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Spoleto f 1 inciudi As in the case of virtually al major arts organizations, Spoletc Festival U.S.A. depends heavily or private corporate support for itj program. Since ticket prices arc kf?nt within thp rpanh of manv people and ticket sales account foi only half of the Festival's $l.J million budget, Spoleto officials must raise $650,000 through con tributions from corporations foundations, government agencies and individuals. The Sam Solomon Company Seabrook Island Company, Pos! and Courier, Kiawah Islanc Company, Monsanto Corporation General Dynamics, Mobil, Deltc Air Lines, Bankers Trust of South Carolina, Lila Acheson Wallact Foundation, First National Bank o: h Pai*nlino o nrl thrk 1/ i r> r tiwuiu vai i/iuia, uiiu in\. iviu^. Street Garden and Gun Club an among the private organization* which have made major con tributions to the 1979 Festival. "These enlightenec organizations all have a strong sense of commitment to oui community ana me aris, say? Festival president Theodore S Stern. "Their generous gifts t< Spoleto have enabled us to provide a ' estival of the highest quality while keeping the ticket prices a: reasonable as possible." Steri pointed out that a ticket to th< famous Salzbere Music Festiva costs in excess of $100. "We an fortunate in keeping the averag< Spoleto ticket price around $10 which is certainly a bargain,' added Stern. "When Gian Carl Menotti started this Festival, Iv wanted to make it available to th widest possible audience. Th generous support of these out standing organizations enables u to fulfill that goal." The Sam Solomon Compan; sponsors the daily Chamber Musii Concerts which are so popular tha 940 Harden Street ! Columbia, S.C. 799-7571 10-6:30 M-F 10-6 Sat. I We Car 1 ESS I 7Z/KR I iMiuipnu-ni 1 uentals VOK ; \s ^ "( I sleeping I i ^ - Festival si e USC pro I they have doubled in number this ) year. The Seabrook Island Com\ pany and First National Bank of Sn/fh Parnl inn haup hplnpH makp ' N/Ma VA...M ~ ; possible the Jazz at Spoleto series. ' The Post and Courier, publishers * of the News & Courier and Evening 5 Post newspapers in Charleston, > are sponsoring the sold-out Rachmaninoff Concert. The eight Intermezzi Concerts > are supported by the Kiawah Island Company, which also sponsored a dinner for the i members of the Spoleto Festival 1 Guild. The '79 Festival's two operas, ? "The Desperate Husband" and 1 "The Medium," are beneficiaries i ot generous support trom modii f and the Monsanto Corporation I respectively. ; Delta Air Lines and Bankers > Trust of South Carolina provide funding for the individual show programs, while the Lila Acheson i Wallace Foundation helps make ? possible the Spoleto Festival Orr chestra. 5 The Festival Finale is supported by two generous gifts. General ) Dynamics helps fund the concert -V i icnlC I/inrt C f rnnf n.or/^nn ; lLOCH , auu iiic 1V1115 oucci uai u^u / and Gun Club has made possible 5 the fireworks display. "We will 1 always depend strongly on these 2 important corporate sponsors," I says Dr. Stern. "They are joined e by many other corporations which e have helped make Spoleto Festival 1, such a grand success." II o Nine years ago, Christopher e Keene, now Musical Director of e Spoleto U.S.A., came up with the e idea of forming an orchestra expressly for the Spoleto Festival, s Keene's orchestra, a composite of music students from across the i/ I Initorl Qtotnc u/oe o IromnnHnnc / w in tvu uiuiv-o, n?o u 11 vinvnuwuo c success, and has since become a t Spoleto tradition. quality gear ry the Bear entials Soulh Carolina's Most Complru* | Wilclrrncss ^ 1 Oultillrrs i 4 *m f \aeiights fessor Each year, an average of 8 students and members of sm? orchestras audition in cities i eluding New York, San Francisc Bloomington, Indiana ar Charleston for positions in tl QlV\1of A ro TKa nimrn t kjpv/iv/tvr VI V1IVOUU. ill^ C* V V/Jl U| age of the orchestra members 22. Many of those auditioning a veterans from earlier Festiva and are performing for the four or fifth time. Orchestra members ai probably the busiest of all tl Festival participants. The c ~ : ? i? iU ~ r ii UlCMlct pt'IlUIIIli) 111 UUlll UI LI operas and in the Rachmaninc and Gershwin concerts. They al: play for Ballet Repertory Cor pany, and the Westminster Cho and appear in several Intermez concerts. Arriving only 8 days before tl Festival, the members of the c chestra are constantly in rehers preparing for their performance These musicians, most of who have never worked together, mai nf u/hnm haup nnuor nlovoH tl VTA ff I1V1II IIU ( V 11V T V? |/1UJ VV1 VI pieces they will perform, becon what is known as the Spole Festival Orchestra after only a fc days together. The success of the orchestr according to Erica Gastel assistant to Mr. Keene, depends a great extent upon the caref selection of the members. ( course the musicians must 1 skilled sight readers and e perienced performers. Howeve according to Ms. Gastelli, i dividual maturity and a sense professionalism are almost imoortant as musical skills When asked about the quality this year's orchestra, Mr. Keei answered, "As the Festival grov and becomes more well-know more and more people audition f the orchestra. I say this every ye; I^f^Sprrry raSTopsklcrs rt j mJ x Sunglasses but it's true; this year's orchestra is the best so far." The Spoleto Festival Orchestra is made possible by a gift of the Lila Acheson Wallace Foundation. qq Jazz is riding a new wave of popularity, and USC's Department n_ of Music and music Professor Dick 0 Goodwin are experiencing the ? ? ' I 1 A .f II 1(j growin in anu oui ui me ciassrooni. ie Goodwin is developing anc ?e directing the Left Bank Jazi is Ensemble, a 20-piece jazz group re which is performing at the Spolet( Is Festival USA 1979. The band is th composed of music students frorr all over the United States. "e Students will audition for the 2( TP _? __ piaees 10 gain an opportunity u ,r" play with professionals. "Th< 1(: chance to work with Spoleto cam< at a good time," says Goodwin so "We're expanding our jaz; program, and the Left Bank En semble will help beef it up. It': ;Z1 good exposure and a good reason t< recruit students." i rnu~ ui^ u: tie lilt: which IS spun >r- sored by the Left Bank Jaz; al Society of Charleston, will be < ?s. learning experience for th( m audience as well as the musicians ny The show features a historica he perspective and traces the roots o ne jazz from the early big band day to to the varied styles of the Seven ;w ties. "Early jazz was a combinatioi nf fVin mucin r\f thn K1 onl/f r\ ui inv iiiuoiV/ ui iiiV/ uiavi\?3 auvi u Western European harmonies, Goodwin says. 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Members of the 1 quintet include former students of Goodwin who come from all over } the country every summer to join ) the group. i Jazz's popularity is growing on ? the USC campus, as it is throughout the world. The search i is on for a fulltime professor to - carry out the school's expansion of 5 the jazz program. 3 The new professor will teach several new jazz courses being - added to the curriculum, including I. ct UVlddllUM tltiss CtUU t? a jazz class open to all students in e the university. A student jazz band recently 1 participated in a jazz camp held in f Columbia. More students are s active in the Music Department's i- other jazz band and two combos and are taking such courses as jazz rt r\ otn/4i/A ? r? nf ii di i tinging anu aiuuiu lt'tuiuni^ f techniques. "If you play jazz real well, it's s infectious, footpatting music," n says Goodwin. riiprp'c > Place ious LjlIkU ljgME, ctfeteriAs e America Comes Home to Eat