ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, January 24, 1997 TAG: 9701240043
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: out & about
SOURCE: DONNA ALVIS-BANKS
These ambassadors speak the universal language.
Music.
As they've traveled around the world, the musicians of the Audubon Quartet have made Virginia Tech a name to remember in many languages. The university's quartet-in-residence has played in concert halls from Europe to the Middle East to South America to China.
Founded in 1974, the quartet came to Tech in 1981. The musicians - David Ehrlich, Doris Lederer, David Salness and Clyde Shaw - now call Blacksburg their home.
The foursome will perform at home this weekend. Guest artist Ko Iwasaki, a cellist from Japan who teaches at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, will join them for the winter concert.
Iwasaki has been featured as a soloist with the London Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Vancouver Symphony and the Dallas Symphony. He plays a cello made by Antonio Stradivari (yes, the same Stradivari known for the perfect violins he crafted in the early part of the 18th century) and frequently performs as a guest artist with chamber ensembles.
Iwasaki and the Audubon Quartet will perform Franz Schubert's Cello Quintet in C Major, Opus 163, as a tribute to the Austrian composer's 200th birthday. Schubert was born in Vienna on Jan. 31, 1797.
Other works include Mozart's Quartet in E fat Major, K. 159, a lesser-known chamber piece Mozart composed in his early teen-age years, and Zoltan Kodaly's Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, a trio featuring Hungarian folk songs and dance rhythms.
Performances are Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. in Squires Recital Salon. Tickets are $10 for adults or $7 for students and senior citizens. To make reservations, call the box office in Squires Student Center, 231-5615.
BRAIN TEASERS: Like 'em?
Then you'll love "All in the Timing," the latest offering from Mill Mountain Theatre.
The Roanoke company will bring this new comedy, a collection of six brain-teasing contemporary one-acts, to Radford University's Porterfield Theatre Thursday. The show runs through Feb. 1. Curtain time is at 8 each evening.
"All in the Timing" is sophisticated humor about the human condition. The sketches offer comedic insight into our perceptions about language, time and relationships.
Public admission for "All in the Timing" is $8 for adults and $4 for children. Those with Radford University identification get in free.
AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE! Well, you won't find one of those, but you will find four trumpets, four French horns, four trombones, a tuba and a variety of percussion instruments.
Skyline Brass, a group of faculty members from James Madison University and Virginia Tech, will perform Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Tech's Squires Recital Salon. The musicians will play five pieces, all very different in style.
"The Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare" by Richard Strauss is the opening number. Other works on the program include Edward Grieg's "Funeral March" and Raymonde Premru's "Divertimento."
Tickets, $5, are available only at the door Tuesday evening.
STILL HUMMING THOSE INAUGURAL TUNES? Don't stop yet!
The U.S. Air Force ACC Heritage of America Tradewinds Quintet will play some more patriotic pieces (as well as popular and classical works) in concerts this weekend at Virginia Tech and at the Fine Arts Center Annex in Pulaski.
The quintet features flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon. It's part of the 60-member ACC Heritage of America Band based at Langley Air Force Base. The band boasts a 250-year musical tradition.
You can catch the quintet tonight at Squires Recital Salon. The free concert starts at 8.
On Saturday, the music moves to Pulaski. The Fine Arts Center Annex is at 44 Fourth St. Concert time is 7 p.m.
Admission is free for Saturday's performance, too, but reservations are recommended because of limited seating. Call 980-7363.
TGIF: Ready to wind down?
Head for the Cafe at Champs in downtown Blacksburg tonight.
No Strings Attached - one of the region's most popular (and original!) string bands - will play at 9. The cover charge is $3.
Sure, you've heard their music on National Public Radio, but if you've never seen a live show, you don't know what you're missing. The four guys who make up No Strings Attached - Pete Hastings, Bob Thomas, Randy Marchany and Wes Chappell - are known not only for their "feel good" music but also for their lighthearted stage antics.
The cafe is in the rear of 111 N. Main St., best reached from the public parking lot at Draper Road and Roanoke Street.
SCHMOOZING: It's an essential skill for making the adjustment from college life to life in the real world.
Just ask Dan Zevin.
Zevin, the writer who produced the best-selling "Entry Level Life" and has been published in Rolling Stone, Us, GQ and other slick magazines, will speak on "Life After College" Tuesday. His multimedia program starts at 7 p.m. in Radford University's Heth Ballroom.
In addition to topics such as how to schmooze, Zevin will touch on such important issues as "Roommates from Hell" and "Masquerading as a Member of the Real World."
Admission Tuesday is free. No joke.
ELVIS WILL ENTER THE BUILDING! Sunday's Super Bowl party at the 180 Club in Christiansburg features halftime entertainment by the one-and-only rock 'n' roll king, as well as games, refreshments and great fellowship.
Teens and families are invited to watch the game on the big-screen TV. The hangout also offers indoor basketball, air hockey, foosball and other diversions for young people.
The Super Bowl fun starts at 4 p.m., and admission is free.
The 180 Club (formerly Straight Street) is next to Dr. Video on Radford Street. Call Bob Anderson at 381-1006 for more information.
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