Master Chorus Concert At Willamette May 4-5

The Willamette Master Chorus presents “Drumming, Singing, and Dancing” under the direction of Dr. Paul Klemme in Smith Auditorium Saturday, May 4, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 5, at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for seniors and students at all Safeway FASTIXX locations, the Willamette University Music Department and Opus One Recordings at 503-362-1788. For ticket and performance information, please call 503-370-8055.

Joining the Master Chorus will be the Portland-based dance troupe BodyVox, a 12-member professional dance company. Salem singers Leslie Eck, Don Ebel and Kevin Helppie will sing the solo roles accompanied by pianists David Ingram and Honey Wilson and a percussion ensemble.

The Willamette Master Chorus is the mid-Willamette valley’s premiere auditioned choral ensemble. Founded in 1984, the group regularly performs with the Salem Chamber Orchestra and has appeared at the International Choral Festival in Missoula, Mt., and the International Cathedral Music Festival in Salisbury, England.

Choreographers Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland formed BodyVox in 1997. Based in Portland, Hampton and Roland have been honing the cutting edge of contemporary dance for more than two decades. The group has toured throughout the U.S., Italy and Canada.

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Jazz Night April 26 At Willamette

Five distinct jazz ensembles will gather at Smith Auditorium at Willamette University Friday, April 26, for “Jazz All Night!” beginning at 6 p.m. Admission is free.

Sponsored by the Willamette Music Department, featured groups include The Contemporary Music Group, Bonafide, The University Sextet, the Willamette Singers and the Willamette Jazz Band.

The Contemporary Music Group, under the direction of Randy Kem, is an ensemble dedicated to the expanding vocabulary of jazz and other modern music. This group has a diverse repertoire that includes classic jazz standards and the rhythmic feel of the famed group Stomp.

Bonafide and the University Sextet, both directed by Stan Bock, explore the diverse genre of jazz, including contemporary compositions for the ensemble.

The Willamette Singers, under the direction of Wallace H. Long Jr., recently performed at the American Choral Director’s Association Regional Conference in Tacoma. They will present a diverse program of tunes ranging from Beatles to standards. These tunes will be featured on their sixth CD to be recorded at the end of this year.

The Willamette Jazz Ensemble is directed by Martin Behnke and features the ensemble’s seniors in this last performance of the year. Following a semester that has included a six- day tour and Willamette Jazz Festival XXI with Herbie Mann, the band will perform a new set of some of the best selections in big band literature.

For more information, please call (503) 370-6255.

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Spokane Resident Named Watson Fellow at Willamette

Garrett Tenold, son of Janet and Gregory Tenold of Spokane and a graduate of Ferris High School, has been selected as one of 60 Watson Fellows in the country for 2002-03. He is the first Watson Fellow named at Willamette University, Salem. He will graduate in May from Willamette where he is a math and physics major.

The Watson Fellowship provides a grant of $22,000 to each recipient. Nearly 1,000 students from 50 private liberal arts colleges and universities applied for the awards.

His project, "Renewable Energy Islands: Lessons from the Quest for 100%: Iceland, Denmark, Canary Islands and Vanuatu," will carry him to these four islands that are investing in and developing renewable energy sources. He will study how government, business, academia and the public approach the issue of renewable energy. Although several countries are looking at renewable energy--sun, wind, water, geothermal--Tenold chose islands because they have to import what fuel they use.

Tenold is also a 2001-2002 Presidential Senior Scholar, which is awarded to two outstanding Willamette juniors annually for research in their senior year. Scholars receive a semester's tuition and a stipend for summer research. For his senior project, Garrett constructed a sonoluminescence chamber to observe how sound waves convert to light energy.

The Thomas J. Watson Foundation inaugurated the Watson Fellowship in 1968 to give college graduates of unusual promise the freedom to engage in a year of independent study and travel abroad following their graduation. The program provides Fellows an opportunity for a focused and disciplined "wanderjahr" of their own devising.

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Annual Luau at Willamette University April 20

Willamette University’s 13th Annual Luau, or ha'aheo o na moku (pride of the islands), is Saturday, April 20, at Cone Field House at 7 p.m. Tickets at the MaPS Credit Union in the University Center are $10 for Willamette University students, faculty, and staff, children ages 7 to 12, and senior citizens. General admission tickets are $15. Tickets purchased at the door are $2 extra. Children six or younger are admitted free.

This year’s grand raffle prize is a round trip ticket for one to Hawaii.

The luau menu includes Kalua pig, teriyaki meatballs, chicken long rice, vegetable yakisoba noodles, rice, lomi lomi salmon, poi, pineapple, haupia, coconut cake and fruit punch.

Evening events will feature traditional Hawaiian music and dance.

For more information, call 503-370-6265.

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National History Day State Finals Competition Is Scheduled

The 7th Annual National History Day State Finals for Oregon middle and high school students are set for April 20 on the campus of Willamette University, Salem.

The event will draw 95 entries involving 165 students, 27 teachers and 19 schools from eight school districts including Astoria, Baker City, The Dallas, Medford, Pendleton, Corvallis, Beaverton and Madras.

The competing students, who are local and regional contest winners, will present papers, individual and group documentaries, exhibits and performances focused on revolution, reaction and reform in history.

Judging will take place in Willamette’s Eaton Hall and Smullin Hall from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The awards ceremony, with featured speaker Norma Paulus, executive director of the Oregon Historical Society, will be in Cone Chapel at 3:30 p.m.

The event is sponsored by Willamette University, Oregon Historical Society, Southern Oregon Historical Society, Columbia River Maritime Museum, National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Columbia George Discovery Center and the Umatilla County Historical Society.

The event is free and open to the public.

Event coordinators are Cara Ungar and Tania Hyatt-Evenson, Oregon Historical Society, and Jennifer Jopp and Rosalyn Edelson, Willamette University. For more information, call 503-375-5451.

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Independent Scholar, Washington D.C.

What: "Rogues, Ruffians, and Reformers: The Struggle to Preserve the World's Archaeological Heritage"

Where: Paulus Lecture Hall (Room 201/Classroom E), Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center, Willamette University (245 Winter Street)

When: Thursday, April 11, 2002, 7:30 p.m.

The lecture is free and open to the public as well as to the Willamette University community. Hot coffee, various teas, and delicious cookies will be served.

Dr. Ellen Herscher received her B.A. in Classical Studies from the Honors College at Michigan State University in 1967, and her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in Classical Archaeology in 1978. She also studied at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens and, as a Fulbright Scholar, at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. She has also held two Fulbright Fellowships to the Republic of Cyprus where she worked as a researcher in the Department of Antiquities (1972-1974) and as a Senior Lecturer (1990-1992). Dr. Herscher has taught at Cornell University and at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She has served as the Director of International Programs for the American Association of Museums (1984-1990) and is currently an archaeological consultant and a contributing editor to Archaeology magazine (since 1992). Dr. Herscher's research focuses on Cyprus where she has participated in numerous archaeological excavations. She has published more than 30 scholarly books and articles on Cypriot sites and antiquities. Dr. Herscher has also published more than 20 articles on issues relating to archaeological practice and ethics and the international struggle to preserve the world's archaeological heritage. She has served on the Society of American Archaeology's Committee on Ethics (1991-1996), as Chair of the American Schools of Oriental Research's Subcommittee on the Preservation of Archaeological Resources (1992-1996), and as a representative of the AIA to the Board of the Society of Professional Archaeologists (1989-1991). She is currently serving as Chair of the AIA's Cultural Property Legislation and Policy Committee (since 1997) and as the AIA representative to the Board of the United States Committee of International Council on Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS).

From the jungles of Central America to the smoke-filled rooms of Capitol Hill, a war is being fought that will determine the survival of the world's archaeological heritage. The issues involved are large, numerous and often conflicting: third-world poverty, the free-market system, national rights to self-determination, ethnic identity, increase of knowledge, private property, international cooperation, the good of the "public"--to name just a few! In the meantime, archaeological sites are being plundered at a rate that only accelerates as new technologies become available. Dr. Herscher's lecture will review the historical factors--and some of the colorful participants--that have brought about the current situation, such as 19th-century collecting, the emergence of archaeology as a scientific discipline, the rise of post-World War II nationalism, and the evolving role of museums (especially in the U.S.) as cultural institutions. Looting in various parts of the world will be examined, along with an assessment of how information about the past is being lost as a result. Finally, current efforts to stop looting and protect the world's archaeological heritage will be summarized. This summary will include examples of some of the most famous legal cases and accounts of what U.S. laws and those of other countries do, and do not do. Dr. Herscher has been an active participant in many of these efforts, and will give a first-hand insider's view of the difficulties as well as causes for hope.

For more information, contact Ann M. Nicgorski at anicgors@willamette.edu or (503) 370-6250.

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Willamette University Theatre Presents: “All My Sons”

Willamette University Theatre will perform "All My Sons" by Arthur Miller, directed by Guest Artist Rod Ceballos.

The production begins with a preview on Thursday, April 18, at 8 p.m. The show will run April 19 and 20 and April 25-27 at 8 p.m. Matinees will run April 21 and 28 at 2 p.m. and a special student matinee will be held April 25 at 11 a.m.

"All My Sons" was the first great theatrical success for Arthur Miller and won him the Drama Critics award for Best New American Play in 1947. Set in post World War II America, the play examines what happens to a man brought into the direct path of the consequences he has created. Indeed, he discovers "the pit of insecurity beneath the surface of life."

Tickets are $10 for evening shows and $8 for Sunday matinees. Student and senior tickets are $6 for all shows. Preview is half price. A discounted student matinee is scheduled for April 25 at 11 a.m. Tickets are $5 per student, and one chaperone is admitted free with every 10 students. For ticket reservations, please contact the Box Office at 503-370-6221. For additional information, contact Suzanne Kersh at 503-370-6222.

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Choral Concert at Willamette April 13

The Willamette University choral program will present its last classical concert of this school year Saturday, April 13, at 7 p.m. in Hudson Hall of the Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center at Willamette University. Admission is free.

The program will feature the Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dr. Wallace H. Long Jr.; the Male Ensemble Willamette, under the direction of Dr. Paul Klemme; and the women’s choir, now Voce Femina, directed for the last time by Lisa McIntyre who will assume the new choral directing position at West Salem High School this fall.

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Miniature Paintings at Hallie Ford Museum

Ajay Garg, a deaf and mute artist from Jaipur, India, who creates small, detailed miniature paintings based on Indian mythology, will be featured in a solo exhibition in the Print Study Center at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University. Organized by guest curator and research assistant David Roberts, the exhibition will feature approximately a dozen works created over the past few years. The exhibition opens April 25 and continues through August 17. The Augen Gallery in Portland represents Garg locally.

In order to broaden the scope of the exhibition, two special programs have been planned. On Thursday, April 25, from 7 to 8 p.m. also in the Roger Hull Lecture Hall at the Hallie Ford Museum, Dr. Mary C. Lanius, a professor emeritus from the University of Denver and former curator of Asian art at the Denver Art Museum, will deliver an illustrated slide lecture on traditional Indian miniature painting. On Saturday, April 27, from noon to 4 p.m. in the downstairs lobby, artist Ajay Garg will offer a demonstration of his unique painting technique, which employs the use of a single-hair brush and a magnifying glass. Admission to both programs is free.

The Hallie Ford Museum of Art is located at 700 State Street (corner of State and Cottage Streets) in downtown Salem. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for seniors and students. HFMA members, Willamette faculty, staff, and students, children under 12, American Association of Museum members, and school groups are admitted free. Admission is free for all guests on Tuesdays.

For further information, call 503-370-6855.

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