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    Date: 1/7/98
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple  95A

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SLU MUSIC DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED 1998 "ENCORE!" SERIES
     HAMMOND -- Southeastern Louisiana University music department's spring concert
series, Encore!, will  feature approximately 20 concert and recitals by Southeastern faculty,
students and guest artists. 
     Encore! 98 includes guest concerts by the famed Dutch ensemble "Quink" and the ™kr”s
Folk Music Ensemble and a performance of Baton Rouge jazz great Alvin Batiste's musical
drama "A Bitter Glory."
     Quink, scheduled for Feb. 16, is a five-member vocal ensemble from the Netherlands that
performs a variety of a cappella music from Renaissance and Baroque madrigals to German
lieder and French chansons to contemporary 20th century music. "Quink," the members explain,
is just a "made up" name, compiled from "quintet" and the Dutch words for "birdsong" and
"joke." The name is a good fit for a group noted for "pure, sweet singing, blended with a bit of
humor in order not to take themselves too seriously."
     The ™kr”s Folk Music Ensemble from Budapest, the leading folk revival band in
Hungary, features 75-year-old "Neti" (Sandor Fodor), the last great violinist in the Kalotaszeg
region of Transylvania, and Kalman Balogh, an internationally celebrated virtuoso of the
cimbalom, the "hammer dulcimer." Led by Csaba ™kr”s, one of the most respected revival
violinist in Hungary, the ™kr”s Ensemble showcases the artistry of authentic and unique
Hungarian folk music. 
     Tickets -- $10 general admission and $5 senior citizens -- will be available from 10 a.m.-
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noon in the Pottle Music Building lobby Feb. 12, 13 and 16 for Quink and March 2 and 3 for the
™kr”s Folk Music Ensemble. Tickets also can be ordered by mail: SLU Music Department, SLU
815, Hammond, LA 70402. Please make checks payable to "SLU/Music." The concerts,
sponsored by the SLU Arts and Lectures Committee, are free to students. The Arpadhon
Hungarian Settlement Cultural Association is co-sponsor of the ™kr”s Ensemble.
     "A Bitter Glory," scheduled for April 2, is based on George Washington Cable's novel,
"Gradissimes" and will feature six musicians, including Batiste, five singers and a narrator. The
Hammond performance is sponsored by Southeastern's Cultural Resource Management program
with funding by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the New Orleans Jazz and
Heritage Foundation, the Louisiana State Arts Council and the Louisiana Division of the Arts
and Arts Council of New Orleans.
     Unless otherwise noted, Encore! events begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Pottle Music Building
Auditorium and are free to the public. The Encore schedule includes:
     In February
       Feb. 5: Faculty Recital: Stephen Rushing, baritone and Linda Banniston, mezzo-
soprano, Music Recital Hall.
       Feb. 16: Joanne Rile presents famed Dutch vocal ensemble Quink, sponsored by SLU
Arts and Lectures Committee; Tickets: $10 general admission, $5 seniors citizens, SLU students
free with I.D. 
       Feb. 18: SLU Chamber Strings, Yakov Voldman, director.
       Feb. 19: The Jazz Trio, Past and Present, Willis Delony, Leon Anderson Jr., and
Thomas Timphony
       Feb. 26: Faculty Recital, Frankie Kelly, clarinet.
     In March
       March 3: ™kr”s Folk Music Ensemble, sponsored by SLU Arts and Lectures
Committee and Arpadhon Hungarian Settlement Cultural Association; Tickets: $10 general
admission, $5 seniors citizens, SLU students free with I.D. 
       March 11: SLU Wind Ensemble, Frank Dubuy, conductor.
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       March 25-27: SLU Opera Musical Theatre Workshop presents Mozart's Impresario
and Pasatieri's Signor Deluso. Tickets: TBA.
       March 31: Faculty Recital, Mark Auffarth, trumpet.
     In April
       April 1: Frankie Kelly, clarinet and the SLU String Quartet.
       April 2: A Bitter Glory (Concert Version), a musical drama based on an incident from
19th century Louisiana history by playwright Dalt Wonk and composer Alvin Batiste. Don's
       April 15: Faculty Recital: David Wright, saxophone.
       April 16: Faculty Recital: Willis Delony, piano,  Classical and Jazz Connections II.
       April 21: Faculty Chamber Music, narrated by WAFB-TV news anchor Donna Brit.
       April 22: Faculty Recital: Patrick Kerber, guitar.
       April 23: Trio Mississippi
       April 28: SLU Chamber Orchestra, Yakov Voldman, conductor.
       April 29: SLU Wind Ensemble, Frank Dubuy, conductor
       April 30: SLU Jazz Ensemble, Willis Delony, conductor.
     In May
       May 2: Bach Mass in B Minor, SLU Concert Choir, Brad Richmond, conductor, St.
Joseph's Abbey, Covington.
       May 5: SLU University Chorus, Brad Richmond, conductor, First Baptist Church,
Hammond.
       May 6: SLU Classical Guitar Ensemble, Patrick Kerber, director.
     For additional information, call the SLU Music Department, 504-549-2184 or SLU
Public Information, 504-549-2341.
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