MALATHE LIGHT [J KNOWLEDGE

A pu·blicat-ion financedby the U'niversity of H a1.vaiiF oundat'io,tt

April 1964

The eightIl annual Festival ofMusic and Art of This Centurywill open at tIle University thislllonth with composers and graph­ic artists fronl Japan and' tIleUnited States as tIle featuredguests of tIlis year's. progra.m.

Directed by Marian Kerr, thefestival will be held April 19-26both on campus a.nd at the Hono­lulu Academy of Arts.

Free tickets, wIlich will be nec-

Marian Kerr, founder and director of theFestival, stands in front of Orvis Auditoriumwhere many of the events will be held.

Carl Wolz and Ruth Solomon will be featured dancers in the final Festival concert.

Kiyoshi Saito's print, "Cafe Coupole Paris," is one of those chosen for exhibit at the Festival.

The exIlibition of pl·int by theyi~;iting artL ts 'Yill open at p.11l.

...-\pril 23 at the Honolulu Acad­eluy of .,A.I·ts and run thl·ongh .... In)'"24.

'''V'orkR by student tOlllpo~1erH

froul Tokyo and the l"'niYer~it~'" of"Tashington as \vell UH the Llli­versity of Ha"Taii "'"ill be pel'­foruled at the ~tlldellt ~ '010 and ell­seulble coueel·t to he held at l p.lll....~pril 24 ill 01 vis ...-\n<litoriulll.

(~linlaxing the fe~tiYal ,,'"ill be acOllcert of luusic and danee begill­

- n,ing at 8 p.lll. i\pril ~6 ill the !(e11­nedy Theatre. Inclllded ill theproaraul will be tIl ,vorld pre-

------t='~~sttr, or d111" si t 1 esti~ al - fu "~ ..I. I i' rilllu, and it-wiT ill- llliere of "The ~riger Poet," a ,vol.l{t'Yents, will be available at the clude Cage's "Atlas Bclipticalis," composed by TakemitRll especial­Keulle<ly Theatre box office froln l·ecently pel'foruled by the ew ly for Carl '" olz, E\"" ~ grantee!) 3.111. to 5 p.nl. ...-\pril 13-18 and 1'""ork Philhal·ulollic Orchestl·a. ..1.-\1- "'"ho recell ly filliHhed adV<l11Ced:!1-25. Phone reservations "Till al- HO seheduled for the llrogralll are ~,tudy ill Japall and \vho ,viIIHO be taken at 918-746 or 918-747. the "Torld prenliere of Arnland choreograph the concel·t "TitIl

The ... cadellly will exhibit a col- Russell's "Molltage" and a per- Ruth SOIOlllOll, Honolulll daucerlection of the works by Kiyoshi forlllance of Fredric I.Jiebernlall's and fornler lllelllbel' of Jean Erd­Saito and ...-\lltonio Frasconi-the "String Quartet." Russell is as- Ina11's New York danee coulpauy.first t,vo printnlakers to partici- Ristant professor of lllllSic at the The \vorks of Russell and Liebel.­pate in a festival. Ulliversity and Liebernlall is an Ulall \\Till be featllred once agaill

"Tork 1 by the guest conlposers, East-"'est Center gralltee work- along ,vith those of thp gueHt eOlll­Toru Takenlitsll and Jolln Cage, ing on his luaster's degree in posers.\vill be featured in the opening nlusic. The festival is HPOIL 'ol·ed by thefestival concert at 8 p.nl. April 19 The guest printlnakers and LH ~Iusic and ...-\l·t I)epal·tlllent"in the Kenlledy Theatre. In con- COlllposers ,viII participate in a a 11<1 the E"TC IlL titute of ... <1­junction \\'"itIl the opening, there panel discussion on the topic Yanced ProjectR, aR~ 'iHted hy thewill alRo be a liulited lobby exhibi- ""'here Is IIlInlallislll ill the New Institute of ...c\lllel·ican ~tn<lieR andtion of prints by the gllest artists Art" at 8 p.nl. April 22 in Orvis the HOI10lul11 ...-\cadelllY of ..:\l-t~ '.and SCOl·es by the gllest COlllPOS- Allditoriulll. Moderating tIle pan- I~irst presented at Pnnahollers; the graphic scores are said to el will be Alfred Preis, AlA, State School ill 1957, the feRtiYal \Ya~

be "'"orks of a.rt in their own right. PlannillO' Coordinator. __~~~-==-_l:::..o~,~Y=-=--.;t=o=t_l_T iy J' i

East-"'est Center grantees will~ 'ponsor a reception at the theatrefollo"ring the concert.

"The Neighboring Shore," a filmby 11"'rasconi for which he won the1960 GI·and Prix at tIle Venicel~"'ilnl I~estival, will be included inthe evening of contemporary filmsto be put on by tIle Institute of..I.t\lllericall Studies at 8 p.ln. April20 in Orvis Allditorium. Anotherof the filnls, "'Vorks of Calder,"will feature nlusic conlposed byCage.

...-\. solo and ensenlble concert isscheduled for 8 p.lll. April 21 in

Festival Artists to Bri g Honolulu New Experiences in Sight, Sound

]~oth of the guest COlllposers inthiH year's Festiyal of Music and...:\rt of ThiH (~elltllr'y-Torll Take­Initsl1 frolll JnpuI1 and John Cagefronl the LTnited States-are \,rellkllo"rll for doing "different"things \vith lllnsico

'fakenlitHu is described as anniqne COlllpo~er "rho, although heis freely adapting the technique ofthe I~nropeall avant-garde schooland that of J Ohll Cage, seeks infOloIll and tonal effect a p11rity andaIIllost lllonotonic clarity sugges- .tlye of the Oriental lllusical tra­ditiono

Toru Takemitsu

III 1951 lle organized an avallt­garde artistic group called theExperilllental Labora,toryo HisfaIlle was established with tIlefirst perforll1ance of his "Requienlfor StrinO' Orchestra" by the To­kyo Syll1phony Orchestra in 1961..

Although Takelnitsu's tecl1­lliques are sOllletilnes a little toollovel to lllake his lnusic widelypopular, his \v.orks always have afreshness and a h11111an feeling\vhich revealH itself to those whoBlake the effort to acquaint theln-selyeR with his lllusic. .

(~age has been inflllential in ex­pallding the techniques and par­ticulal·ly the sounds of lllusic. Hehas S011ght to broaden the conceptof lllusic to include all sounds,eyell those he calls environll1ental,that is, those heard accidentallydnring perio<ls of silence.

John Cage

Perhaps (~ag~'R nioHt debatedactivity is his eOlllpoHition ofchance or indeterluillate lllusie inwhich the COlllposer gives IIp con­trol of executioll and accepts orrather \VelCOllleR the possibilitythat his 111ateria.l lnay be COlll­bined in "lInthought "rayso"

Providing beauty for the eyesto accolllpany the nlusic for theears \vill be the t\VO gllest artistsI{iyoshi Saito from Japan and..."-ntonio Frasconi froll1 the Unit­ed States.

Saito is a prolific and success­ful printlnaker who descl·ibeshilllself as a frustrated oil painter.

Kiyoshi Saito

Unlike John Cage, Saito rejectsthe idea of illdeterlHinate reslllts."1'111 allluse<l," he says, "alld a lit­tle anlloyed hy people "rho talkabout SOllle of nly effects asthongh they \yere happy acci­dentso

"'l'hese people seel11 to think \,'"elllodel'll HlotiHts let OUlo lllediunleontlool 11So I ~chellle a nd \Y"ol"l~

and fo-;\\'"eat over llly I)l'iuts. :\lak­ing a \,'"ood<.:ut iR luuch too Rtrenu­OUH to let accidents detelollline re­~nltHo"

...-\.Jthough he l"ejects aradenlictllot, Saito often adlllil'eH abRtract\\rOl"k~o I~or hinl, as \\'"e11 as for}1-'1"aHtOni, fornls nlust ol'iginate inlUltnreo His early ,,'"ol·k is donl­i ua te<l by SIlO\V seeneR of llortllern,Japallo Frolll 1945 to lB50 \vas\"lin t he calls his pel'iod ,f real­iHlll, RIHI Rince that tillle there hasbeen a Rtroug 1l10ye to\vard Silllpli­fieation,

Antonio Frasconi

Fl"asconi, \vIlo no,,,, lives in COll­netticut, \vas born iu ~lontevideo,

Llougua.y, and in 19G1 the ITl"u­guayau govelonnlent illyited hiIllto hold a. retrospective show ill hisnative cit.y. III tIle past ten yearshe has \VOU illcreasing recogllitionill various fields. His one-nlansho\v "ras circl1lated by the Slllith­~ollian Institute dllring 1953-550

FraRcolli has been 10eRpollsible,in pUlot, for settillg the Htan<lardsof quality and ChUI"actel" of thee11rloent \,,"oodeut revival in .L\.lller­icao rl'he Hn bj e<.:tH of IliR pl"ints al'etaken fl"Olll life: friendH, luen at,,'"ol"k, the ~holoe of I..;ong IRlandR01111d ,,'"here he ]iYe~, and theHhnpe, tOlOlo~, au<l fOlolllR of tOlll­llH~l'cia1 lifeo

CALENDAR OF" EVENTS

April 3 ... Schisgal's avant-garde plays "TIle Typist" and "The Tiger," tIle Lyceum series offeringfor this month, will be presented first at 8 p.lll. in Lillue, KallaL TIle perforlnances will be repeated

at 8 p.m. April 4 in ""Yailuku, Maui, and at 8 p.ITi. April 5 in Hilo, Hawaii.

April 6-17 ... A photograpIlic display of work by ·Bernard l\tIayback, pioneer ill the 'VestCoast lllodern architecture movement during the v~ictorian period, will be on exhibition at George

Hall Gallery. A contemporary of Frank Lloyd 'Yrigllt, Mayback used wood as llischief vellicle of expression.

.Llpril 10 ... The All University Orchestra will present a free concert featuring Bacll's "Branden­bllrg Concerto No.4" at 8 p.ln. in Orvis Auditoriunl.

~lpril 10-12 ... TIle University Theatre will present Jean Erdlnan's dance-dranla "The CoacIl,vith Six Illsides" based on Janles Joyce's "Finnegan's 'Vake" at 8 :30 p.lll. April 10-11 and at 6 :30 p.lll.

April 12 in the Kennedy Theatre. Tickets go on sale i\.pril 6 and may be obtainedt the box office or- b eaHing 918-746 or-918-747.

~1 prill 'I ... L1Icie F. Bentley, associate professor of speech and of tlleatre and drama, and~JallleR R. Linn, assistant professor of speecIl, will present "'Vords, "Tords, Words" for tIle Reading

HOlIr progralll at 3 :10 p.m. in Room 217, Physical Science BlIilding.

~l}Jrill/;-18 ... The University Theatre will present Schisgal's plays "The Typist" and "The Tigel·"at 8 p.lll ....c\priI15-16 and at 8 :30 p.m. April 17-18 in the Kenlledy Theatre. Tickets go 011 ~1ale

April 6 and nlay be obtained at the box office or b~T calling 918-746 or 91 -7J 7.

. lpril 1!J-2U ... The eighth allnllal Festival of M1ISic alld Art of This CeIltury ,viII fe.atllre gne~ tcOlnposers and artists frolll Japan and the United Statef-.;. The cover story in this issue of

AInlnma.la,ma has detailed inforlnatiOll .

... lpril .20-~lalJ ~) ... Part I of tIle Annual Student Rho,v, featuring textileR, three-dilnensionaldesign, aud ceralllics, will be on display in George Hall Gallery.

111)ri1 2.'1 ... 'Vallace Chappell, East-West Center gradllate ~~tudellt in dralna, will present "I~recht Off­Stage" for the Reading Hour at 3 :10 p.lll. in ROOln 217, Physical Science Bllilding.

lIn·iT CY7-Jf((lJ 2 ... The University Theatre will present its secolld Laboratory Theatre prodllction,Brecht's '''fhe Gaucasion CIla.lk Circle," at 8 p.lll . .LL\I)ril 27-30 alld at 8 :30 p.nl. fay 1-2

in tIle Kennedy Theatre. Tickets go on sale April 6alld lnay be obtailled at the box office or by callillg 918-7£16 or 918-747.

April 28 ... JolIn Hanessian, Jr., American UIliversities Field Staff, ,viII speak 011

"Iran Meet the 20th Centllry" at the 'Vorld ...:\ffairs Public Lectllre at 8 p.lU. ill Orvis ... nditol·inul.

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