News Scrapbook 1985

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Son Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,324) (Cir. S. 339,788)

SEP 24 1985

Jllf«n '•

P c. B

/" 1888 S.D firms give grants to Symphony for theater renovation .;zv15 Angeles Ph1lharmonic's free "Wel- come Previn Concert" at the Music

/

duct French choral music, featuring works by Maurice Durufle, Francis Poulenc and Gabriel Faure. For the concerts of March 8 and 9, Ursula Oppens will be the piano soloist in the Brahms Second Concerto that has b~en programmed with works by Elizabeth Larsen and Bela Bar- tok. The concerts of May 24 and 25 will be all-Stravinsky programs con- ducted by Nee, and the final concert of the season, a single performance on June 8 at 3 p.m., will feature the winners of the orgamzation's "Young Artists Auditions." An adjunct to the sea on will be a single free performance on Dec. 8 at 3 p.m. celebrating the 85th birthday of composer Ernst Krenek. Featured on this program conducted by Nee will be Krenek's 'Arc of Life."

Counties District Audit10ns of the Metropolitan Opera. The auditions of singers 19 to 35 years old will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday in the Cami- no Theater on the campus of the University of San.Diego. .__. - ... Continuing the good work: The San Diego Mini-Concert Committee, a group that for 11 years has provided free noontime concerts and recitals at the Community Concourse, will open its 12th season on Oct. 7. For this opening, pianist Cecil Lytle will play an all-Schubert recital at noon in Golden Hall. His program lists the Sonatas in Amajor. D. 664, and Bmajor, D. 960, and seven Waltzes, D. 145. To follow on the Mini-Con- cert's fortnightly schedule will be performances by L'Esprit Trio, the Igor Groupman-Zsuza Heiligenberg violin-piano duo, a clarinet-cello- piano ensemble and the Classic Brass Quintet. • • • Swamped: Due to the overwhelm· ing response for tickets to the Los

capacity for the entire season from June 19 through Sept. 8. In other Symphony news, the or- chestra's management is upping the price of its ''Grand Tier" seats, deemed to have the best acoustics and finest sight lines. Currently, a one-time donation of $2,500 is re- quired to accompany subscription orders for the seats in the lower mezzanine, but beginning Nov. 7 the donation will be raised to $5,000, with a two-seal limit. In a boon to the Fox Theater reno- vation, an application for a prelimi- nary injunction against the San Diego Symphony and others was de- nied by Superior Court Judge Mack P Lovett. JMN Inc., the Nederlan- der theatrical producers, had at- tempted to halt renovations pending settlement of a dispute over use of the theater. JMN Inc. says that its contract with former owners of the Fox, which extends to 1993, gives it first call for booking dates. • • • Young voices: The public can at- tend the free San Diego-Imperial

Center on Oct. 12, Philharmonic management has had to rethink its plans. Since the requests for tickets have been far greater than the seat- mg capacity of the Pavilion. ar- rangements are being made to broadcast the concert onto the Music Center Plaza, where tables and chairs will be set up and re- freshments will be available. • • • On the horizon: The La Jolla Civic-University Orchestra and Cho- rus has announced its 1985-86 con- cert season of seven programs at UCSD's Mandeville Center Auditori- um. The regular sequence of 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday perfor- mances will begin on Nov. 9 and 10 with concerts of music by Samuel Barber, Bohuslav Martinu and Carl Orff conducted by Thomas Nee. On Dec. 14, a single performance of Handel's "Messiah" will be con- ducted by David Chase at 3 p.m. On Feb. 15 and 16, Chase will con-

Donald Dierks

food servers and table clearer:; will receive a free German meal and a ticket to the Oktoberfest for a friend. At last vear's fir ·t Oktober- fe t, more than 25,000 people danced to music of the Bergholz German Band and con urned giant quantities of German sausage, beer and sauer- kraut Those mterested in contribut- ing their time and efforts this year m the cause of good music should call the Symphony office, 699-4200. The Symphony's lighter side, the San Diego Pops Orch • tra, closed its expanded 12-week summer season at Hospitality Point on Mission Bay on a highly successful note. With 50 regular ub cription performances and seven run-out concerts, the Pops entertained about 200,000 patrons and played to a hefty 82.6 percent of

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454)

SEP 24 1985

41/m'•

1

P C B

Anne Gonzalez, left, Sister Faye Hagen and Patty Lewis at Ladies of Charity tea

Peggy Preuss, left, chats with Pat DeMarce

Pat DeMarce and Randall Rowan at <;om- mittee of 100 tea

at Committee of 100 tea

A party following the Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art's annual "A Collectors Market" benefit, a tea for the Ladies of Charity auxiliary, a benefit fashion show presented by The President's Club of the U~ty of San Diego, a membership tea for the Commit- tee of 100 and a meeting of the San Diego Museum of Art's Volunteer Council were among the social events of the past week. Mingei Museum patrons gathered at the museum at University Towne Centre Friday, following their two-day exhibit and sale of donated items and items sold on consignment. Proceeds benefit the museum. The Ladies of Charity tea Sept. 17 at the Mission Hills home of Anne Gonzalez, was a benefit for the St. Vincent de Paul Center. A showing of French furs Thursday at Bullocks Wilshire in La Jolla was a fund-raising event for USD's President's Club. The Committee of 100, dedicated to preserving the Spanish colonial architecture of the Prado in Balboa Park, held its 18th annual member- ship tea Friday in the garden of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Barrett. Alison Tibbetts, new president of the Volunteer Council, presided over the Volunteer Council's meeting at the San Diego Museum of Art Friday. Tribune photos by Stan Honda, Tony Doubek and George Smith

Virginia Lingren, left, Alison Tibbitts, Zita Gardner and Dolores Smith at Volunteer Council meeting.

Martha Longenecker and Jack Stoops at Mingei fund-raiser

George Cloen, left, and Bob Kir·ch at Mingei Museum