Evening star., 1961-01-22

ABOUT this with passion.
And after thought and dis
cussion comes action, which
now looms as q cloud on the
horizon no bigger than q
mans hand.
BULLETIN BOARD
One of the most success
full of Ford Foundation prof.
ects gives grants to 10 COM
posers under 35 each year
for work in residence at an
American high school. Last
date for applications for the
l961-62 season is January
3l-information and forms
are obtainable from Edwin
Hughes, executive secretary.
National Music Council, lit
East Seventy-ninth street.
N. Y. 81, N. Y. -. Band fans
should note that there Is no
Navy Band concert this COM
ing Friday. Additions for
instrumentalists, age IL to
20, all of whom must per.
form q complete concerto.
will be held under the aus
pices Of the Friday Morning
Music Club on April 8. The
winner will be presented in
concert with the American
University Orchestra later
in the season. For details
and applications. phone Mrs.
Neva Greenwood at JE. q
1851. Information about
all kinds Of international
music competitions is avail
able through the Presidents
Music Committee Of the
People-to-People Program,
phone DU. 2-67S5. The latest
release gives details Of COM
petitions in Sofia, Bilthoven.
Vienna, Monaco. and Israel.
COMING UP HERE
Today: Big TV musical event
Is the Leonard Bernstein
and the New York Philhar-
monic" 90 minute show
WTOP-TV. 4 pm). The
theme is 19th-century ro-
manticisrn and its develop.
ment. Tomorrow: George
Steiner and his Washington
Camerata present o much
more adventurous bill-of-
fare for their second offering.
and one Of considerable mu-
sical interest. Friday:
Lots Of new music on tap to-
day presented by the Ger
trude Clarke Whittall Foun-
dation and the Institute Of
Contemporary Arts. To be
heard at the Library Of Con-
gress Is an important world
premiere Of Q Quincy Porter
Quintet for Winds. At Merid-
ian House. Guegenheim Fel-
low Yehudi Wyner will have
his first Washington pres
entation. and two local COM
poserS. John stephens and
Harold Clayton will be heard
from. Saturday: Don't
be dismayed by the horren-
dous title Of the panel discus
sion to be presented by the
Washington Music Teachers'
Association. What the panel.
lists will talk about is whether
teachers should emphasize
technique or Interpretation.
COMING UP THERE
Rockville. Md: A 2,000-seat
summer music tent north Of
Rockville Is being contem-
plated. in which musical
comedies and operettas would
be presented during . 1915
week season. Phila.
delphia: Maestro Ormandy
resumes his duties with the
Philadelphia Orchestra to-
morrow night, making his
first public appearance since
he suffered injuries in q
Christmas week automobile
accident. The program is an
ambitious one. which includes
the new Stravinsky "Gesualdo
Monumentum" and the Third
Symphony by the contem-
porary Dutch composer Jan
KOetsier. =. New York, N. Y:
Alfred Wallenstein, who takes
over as artistic director of
the Peabody Conservatory
conductor project described
above. begins q two-week
guest appearance with the
New York Philharmonic,
this week offering the first
complete Berlioz Romeo and
Juliet" played by the or
chestra since Toscanini did 1t
in 1912. Santa Fe, N.
Mex: The enterprising Santa
Fe Opera has a big season
coming up: Stravinsky's
"Persephone" and "Oedipus
Rex" and the American
premiere of Hindemith's 'aThe
News Of the Day" (cognposers
conducting) being the high
lights. Also scheduled dur
ing the nine-week season |
are Mo0re's "The Ballad of
Baby Doe" composer super
vising) as well as standard
fare by Strauss, Puccini,
Bizet, and Mozart. >. Evans
ton. ILL.,: Northwestern UNI
versity Is holding q big music
festival this week honoring
Roger Sessions. The Fromm
Foundation will sponsor con-
certs. lectures. and exhibits.
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