Department of Music Concerts

Unless otherwise stated, all concerts take place in the Memorial Theatre, commencing at 1.10pm, and admission is free. Wednesday, April 1 University Memorial Theatre, starting at 1.10pm

New Zealand Musical Composition Since 1950. A 50-minute audio-visual survey which introduces the work of over 30 New Zealand composers. Designed by Jack Body, with images by Paul Jones, the survey was commissioned for the League of Asian Composers' Conference, in Hong Kong in March, 1981.

April 2 Dance Room, Recreation Centre Encounters (1980) - Jack Body

Encounters is an exploration of the rituals of greeting; juxtaposing familiar greetings with those from other cultures. The former are presented by a group of people, and the latter by a tape recording. This piece was commissioned by the Central Regional Arts Council for their conference in 1980, and has since been performed both in Nelson, and at the Cambridge Summer Music School.

Public Meeting

Ian Shearer Minister for the Environment will be holding a Public meeting on April 1 [unclear: o] discuss the latest report on the environment.

Civic Square Mercer Street.

Wed. April 1: Noon

VUWSA Films

Wed 1 April 2.15pm.

Murder on the Orient Express

GB 1974. 131 minutes.

The best of the multi-star, Agatha Christie adaptations. Hercule Poirot is entrusted the task of discovering who-dunnit. Ingrid Bergman got an Academy Award for her role.

Thur 2 April 5.00pm.

The Deerhunter

US 1978. 182 minutes

"Presumably the audience has to guess the point, if any; meanwhile it may be repelled by this long and savage if frequently engrossing film." (G. Halliwell).

For a film claiming to be the definitive word on the American experience in Vietnam, the failure to explore any of the moral questions involved is, to say the least, questionable. More valid as a statement about wars in general, perhaps.