April
      1,
      1997
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      the
     
     
      editors
     
    
   
   
    
     
      To
      the
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Re:
      Artistic
      Freedom
      and
      “G.D.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      am
      sorry
      G.D.
      feels
      that
      artistic
      freedom
      at
      UPEI
      is
      being
     
     
      stiffled.
      I
      have
      not
      felt
      that
      way
      neither
      at
      UPEI
      nor
      in
      the
      Creative
     
     
      Writing
      classes.
      The
      majority
      of
      the
      professors
      in
      the
      English
     
     
      Department,
      and
      more
      specifically
      those
      professors
      in
      the
      Creative
     
     
      Writing
      departinent,
      have
      excelled
      at
      encouraging
      me
      to
      develop
     
     
      my
      creative
      and
      academic
      “spirit”.
      (I
      say
      “majority”
      because
      I
     
     
      have
      not
      had
      the
      opportunity
      to
      attend
      all
      professors
      classes.)
     
    

    
     
      Too
      bad
      G.D.
      did
      not
      get
      his
      and/or
      her
      facts
      correct.
      My
     
     
      understanding
      of
      the
      Creative
      Writing
      circumstance
      in
      question
      is
     
     
      that
      the
      two
      students
      were
      given
      the
      opportunity
      to
      continue
      the
     
     
      course
      by
      e-mail,
      but
      instead
      chose
      to
      drop
      out.
      From
      my
     
     
      experience,
      both
      Creative
      Writing
      courses
      are
      for
      mature
      students,
     
     
      or
      should
      I
      say,
      students
      with
      maturity.
      In
      a
      workshop
      atmosphere,
     
     
      one
      needs
      to
      be
      tactful
      about
      sharing
      comments
      with
      others
      about
     
     
      their
      writing.
      One
      also
      needs
      to
      be
      secure
      about
      receiving
     
     
      comments
      about
      his
      and/or
      her
      writing.
      Opinions
      about
      the
      lack
      of
     
     
      artistic
      talent
      should
      not
      be
      “shared”’.
     
    

    
     
      Furthermore,
      the
      opinion
      that
      the
      “average
      UPEI
      student
      can
     
     
      neither
      sympathize
      with
      nor
      truly
      understand
      much
      of
      the
      art
      and
     
     
      artists
      they
      study
      in
      class”
      is
      out
      of
      order.
      With
      all
      of
      my
     
     
      “handicapped
      sensitivities,”
      I
      thank
      the
      professors
      at
      UPEI
      for
     
     
      assisting
      me
      in
      understanding
      “the
      art
      and
      artists.”
      Is
      not
      this
      the
     
     
      raison
      d'
      etre
      of
      UPEI
      and
      its
      professors?
      Ifnot,
      then
      |
      am
      surprised
     
     
      at
      the
      number
      of
      “handicapped
      sensitivities”
      graduating
      from
      UPEI
     
     
      each
      year.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Lee
      Ellen
      Pottie
     
     
      2nd
      year
      Arts
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      1997
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      The
      Department
      of
     
     
      Music
      at
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      will
     
     
      present
      its
      46
      member
      Wind
     
     
      Symphony
      in
      a
      pair
      of
      con-
     
     
      certs
      on
      Thursday
      and
      Friday,
     
     
      April
      3
      and
      4
      at
      8:00
      PM
      in
      the
     
     
      Dr.Steel
      Recital
      Hall.
      The
     
     
      Wind
      Symphony
      has
      had
      a
     
     
      very
      active
      performance
     
     
      schedule
      this
      academic
      year
     
     
      including
      tours
      of
      Nova
      Scotia
     
     
      -
      and
      western
      PEI.
      It
      has
      been
     
     
      favourably
      recognized
      for
      its
     
     
      programming
      and
      perform-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ance
      standard.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Wind
      Symphony,
     
     
      under
      the
      baton
      of
      Dr.
      Karen
     
     
      J.
      Simon,
      has
      prepared
      an
      ec-
     
     
      lectic
      programme
      of
      music
      for
     
     
      the
      wind
      band.
      Among
      the
     
     
      highlights
      of
      these
      concerts
      will
     
     
      be
      performances
      of
      Symphony
     
     
      No.1,by
      Daniel
      Bukvich.
      Sub-
     
     
      titled
      In
      Memoriam,
      Dresden,
     
     
      Germany,
      1945,
      this
      work
      is
     
     
      an
      attempt
      to
      portray
      the
      hor-
     
     
      ror
      of
      war.
      On
      the
      night
      of
     
     
      February
      13,
      1945,
      Allied
     
     
      forces
      fire-bombed
      the
      unde-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      fended
      German
      city
      of
      Dres-
     
     
      den.
      Swollen
      by
      the
      flow
      of
     
     
      refugees
      fleeing
      the
      advanc-
     
     
      ing
      Russian
      Army
      to
      almost
     
     
      twice
      its
      normal
      population,
      the
     
     
      “Fire
      Storm”
      killed
      approxi-
     
     
      mately
      150,000
      men,
      women
     
     
      and
      children.
      os
     
     
      Among
      other
      selections
     
     
      are
      La
      Procession
      du
      Rocio
     
     
      by
      Joaquin
      Turina
      and
      First
     
     
      Suite
      for
      Military
      Band
      by
     
     
      Gustav
      Holst.
      These
      repre-
     
     
      sent
      compositions
      by
      two
      of
     
     
      the
      foremost
      composers
      for
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      genre.
      Flautist
      Leigh
      Ann
     
     
      Ryan,
      a
      senior
      from
      Corner
     
     
      Brook,
      Nfld.,
      will
      solo
      with
      the
     
     
      Wind
      Symphony.
     
    

    
     
      Ron
      Murphy,
      director
      of
     
     
      bands
      at
      Birchwood
      Junior
     
     
      High
      School,
      will
      guest
      con-
     
     
      duct
      the
      Wind
      Symphony.
      Un-
     
     
      der
      his
      direction,
      the
      university
     
     
      band
      will
      be
      supplemented
      by
     
     
      Birchwood
      band
      students
      in
      a
     
     
      performance
      of
      Elizabethan
     
     
      Suite.
     
    

    
     
      These
      concerts
      repre-
     
     
      sent
      the
      final
      public
      appear-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ating
      seniors
      --
      Leigh
      Ann
     
     
      Ryan,
      Jennifer
      Desroches,
     
     
      Shirley
      Cameron,
      Julie
      Mills,
     
     
      Sean
      Trainor,
      Jeff
      Zaat,
      Chris
     
     
      Ward
      --
      all
      of
      whom
      have
     
     
      contributed
      substantially
      to
      the
     
     
      mandate
      of
      the
      Wind
      Sym-
     
     
      phony.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Tickets
      for
      these
      con-
     
     
      certs
      may
      be
      purchased
      at
      the
     
     
      Dr.
      Steel
      Recital
      hall.
      The
     
     
      public
      is
      cordially
      invited
      to
     
     
      attend.