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I 'P '(i cm 4- K' I Croctier Arfl Gallery Will Arflisfl In Residence For MonMi His sculptures have been included in numerous major exhibits in the United States and abroad His paintings drawings and experimental plastic sculpture were presented in a one man show in the Crocker Gallery about a decade ago In the west work has been seen frequently in Los Angeles and San Francisco galleries His work was included in a recent San Francisco Museum of Art exhibit contemporary American sculpture visit represents the first time the Crocker Gallery has participated in an artist in residence program lery and for scheduling a series of talks by the artist A spokesman for the gallery said die University of California at Davis art department has agreed to cooperate -with 1 the gallery in making sculp- ture casting facilities available to Mallary Mallary is a native of Toledo Ohio and for many years lived in Los Angeles His residence recently has been New Rochelle NY Throughout his career he has worked in various materials experimenting with combinations of wood steel paper rag crushed stone cloth sand fiberglass and polyester Mary Offerman and Carolyn Francis right are members of the chorus in Richard The Trial Of Tender which the New Musical Ensemble will present in the Eaglet Theater a New Music Ensemble Slates Opera In Eaglet Robert Mallary one of the leading sculptors of the New York abstract school will be artist in residence at the Crocker Art Gallery from January 12th through February 12 th The arrangements for his stay have been completed by the American Federation of Arts and is financed through the Ford Foundation Robert Luck head of the department of special programs for the AFA informed Frank Kent director of the gallery of the assignment of Mallary to the gallery Plans are under way for an exhibit of work in the gal Mormon Choir Will Offer The Messiah The New Music Ensemble the aggregation of composers-performers which has been doing considerable experimental work with music in the Sacramento area will present a concert of contemporary chamber music in the Eaglet Theater 15th and Streets at 8:30 PM Friday Featured will be a performance of Richard opera The Trial Of Tender performed in Davis and San James Adair and Mariam McArdell Adair Will Conduct Little Symphony In Gallery Francisco last August The experimental opera with libretto by Dorothy Swift is intended Swift said be a total theater event involving actors musicians and audience in a voyage of One reviewer called it play on exploited for their musical values and words played for ambivalent The Trial is sung by soprano Billie Alexander and the recorded tenor of Alexander Chambers The chorus of actors includes Carolyn Francis Mary Offerman Philip Sy-monds and David Freund who also staged and directed the opera The New Music Ensemble will play and improvise the instrumental parts Also on the program are two instrumental pieces: Seymour Concert Piece for solo violin performed by Robert Bloch concert violinist and a member of the NME and Duo For Two Fluent Improvisors for piano and percussion Members of NME all associated with the music department at the University of California at Davis are Miss Alexander Bloch Swift Jon Gibson Wayne Johnson Stanley Lunetta and Arthur Woodbury Reserved seats are available from the Sacramento Civic Theater box office 15th and Streets Tripp Show Paintings by romantic realist Russell Tripp are on exhibit in the Castle Art Gallery Santa Cruz through December 31st Luther Will Be Presented Next Sunday Alan Bergmann who has the title role in Luther due to play next Sunday at 8 PM in the CK McClatchy High School auditorium was hailed for his performance in San Francisco The John Osborne play based on the struggle Martin Luther had within himself as well as with the church won many prizes during its London and New York productions The touring production will be presented in Sacramento as the second of the Broadway series presented by the Sacramento Ballet Guild and the Sacramento Civic Theater and sponsored by The Bee KFBK and KOVR (TV) The cast is largely that which gave the Broadway production Reserved seat tickets are available from the Civic Theater box office 15th and Streets and will be available at the door on performance night f6l Page L4 A program dominated by composers will be James Adair and Symphony a local 25 made up of musicians next PM in the Gallery professor of music State College the program in Committee Encourage Selection and Publication Merit by Western set up by the governor will feature McArdell a the San Francisco first violin section who has appeared a number of times in Sacramento concerts over the past dozen seasons She will join the orchestra in the first performance of Portrait for violin and chamber orchestra The program also will include Variations And Fugue On A Christmas Carol by another member of the SSC faculty Daniel Kingman Patterns by William Grant Still The Fox And The Crow a fable after Aesop by Elliot Griffis Tall Tales by Albert Harris Lament by Radie Britain and The Hollow Men by Vincent Persichetti It will be free to the public i Tt ht' j): rt'i-Sacramento California The Sacramento Mormon Choir will present portions of Messiah in a Christmas concert at 8 PM December 26th in the Luther Burbank auditorium Florin Road near Franklin Boulevard The Mormon Choir sponsored by the Church of Latter-day Saints is a 100 voice group directed by Helen Butler The choir is not limited to LDS members The choir will be accompanied by a 40 instrument orchestra conducted by Dwane Cunningham a Sacramento school music teacher Soloists will be soprano Brenda Bennion contralto Barbara Bennion tenor Royce Bringhurst and baritone Richard Jensen teiirarWi a 1 6 1 a 5 THE SACRAMENTO BEE SUNDAY DECEMBER 6 1964 California offered by the Little orchestra of professional Sunday at 3 Crocker Art Adair a at Sacramento has organized honor of the to Performance of Music of Composers in 1959 The program violinist Mariam member of Symphony.