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The Red & Black | Monday, March 10, 2003 | 5
Ensemble shatters traditional classical music style
By JENNIFER BURK
For The Red & Black
When it comes to classical music,
the University’s Philip Glass
Ensemble marches to the beat of a
different drummer.
The University ensemble, which
was created in fall 2002, is a com
pletely student-run ensemble that
solely plays the music of Philip
Glass, said Ryan Burruss, a junior
from Marietta.
Burruss, the founder and con
ductor of the group, described
Glass as a modern minimalist com
poser who takes a very repetitive
and simple harmony and turns it
into full scores of music.
“(Glass’) idea was to strip music
down to its bare essentials and
reinvent the wheel, so to speak,”
Burruss said.
Minimalist music in and of itself,
he said, is controversial because it
is not the traditional style of classi
cal music.
Although faculty usually looks
down upon this type of music,
Burruss said the teachers have
been supportive of the group’s
effort and attended the concert last
fall.
“For the most part, students are
generally more receptive,” he said.
The University Philip Glass
Ensemble has 27 members.
However, no more than 15 perform
at any one time.
This is typical of Glass’ music,
said Burruss.
The ensemble’s instrumentation
includes brass, woodwinds, percus
sion, vocalists and keyboards, he
said.
For copyright purposes, the show
is free of charge at 5 p.m. tonight
and Wednesday in the Dance
Center, which is located on the sec
ond floor of the School of Music.
At these concerts, the Univeristy
Philip Glass Ensemble will be per
forming six pieces, said Burruss.
Although he described “Vessels”
as his favorite piece, Burruss said
he believes a work called
“Lightning” will be best received at
the concerts.
“‘Lightning,’ which utilizes 15
performers, is the largest piece we
have in this concert,” Burruss said.
The piece also has a rock ‘n’ roll
feel with lyrics by Suzanne Vega, an
art-rock performer, he said.
“(The music) is unlike anything
else that we would be exposed to in
our education,” said Justin
Birdsong, a junior from
Lawrenceville, who is a vocalist for
the group.
While soprano saxophonist
Lianne Heller, a junior from Perry,
praises the simplicity of the music,
she said she finds that the simplici
ty and repetitive nature are also the
most difficult challenges she faces
when playing.
“At some points, it’s mind-numb
ing, and the finger patterns hurt
your hands,” she said.
All the hard work will not go
unfounded, though, as Burruss said
his main goal is that people will get
a chance to hear Glass’ music and
see if they like it.
Bass Classic reels in funds
By DARRELL KINSEY
dkinsey@randb.com
Kappa Delta’s Bass Classic, a fishing tour
nament, took place Saturday, helping the
sorority raise money for the Athens Area Child
Abuse and Prevention Council.
Sixty-eight teams of fishermen paid $130
apiece in order to become part of the tourna
ment, which was held in the waters of Lake
Oconee in and around the Sugar Creek Marina.
The closest town to this section of the lake
is Buckhead — not the one in Atlanta — com
posed of a few buildings, a water tower and
surrounded by acres of pasture land filled with
what looked like dairy cows.
As everyone knows, the early bird catches
the fish. However, the bass hunters got on the
lake later than planned Saturday due to early
morning fog.
As the morning grew into the afternoon, the
fog dissipated, but the sun never came out.
The sky remained overcast, weather conditions
I have sometimes found favorable for fishing. I
could not wait until the weigh-in.
Near a pavilion, two men with guitars
played and sang to entertain members of
Kappa Delta and everyone else who was await
ing the fishermen’s return.
Many of the Kappa Deltas spread blankets
on the shore of the lake, listened to the live
music and picnicked on Papa John’s pizza,
which was provided for both the tournament
onlookers and the fishermen, who began drift
ing in around 3 p.m.
The boats pulled up, and the more success
ful teams had large bags of bass on their decks.
They poured the contents into a bin at the
pavilion, which drained the lake water away
from the fish.
As the excess water soaked into the grass
and flowed down the hill back towards the
lake, several Kappa Deltas were forced to move
their picnic blankets, and for the rest of the
day, people who wore flip-flops and sandals
had to tiptoe across this section of the hill
while the fishermen, most of whom wore boots,
splashed directly through.
Each team’s largest fish and total fish count
were weighed, and the results were written on
a large board. A member of Kappa Delta used
an amplifier and microphone to announce the
weights to the crowd, which cheered loudly for
high poundage.
Other members of Kappa Delta took the
fish after they had been weighed and released
them back into the lake.
I didn’t eat any pizza because I thought
there would be a large fish fry afterwards. I was
saving room, and I felt a little disappointed
and hungry when I saw the bass swim away.
COLIN OWENS | The Red & Black
▲ John Butler, foreground, and Jason
Ulset, both seniors from Lawrenceville,
compete in one of the many fishing
tournaments this past weekend. This
one, at Fort Yargo in Winder, is part of
a year-long bass tournament that meets
once a month.
They looked delicious.
The most exciting part of the weigh-in was
trying to predict who would eventually win the
tournament. Around 3:15, when one team’s
16.45 total pounds of bass caught were
announced, I felt confident that no one could
top that.
It turns out I was correct. At 3:35, the fisher
men had five more minutes to weigh in. After
that, the tournament would be over.
No one else came in, and team Foster-Ferris’
16.45 pounds of bass won the $2,000 grand
prize. The biggest single fish of the day
weighed 7.03 pounds. It was caught by team
Smith-Smith, which won a pot that had accu
mulated $476.
The winners will, perhaps, take their prize
money and buy hook, line and sinker for next
year’s tournament.
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