THE NEWS
JUNE 20, 1983
PAGE 8
Party To Honor
Advisory Board
By KATHLEEN VAN NUYS
A reception honoring members of
the new Indiana Advisory Board announced by the Beethoven Foundation is planned for Friday afternoon
at the townhouse John Irish has at
121 E. Ohio.
John Salmon, a 1983 Beethoven
Fellow, will open the party with a
piano recital af 3:30 p.m. The New
York City artist also will participate
in the Party §f the Century marking
the 100th anniversary of the Indiana
polis Museum of Art on its grounds
Saturday.
Cocktails and :hors*(i'oeuvres will
be served from 4 6 p.m. by La Tour
which is catering the party.
Sprays of orchids on cushions of
greenery will decorate the town-
house, according to James Cruz, executive secretary for the national
foundation headquartered at 48
Monument Circle.
Wallace B. Graves, president of
the University of Evansville and
president of the, foundation, announced the advisory board. Members from Indianapolis are:
Mrs. William H. Ball
Brooks Boeke ,
Roger Carnes
Louis Chenette
Dr. Curtis Clark
Mark Farber
August Hardee
., Mrs. William Julian
Charles Kinsley
David Mannweiler
Mrs. Thomas M. Miller
Mrs. Sam Moxley
Mrs. Charles Munger
Mrs. Robert Orr
Zeyda Ruga,Suzuki
Charles Webb
Other members are Richard
Ford, Wabash, and Stuart Main, La
fayette.
President Graves said:
"The Indiana Advisory Board will
assist in making recommendations
pertaining to the Beethoven Founda
tion concert engagements, program
ing, special events and budget. The
foundation is proud to have the advisory board which represents a community of musicians, corporate and
civic leaders."
To Give
Recital
'John Salmon
The board will serve as the foun
dation's outreach to the entire state.
Plans already are underway for the
1985 auditions.
"Fellowship prizes will remain
the same and the jury for auditions
will continue to be three," said Cruz.
"Candidates again will be from
all over the -nation. In 1981, we had
(50 applicants but this time, we expect 100. It will be difficult for the
screening committee to select 12."
The advisory board's plans will
make the 1985 auditions a reality
since they will be involved in repertoire requirements and mailings to
music schools early next year, Cruz
said.
Members will serve as fund rais
ers, consultants to the foundation's
board and be involved in promoting
the project (~ the only American
foundation providing fellowships for
young American pianists. The goal is
to serve as a bridge from the academic to international concert stage.
The foundation conducts biennial
piano auditions and the .fellowships
awarded are for three^years and
consist of cash grants, concert en
gagements, study, support and al!
expenses paid to a piano competition
abroad.
- Another Beethoven fellowship
winner, David Buechner, New York
City, will appear in concert with the
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at
Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement
July 2.
- "John Nelson and the ISO have
been great in working with us," said
Cruz.
Serving on the foundation board
with Graves are Tom Miller, vice
president, and Anthony Habig, Jas
per, secretary treasurer.
