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The Ridge String Quartet, in town for a performance at the Koger Center, gave a master class for selected students from the USC Department of Music. In a master class, students usually try to accomplish three things: prepare and play with accomplished performers, get a lesson in chamber ensemble playing and have the chance to prove the quality of student performers at USC. The Graduate String Trio opened the master class by performing the first movement of the Beethoven String Trio in E flat major. Robert Rinehart, second violinist in the Ridge Quartet, suggested that the viola and cello needed to balance more. They were again asked to perform sections of the first movement to try out Rinehart's suggestions. Peter Wyrick, cellist in the Ridge, said the second performance was much better. Suggestions were also made about how they could inrani il 'I [Id Endless Exams om Coconuts isette / $11.99 CD Ti_ip pi ipp I HI EdieBrickell& , Bohemians MIXED UP f Ghost Of A Dog > *. ?*_f l. ;arn from masters ils teach class terpret the music differently. The Graduate String Trio is made up of professional musicians who returned to school to improve their playing abilities. This master class gave them the opportunity to be heard outside of the music department by musicians who are playing on the concert circuit. The members of the Ridge Quartet were also impressed by the Undergraduate String Quartet. Made up of one freshman, two sophomores and one senior, this was their first performance as a string quartet. The Undergraduate String Quartet played the first movement of the Mozart String Quartet No. 2 in G major. This quartet is dedicated by Mozart to his friend Franz Joseph Haydn. The suggestions by the Ridge Quartet were limited to musical interpretation. Krista Bennion Feeney, first violinist in the Ridge Quartet, suggested that they take more time in between the music phrases and add a little more dynamic contrast to the music. They played the Mozart again and what sounded good the first time sounded even better the second. Orchestra Continued from page 4 "It's not often that you get to sing with an orchestra unless v you're very well-known," soprano Michelle Poole said. Poole, a music education senior, travelled to Moscow this past spring to perform The Fantasticlcs with the USC Theatre Department She will perform Mozart's aria "Vedrai, Carino." The other voice winner in the competition, graduate student and tenor David Bankston, agreed that singing with an orchestra was a special chance for a student. He said he chose the longest piece he knew for the performance, Weber's aria "Durch Die Walder." to lengthen this experience singing with an orchestra. The third winner of the competition, piano pedagogy senior Allison Hudson, said she also welcomed the chance to play with an orchestra and added that students at other schools often do not have a chance to perform with an orchestra because many schools don't have orchestras. She will perform Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor." The concert will open with the USC Symphony Orchestra playing Rossini's "The Barber of Seville Overture" under the direction of Conductor John Ricarte. After . Hudson's piano performance and Bankston's singing, master's student Tony Makarome will conduct the orchestra in Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro Overture." Dr. Donald Portnoy will conduct tne orchestra during Poole's performance and also for the last piece of the evening, Copland's "Appalachian Spring." "There's a lot of variety in this performance. It'll be a great experience for first-time orchestra comers. It's the perfect type of evening to get an idea what a concert is," Ricarte said. 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