Bethpage-Tribune_1990-07-05

              VOL. 23 NO. 34 Celebrating Our 23r'i Year Ju»y5-July 11, 1990 C()l(}t)t{iting Dijf :\'if(i Year IS CiNTS
MORRONGIELLO OF BETHPAGE
RECEI¥ES MARSHJILL
SCHOLARSHIP FRC
Mannes is honored to announce
that a member of its class of 1990,
Christopher M. Morrongiello, of
Bethpage, Long Island, has been
named one of thirty graduating
seniors in the nation to win a Marshall
Scholarship. Dr. Charles Kaufman,
Dean made the announcement follow­ing
notification by His Royal High­ness
the Prince of Wales, Honorary
Patron of the Association of the
Marshall Scholars, and the British
Consulate-General.
Established in 1953 by Great Britain
to thank the United States for its aid
under the Marshall Plan, the scholar­ships
are extremely competitive; only
30 winners are chosen out of 800
applicants, 100 of these are rigorously
interviewed by Marshall Scholar
panels. The Marshall Award differs
from its older counterpart, the
Rhodes, in allowing winners to study
for a degree at any British university
chosen by the honoree. The award
allows for two or three years of study,
during which time tuition, books,
travel, and living costs are paid by the
British Government, approximating
$20,000 per year.
Among this year's Scholars, Mr.
Morrongiello is the only winner from
a New York institution, and the only
musician. He is one of eight musicians
(and the only lutenist)in the MarshciH's
46-year history to be so honored.
Morrongiello is "a natural self-starter
who has enormous energy and
curiosity, the courage to try anything,
and the character and dedication to
stick with it," says Dr. Kaufman. The
Long Island high school graduate was
largely self-educated in music until he
enrolled in Mannes to learn to become
a professional musician to be
grounded in the ear training, theory,
"techniques of music;;, and demand­ing
musical scholarship that Mannes
uniquely offers, as well as to undertake
a major in lute, the only such under­graduate
major inthe United States,
"He has nourished in that atmosphere;
he has mastered the lute, a fiendishly
difficult instrument, performed in|
early-music ensembles, and, througN
a distinctive junior year project, wherM
he produced an evening of Renais-f
sance songs to the lute, he had
discovered a career as a budding earlyJ
music impresario," Kaufman added, i
From the time he was given aru
electric guitar inthe Charles Cam-|
pagne School - 4th Grade and "playedi
'Yankee Doodle Dandy' in the class
play," Morrongiello has vigorously
pursued musical performance, pro
duction, and scholarship. He became
deft on the electric guitar and, with
friends, formed a fusion band which
was keen enough to win, in 1983, the
hard-fought Long Island rock music
contest, the "Battle of the Bands.'
From rock, he says he learned stage
presence, to rehearse efficiently, and
to recognize "the polish that makes
music vivid." He "still keeps his hand-in
the rock side of music" by com-l
posing popular songs with his formerj
band's drummer. |
After the breakup of the band, he|
turned to the classical guitar and itsi
repertoire from the 17th, 18th, andj
19th-centuries. His curiosity led himj
to attend a lecture on early-guitari
repertlire given by Mannes Collegei
faculty member Patrick O'Brien!
suggested he try the instrument and!
Morrongiello was "infected by its]
sound." i
Following his May 1990graduation!
from Mannes, Morrongiello will;
pursue a degree in performance inj
London with special emphasis on the J
lute, classical, early, and Renaissance;
guitar, and the corresponding reper­toire
in preparation for his desire;
career as a director of early-music |
ensembles. He has chosen London!
because it is "the crossroads of the;
early music world with its vital conceri i
scene, numerous ensembles and greai i
players in residence and visiting{
concert halls; the abundant libraries;
and museums and the opportunity toj
play the plucked, fretted instruments;
in its historical collections." \
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BASE BALL 1860'S STYLE will be played at Old Bethpage Village Restoration
on Sunday, July 22, starting at 2 P.M.
"Strikers" swing at balls made o!
leather anil yarn and the game was
called Base Bail 1860s style. It
arrives at Old Bethpage Village
Restoration's Conkiin House on
Sunday. July 22, at 2 p.m.
County Kxecutivc Ihomas S.
Gulotta said that the Mineola
Washingtons will play against the
Hempstead Furekas in a game u.sing
I9th Century rules and equipment.
"Striker Up" will signal the start ol
the game. A fly ball caught on tht-first
bounce i> an out. which aided
the oulfieidcis, since padded nulls had
not yet become standard equipment.
Another rule slates that Uie hall must
be pitched underhand at no higher
than waist level, making the sport
much less ol a pitchers game than
lodays basebaii.
(he Old Bethpage Bravs Band will
also pcrluiui at the Village an Sunda\
afternoon.
Old Hetiipage Village Re^t^lration
is operated by the Mu.sciun Scr\ices
Division ol the Nassau C ount>
Department ol Recreation and Parks.
It is located on Round S'Aainp Road
in Old Bethpage. one nnle st»uth o!
the 1 ong Island f..\prfsswa>. exit 48.
The Village is open six davs a week
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is closed
on Mondays. Adnn.ssion to the his­torical
\illage ends OUL- hour prior to
closmg. Acaleieria, musemn shop and
picnic area are iocuted on the pre­mises.
Admission to ihe Village is
S5.00.. $4.0t} lor Nassau residents and
$2.00 lor children, ages 5 17 and
Senior Cili/ens aiie 60 and over-handicapped,
and solunieer firefigh­ters.
Paiking is iree.
For turihei inloimatK>n. call 420-
52HO.