Historical April 1983 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The New Swingle Singers, masters of classical “scat,” will be back at CASA Friday evening, April 22, at 8 p.m., 560 Trinity at Delmar in University City.
The special by-popular-demand event is cosponsored by CASA in partnership with Monsanto. Based in England, the vocal octet was organized by classically trained Ward Swingle and has drawn standing ovations from coast to coast. Their finished technique, style and musicianship have been called “absolutely perfect” by critics, enthusiastic audiences and fellow musicians. Using and blending voices to imitate and duplicate the sounds of musical instruments, the New Swingle Singers do for classical music what Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald did for popular songs. Their unique programs present the top 40s of the last 400 years and feature a wide range • of selections from Mozart to Lennon/ McCartney.
For ticket information call the CASA box office, 863-3033.
The St. Louis Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of John Kasica, will be presented in a free concert Friday evening, April 25, at 8 p.m., in the main auditorium at CASA.
The program will consist of “Amores,” by John Cage; “Reflections” by Don Knaack; “Three Things for Dr. Suess,” by Jere Jutcheson, with young artist Valerie Weber on harp; “Partnership” by Irwin Bazelon; Double Concerto in D Major (Vivace) by J.S. Bach, featuring the marimba section; and “Osm Invenci” by Miloslav Kabelas. Young artists performing, in addition to Weber, are: Kim Shelley, Debbie Nelson, Robin Hendry, Robert “Bob” Luther, John Harris and Craig Moersch.
The St. Louis Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Richard Holmes, with a chorus of Conservatory students, trained by Joel Revzen, will present a new work by Conservatory composer Rhian Samuel on Friday, April 29, at 8 p.m.
The work, entitled “La Belle Dame Sans Merci,” is based on a setting of excerpts from Keats’ poem.
The concert will also include Tschaikovsky’s aria from “Eugen Oengin,” sung by Marc Stingley, and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, “Scottish,” and the Stravinsky Octet for Wind Instruments. Revzen is Dean of the Conservatory and Holmes, principal timpanist with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, is a faculty member at the Conservatory and is music director of the Conservatory Orchestra.
The concert is open to the public and free of charge.
Originally published in The Paper, April 1983.
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Archival transcription note: The percussion concert is listed as Friday evening, April 25; April 25, 1983 was Monday. The source wording is retained.
Original source: SD_Times1983_04.pdf, printed page(s) 2; PDF page(s) 2.
