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LEHIGHNOW April 25, 2001 Volume 1, Issue 12 Choirs, orchestra to premiere Sametz's first symphony IN BRIEF ACADEMICS LU students beat statewide rates Students who completed the teacher-education program at Lehigh beat the statewide rates in all four categories of an exam assessing teaching skills and knowledge. The exam is part of the Praxis Series, an Educational Testing Service program that provides services for states to use for teacher certification. In 1999-2000, Lehigh students took the Praxis exam assessing basic skills, professional knowledge, knowledge of content in the area of specialization, and the teaching of special populations. The Lehigh pass rates ranged from 93 to 100 percent and surpassed statewide pass rates of 88 to 96 percent in each category. The number of Lehigh students who took the tests ranged from 18 to 41 per category. "Lehigh has always believed our best teachers start with the foundation of a strong undergraduate background with a major in a specific discipline," said Ed Shapiro, chair of education and human services. "This is the basis on which we have built our 5-year B.A./ B.S./M.Ed. program." -Rich Harry | Where does a major composer turn for inspiration when he writes his first symphony? For Steven Sametz, professor of music and director of choirs, the answer is easy: Home. Sametz has received composing commissions from the National Endowment for the Arts and a host of choirs. His compositions have been featured on National Public Radio, recorded by Chanticleer, the nation's leading professional male chorus, and performed in Europe and Asia. But it is the Lehigh Choral Union, a non- audition choir he founded 15 years ago, that Sametz has asked to premiere many of his compositions. Next Friday and Saturday, May 4-5, at 8 p.m. in the Zoellner Arts Center, the Choral Union will join with the Lehigh University Choir and a professional orchestra to give the first rendition of Sametz's six- movement symphony, Carmina Amoris. The Choral Union's 150 singers have performed many major works in the choral repertoire. This year, Sametz has given them their biggest challenge: Not only to premiere Carmina Amoris, which is based on medieval Latin love poems, and scored for large chorus and orchestra, but also to learn the work while Sametz was still composing it. "In a sense, this is the collaborative evolution of a Steven Sametz, composer and conductor, raises the bar ever higher for his choral union. symphony and the evolution of a musical community," he says. "Ten years ago, the Choral Union could never have handled this. But the group has gotten better, they've become much more adventurous, and they trust me. "And the fact that we're doing this symphony reflects well on Lehigh. Few universities would allow this kind of endeavor, let alone support it." The May 4-5 concerts, titled "Stepping into the Beyond," also feature the Gloria by Poulenc and Ravel's Tzigane. Soloists will be sopranos Carmen Pelton and Debra Field and tenor John Aler. Paul Chou, associate professor of music, will play Ravel's Tzigane. Tickets are $17 with discounts available. Info and reservations: x82787. World takes center stage at Black Box Michael Walter von Orelli '01, a German-speaking native of Switzerland, traveled halfway around the globe only to hear literature in his native tongue. Von Orelli is taking an innovative course called "The Best Plays in the World," which uses foreign-language plays to teach students about other cultures. On Monday, May 7, at 7 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre in the Zoellner Arts Center, the 47 undergraduates in the class will perform scenes from the plays in their original languages - French, Spanish and German. The plays are The Physicists by Friedrich Durrenmatt and The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht (German), The House ofBernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca and Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman by Sabina Berman (Spanish), and Rhinoceros and The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco (French). "Best Plays" is taught by Vera Stegmann (German), Antonio Prieto (Spanish), Marie Sophie Armstrong (French) and Pam Pepper (theatre). Students like von Orelli who can read plays in their original language are encouraged to do so. Others study English translations. "It's interesting for theatre students to watch a scene in language they don't speak," says Pepper. "It gives them a strong idea about the clarity of the action of the scene." "It is nice to see what people from other cultures and other disciplines bring to the plays," says Issabella Shields '02, who knows some Spanish but no French or German. "We talked a lot about translations and how things change when they get translated, and about what the plays mean to English speakers and to people who speak other languages." "Best Plays" is the brainchild of Mary Nicholas, chair of modern languages and literature, who came up with the idea as a way to better prepare students for the world stage they will encounter after graduation. -Jennifer Montemurro
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Title | LehighNow Volume 01, Issue 12 |
Subject | Lehigh University--Periodicals |
Description | Previously published as LehighWeek. Reports on the past week's news, and schedules of upcoming events, at Lehigh University. Thirty issues yearly, published weekly, except for vacations, during the school year, and once or twice a month during the summer. |
Creator | Lehigh University. Dept. of University Relations. |
Publisher | Lehigh University |
Date | 2001-04-25 |
Type | Text |
Format | newsletters |
File Format | image/tiff |
Extent | 4 pages |
Dimensions | 38 cm. x 28 cm. |
Identifier | SC LSer L5215 V01 N12 |
Language | Eng |
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Catalog Record | https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/764298 |
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Title | [Front cover] |
Identifier | SC LSer L5215 V01 N12 001 |
Language | Eng |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Catalog Record | https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/764298 |
Full Text | LEHIGHNOW April 25, 2001 Volume 1, Issue 12 Choirs, orchestra to premiere Sametz's first symphony IN BRIEF ACADEMICS LU students beat statewide rates Students who completed the teacher-education program at Lehigh beat the statewide rates in all four categories of an exam assessing teaching skills and knowledge. The exam is part of the Praxis Series, an Educational Testing Service program that provides services for states to use for teacher certification. In 1999-2000, Lehigh students took the Praxis exam assessing basic skills, professional knowledge, knowledge of content in the area of specialization, and the teaching of special populations. The Lehigh pass rates ranged from 93 to 100 percent and surpassed statewide pass rates of 88 to 96 percent in each category. The number of Lehigh students who took the tests ranged from 18 to 41 per category. "Lehigh has always believed our best teachers start with the foundation of a strong undergraduate background with a major in a specific discipline," said Ed Shapiro, chair of education and human services. "This is the basis on which we have built our 5-year B.A./ B.S./M.Ed. program." -Rich Harry | Where does a major composer turn for inspiration when he writes his first symphony? For Steven Sametz, professor of music and director of choirs, the answer is easy: Home. Sametz has received composing commissions from the National Endowment for the Arts and a host of choirs. His compositions have been featured on National Public Radio, recorded by Chanticleer, the nation's leading professional male chorus, and performed in Europe and Asia. But it is the Lehigh Choral Union, a non- audition choir he founded 15 years ago, that Sametz has asked to premiere many of his compositions. Next Friday and Saturday, May 4-5, at 8 p.m. in the Zoellner Arts Center, the Choral Union will join with the Lehigh University Choir and a professional orchestra to give the first rendition of Sametz's six- movement symphony, Carmina Amoris. The Choral Union's 150 singers have performed many major works in the choral repertoire. This year, Sametz has given them their biggest challenge: Not only to premiere Carmina Amoris, which is based on medieval Latin love poems, and scored for large chorus and orchestra, but also to learn the work while Sametz was still composing it. "In a sense, this is the collaborative evolution of a Steven Sametz, composer and conductor, raises the bar ever higher for his choral union. symphony and the evolution of a musical community," he says. "Ten years ago, the Choral Union could never have handled this. But the group has gotten better, they've become much more adventurous, and they trust me. "And the fact that we're doing this symphony reflects well on Lehigh. Few universities would allow this kind of endeavor, let alone support it." The May 4-5 concerts, titled "Stepping into the Beyond," also feature the Gloria by Poulenc and Ravel's Tzigane. Soloists will be sopranos Carmen Pelton and Debra Field and tenor John Aler. Paul Chou, associate professor of music, will play Ravel's Tzigane. Tickets are $17 with discounts available. Info and reservations: x82787. World takes center stage at Black Box Michael Walter von Orelli '01, a German-speaking native of Switzerland, traveled halfway around the globe only to hear literature in his native tongue. Von Orelli is taking an innovative course called "The Best Plays in the World," which uses foreign-language plays to teach students about other cultures. On Monday, May 7, at 7 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre in the Zoellner Arts Center, the 47 undergraduates in the class will perform scenes from the plays in their original languages - French, Spanish and German. The plays are The Physicists by Friedrich Durrenmatt and The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht (German), The House ofBernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca and Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman by Sabina Berman (Spanish), and Rhinoceros and The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco (French). "Best Plays" is taught by Vera Stegmann (German), Antonio Prieto (Spanish), Marie Sophie Armstrong (French) and Pam Pepper (theatre). Students like von Orelli who can read plays in their original language are encouraged to do so. Others study English translations. "It's interesting for theatre students to watch a scene in language they don't speak," says Pepper. "It gives them a strong idea about the clarity of the action of the scene." "It is nice to see what people from other cultures and other disciplines bring to the plays," says Issabella Shields '02, who knows some Spanish but no French or German. "We talked a lot about translations and how things change when they get translated, and about what the plays mean to English speakers and to people who speak other languages." "Best Plays" is the brainchild of Mary Nicholas, chair of modern languages and literature, who came up with the idea as a way to better prepare students for the world stage they will encounter after graduation. -Jennifer Montemurro |
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