15 - Friday, May 3, 1985 - North Shore News

Unique instruments
featured in concert

The Singing Strings is the name of a lyre and Waldorf School, 2725 St.
flute quartet directed by Dr. Julius Knierim, per- Christophers Road, North

+ : Vancouver, Tuesday May 7
former, composer, and music therapist. at 8 p.m. Admission will be

Dr. Knierim is. should be of interest to any bY donation. For further in-
associated with the Indepen- musician, educator, thera- formation, call 985-7435.
dent Music School in Ger- _ pist, or to anyone interested KR P ee in
many which provides music in the healing aspects of this HAVE YOU'FOUND
courses in performance, type of music. The program ae tet ~
pedagogy, and therapy based will include selections by [foy:Velity WU NiONiyp°¥ i Mansy
ond the lyre, On tour- Bach, Hindemith, Bartok, (gi Pag ee |
throughout the United States and Knrierim. -
and Canada in celebration of The Singing Strings will
the 300th birthday of Bach perform at the Vancouver
and Handel, the quartet
features instruments virtual-
ly unknown in this country
but now used extensively in
Europe.

These unique and unusual
instruments are made by
Choroi. The term Choroi
denotes the Greek idea of
music-making — the in-
tegration of music, move-
ment and speech. The
Choroi lyres are new in-
struments although the an- | . i
cient prototype of the lyre ee ’ .
‘ thought to have originated in MATCHING FLOOR |’
Greece has been in existence fm AMP. “- °G9°2

for thousands of years. : WAY SWITCH’ .

The modern chormatic Oe Eo
lyre with 39 strings inaugu- § SOLID BRASS ARIS
rated by Edmund Pracht in ANTIQUE - POLISHED
1926 was created with the in- ,
tention of bringing to au-
diences an entirely new way
' a of listening to music.
a aan i: Andother new" instru-
ws ment was created later—the
NEWS photo Stuart Dasle wooden Choroi flute. There

ws boos er ee , { : . are now several types of
my, +: LINDA ETERMAN picks out a tune on the lyre. The unique instrument will be featured when) = Choro} flutes — re pen-

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Up a dark corner—you'll find the mght ight at Norburn «fl

ee i+. the  “*The Singing Strings’’, s lyre ‘and flute quartet directed by Dr. Julius Knierim, appear — ¢aronic flute, the C-flute, the WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

tte 2. «May 7at 8 p.m.-at the Vancouver. Waldorf School, 2725 St. Christophers Road, Notth Van-  n tiute, and the A-flute. FREE CATALOGUES AVAILABLE
h- -; couver. Admission will be by donation. Information 985-7435 : The performance of The § Hours: MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 8:30 - 5:00, FRIDAY 8:30 - 2:00 §
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