Wednesday, January 19, 2000
Wednesday, January 19, 2000 |
| Weekend
full of music at Spivey Hall By MICHAEL
BOYLAN The campus of Clayton College and State University will be alive with the sound of music this weekend, as three very different acts will perform at Spivey Hall. The Berry Singers from Berry College will perform Friday, classical guitarist Scott Tennant will perform Saturday and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes will perform Sunday. All three have performed in some of the most hallowed venues and with some of the most respected groups in the world. The Berry Singers, conducted by Harry Musselwhite, director of choral activities at Berry College, will perform a program of works by French composer Gabriel Faure. They also will present the world premier of “Fanfare on a Theme” by Berry music faculty member Stan Pethel. The piece, written specifically for the group's Spivey Hall debut, also will include Ken Moyers accompanying the group. The Berry Singers have performed a variety of music on their campus, as well as performing with the Chattanooga Opera and the Chattanooga Symphony. Three performers from Fayette and Coweta counties are in the group. Bethany Sherrill, a sophomore music education major from Peachtree City, is an alto, as is Emily Barfield, a junior music education major from Newnan. The third member is Jason Pyron, a sophomore music performance major from Newnan. Pyron sings bass for the Berry Singers. Their performance will begin at 8:15 Friday evening. Saturday, Spivey Hall gets a taste of the West. Scott Tennant, a member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, will perform works by John Dowland, Leo Brouwer, Andrew York and Miroslav Tadic, among others. He also will play a handful of traditional Celtic songs, reflecting the tone of his debut album, “Wild Mountain Thyme.” Tennant, one of the leading American guitarists, earned his world class reputation by taking first prize in the Tokyo International Guitar Competiton in 1989. He is a founding member of LAGQ and tours extensively with them, as well as on his own. He is the author of “Pumping Nylon,” a best selling book on guitar technique. He is a faculty member at the University of Southern California and is working on two more volumes of his book. The show begins at 8:15 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $25. The weekend will close with Gilmore Award winning pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. Andsnes, a Norwegian, will turn 30 years old later this year. He made his debut in 1992, performing at the BBC Promenade Concerts. In 1998, Andsnes won the Gilmore Award, which gave him $50,000 in prize money and $250,000 to develop projects. One such project was “The Long, Long Winter Night,” a collection of works by Norwegian composers. His most recent recording is “Haydn Piano Sonatas.” Andsnes will perform selections from Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert, as well as selections from Gyorgy Kurtag's “Jatekok.” The show will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $35. Phone 770-961-3683.
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