Music school offers choirs, recitals

Music will be spilling out of the windows of the Music buildings this weekend.

Performers include the gospel choir Essence of Joy, two student recitals, The Jim Glaser Trio, the Oriana Singers and University Choir.

Essence of Joy will be performing at 5 p.m. tomorrow in Recital Hall of Music Building I. This choral group performs both sacred and secular music from African-American traditions.

For the first part of its concert, Essence of Joy will sing excerpts from three large works by African-American composers Glenn Burleigh, Adolphus Hailstork and Julius Williams, director Anthony Leach said.

The second half of the concert will include traditional and gospel music by composers and arrangers from Chicago, Leach said.

Tickets are $2 for students and $4 for others and can be purchased at the door.

Blake Hoppes will hold a student piano recital at 8 p.m. tomorrow in room 122 of Music Building II.

Another music student, Anne Burridge, will give a vocal recital at 8 p.m. Sunday in Recital Hall. Both recitals are free.

Also at 8 p.m. tomorrow, The Jim Glaser Trio will perform "The Ramblings of A Chicago Poet" in Recital Hall. Admission is free.

At 2 p.m. Sunday, the Oriana Singers will perform in Recital Hall. This group consists of 70 women who sing songs of many styles from the 16th to 20th centuries. The women sing a cappella and with piano accompaniment.

Lynn Drafall, director of Oriana Singers, said the first half of the performance will be a musical timeline spanning eight centuries.

The second half will be a life timeline, beginning with a lullaby and ending with a song about old age.

Tickets are $2 for students and $4 for others and can be purchased at the door.

The 120-member University Choir will perform at 5 p.m. Sunday in Recital Hall.

This show is the last in the choir's cycle of "Our American Heritage" concerts, said Leach, who directs the choir. Other concerts have included works from Pennsylvania composers, American folk music and original works created for the choir.

Works by Leonard Bernstein and the Fred Waring Choral Experience will be performed, along with the premiere of a work by University Choir member Phillip Torbert.

Tickets are $2 for students and $4 for others and can be purchased at the door.

-- by Gretchen Andes

3-D lasers, metal and rock -- whoa.

Pink Floyd, heavy metal, hits from the '80s and U2 being blasted during a 3-D laser light show -- who could ask for anything more?

This weekend is the last chance for students to see the 3-D Laser Show, sponsored by the Society of Physics Students and WKPS-FM (90.7). The show is produced by Prismatic Magic Co. and has been presented the past three weekends, according to WKPS. This weekend's presentations are the final shows.

Tonight there will be four different presentations: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at 8:30, "Metal Machine" at 10, "Hits of the '80s" at 11:30 and "The Best of Pink Floyd" at 1 a.m.

Tomorrow night there will be five different shows: "U2's Greatest Hits" at 7, "Hits of the '80s" at 8:30, "Metal Machine" at 10, "The Best of Pink Floyd" at 11:30 and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at 1 a.m.

The shows will take place in 117 Osmond, and each costs $4.

-- by David Archer

Folk and jazz guitarist to play HUB

It is both rare and exciting to see an artist today who gets back to the roots of guitar music. Michael Gulezian is one such artist.

He will perform his folk and jazz guitar stylings at 10 p.m. tomorrow in the HUB Gallery Lounge as a part of HUB Late Night.

The guitarist has achieved much critical acclaim with the release of his latest album, The Dare of an Angel, according to Gulezian's World Wide Web site. He also has released three other albums: Snow, Unspoken Intentions and Distant Memories and Dreams. He has his own independent record label, Timbreline Music, which released his last two albums.

Gulezian has toured around the country, playing hundreds of clubs, colleges and universities.

-- by David Archer

Trivia game highlights black history

Although Black History Month is over, learning about black history can take place any time of year.

And this weekend, an event is taking place that can help you with your knowledge, or lack thereof, of black history.

T.H.I.N.K. (Thoughts to Help Instill New Knowledge), the first trivia game highlighting African-American history, will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday in the auditorium of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. and admission is free.

This event is sponsored by the Black Graduate Students' Association and the cultural center.

Many groups are participating in the event, including Black Caucus, the Caribbean Student Association and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.

--by Jon Fassnacht