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Impromptu concerts given new regulations
By Kim Selman on 11/15/07
The creation of new protocol to better accommodate the scheduling of spontaneous performances on campus is underway less than a week after two a cappella groups were asked on different occasions to not spontaneously sing on the first floor of the Mary Graydon Center.
Members of the University Center, Student Activities, Student Government and a cappella groups met Wednesday to discuss a future resolution that would allow for impromptu performances of a cappella and other music and art groups to occur smoothly in AU buildings and spaces, according to John Cipriani, a class of 2009 senator and member of the all-male a cappella group On A Sensual Note.
"I don't have a final outcome yet, but we are looking to develop some type of template for these things to happen," said Michael Elmore, senior director of the University Center.
The meeting was held two days after the Undergraduate Senate unanimously passed a resolution that gave support for music and art groups to perform on campus, according to Cipriani.
The resolution was prompted after On A Sensual Note was asked to stop its spontaneous performance in MGC last Thursday. The spontaneous singing is something the group has been doing for four years without any problems, Cipriani said.
It was not the singing, but the location of the performance of the 11-member a cappella group that resulted in the University Center and Student Activities staff requesting it to stop singing, according to Elmore.
"It was not an issue of whether or not they could be there," Elmore said. "They were asked to stop in the location that they were because they had not asked for permission to be there, [and] because when a crowd gathered, it was too big and people could not get through."
In addition, the performance caused a disruption to meetings scheduled on the second floor of Mary Graydon Center, Karen Gerlach, director of Student Activities, said in an e-mail.
"It is not our intent to not allow these types of performances and events," Gerlach said in the e-mail. "The University Center operation staff have no choice but to protect the access to the building as a whole."
Members of the University Center, Student Activities, Student Government and a cappella groups met Wednesday to discuss a future resolution that would allow for impromptu performances of a cappella and other music and art groups to occur smoothly in AU buildings and spaces, according to John Cipriani, a class of 2009 senator and member of the all-male a cappella group On A Sensual Note.
"I don't have a final outcome yet, but we are looking to develop some type of template for these things to happen," said Michael Elmore, senior director of the University Center.
The meeting was held two days after the Undergraduate Senate unanimously passed a resolution that gave support for music and art groups to perform on campus, according to Cipriani.
The resolution was prompted after On A Sensual Note was asked to stop its spontaneous performance in MGC last Thursday. The spontaneous singing is something the group has been doing for four years without any problems, Cipriani said.
It was not the singing, but the location of the performance of the 11-member a cappella group that resulted in the University Center and Student Activities staff requesting it to stop singing, according to Elmore.
"It was not an issue of whether or not they could be there," Elmore said. "They were asked to stop in the location that they were because they had not asked for permission to be there, [and] because when a crowd gathered, it was too big and people could not get through."
In addition, the performance caused a disruption to meetings scheduled on the second floor of Mary Graydon Center, Karen Gerlach, director of Student Activities, said in an e-mail.
"It is not our intent to not allow these types of performances and events," Gerlach said in the e-mail. "The University Center operation staff have no choice but to protect the access to the building as a whole."
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posted 11/15/07 @ 7:32 PM EST
There's a quiet room in Mary Graydon for a reason. Why would you go to the closest thing we have to a student center for quiet and study? Even without the a capella groups, there's a lot of people coming through which should still be disturbing. (Continued…)
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