April 1999

New music, percussion concert is set for May 7

GREEN BAY - Music for piano, marimba, vibraphone, drums and electronic sounds will be performed Friday, May 7, for concertgoers with a sense of musical adventure. The program by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay New Music Ensemble and the Hand Drumming Ensemble begins at 7:30 p.m. in the University Theatre.

The ensembles' goals are that audience members will be fascinated, entertained and educated by the variety of textures, tones and creativity that performers coax from an array of percussion instruments. Faculty member Cheryl Grosso directs both ensembles.

Sara Salentine of Luxemburg and Dana Blodgett of Greenleaf open the evening with Experiences, a lyrical duet for two pianos that composer John Cage composed in 1945 for dancer Merce Cunningham. Piano, marimba and vibraphone will be featured in Prisoners of the Image Factory, a joyous tone poem created for a Canadian film short. Swell Piece offers "any number of musicians beyond three" only a set of instructions for timbre, pitch and dynamics to involve their creativity in shaping the piece. In a new piece by conductor Grosso for trumpet, marimba and piano, the trumpet uses a variety of mutes and, at times, rubs the piano strings with a metal pipe.

The New Music portion of the program concludes with a slow, soft work of harmonic intervals for two pianos during which the pianists try to avoid listening to each other - a difficult task, Grosso says - and a piece by renowned Japanese composer Minoru Michi that features marimba soloist Kyle Swan accompanied by various ethnic drums and bells typical of drumming festivals.

The 15-member Hand Drumming Ensemble will open with a traditional piece from the West African Ewe tribe performed on the university's set of Ewe drums. The Ensemble will conclude with three of Grosso's compositions, one featuring saxophonist Becky Fleming of Green Bay; and Seguro, a Brazilian-influenced piece by UW-Green Bay senior Kimberly Cullen of Chilton, who has performed with the Ensemble for 10 semesters.

Concert tickets, priced at $3, may be purchased in advance at the Weidner Center Ticket Office until concert time, 465-2217, or 1-800-328 TKTS.

GREEN BAY - Music from Bach to Broadway makes up the choral concert program to be presented Sunday, May 2, at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. The concert begins at 2 p.m.

Performing will be the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Vocal Ensemble, Women's Chorus and Concert Choir. The Luxemburg-Casco Concert Choir will be guest performers as will Collegium Musicum, an Early Music string ensemble of campus and community musicians.

William Witwer, director of choral activities at UW-Green Bay, conducts the Vocal Ensemble and Concert Choir. He will lead the 18-member Vocal Ensemble in a single, demanding work, J.S. Bach's Easter Cantata, Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ lay in bonds of death). Witwer calls the ensemble's performance "an impressive music accomplishment." Student soloists will be Christine Naze of Casco and Amanda Moschea of Whitefish Bay, sopranos; Jill Eggers, Lone Rock, alto; Eric Lindahl, Stetsonville, tenor; and Troy Frisque, Suamico, bass. Collegium Musicum will accompany the cantata.

In a program change of pace, Judy O'Grady will conduct the Women's Chorus in songs for spring, Gershwin tunes and spirituals. O'Grady teaches music at UW-Green Bay. My True Love Has My Heart is one of two compositions by Eugene Butler, and Landliches Lied is a rustic song composed by Robert Schumann. Gershwin melodies include They Can't Take That Away from Me, from the 1937 movie, Shall We Dance? Spirituals include arrangements of Go Down, Moses, and Swing Down Chariot, which will feature students Christy Maresh of Whitelaw and Emily Anderson of Marinette as soloists. Chorus accompanist is Ellen Hanchek, a music instructor at UW-Green Bay.

Concert choirs take the stage after intermission. Jeff Hunter conducts the Luxemburg-Casco Concert Choir in performing songs including Joyful, Joyful, Billy Joel's And So It Goes and "Facade" from Jekyll and Hyde.

Conductor Witwer returns to the podium to lead the UW-Green Bay Concert Choir. Opening with a Moses Hogan arrangement of The Battle of Jericho, the 60-voice choir also will perform John Clements' Flower of Beauty, and "The Wheels of a Dream" from the Broadway musical, Ragtime. Choir accompanist is Janice Cusano of the UW-Green Bay music faculty.

Witwer also will lead the combined university and high school choir of 90 voices in the concert finale, Byron Smith's Worthy to Be Praised,a work Witwer calls "a contemporary hand-clapping gospel work" that will include audience participation. Soloists will be Eggers and Kelly Shoemaker of Menomonee Falls.

Concert tickets, priced at $5 for adults, $3 for students, may be purchased in advance or until concert time at the Weidner Center Ticket Office, 465-2217.

GREEN BAY - Recruiting employees in a tight labor market and managing values differences among Generation X and others in the workplace will be major concerns addressed at Employers Symposium '99 on Thursday, May 20.

"Human Resource Strategies and Roles in the New Millennium" will be the subject of morning and afternoon sessions presented by Wisconsin business leaders at the Regency Suites Hotel in Green Bay. Employers Symposium '99 is sponsored by the Office of Outreach at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the university's Management Development Programs.

Matt Partridge, vice president with Marshall and Ilsey Corp, will open the symposium. As director of employment, employee relations and employee development at the Milwaukee company, Partridge is an experienced observer of Generation X, Baby Boomer and Traditionalist generations, and successful in getting the generations to work well together. He has received accolades for his presentations to numerous organizations on managing generation values.

Alternative recruiting strategies will be addressed by Ann Carpenado, Director of Human Resources for Crest International, a contract cleaning company that employs more than 1,000; and John Pavlik, who recruits employees in the fast-food business segment. They will explain strategies they have used and share lessons learned.

Bruce Deadman and others will discuss pre-employment screening and other strategies to decrease turnover by hiring the right employees in the first place. Deadman is in human resources management at Ver Halen, Inc., and a labor law attorney.

Afternoon presenters will focus on longer range strategies, including education partnerships, and the future role of human resources in organizations. Leaders will be Ellie Hein, who coordinates a program to maintain and develop construction industry employees throughout Wisconsin. Nancy Schopf heads the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Partners in Education program.

Dale Feinauer, business professor at UW-Oshkosh, will present ideas on the future of human resources management and call for roundtable response by panelists and symposium participants.

Registration fee for the day is $74. For more information and registration, call Management Development Programs at UW-Green Bay, (920) 465-2482.

GREEN BAY - The Extended Degree Program of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay announces a change in the name of the program's undergraduate major from Bachelor of Arts in General Studies to Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies.

The change more accurately reflects the major's strength and content, which includes upper-level course work in the natural and social sciences, humanities, fine arts and other disciplines, according to Dorothy Stepien, director of Extended Degree. The new name also should clarify for potential employers and the general public the difference between the UW-Green Bay degree program and other types of educational programs. The change has been accepted by UW System administration.

An additional change in the program is that students may now pursue a minor in business administration or accounting. The name change and addition of minors take effect in fall 1999. Additional minors are also being explored.

The Extended Degree Program offers a unique pathway for adult students with work and family commitments that prevent them from attending traditional daytime classes. Saturday classes, the Internet and other distance learning options provide avenues for them to pursue degree studies from their home communities.

For information on the program, contact the UW-Green Bay Extended Degree Office at (920) 465-2423.

GREEN BAY - Salsa - and other tasty treats - make up the musical menu when three University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Jazz Ensembles and a variety of faculty and community guest artists take the stage Saturday, May 8, in the University Theatre. The feast starts at 7:30 p.m.

Saxophonist John Salerno of the UW-Green Bay music faculty conducts Jazz Ensemble I. Trumpeter Tom Pfotenhauer, also of the music faculty, leads Jazz Ensemble II. Chris Salerno directs the Vocal Jazz Ensemble. She also teaches at UW-Green Bay.

Performing as special guest artists will be vocalists Adriana Gordillo and Christina Aguilar, members of the Hispanic community in Green Bay. Also making guest performances will be UW-Green Bay faculty members Kevin Collins, trombone; Terence O'Grady, vibraphone; and Scott Wright, clarinet. Christina Ortiz, who teaches Spanish language at UW-Green Bay, composed lyrics for the closing concert number, Caribeno.

Jazz Ensemble II opens the concert with a program of swing and contemporary fusion numbers, including Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythm, Ellen Rowe's Cross Currents and a Don Sickler arrangement of

The Vocal Jazz Ensemble begins with Steve Johnson taking the spotlight in Baroque Samba. Arrangements by Chris Salerno feature Johnson, Jennifer Scovell and Scott Garrigan in Nothin' You Can Do, and Kelly Shoemaker in My Foolish Heart. Andrea Wiltzius and Kristin Sponcia share vocals in O'Grady's arrangement of Punctuation; and Johnson, Sponcia and Renee Millard are featured in the Vocal Jazz Ensemble's arrangement of Now's the Time.

Jazz Ensemble I opens with Cubauza, which John Salerno characterizes as "Latin bebop." His arrangement of the Beatles' In My Life features vocalist Scovell. The Ensemble caps the evening with cha-chas, sambas, mambos and Cuban songos, featuring O'Grady on vibraphone in Mambo Inn and pianist Sara Salentine in Pianitis. Salerno's setting of Rene's Song offers licks for saxophone, trumpet, piano, guitar, bass and drummer Kevin Baker. Funky Cha-Cha spotlights guitarist Doug Rifleman, and saxophonist Steve Cooper. The Ensemble ends with Caribeno, featuring community vocalists Gordillo and Aguilar and trumpeter Kevin Rasmussen.

Jazz Concert tickets, priced at $5 for adults, $3 for students, are available until concert time at the UW-Green Bay Weidner Center Ticket Office, 465-2217 or 1-800-328-TKTS.

GREEN BAY - Students from six area high schools took part in "Celebrating Success," a new initiative that recognizes outstanding students of color, Monday, April 19, at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Guidance counselors from nine area high schools were asked to submit the names of their school's top juniors of color who are academically exceptional, exceptional role models or have made a positive impact on the future of their school.

The honored students were invited to participate in an afternoon program including a science faculty interactive demonstration, a student-led tour of the University and classroom experiences, followed by a welcome from UW-Green Bay Chancellor Mark Perkins, and an evening dinner and awards program. Students selected to receive the inaugural awards were:

Andrew Hong, Green Bay Southwest High School. Activities include: basketball, National Honor Society, student council, social studies academic team, academic decathlon, solo ensemble, DECA, Teen Court, blood drives, American Cancer Society volunteer and Math League.

Suriya Khong, Preble High School. Activities include: track, tennis, United Colors of Preble, Leadership Committee member, Z-Club, National Honor Society, District Tardy Policy Committee member, volunteer at Paul's Panty and Salvation Army, elementary school volunteer.

Tabatha Morrison, Green Bay West High School. Activities include: National Honor Society, Octagon Club, Spanish Club and Stock Market Club.

Neil Sandhu, Ashwaubenon High School. March of Dimes volunteer.

Tru Thao, Green Bay Southwest High. Activities include: all-school representative in "World of Difference" diversity training, volunteer for "The Gathering Point," an elementary after-school program and the Hmong Center; also participates in volleyball, track, Unity Club and Upward Bound.

Xiong Pao Thao, Green Bay East High School. Listing of activities not available.

Julie Tran, Green Bay West High School. Activities include: class vice president, mathematics, academic team, French Club, Octagon Club and Upward Bound.

Xiong Vang, Bay Port High School. Activities include: volleyball, part-time employee, participant at Green Bay Boys and Girls Club.

Kue Vang, Green Bay East High School. Activities not available.

Paku Yang, Bay Port High School. Activities include: Spanish Club, Art Club, Library Club and church youth group member.

For more information, contact Carrie Schirtz of UW-Green Bay Admissions and Orientation, 465-2111.

GREEN BAY - Performing in an informal campus venue, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Jazz Combos will entertain listeners Monday evening, April 26, at the University Union.

Two six-piece combos, each with a vocalist, will present a program featuring music associated with jazz greats Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Thelonius Monk. Sharing the stage will be a guest jazz combo from De Pere High School. The music begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Phoenix Room of the University Union. Admission is free.

The program of the opening combo includes Ellington's I'm Beginning to See the Light and an arrangement of Stevie Wonder's You Are the Sunshine of My Life by pianist-vocalist Jenny Scovell. Drummer Kevin Baker takes the spotlight in his composition, Rae, and an arrangement of A Night in Tunisia. Trumpeter Renee Millard contributes an arrangement of Up Jumped Spring. The group closes the set with a Scovell arrangement of In Time. Other members of the combo are Noah Bryant, alto sax; Nick Polashek, tenor sax, and Jon Wegge, bass. Faculty member Thomas Pfotenhauer, a UW-Green Bay alumnus, conducts both campus jazz combos.

The De Pere High School Combo will perform Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise, J. J. Johnson's Lament, and Nardis, by Miles Davis. Members of the four-piece unit are Mark Denis, alto sax; Kasey Steinbrinck, piano; Peter Halloin, drums, and Wegge sitting in on bass.

Closing the concert will be a second UW-Green Bay combo with vocalist Camille Vandehey's arrangement of Coltrane's Impressions and Kurt Lehman's setting of Straight Up No Chaser, by Monk. Lehman is a trumpeter. The set also includes saxophonist Jessica Dembrosky's arrangement of Smile, and drummer Andrew Martin's of All of Me. Guitarist Luke Thomas solos in his arrangement of Bluesette. Completing the combo is Aaron Martin on bass.

GREEN BAY - Authentic dishes from the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and Asia will be served at the 1999 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay International Dinner Saturday, April 24. The annual event is staged by UW-Green Bay international students, who share their culture along with their cuisine. Festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. with music and a cash bar in the Phoenix Room of the University Union.

Dinner at 7 p.m. begins with appetizers that include a Chinese rice cake and Spanish empanada asturiana, a filled puff pastry. Caribbean and German salads precede the main course, which offers a South American chicken recipe or a vegetarian entrŽe from Togo. Ecuadorian flan or German apfelstrudel are dessert choices.

All the recipes were supplied by international students and presented for their taste testing by chef Tony Portela of University Dining Service, which will prepare the meal. Student chairperson for menu preparation is Adala Carbo, a sophomore business student from Ecuador.

Sarah Napoe, a junior from Togo, and Maria Souto, a senior from Brazil, are student co-chairs for the prgram. Both study human biology at UW-Green Bay. They have arranged an after-dinner program that offers poetry from Tanzania, dances from Brazil, Africa and Germany, and Japanese origami.

There are 71 international students attending UW-Green Bay this semester. They represent 29 countries. David Coury, assistant professor of humanistic studies, serves as faculty adviser to the International Club. Coury teaches German language and literature.

International Dinner tickets go on sale Tuesday, April 13, at the University Union Main Desk, 465-2400. Ticket prices are $16 per person for community members; $14 UW-Green Bay faculty and staff; $8 for students.

GREEN BAY - Prof. Margaret A. Laughlin has received the Robert J. Snavely Memorial Award for Service to the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies. The award, recognizing Laughlin's years of service to the organization, was presented at its 1999 convention in Madison.

Laughlin joined the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Education faculty in 1979, and teaches courses in social studies methods, curriculum, foundations, middle level, research, and economic education.

She has served the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies as an officer, executive board member, and committee chair, and has been a regular presenter at its meetings, as well as at other social studies meetings in the United States and abroad. Laughlin currently serves on the National Council for the Social Studies board of directors.

Laughlin co-chaired the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards social studies task force that developed state social studies standards and currently is working on state assessment in social studies. She frequently works on social studies issues with local school districts.

Laughlin is co-author or co-editor of four books, and has published articles in publications such as Social Education, Social Studies and the Young Learner, and Journal of Social Studies Research.

GREEN BAY - A scientist who studies tree rings and other natural archives to reconstruct the histories of natural and human activities will speak on Thursday, April 22, at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The free presentation by Thomas W. Swetnam, member of the University of Arizona faculty since 1988, will be at 4 p.m. in Rose Hall 250 on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive. His topic is "Forest Fires, Insect Outbreaks, and Droughts in the Western U.S.: Regional Synchrony of Ecological Disturbances Reconstructed From Tree Rings." The presentation is re-scheduled from October 1998.

Swetnam's research, which spans time periods from a single season to millennia, and scales from a single forest stand to a whole landscape, provides historical perspectives for land management resource planning today.

Swetnam is a researcher in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and Watershed Management in the School of Renewable Natural Resources at Arizona. Swetnam, his students, and collaborators are currently studying disturbance and climate histories in the Southwest U.S., northern Mexico, Sierra Nevada of California, Northern Rockies in Idaho and Montana, Blue Mountains of Oregon, Southern Rockies in Colorado, Patagonia region of Argentina, and the Central Plateau of Siberia.

GREEN BAY - Three University of Wisconsin-Green Bay music students were recognized for vocal solos they performed in the recent 19th annual Gold Company Invitational Vocal Jazz Festival at Western Michigan University.

Jennifer Scovell, Green Bay, who is emphasizing jazz studies in her music major, won a $2,000 scholarship that can be applied toward graduate studies at Western Michigan University.

Renee Millard, Neenah, whose major instrument is trumpet, and Kristin Sponcia, Brookfield, who also is emphasizing jazz studies, were named Outstanding Soloists.

UW-Green Bay's Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Chris Salerno, was among 30 university and high school jazz ensembles invited to participate in the Michigan event.

GREEN BAY - Four University of Wisconsin-Green Bay seniors will open an exhibit of their art work with a reception from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 2, in the Lawton Gallery on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

The exhibiting seniors are Eric Carter, Jill Kolzow, Leua Fekusone Latai, and Xang Yang. The show continues through May 15.

Recipients of 1999-2000 art scholarships also will be announced at the May 2 reception.

The Lawton Gallery is located in Theatre Hall, directly east of the Weidner Center. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

GREEN BAY - Lysistrata, a classic of Greek theater, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24, and Thursday through Saturday, April 29, 30, and May 1, in the University Theater at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The theater is in Theatre Hall, located east of the Weidner Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

"Lysistrata is one of the oldest comedies that we have records of," says Laura Riddle, UW-Green Bay faculty member and the play's director. Aristophanes, the author, who died about 385 B. C., has been described as the master comic poet of the ancient world.

In the play, Greek women from various city-states band together and decide to refuse their husbands sexual favors until the men stop making war. The play reflects the uninhibited comic tradition of the time. Lysistrata can be read as an anti-war statement as well as a battle of the sexes, says Riddle, but the adaptation being presented at UW-Green Bay emphasizes the comedy of the battle of the sexes.

"What I really liked about it more than other adaptations, is that it has maintained the basic structure of the Greek play and it has maintained the poetry," she adds. Riddle notes that some contemporary language has been added.

She says the script, written for a 1993 production in London, provided "the skeleton of language," but few instructions. No music was provided for the four songs, so Green Bay composer Kevin MacLeod was commissioned to write the music. MacLeod also composed the music for last year's On the Verge.

The title role of Lysistrata is portrayed by Peres Owino, also a cast member in On the Verge, which advanced to regional competition in the American College Theater Festival. Owino also was selected to compete for an Irene Ryan Scholarship for her role in that play. She has had roles in many other UW-Green Bay productions.

Riddle says the UW-Green Bay production owes its visual inspiration to Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, even though the building isn't classically Greek. Guest costume designer is Betty Monroe of the Wichita State University faculty, who has extensive background in Greek theater and in mask making. Jeff Entwistle of the UW-Green Bay faculty is scenic designer. Technical director is R. Michael Ingraham of the staff.

Lysistrata originally was written to be performed at a festival celebrating spring, notes Riddle, so the idea of fertility is exaggerated for comic effect. She adds that the play is not suitable for young audiences.

The play is an American College Theater Festival Associate Entry.

Tickets are $10 in advance/$12 at the door for adults; $8 in advance/$10 at the door for seniors and students; and $5 for UW-Green Bay students. The numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-TKTS.

Background on personnel for Lysistrata at UW-Green Bay:

Robert Bartelt, Eau Claire, portrays a herald and a member of the chorus. A senior majoring in Theater with a minor in Humanistic Studies, Bartelt was in this year's productions of The Rimers of Eldritch and Private Eyes. He previously was active in theater at UW-Eau Claire and Eau Claire Summer Stock.

Emily Branden, Green Bay, is Myrrhina, an Athenian woman. Branden was nominated to compete for the Irene Ryan Scholarship in the January regional American College Theater Festival for her roles in Private Eyes and The Rimers of Eldritch. The senior Theater major recently directed an experimental play, Savage/Love.

Mike Eserkaln, Green Bay, is Kinesias. The owner of ComedySportz and a frequent performer there, he has been in UW-Green Bay productions of Rumors and As You Like It. He has performed in many plays in other venues.

Lyndsey Jimenez, Chicago, portrays a Boetian woman. She is a sophomore majoring in theater who previously performed in Immigrant Voices.

Christopher Hibbard, De Pere, is a magistrate. He most recently was in The Pirates of Penzance and The Rimers of Eldritch and last year had a role in Godspell. The junior is majoring in Theater with an emphasis in musical theater.

Sara Kaye, Green Bay, is assistant stage manager. She is majoring in technical theater and minoring in psychology. She worked on props, costumes, and painting for The Pirates of Penzance and has had similar responsibilities in other productions.

Mandy Killinger, Green Bay, is a member of the chorus. This is Killinger's first UW-Green Bay production, but she was active in theater at Preble High School and won awards in forensics and state music competitions. She is a sophomore majoring in Communication Processes.

Amy Mach, Antigo, is a Corinthian woman. The sophomore Human Biology major is making her first stage appearance at UW-Green Bay; she worked on sets for The Rimers of Eldritch.

Teresa Mikulski, Marion, portrays Lampito. The senior is majoring in English with minors in Secondary Education and Theater. This is her first UW-Green Bay stage appearance.

Molly Mix, Windom, Minn., is Kalonike, an Athenian woman. She made her UW-Green Bay debut in Private Eyes and was in The Pirates of Penzance. She won awards in theater and music in high school and was Minnesota All-State Choice two years. She is a freshman emphasizing musical theater.

Sarah Olson, Ripon, is a Corinthian woman. The freshman made her first appearance at UW-Green Bay in Savage/Love earlier this semester.

Peres Owino, Nairobi, Kenya, plays the title role of Lysistrata. Owino's stage experiences this year have included roles in Private Eyes, The Rimers of Eldritch, and Savage/Love. She is a senior majoring in Theater and Social Change and Development.

Sallie Puckett, De Pere, is a member of the chorus. She is a senior emphasizing musical theater. Her several theater roles at UW-Green Bay include this year's productions of Pirates of Penzance and The Rimers of Eldritch.

Neil Roehrborn, Sheboygan Falls, is the sound designer. He served as master carpenter for Pirates of Penzance and The Rimers of Eldritch; was sound designer for Picnic, and served as master electrician for Whitebread. Roehrborn has worked with the Sheboygan Theater Company and at the Weidner Center. He is a sophomore majoring in technical theater with a computer science minor.

Brian Schmidt, Green Bay, is a member of the chorus. He frequently performs at ComedySportz.

Nola Schwingle, Oak Creek, is a member of the chorus. The junior is majoring in Theater and English and minoring in Education. Schwingle was selected to participate in the Irene Ryan competition in the American College Theater Festival last January for her role in the UW-Green Bay production of Picnic. She has been in The Rimers of Eldritch and The Pirates of Penzance this year.

Aaron Stinebrink, Lake Geneva, is lighting designer. He has been lighting designer for other main stage productions and for the recent student production, 70 Scenes of Halloween. He is a junior emphasizing technical theater.

Lisa Weigt, Madison, is stage manager. Weigt was assistant stage manager for The Rimers of Eldritch and has fulfilled a variety of technical roles in other UW-Green Bay productions. She holds a theater scholarship for 1998-99. The sophomore is emphasizing technical theater in her major and is completing a Business Administration minor.

GREEN BAY - A band concert Thursday, April 22, at the Weidner Center will feature performances by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band. Performing as special guests will be the 60-member State Bound High School Honor Band composed of students who received superior solo ratings at the Wisconsin School Music Association district festival. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. and concludes with a 180-member massed band performance of the Hungarian March by Hector Berlioz.

Kevin Collins and Scott Wright of the UW-Green Bay music faculty will conduct.

Collins will direct the Wind Ensemble in Ingolf Dahl's Sinfonietta, a piece Collins calls "one of the most significant works in the band repertoire." The 40-member Ensemble also will perform The Leaves Are Falling, a composition Warren Benson began the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Wright conducts the Symphonic Band of 80 musicians. The band's program will feature Morton Gould's American Salute, Rossini's Death and Transfiguration.

The Honor Band will perform works by Percy Grainger, Elliot Del Borgo and American composer William Schuman before joining the other units in the finale from Berlioz' The Damnation of Faust.

Concert tickets, priced at $5 for adults, $3 for students, may be purchased in advance or at the door of the Weidner Center ticket office, (920) 465-2217.

GREEN BAY -- Scott Wright of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay music faculty will present a clarinet recital Sunday, April 18, in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center. Performing with Wright will be pianist Linda Halloin and guest artist Laura Schang, cellist. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.

Wright will perform works by Beethoven, Schumann and Saint-Saens. His program also includes compositions by American, English and Italian composers.

Wright joined UW-Green Bay faculty in 1997 as assistant professor and assistant director of bands. He is completing his doctor's degree of musical arts in clarinet performance at Arizona State University, where he completed the master of music education degree. Wright received his bachelor of music education degree at the University of Michigan.

GREEN BAY -- Jose Ramos-Horta, winner of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize for his dedication to the liberation of the people of East Timor, is scheduled to speak on the subject, "Peacemaking: the Power of Nonviolence," at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on Thursday, April 29.

His presentation will be at 7 p.m. in the Phoenix Room of the University Union on campus. Admission is free. A reception sponsored by the UW-Green Bay Founders Association will follow the lecture. The reception is free to students and Founders Association members. All others are welcome to attend for $3. Ramos-Horta will be available to the media for questions from 5 to 5:30 p.m. in Phoenix Room C of the University Union.

For the past 23 years, Ramos-Horta has worked to promote public awareness of the invasion and annexation of his homeland of East Timor by Indonesia. East Timor shares an island northwest of Australia in the Indonesian archipelago.

A bloody civil war erupted upon independence from Portugal in 1975, with Timorese nationalists battling to resist annexation by Jakarta government forces. Since then Ramos-Horta has been the leading voice for human rights and self-determination for East Timor.

Ramos-Horta's commitment has made it impossible for him to live in his native homeland which has witnessed the deaths of 200,000 people, over one-third of the Timorese population, since the Indonesian occupation in 1975. Over the past 20 years there have been reports of widespread terror, persecution, and genocide in East Timor.

From 1975-85 Ramos-Horta served as a Permanent Representative to the United Nations for FREITLIN (Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor). He is now a special representative of the National Council of Maubere Resistance (CNRM). He has been a consistent advocate for a brokered peace plan allowing at least some autonomy from Indonesia.

In December of 1996, Ramos-Horta and his fellow countryman, Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, were honored with the Nobel for their "sustained efforts to hinder oppression of a small people." The Peace Prize committee considers Ramos-Horta to be the "leading international spokesman for East Timor's cause since 1975."

The free program is part of the Contemporary Issues lecture series presented by the student-led Good Times Programming Board. For a media information packet, or for questions, please call Christine Devener, Contemporary Issues Director, at 920-465-2405 or Grant Winslow, GTP's staff liaison, at 920-465-2200 ext. 37.

GREEN BAY, WI - Openings remain in the workshop, Mending the World: Where Faith and Justice Meet , which will take place Thursday, April 15, at the Ecumenical Center on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus. The program begins at noon with a buffet lunch.

Leading the afternoon presentation and interactive session will be Judy Crain and Karina O'Malley. Both profess commitment to social justice as expressions of faith and religious tradition in contemporary life. Crain is a member of the Green Bay Board of Education. She is active in the local Interfaith Alliance and in local, state and national education and ecumenical endeavors of the United Methodist Church. She received a master's degree in theological studies at Garrett Evangelical Seminary, Evanston, Ill.

O'Malley is assistant professor of sociology at St. Norbert College and recipient of college, diocese and organization awards for community service. Newsweek and The Chronicle of Higher Education also have cited O'Malley. O'Malley and her husband live at Crossroads, a Green Bay homeless shelter the couple helped found. Her academic degrees include the Ph.D in sociology and education from Columbia University.

Mending the World: Where Faith and Justice Meet is part of the continuing series, Critical Issues for Faith Communities, designed for clergy, pastoral leaders and students. Sponsors include the UW-Green Bay Office of Outreach and Extension, Brown County Clergy Association and the Ecumenical Center. Program advisers include Green Bay area pastors and directors of religious education, UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert faculty members and the Volunteer Center of Brown County.

Cost of the luncheon and workshop is $25. Registration may be completed by mail or phone to the Office of Outreach and Extension, UW-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr., Green Bay, WI 54311-7001, telephone (920) 465-2102 or 1-800-892-2118.

GREEN BAY, WI -- Music composed by Bach, the Beatles and Jerome Kern will be included in a concert performed by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Guitar Ensemble Thursday, April 15. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center. There is no admission charge.

The Guitar Ensemble is unique among UW-Green Bay music performance groups in that the majority of its members are not music majors. "What we all have in common is the enjoyment we get from playing the guitar," says Bob Balsley, ensemble director.

Balsley is a UW-Green Bay graduate. He teaches jazz guitar at the campus and has led the Guitar Ensemble for 10 years. He has performed professionally with artists that include Chuck Berry, Bobby Vinton and Roger Williams. The concert will include Balsley's composition, Latin Groove Box. Other selections include Freddie Freeloader, by Miles Davis; and Fade Away, by Bo Deans.

Members of the UW-Green Bay Guitar Ensemble are Brian Dainsburg, Thomas Hintz, Christopher Knuth, Michael Kurland and Christopher Lambert; also Nicholas Polashek, Joshua Proefrock, Jeremy Prudhomme, David Regnier, Joy Starr, John Steuck, III, John Tesch, Luke Thomas and Aaron Zepplin.

GREEN BAY - Pianist Sarah Salentine and guitarist Aaron Zepplin, music students at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, share a senior recital Saturday, April 17. The program starts at 2 p.m. in Fort Howard Hall in the Weidner Center. Admission is free.

Salentine studies jazz with Arthur Cohrs and Chris Paquin Salerno of the UW-Green Bay faculty. She performs as a member of the UW-Green Bay Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz Combo and serves frequently as piano accompanist for campus choirs, vocal ensembles and student recitalists. Salentine also was accompanist for campus stage productions of Godspell and the recent Pirates of Penzance.

For her recital, Salentine will perform her own composition, Groovin' Tonic, and her arrangement of Herbie Hancock's Dolphin Dance. Other pieces include a trio of Latin dances, a Prokofiev sonata and music by Chick Corea and Peter Gabriel. She will perform some selections with an instrumental combo.

Salentine is a 1996 graduate of Luxemburg-Casco High School. Her home address is E 1964 County Road A, Luxemburg.

Zepplin majors in jazz studies. He performs with the UW-Green Bay Jazz Combo, University Choir and Guitar Ensemble. He also performed in the campus production of Godspell. For his senior recital, Zepplin will perform classical, jazz and Latin music. He will be accompanied by Salentine and an instrumental combo.

Zepplin is a 1995 graduate of Waupaca High School. He is the son of Mark and Robyn Zepplin, 1221 Mertl Lane, Waupaca.

GREEN BAY - The seventh annual traditional Pow-wow at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay highlights a month of activities that will also include a roundtable on tribal sovereignty and a demonstration of Iroquois social dancing.

The pow-wow takes place from 6 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, in the Phoenix Sports Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive. Admission is free. Sponsored by the UW-Green Bay Intertribal Student Council, the pow-wow is the primary event in observance of Native American Awareness Month on the campus.

The grand entry begins at 6 p.m. Dancers and drum groups with members from the Menominee, Ojibwe, Oneida and Stockbridge-Munsee nations will be featured. A special invitation has been extended this year to alumni of UW-Green Bay - the University has one of the largest percentages of American Indian graduates and students among all UW System schools - to build on an informal tradition of alumni participation. A food vendor will serve from 4:30 to 10 p.m. in the Ecumenical Center, located across the parking lot from the Phoenix Sports Center. The number for information about the pow-wow is 920-465-2720.

Other campus activities include three events in the week leading up to the pow-wow. All are free and open to the public.

At 3:30 p.m. Monday (April 12), in the Phoenix Room on the second level of the University Union, members of the Oneida Longhouse Dancers will present a demonstration and discussion of Iroquois social dancing. In some ways similar but in many ways different from the drums and full pow-wow regalia of the following weekend, the social dancing involves turtle-shell percussion and dancers in colorful calico attire.

Two events are planned for Tuesday, April 13. At 5 p.m. in the Rose Hall auditorium, "The Chiapas Media Project" and indigenous issues in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas will be the topic of visiting researchers Imelio Sanchez Perez and Francisco Vasquez. At 6 p.m., in the Union's Phoenix Room, UW-Green Bay hosts an American Indian Tribal Sovereignty Roundtable. The goal of the event is to bring together tribal officials and campus and community members to engage in an open discussion about governmental relationships and the importance of sovereignty to cultural survival. Participants in the discussion will include Jerry Hill, chief council of the Oneida Nation; JoDean Lowe, tribal attorney; Nancy Nusbaum, Brown County executive; and Lisa Poupart, UW-Green Bay professor of American Indian studies and humanistic studies.

The month's activities conclude with a demonstration of the lacrosse-style game of "chaw-haw." The game takes place, rain or shine, on the lawn outside UW-Green Bay's Cofrin Library at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 28.

GREEN BAY - Five University of Wisconsin-Green Bay seniors will show their work in the first of two senior art exhibits in the Lawton Gallery located in Theatre Hall on campus. Senior Show I opens with a reception from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 11. The artists are Beth Block, Natalie Ferry, Megan Henderson, Brent Johnson, and Chad Peters.

The exhibit continues through April 24. Lawton Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

GREEN BAY -- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay vocalist Angela Weber will present her senior recital at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 10, on the UW-Green Bay campus.

Admission to the program in the Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts is free.

Weber will perform music by Gounod, G.F Handel, Dominick Argento, Vivaldi, Eva Dell Acqua, Fanny Hensel, Donizette and Verdi. She will open her program with "The Jewel Song" from the opera Faust by Gounod and close with "Ah fors e' lui/Sempre libera'" from the opera La Traviata by Verdi.

Weber is a musical performance major who studies with Linda Parins. She played the role of "Mabel" in the University's spring musical Pirates of Penzance, has performed in the University's Concert Choir for six years and the Choral Ensemble for five, and also performed in music festivals in the Czech Republic in both the summer of 1995 and winter of 1997.

The 1993 graduate of Oostburg High School is the daughter of Jay and Gail Buyze, Hingham.

GREEN BAY - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay student percussionist Kyle Swan will present his senior recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 9, on the UW-Green Bay campus.

Admission to the program in the University Theatre located in Theatre Hall is free.

Swan will open his program with "Torse III" by Akira Miyoshi and close with "Eight Pieces for Four Timpani" by Elliott Carter. He will also perform music by Stuart S. Smith, John Cage, Steve Reich, Allan Nissila and UW-Green Bay faculty member Cheryl Grosso.

Swan is a performance major and studies with Grosso. He has performed with the Wind, New Music, Jazz, Hand Drumming and Percussion Ensembles.

Swan is the son of Bonnie Swan, 1452 Bruce Lane, Green Bay and William Swan, 2658 He Nis Ra Lane, Green Bay. He is a 1995 graduate of Ashwaubenon High School.