.114i,o..Lia2i.07c- ar_E Lc:LT(4[E With the opening of the Dixon Ministry Center this year, the Campus Activities Board selected an unusually diverse line-up of performers for the annual Concert Series as a celebration ofthe new facility. Thefirst majorconcertcame with the grand opening of the DMC on Homecoming Weekend;thecollegefamilyand visitors were treated to a two-part concertbyStephenNielsonand Ovid Young, and the Cathedrals. Nielson and Young are a duo-piano ensemble who have sevenrecordingsand three volumes of arrangements to their credit;they played a wide variety of classical and popular music.Following their portion of the concert, the Cathedrals switched musical styles, singing a lively array of southern gy SKatt gospel music. Glen Payne and GeorgeYounce,originalmembers of the Cathedrals, and Ernie Haas,Scott Fowler,and Roger Bennett, who joined in 1979, gave an energetic performance and delighted the audience with theircomic behavior and powerful testimony. On January 14, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, under conductor PeterStafford Wilson,performed an evening of classical music and Broadway favorites. Wilson immediately captured the attention and imagination of the audience with his dry humor and hisconversationalexplanations of the musical selections. December5 brought with it a Christmas concert by the Canadian Brass. Charles Daellenbach,JensLindemann, DavidOhanian,RonaldRomm, and Eugene Watts played classical, Christmas, and popular music colored by their unique soundand wit.Amongthemost popular pieces of the evening was Peter Schikele's Homsmoke, a brass"opera"in which each musician donned a western costume and acted out a part while playing. The King's Singers performed on February 21.David Hurley, Nigel Short, Bob Chilcott, Philip Lawson, Gabriel Crouch, and Stephen Connollyform oneofthe most sought-after and highlyacclaimed vocalensemblesin the world. Steve Green concluded the Concert Series on May 3. He performed selections from his newest album, The Letter, and favorites from his previous recordings. Eric Fiveland 30studEntfife ItifY
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