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Campus Review
February 13, 2012
“Most poetry books have poem after
poem after poem. I wanted to personalize
the reading experience a little more by
sharing exactly what I was feeling or
thinking at the time I was writing.”
Houston’s book can be purchased at
journeepublications.com, Amazon.com and
Barnes & Noble both in store and online.
“After I graduate, I will pursue a master’s
in counseling, the LPC track, and begin to
practice drama therapy,” Houston says.
“Within five years my goal is to open a
group home called Sacred Women’s
House, to help girls begin the healing
process and find the paths in their lives
that they are most passionate about.
“Therapeutic group sessions will include all
of the arts. Music, dance, poetry, painting and
any others we can think of.”
Spivey Hall Executive & Artistic Director
Samuel Dixon notes that the context for
“pricey” is in comparison to jazz clubs,
most of which typically attract audiences
with lower admission/ticket prices, but
make their money chiefly from food and
beverage sales, which is something
Spivey Hall cannot do.
Other Atlanta-area jazz venues cited by
DownBeat include Churchill Grounds,
The Five Spot, the High Museum of Art,
and Twain’s Billiards and Tap.
Following the success of the Branford
Marsalis & Joey Calderazzo Duo, Spivey
Hall’s next jazz event is the Freddy Cole
Quartet on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 8:15 p.m.
Tickets are $40, available online at
www.spiveyhall.org. Tickets at 50 percent
off for educators and students with ID,
and $10 tickets for Clayton State
University students are available only
from the Spivey Hall Box Office, (678)
466-4200.
that Emilie Spivey had in her home). The
name Clara is for the clarity of tone and
beautiful transparency of texture for
which the best Hamburg Steinway are
renowned. It's also inspired by Clara
Schumann (1819-1896), the wife of com-
poser Robert Schumann, and a composer
in her own right, who was among the fore-
most piano virtuosos of her day, and the
first woman to achieve such celebrity and
recognition.
The arrival of Clara marks the culmina-
tion of a “piano quest” lasting about two
years, requiring several trips to New York
and Europe to ensure Spivey Hall could
identify a Hamburg Steinway that would
be well-suited to Spivey Hall’s superb
acoustics, and could meet the needs of its
outstanding international pianists.
Steinway, cont’d. from p. 5
Spivey Hall, cont’d. from p. 4
Houston, cont’d. from p. 4