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Cultural E Koger Arts Center educates students in arts appreciation By SCOTT PRUDEN Staff writer Feeling a bit uncultured? Too much Stallone and not enough Shakespeare this summer? Now that students are back at USC, they can indulge in culture by the bucket-loads, thanks to the Koger Center for the Arts, now on the verge of its second season. The London Philharmonic isn't flying into town again, but the schedule still isn't short of national and international talent to supplement the appearences of your favorites from the ranks of USC's performing arts. The big names, however, will be noticeably absent. "One of the things we tried really hard to do is not have all the big names and to bring in people at the middle or early levels of their careers," says the Koger Center's Ron Pearson, "because it's so much easier to get them to do master classes and get them in touch with both students and the community." ] Pearson also adds that less-known names give the Koger Center the ability to charge less for tickets, but < still give the audience plenty of entertainment for its i dollar. < 'This way, we can put some artists on the list for KOGER PRESENTS 1989SEPTEMBER '89 8 Ian Hobson- Pianist 16 Black Swan Quartet- String Jazz Quartet 22 Tschaikovsky Chamber Orchestra 28 ISO and The Bobs OCTOBER '89 1 *Jim Cullum Jazz with William Warfieid, Includes Porgy and Bess 4 Benny Kim- Violin 15 * St. Paul Chamber Orchestra- Peter Bay, Conductor 24 Warsaw Sinfonia- Yehudi Menuhin, Conductor; Robert McDuffieViolin 27 Andre Watts- Pianist 28 "Nexus- Percussion Ensemble NOVEMBER'89 12 "Orchestra of the 18th Century- Frans Bruggen, Conductor 16 Me and My Girl- Broadway Musical JANUARY '90 15 Philharmonia Orchestra of London-Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor 19 Roadside Theater in Pretty Polly 22 "Dvoika!"- Emanuil Sheynkman, Balalaika; Richard Patterson- Guitar 25 Drilling Miss Daisy- Broadway Play I Vi yfl I pVlJ | 1 11T^ ||T ijjJ I M7|] The is back at Q&Al, J|| 31^) , the UKMTO tuuiM Mon. & Tues. Nightly drink specia Wed. &Thurs. $1.50 Pitcher of Mi "Still...The Best Deal in Town" Fri. Wild Men From Borneo Sat. Groovy Cools ABC REGULATIONS ENFORCED H ? mm Events 101 $6 or $8 in hopes that we would get some people in here that might not take a chance on us at $15, and who find that they may like something and come back." For the Koger Presents programs, Pearson lists a schedule of alternative performing art that would normally not be seen by a Columbia audience. These include the Black Swan Quartet, a strine iazz auartet: The Bobs, an a cappella group; and the Nexus Percussion Ensemble. "We also have the chance to get a fairly substantial country singer in the fall, and it's important for us to do something like that, to see if people like something and then respond to it," Pearson said. The Koger Center will also be experimenting with its style of presentation, especially with jazz artists. "There's a good jazz market here, and we're not going to omit something just because it's not viable with the box office," says Pearson. One area of the performing arts that received little attention during the Koger Center's first season was live drama. That situation is to be aptly rectified this season with the presentation of several recent Broadway shows, including the touching Driving Miss Daisy, which documents the relationship of a chauffeur and his crotchety mistress. Negotiations are also underway to get several other Broadway hits to grace the stage of Gonzales Hall, Pearson said. Not to neglect the classical audience, the Koger Center has been sure to include several major orchest*al performances, as well as the best rhamtv>r rwrhA ?tras and up-and-coming soloists. Showcased this season are the Tschaikovsky Cham90 CALENDAR OF EVENTS MARCH '90 3 Warsaw Ballet 14 Jessye Norman-Soprano 20 "Seattle Mime Theatre 21 Alley Theatre in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 26-27 Bella Lewitsky- Modern dance; Two different programs 29 Moscow Philharmonic-Dmitri Kitaenko, Conductor APRIL '90 1 "John O'Neal in funtbug fahho /ours I 4 Aman Dance & Music Company-Modern folk with musicians 22 "Summit Brass- Ensemble of twenty 30 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa- Soprano MAY '90 7 Boston Chamber Players ALL SHOWS BEGIN AT 8 PM EXCEPT THOSE MARKED WITH *, WHICH BEGIN AT 7 PM. ALL EVENTS AND DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 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To do that, friendliness is going to be stressed from the house staff to the upper levels of Koger Center management, and patron feedback will also play an important role, he said. UNIVERSITY OF S COLUMBIA. ! I. i Aug PRESIDENT J Dear Students: With the start of this acade to you a special welcome to the Un is always an exciting time, as fr sophomores and juniors renew pers seniors find their goals within r We at The USC are proud of th< Your professors are among the k received national and internati guidance, and the contributions o the University offers a spectru services to enhance your specia experience. It is my hope that you wi tremendous resources of The l enlightening- and challenging, continue to test your abilities, your efforts. I urge you as w< University community. We need yoi Again, welcome to the Univers year. ^ Sine Jam* I ! < I j^oon J Compan] ? 610 Harden St. 5 Pts. 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