'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
It's a time of summer-school doldrums right now for most American universities, but not at the University of Maryland in College Park. Excitement is building at the school's sprawling Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center as the quadrennial William Kapell International Piano Competition and Festival moves toward the weekend's nail-biting climax. The event is named after a brilliant young American pianist whose career came to an abrupt end when he was killed in a 1953 plane crash.
It's a time of summer-school doldrums right now for most American universities, but not at the University of Maryland in College Park. Excitement is building at the school's sprawling Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center as the quadrennial William Kapell International Piano Competition and Festival moves toward the weekend's nail-biting climax. The event is named after a brilliant young American pianist whose career came to an abrupt end when he was killed in a 1953 plane crash.
