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The Piedmont Brass Quintet will present a performance at the USC Department of Music in Fraser Hall at 4 p.m. Oct. 27. 1974. The perfornance is opn to the public at no charge. The Quintet is in the state as part of the South Carolina Arts Commission's Ensemble Residency Program. The Colun competeni The Columbia Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Arpad Darazs, inaugurated its annual series of concerts with a well ballanced and competently per formed program Tuesday night at the Dreher High School Auditorium. Featured works were Copland's "An Outdoor Overture" and Mozart's "Symphony No. 39 in E Flat," both essentially optimistic, and Kodaly's "Dances of Galanta" and Liszt's "Les Preludes," both colorful, dynamic and somewhat You've List $647.95 NOW $575Q U st 200Mtina aiilirnc tbia Philhai and well bi broodingly uncertain in tone. Darazs reproduced the optimism of "An Outdoor Overture" by carefully controlling the drama and, the lyricism of the com position. Particularly outstanding were the brasses, the orchestra's strong-point partially covering for the occasional raggedness of the strings. The infinitely more demanding Mozart symphony was performed competently although the second movement and the minuet were allowed to drag. There the viglins 'ssuII6UnssamumnusungessesenngungegsguunI gotta he APLI01 ...smooth sou Marantz 1060... 60 v AR-XB...the finest, n< oooo 0 0 0 oodo *We sorrid bete airs Au Street W. Columi ,nonic: alanced and cellos were heard at their weakest. Darazs's interpretation of "Dances of Galanta" was indeed triumphant. Its two featured solo clarinet cadenzas were out standing and professionally per formed. Despite a weakness with the French horn, the orchestra also competently performed "Les Preludes," successfully carrying the composition from its pastoral "Spring and Love" to 1he emotional "Struggle and Victory --DIIH uanumuunnummIag s unn usmssuuugIg nflNggugIN ir it!! nd...ifetime warranty atts rms :>w with cueing dlo >ia 252-9991 11D411s BYCHUCKCROMER AND TERRY DUGAS Of The Gamecock Staff The "round about town boys" are back with music dominating the week's activities. Traffic, one of the truly fine British groups on the music scene, will be in concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday.at the Coliseum. Tickets are $4, $5, and $6. John Martyn, a solo guitarist, also will be on the bill. This is Traffic's first American tour in several years and, so far, it has not been one of their best. Most of their concerts have been criticized as lackluster events. However, with an album as good as "When the Eagle Flies," they can't be all that bad. Or can they? For a different type of entertainment, the Department of Theatre and Speech will present a group reading from the works of Flannery O'Conner, one of the truly inspired fiction writers of this century. Her major work includes A Good Man Is Hard to Find, Wise Blood, Everything That Rises Must Converge, and The Violent Bear It Away. The reading will be at 7 p.m. Monday, in Callcott room 015. The Department of Music and the South Carolina Arts Commission is sponsoring a performance of the renowned Piedmont Brass Quintet at 4 p.m. Sunday in Fraser Hall. The quintet will perform a wide selection of works from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, works by Bach, and a selection of modern brass compositions. On the other end of the spectrum will be the Blueridge Revival Bluegrass Band and the National Champion Clogging Group per forming Friday night in the Golden Spur. If you have nothing to do, go to the Spur, drink a beer and clog to the music. The University Union Carolina Couples Committee will sponsor a dinner dance Saturday night at the National Guard Armory. Dinner will be served before the USC-NC game from 5:30 to 7 p.m, Dancing, to the sounds of Carnival, will be after the game from 10 p.m. to midnight. Chicken, mixers, and munchies will be provided. In still another field of music, the USC Woodwind Quintet will per form at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Fraser Hall. The quintet, consisting of French horn, oboe, flute, clarinet, and bassoon will feature work by Bozza, Danzi, and Carter. The lecture circuit still goes strong as Professor Robert Mulvaney of the Philosophy Department will present a paper on "Leibniz and the Renaissance" at 4 p.m. Wednesday in room 213 of the nursing building. Mulvaney, one of the top Leibniz scholars, will discuss Leibniz's influence on the thinkers and writers of the Renaissance. The Department of History will sponsor a workshop for students interested in preparing for the up-coming Bostick Conference on the controversial study of American slavery, Time on the Cross. The workshop will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Room 015 of Callcott College. The purpose is to introduce the basic methodology employed by the writers in their study of Negro Slavery. ADM. Like we said, Tg $10 "The Long Goodbye" 7:00 9:30 "THE LONG GOODBYE" ..11NINA VANPFALLANDT -STERUNG HAYDEN . Ob,AbpOEA1'LMAN. emhwUvLOmGHMCETT RUSSELL HOUSE OCT. 24th. 25th