considered", we offer
Music Notes -- a feature calendar of classical notes
coming up during the week ahead. Here is the script for
the week of 3/10
A record number of musicians will be on stage in our Allen Hall
Auditorium.
And a comedian will perform with the Buffalo Philharmonic.
Good morning.
I'm Bill Raffel with U-B Music Notes.
Comedian Robert Klein will come to Kleinhans this Friday and
Saturday nights at eight - for a program titled "How to Mix Music
and Comedy and Live to Tell About It."
Now why is the B-P-O spending all this money on Robert Klein. I
could have presented this program for a heck of a lot less. For
the music - conductors Frank Collura and Robert Stein will lead
the orchestras in Johann Strauss Junior's Pizzicatto Polka,
Benjamin Britten's Soirees Musicales based upon tunes by Rossini-
and Bordin's Polovetsian Dances - or Polivetsian Dances as they
call 'em on those on commercials for kitschy classical
recordings.
You'll hear some broadway show tunes as well this Friday and
Saturday nights at eight in Kleinhans.
Then on Sunday at 2:30 - the B-P-O will gve a children's concert
featuring the Evergreen Marionettes from North Tonawanda.
For more information, call 885-5000.
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Kleinhans Music Hall - Box Office
370 Pennsylvania Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14201
(716) 885-5000
FAX (716) 885-5064
WBFO's OPUS
American Legion Band
Will 80 musicians be able to fit on the stage of our Allen Hall
Auditorium? That's almost like asking how many people can fit in
a Volkswagen. Well, the American Legion Band of the Tonawandas -
Post 264 thinks all of 80 of them can. They've done the
measurements, and they'll be hear on Wednesday
night at seven for our next Opus Classics concert. William
Weikert will lead the band in this work - the Great Gate of Kiev
from Modestse Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. It's a
piece I think sounds best when it's blasted on a stereo - and
with 80 musicians in our Auditorium.....You'll also hear an
Overture by Franz van Suppe - plus a tribute to Artie Shaw and a
Salute to American Jazz.
This is a great concert for your entire family - and it's your
chance to hear a national champion Legion Band perform for free.
Let's have the section for the audience as crammed as the stage
will be! That's this Wednesday night at seven in our Allen Hall
Auditorium on the U-B Main Street Campus near the Metro Park and
Ride Lot. And hear it on W-B-F-O this Sunday at four.
Fredonia State's King Concert Hall:
Two other bands will be giving concerts this week - The Fredonia
Wind Symphony performs this Wednesday at eight in Fredonia
State's King Concert Hall.
Slee Hall - UB North campus:
Sarah McKoin will lead the U-B Symphonic Band at a free concet
this Thursday night at eight in Slee Hall. They'll perform this
American Hymn by William Schuman - and a march Sine Nomine by
Vaughn Williams - most recognizable as the hymn "For All the
Saints."
Harriet Simons and the U-B Chorus will open the concert with
Josef Rheinberger's Stabat Mater and a Stephen Foster Medley.
That's free - this Thursday night at eight in Slee Hall on the
U-B Amherst Campus.
Also at U-B this week - you can hear two faculty recitals. B-P-O
Principal Clarnetist John Fullam will perform tonight at eight in
Slee Hall - accompanied by pianist Nancy Townsend. Their program
includes this sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Saint Saens in a
mainly French porgram.
Then on Wednesday night at eight - retiring organ and keyboard
professor David Fuller will give a recital on his very own
haprschord - modeled after an 18th century French Instrument.
The program includes an English Suite by Bach plus Beethvoen's
famous Pathetique Sonata.
And you can hear contemporary music in a free recital this
Thursday at noon - presented by cellists Jonathan Golove and Mary
Artmann - along with pianist Helena Bugallo.
At Canisus College - Flutist Marlene Witnauer, Pianist Jane Cary
and Oboist Ronald Richards perform this afternoon at 12:30 in the
College's Cultural Center on Main Strteet.
The Rackham String Quartet performs this Wednesday at 7:30 in the
Fredonia Opera House.
The Potsdam Brass Quartet will come to the Saint Boneventure
Campus this Friday (March 14) at eight. That's in the Rigas
Family Theatre.
Albright Knox Art Gallery:
B-P-O Violinist Mary Louise Nana will give her own recital on
Sunday afternoon - along with Pianist and Composer Persis Vehar -
featuring music of women composers. That's at two - in the
auditorium of the Albright Knox Art Gallery.
And finally - you've heard of a Festival of Nine Lessons and
Carols around Christmas time. Well, you'll hear something
similar for Lent this Sundy at the Church of the Ascention - at
the corner of Linwood and North in Buffalo's Allentown Section.
Herbert Tinney will lead the church choir in
plaintchant, little-known lenten carols, spiritituals, and
contemporary selections. The musical service begins at 4:30.
And that's U-B Music Notes for this week. I'm Bill Raffel. Have
a great week.
If you have items for the Music Notes calendar
send them to us here at WBFO.
Bill Raffel
<V053...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu>
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PSAs - here's a round up of public service announcements
and calendar items currently running for WBFO:
good through
Wed. 3/12
WHO: P.J. O'Rourke
WHAT:. UB Distinguished Speakers Series,
"The Politics of Worry"
WHEN:. Wednesday, March 12th
TIME: 7:30pm
WHERE:. Center for the Arts (Amherst Campus) UB
You've read him in Rolling Stone and
seen him on 60 Minutes....
Now best-selling author P-J O'Rourke is coming to the University
at Buffalo!
Time Magazine and the Wall Street Journal call him "the funniest
writer in America" and you can sample his conservative humor on
Wednesday, March 12th. As part of U-B's Distinguished Speakers
Series, he'll speak about "The Politics of Worry" at 7:30 in the
Center for the Arts on the Amherst Campus.
For more information, call 645-ARTS.
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good thru
March 13, 1997
WHO: Dr. Stephen C. Dunnett
WHAT:. UB At Sunrise lecture series
"UB: A Global University"
WHEN:. Thursday, March 13th
TIME: 7:30a - 9:00am
WHERE:. Center for Tomorrow, UB N. Campus
As technology improves, the world can share information more
rapidly and the idea of a global community is becoming more
common.
How does a University like U-B help link people from different
countries? Find out at this month's U-B at Sunrise discussion.
International Education Vice Provost Stephen Dunnett will lead
the morning talk, "UB: A Global University", on
Thursday, March 13 at 7:30. The breakfast lecture will be
held at the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.
Reservations are needed.
For more information, call 829-2608.
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3/15/97
THE BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PRESENTS COMEDIAN ROBERT KLEIN
IN A SPECIAL POPS CONCERT.
HEAR THE B-P-O PERFORM A PROGRAM OF PLAYFUL CLASSICS AND BROADWAY
MELODIES MIXED WITH KLEIN'S HUMOROUS STORYTELLING.
THE CONCERTS TAKE PLACE
FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH AND SATURDAY, MARCH 15TH
AT 8 AT KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 885-5000.
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openings March 15th (good thru May 11)
THE ALBRIGHT KNOX ART GALLERY TAKES THE WRAPS OFF THREE NEW
EXHIBITIONS ON MARCH 15TH.
THE GALLERY'S "NEW ROOM OF CONTEMPORARY ART" WILL PRESENT THE
PAINTINGS OF MICHAEL RAY CHARLES, AN EMERGING ARTIST FROM
TEXAS.
ALSO FEATURED WILL BE BILL VIOLA'S VIDEO PROJECTION
"THE MESSENGER."
ROUNDING OUT THE LATEST OPENINGS AT THE ALBRIGHT-KNOX IS A
SPECIAL EXHIBITION CALLED
"THE BIG PICTURE: RECENT ACQUISTIONS IN PHOTOGRAPHY."
ALL THREE EXHIBITIONS WILL RUN FROM MARCH 15TH THROUGH
MAY 11TH.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 882-8700.
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Tues.
3/18/97
SOME LOCAL PRESERVATIONISTS HAVE BANDED TOGETHER TO SAVE ANOTHER
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT PROPERTY IN THE BUFFALO AREA.
IT'S CALLED "GRAYCLIFF" -- A SUMMER HOME ALONG THE LAKE ERIE
WATERFRONT IN DERBY.
COME AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY AND THE
EFFORTS TO SAVE IT ON TUESDAY, MARCH 18TH AT 7:00 AT THE
ERIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 838-0536.
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for March 20th
Who: Roscoe Mitchell: Art Ensemble of Chicago founder
What: Performance for solo reeds
Where: Allen Recital Hall, UB South campus
When: Thursday March 20, 8pm
Hallwalls presents Roscoe Mitchell, a founder of the legendary
Art Ensemble of Chicago, in a rare solo performance.
Mitchell's ground breaking 1966 album "Sound" and his association
with Lester Bowie brought to jazz a whole new way of reinventing
itself.
Roscoe Mitchell will perform new solo works for reed instruments
in Allen Hall on UB's Main Street Campus on Thursday March 20 at
8:00pm.
For more information about this event, call Hallwalls 835-7362.
Tix are $12 general, $11 students/seniors, $10 members
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good thru
Th. March 20, 1997
WHO: U-B's Educational Opportunity Center
WHAT:. Program about Welfare Reform & Workfare
for Women
WHEN:. Thursday, March 20th
TIME: 11 a.m.
WHERE:. 465 Washington Street, Downtown
How could welfare reform and workfare affect women?
Find out on Thursday, March 20th at U-B's Educational Opportunity
Center. E-O-C Director Sherryl Weems and U-B Social Work
Professor Namkee Choi will join three others for a panel
discussion. It runs from eleven in the morning until one in the
afternoon, and takes place at the Center located at 465
Washington Street downtown.
For more information, call 849-6717.
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good thru March 23
THE SHEA'S PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
PRESENTS THE M-G-M CLASSIC "SINGIN' IN THE RAIN."
EIGHT PERFORMANCES ARE SCHEDULED MARCH 18TH THROUGH THE 23RD.
FOR CURTAIN TIMES AND TICKET INFORMATION FOR "SINGIN' IN THE
RAIN" AT SHEA'S, CALL 847-1410.
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good through
Mon.
March 24, 1997 @ 7 p.m.
WHO: U-B Sciences Alumni Association
WHAT:. Lecture - "Gene Hunting in Wild Kingdom"
WHEN:. Monday, March 24th
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
WHERE:. Natural Sciences Complex, Amherst Campus
Animals do the craziest things, don't they?
Could you believe their genes and D-N-A might explain some
strange behaviors? Find out more at the next lecture sponsored
by the U-B Sciences Alumni Association, when U-B Biology
Professor Michael Webster discusses Molecular Ecology - Using
D-N-A to understand Natural History. It takes place on Monday,
March 24th in the Nautral Sciences Complex on the U-B Amherst
Campus. It's free - and gets
underway at 7:30.
For more information, call 645-2531.
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Good thru
March 30
HERE'S OUR CALENDAR OF SOME LOCAL THEATER.
NOW ON STAGE THROUGH APRIL SIXTH IS THE KAVINOKY THEATER'S
PRESENTATION OF "WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION."
ARTPARK AT THE CHURCH IN LEWISTON RAISES THE CURTAIN ON
"FOREVER PLAID" MARCH 12TH THROUGH APRIL 18TH.
THE PAUL ROBESON THEATER PRESENTS "RIFFS" -- A FOUR MAN COMEDY
THROUGH MARCH 30TH.
BUFFALO UNITED ARTISTS WILL STAGE "SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION"
AT HALLWALLS MARCH 15TH THROUGH THE 29TH. FOR CURTAIN
TIMES AND TICKET INFORMATION, CALL the individual theatres.
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good until
4/1/97
THE BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY ONCE AGAIN PRESENTS
"TECHNOLOGY TUESDAYS."
LEARN ABOUT E-MAIL, THE WORLD WIDE WEB, BUFFALO
FREENET AND MORE EACH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT 12:10 THROUGH APRIL
FIRST. THE PROGRAMS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT THE
CENTRAL LIBRARY'S AUDITORIUM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT "TECHNOLOGY TUESDAYS" CALL
858-7097.
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Buffalo Museum of Science
Spiders!
(good thru June 13th)
The Buffalo Museum of Science will be crawling with spiders
starting February 8th.
The Museum presents Spiders! -- its newest exhibit --
through June 13th. The exhibit will feature live and preserved
specimens, plus models, interactive displays and a host of other
activities.
So, check your fear of spiders at the door and see the
indispensable role spiders play in our lives at the Buffalo
Museum of Science. For more information, call
896-5200.
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U-Beat
Pluralism in American Life
Each week WBFO presents an information piece about
activities at UB that benefit the wider community.
Here is the script for the current UB notes feature.
Four University at Buffalo Professors are trying to help people
from different cultures understand one another. I'm Bill Raffel
on the U-Beat.
Vice-Provost William Fisher helped to edit "Identify, Community,
and Pluralism in American Life" - being published by Oxford
University Press.
The group originally put this together for a pluralism course at
U-B - now mandatory for all undergraduates. And Fischer says
it's an important subject - as students come in contact with
people from different cultures, people with different religous
beliefs, and people of different races.
in: these are the people
out: in the future
Fischer worked on the book with History Professor David Gerber,
Language Profesor Jorge Guitart, and Education Professor Maxine
Seller. And the group focused on more than the differences
between people.
In: The issue
out: Bring us together
This textbook will be used in colleges across the country. For
more information, call us at 829-6000. I'm Bill Raffel on the
U-Beat for W-B-F-O.
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