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6 %)&%< iihj /'-'-^ fW | ^ ^feCTB Dr. Donald Protnoy, left, Dr. CharU are the American Arts Trio. Trio to perfc SHERR1E BAK8HI Staff Writer Hie American Arts Trio will perform J 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the School of Musics recital hall. Trio member Charles Fugo is a pianist, director of the piano division at the School of Music and staff member at the Governor's School for the Arts. Robert Jesselson is a cellist and director of the university's string project. Donald Fortnoy is a violinist, conductor of the university's symphony and chamber orchestras, and managing director of the Conductors Institute of South Carolina. They have been performing together I for 10 years. The trio plans to perform three selections, beginning with "Trio Opus 1, Number 1," Beethoven's first published On [ yfp 3 g i a? C5 0 IS CD I CO l3 ? #S cu mm r \ , *>*- !> w. "" ' H|^. H ||2s Photo special to The Gamecock is Fugo and Dr. Robert Jesselson >rm tonight work. "[It's] a piece that is very much out of the classical tradition," Jesselson said. The second selection will be "Three Nocturnes" by Ernest Bloch, an impressionistic piece published in 1925. "It's a more contemporary piece," Jesselson said. The final selection is Trio in D Minor," which is similar to Tchaikovsky's works. The trio likes to perform for an audience. "We get a tremendous amount of satisfaction performing in public," Jesselson said. Tor me, itfs the satisfaction of watching the audience respond." Admission is free. For more information about the concert, call the School of Music at 777-4280. I So what... |& passed exs I The Advert resume the P While your I more subs ? "5-minute' I I I I I I I ) The Gamecock Hobex aci JOHN LYONS Staff Writer A very young band featuring two former members of Dillon Fence will be playing at the Elbow Room tonight. The band, which is called Hobex, is fronted by Dillon Fence's former singer and guitarist, Greg Humphreys, and former bassist, Andy Ware. Drummer Rob Ladd, who played with the Southern ska band the Pressure Boys, completes the trio. Hobex formed last fall when Humphreys and other band members took time off from Dillon Fence. "Honestly, I was just feeling a little rocked out," Humphreys said. "I just needed to try something different." , The trio recorded a demo last fall and then played a test show in December. They are currently on a test tour of North Carolina and South Carolina and will play cities like Charleston, Charlotte, Raleigh and Greensboro. Hobex is a more groove-oriented band Iwwfar:.* :: ^SjjSp" " U8C is staging Shakespeare's baw Monica Wyche, Nate Whitworth, CI cost $10 for the public, $8 for seniors you've spent about' ims? What else will; ising Department @ it has more than jus competition is bus\ tantial, you will have ' interview. Student M Applications 4th Floor, Ruj For more infi 777.1184 * |~Tuesday, February 20,1996 is as Dillon than Humphreys' past efforts. of t1 He said the band has more funk and soul influences than the power pop of ope Dillon Fence. mu "I love rock," he said, "But musically rig] there is just so much rock out there it's blinding. This is just a great change of all e ? pace iui me. row Ladd has also had a strong impact Fm on the band's sound. He played ska, soul and funk with thi the Pressure Boys and has worked as a professional drummer in Los Angeles bai for about eight years. ext Humphreys said, "He's the sort of be drummer that gets you moving." When asked ifhe is enjoying the tour, for he said, "Oh, I love it." "Hopefully, we'll be able to make an Ch album and tour on it," he said. "The a v future is pretty unclear, but I do enjoy Bh it." an The formation ofHobex and of Toast, another new band fronted by former see members of Dillon Fence, may be a sign to i > 'Ul .$jf HiHHHh|^HB? dy comedy, "The Merry Wives of Winds iris McCormlck and Lynn Kramer. Curta , military, USC faculty and staff, and $6 fa 120 hours sitting in clc you have to show for t \ The Gamecock offers t fluff. ' using the thesaurus t i a solid track record a erlia Advert available: >sell House irmation, i Fence's1 hat band's permanent demise. ( Humphreys said the band left things t n for getting back together but that t sically he's more interested in Hobex it now. < He said, "I think we're (Dillon Fence) 1 proud of what we did. I can't say I'm < ally positive about everything, but ^ just hying to focus on the good things." He said, "I put the music first, and < s is musically what I want to do." i Humphreys said he realizes the new i id will have to start over to a certain ent but hopes Dillon Fence fans will a source of support. 1 Humphreys played with Dillon Fence i nine years. The band was a part of the thriving apel Hill music scene and played with ride variety of bands, including the ick Crowes, Pavement and Hootie i the JJlowfish. In regard to the Chapel Hill music ne, Humphreys said, "Tm not trying 30und cocky, but Fd like to think we J vjiff SSpSP' A % A*' jBB Hi Jr mi VjPK^HI 1 * # B mmt" through Feb. 25 at Drayton H in times are 8 p.m. Tuesday through r students. For more information, cal isses, done several hese four (or so) y you the opportunit o make their part-ti nd something to se ising Deps vacation Dillon Fence) were a part of making ;hat. It's something everybody built ngether." Humphreys said there is some xmtinuity between the music of Dillon Fence and Hobex but that the groove)riented emphasis is something he's vanted to focus on for a long time. Tm proud of what we (Dillon Fence) lid," he said, "But at this stage of my musical life, I just need to do something ? XLLLCI Gilt. ?^ Hobex's live sets have featured guest musicians, and tonight percussionist Gary Greene will join the band for the show at the Elbow Room. Humphreys said he's not sure what will happen after the test tour is finished, ?ut he said he'll be performing some acoustic sets this spring. Regarding the future of Hobex, he said, "We'll just have to wait and see." Humphreys and the rest of the band are scheduled to play an acoustic set on WUSC-FM 90.5 at 8 p.m. today. ^ 'v^ f *JMIi Photo special to The Gamecock lall Theatre. Pictured from left are Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. 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