The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 45

This scene is from the Little TheatrerEntiUKl ATlmrhgr-ganrivalr-the show' ia-hase on the tbrttt of James Thurber. who has described it as "a musical revue" for people who caaiTsIng. lln the" photo. left to right, are Pam Lafferty, Doug Whaley. Earle Smythe and Cheryl Jackson.

-The show will continue for eight performances, ending April 18. Jourol Photo by Dominion Wldel THEATRE NEWS Five Plays Slated For RA Festival Five one-acT plays, including one French-language production, will be presented-in the -aixjth annual Civil Service RA' Drama Festival which take place Monday and Tuesday in the-RA Centre, Riverside Drive. The adjudicator will be Michael Meiklejohn, well-known Ottawa actor and i The George T. Jackson Trophy will be awarded for the best production and the David A. Golden Trophy will go to the best director.

RA trophies will be 'awarded to the best actor and actress and tfie best supporting actor and actress Three plays are slated for Monday These are Lament, for Harmonica, by Gwen Ringwood (Department of Health and Welfare): Six Heures chaussea d'Antin, by R. Ferdinand (Department of Agriculture): and by Eugene O'Neil (Department of Trade and Commerce). The plays for Tuesday are: Take Away My Shadow, by June Franklin (Air. Materiel Success Story, by Carol Libmin (Public Works). Curtain will be' at eight o'clock.

Joth nights. '-r The Sdck and Buskin work- 1 shop production of Thornton Wildera Our Town, which was originally for, March 21-22, is to be presented this weekend in the Carleton uni yersity Alumni Theatre. Ed Hannah will appear at George Gibbs. Melodie Corrigal a Emi Webb and Boo Brown Insr as the staee manager. The production is directed by Faith Ward.

There will be performances tbnight and tomorrow night at 8.30. -The cast has been chosen for the Phoenix Players' forthcom Ing production, Doctor in the House, being airectea bv Janet Smith. Sylvia Gordon has the female lead In the three-act comeay Brian Gordon. Bob Welch and Nick Hare will appear a the three doctors and Mel Goldberg as Sir Lancelot Others in the Belinda Tregear. The play will be preseniea April 23-25 inf Fisher Parlt Hign School auditorium.

i Don Quijote of the Hollow Valley, a comedy for children be presented at Le Hibou coffee house this afternoon at Ur4 o'clock by the Little Owl Itayers. Isabel Edward did the script and Julian Leigh the wtMie. Denis Faulkner is di -T A THURBEK CARNIVAL humorous revue which opens recting the production. Wayne Cullen and-Sa uJ Rubinek will play leading roles. Next Saturday there will be another thow by the Noreen Young Puppets.

The pupils of Gradert and at Connaught Public School will present The Mikado in the school gymnasium April 22 to Miss lona Piercy is dramatic director and Darwin nson musical director for the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Plans to be presented at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford. this year are Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, and Richard III. The repertory season will run from June 7 to Sept. 13.

1 Marionettes At Gallery Les Marionettes de Montreal, directed byfichelineJ.egendre, will present two programs in the National Gallery next week end under auspices of the Na tional Gallery Association. The. Saturday show for chil dreh is already sold out. It will consist, ofa, musical fantasy en titled The Circus. Excerpts from Mozart's Bas- tien and Bastienne-and from Stravinsky's Petroulhka will be presented for older children and adults, on Sunday afternoon, April 12.

Tickets for this per formance may be obtained by telephoning the National Galleiy Association (233-1477). Both shows will begin at 2.30 p.m. The Travellers Giving Concert Here Thursday The Travellers, popular Ca nadian tolk Singing foursome, will give a concert in Glebe Collegiate auditorium Thursday at 8.30 p.m. The group came into being' in Toronto in Present members are Simone Johnston, Sid Dolgay, Jerry Gray and" Ray Woodlev. Dolgay, an electrical in prlvate-Jifetlayse mando-cello and originally was the group's accompanist.

Gray, delist by profession, is a self taught ban Joist. Wood ley, a linotype operator, plays a number of instrume ntsL including the guitar. v-J i 7 Friday night at the Ottawa Glebe Banc Lyres Club In Concert A ea luring the two principal organizations of Glebe Collegiate's music department the Gold Band and the Lyres Club will be held Friday at 8.00 p.m. in the school audi torium. The Cold Band is directed by James Hargrewes and the Lyres Club by Robert Van Dine.

Mr. HargreaveSr who receiv ed his musical education in England, came to Ottawa last Fall to head the Glebe music department. While irr England he taught trumpet zt the Royal Marines School of Music and was prin cipal trumpeter with the Band of the Scots Guards. Mr." Van Dine is a known Ottawa singer and choral director. The 45-piece Gold Band will play music by Gluck.

Wagner. Hoist and Bernstein. The Lyres Club, a j5-voice choral group. win be heard in selections by Bach, Vaughan Williams, Brit- ten and Barber. The two groups win combine in a performance of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah.

"con PARKDALE CONCERT The Parkdale Orchestra is planning to give its Spring concert April 28 in the Mem orial Hall of Parkdale United Church. The Canadian Capital-aires. a barbershop quartet. will also take part in the pro gram. TT 1 V1 -V' SATURDAY.

APRIL- 4, V. i' i ill- .1 i i l--i f-' I --TSr-r WMa A I -r tf vSJ 7. iA 1 v.r 'lr ll I Final preparations are, under i way for the 19th annual Ottawa; Music iFrstival, whichopetM! next Saturday with an ail-day piano program In Fisher Park High School auditorium, Op Thi. mvmm)v vnt with aauditorium. Wednesday tnl.l'nf I 171 oniric fiilt irnn.

I tinu throughout the followinc Week with sessions scheduled in six church and school, halls. The adjudicator on the opening day wtll be John Churchill, of England, who will be-judging piano classes throughout the i 'Mr. Churchill is. organist and director of, music it St. Mar-tin in-the-Fie ds Lion- don, and a professor at the Royal jpollege of The junior piano concerto class, an innovation thisyear will take place Saturdjymorn' mgjuid-the-tjpeTTpiano concerto cUssesin the-afternpon.

The open! concert-group piano class will be held in the evening. Daytime sessions during the following week will be held in thrH-olTnnit'y'. Anglican Glebe inrtedChurh, 4 rMWfMoiv unurcn, at. Maimew Anglican Church and Christ Church Cathedral. The" Friday evening Virtuosi to Give Italian Program A program of Italian instru-i mentafmusic of ther-I7th and l'8th centuries will be presented by the renowned Virtuosf di Roma at the final concert in the Tremblay series Monday night'.

Works in the concerto "grosjo fonn; by Francesco Geminiani and Arcangelo Corel li will make up the first half of the program and the second half will be devoted to works by Antonio Vivaldi. Most st the music has been arranged by Renato Fasano. the 1 group's founder and conductor. Founded in 1947-48, this' en semble of skilled instrumental ists is now on its seventh tour of North America. Shalom Trio To Conclude Showcase Series The Shalom Trio, a talented group of Israeli performers, will appear at the Jewish Commu nity Centre Sunday evening, April 12.

This will be the final event in the Showcase series sponsored by the Centre's Adult Program Committee. The Shalom Trio Is an inter nationally known, -folk music group. The singers accompany themselves on a variety of in struments, including the tarn bor and' shepherd's flute. There will be a special young people's matinee performance at 3.30 p.m. McCurdy to Sirvg For Children Folk singer EaMcCurdy.

who Is currently appearing at Le Hibou. will give aspecial program for children tornOrrow at 3 p.m. He will conclude his engagement at the coffee house tomorrow night. A AYLMER PRODUCTION 12 at 2.30 and 8.30. p.m.

wUI rof a at 1 i t.t -r jm Les Jours Heureux, a play by Claude-Andre Puget, will be presented nex weekend, by an Aylmer group called L'Atelier d'Art Dramatlqtie. In this scene, left to are: Helene Labelle (Marianne). Lwi Lalande (Bernard), Roger Cadieux (MichelX Martyne Savard (Pernette), Jean-Bernard Guindon (Olivier) and Louise Dufour cine). The play will staged la theraua1torium of Notre Dame-de-la-Merci Con-. I vent, Aylmer, April II and '1' session will also uke plaoe in Cathedral HaJL 1 Monday.

Tuesday and Thursday evening sessions and the final Saturday daytime sessions will be held in Glebe Collegiate evening SCSSiOn. fthiCh will deypied to 'organ i and churb chdir, is heduled lot Trinity5 Church. -'Miss France Mann, ot the iuilliard School of New York, will adjudicate the junior piano which will take place. Monday to l-riday in Glebe United Church Hall. Miss Mann will be retiring this Spring as director of the Preparatory Division of the Juilliard School, a position she has held for the past JO years.

She has been- associatedjwith. the JuilliardSchool since 1 928. The elementary school piano class iwhich drew some 90 enr tries, will' be spread over four sessions April 13 and 14. Finals will held April 15. Vocal classes be held Monday to Thursday at Trinity Church Hall.

with Leonard Mayoh as AadjudicatorMr. a newcomer 'to the mer to the festiya Engjand in 1951 and at present is associate professor of music The soloistson this occasion be violinists Cesare Fer- raresi. Giovanni Guglielmo, Rkr-cardo Brengola and Guido Moz- 'cellist Massimo Amfiteat- and oboist Renato Zanfini. The program: Concerto growu in No. 12 GcminiJini Concerto trowo tn minor.

Op. No. CoralU Concerto artwao in major. Op. Wo.

4 j. Coralll IntcnnUsinn. Concerto in major. Op. 9.

No. 4. fM violin, atrinaa and cembalo Vlvaidi Concerto in major; Op. No. 12.

tor oboe, atrinca and cent- Kaio Vivaldi Concerto in minor, Op. 3. No. 11. for two noun, 'cello, atrinca and cembalo Vivaldi Choir From CanadaTremWay At Springtime Event The Rneinische male choir of some 75, voices from New York City, will sing the Springtime Party being held in thexColiseum evening by the Concordia German-Canadian Male Chorus of Ottawa.

The visiting choir is oirected by Leonard Temme. Three noted singers will be heard as soloists. They are: KaUe Ruusunen. tenor, formerly was with the Helsinki State Opera and now is appearing on Broadway; K. Voege.

baritone, who recently completed a concert tour in Europe; and Igor Stamslav. baritone, a former member of the Don Cossack chorus. The Concordia Chorus. directed by Mrs. Valerie Zahrad-nitzky.

win also take part in the program. Music will include selections from The Student Prince and other operettas, folk songs, and beergarden songs. The choirs will join in a chorus from Verdi's opera. Nabucco. aaT (Sbudrean) fPhnen ii jjisMf-' I 1 HULL ADJUDICATORS 'r-'''TeseLlorbnto musicians will be the adjudicators' at the Hull'M sic Festival next week.

Theyare, left to right, Earle Moss, Boris Berlin and Pierre Souvairan. at. Acadia University. Earle Terry of London Ont, director of the Earle Terry Singers, will adjudicate the church choir classes which will tane-iiace eancsuay i iiuim andidajnCathedraj Classes for wind and stringed First Ottawa Appearance For Aznavour Charles Aznavour, popular singer from Paris, will make if first Ottawa appearance Tuesday a concert In Glebe Collegiate auditorium. He will be accompanied byjh is orchestra.

Aznavour, who has just com pleted a tour of the United States, is regarded as the oesi singer of love songs in France, It was actually in Montreal that the, A i a singer launched the fabulous career which has taken, him from tin-known "boite a' chansons" to the leading music halls of Europe. New York The concert will take place from 7 JO to p.m. ine Lichtensteiner Polka Band of Montreal will then provide music for dancing and Erwin Voelkl. an accordionist from Vienna, will play in the Con vention Hall, which is being converted into an old country "weingarden." 'horal Society IM mnces nans For NexhSeason The OtUwa Choral Society has announced three major productions for next These are Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Handel's Messiah and The Creation, by Haydn. eoncert of shorter works and some out-of-town perfoim ances are also being planned.

The choir's final concert of the current season will take place' May 1 1. The program will consist of works by Pachelbel, Bach and Verdi. Easter Carol Service Sunday At Cathedral The annual Easter carol serv ice at Christ Church Cathedral will take place tomorrow at 4.30 p.m. The service includes readings and a procession. The choir, directed by God frey Hewitt, will sing the following carols: Sans Day Carol; Magdalene, cease from sobs; On Easter-morn; Today we tell this Story; and This Joyful Easter tide.

Hymns during the proofs sion will be Sons and Daugh ters. and Let Us Rejoice. Met' Orchestra Seeks Pay Boost NEW YORK (UPIV-Metropolitan Opera orchestra musi cians hive asked a 47 per cent raise next season. The request was announce Hby Seymour Berman, chairman ot the orchestra', "who said'Met musicians "are fat behind our brethren in other major or chestras." instruments be held at St. Matthew's-Wednesday.

Thursday and Friday. The final Saturday sessions in Glebe Collegiate will be devoted to bands. The adjudicator forthese classes will bevRobert Ro3 veaff9jfnofri professor in faculty of music at the. Univer Three-Day The Hull Music- Festivals section of the Quebec Music Festivals, will open Tuesday with- morning, and. afternoon sessions devoted to piano classes.

The three-day event will be heldHn-the College of Music at 279 Tache Hull. Three morning sessions, be ginning at nine o'clock, and three-nafxerooon sessions, at two o'clock, are scheduled for both Tuesday and Wednesday. The finals Will be held Thursday at I p.m. and 7 m. in the college auditorium.

Piano classes will continue Wednesday morning and the violin and choir classes will take place Wednesday afternoon. The festival has attracted a total of 572 entries, involving some 320 persons. The heav iest entry is in the piano divi sion, with 95 candidates accounting for 532 registrations. Six young violinists and six choirs are entered. Piano classes will be adjudi cated by three.

Toronto musicians who have won distinction Weekend Events TODAY Ottawa West Junior Music Club concert. Fisher Park High School, 2.45 p.m. Concordia Choir's Spritigtime Party, Coliseum, 7.30 p.rrt. Film, Shakespeare's Othello, National Museum. 8.15 p.m.

Brieadoon, Orpheus produc tion. Technical School, S.15 p.m'. Waiting for Godot, University of Ottawa Drama Guild produc- tiohvAcademic Hall, 8.30 p.m. OnVMad Might, presented by the St. Joseph's Young Adults StJoseph's Parish Hall 8.30 p.m.

deh Thursday night Most at tention is devoted to two new productions. Sir Frederick Ash-ton's'The Dream- and Kenneth MacMillan's Images of Love, -but Rudolph Nureyev is singled out for the magnetism and Rus- sian intensity, he gives to th title role in a revival of Helpmann's Freudian version of Hamlet. Canada's Lynn Seymour, 24- year-old Vancouver-trained bal- lerina, dances opposite Nureyev as Ophelia a role creat- ed for Margot Fonteyn In the original 1942 production of the ballet. Miss Seymour also appeared wllh Nureyev and Christopher Gable tn two sequences thst fornS part of MacMillan's nine-' episode ballet illuminating ejuo- tations from- Shakespeare'f plays and Enjoy the best STEREO Hi-Fi W01V at a price that suits your pocket Noneed to pay high prices for top quality stereo hi-fi. With low cost Heathkit you enjoy your favourite music the vy it should he heard yet you pay about half as 'much as you'd expect i4o cost! People everywhere are taking advantage of this grea new way to get first class equipment at prices they can afford.

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