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for ALUMNI 6. F September, 2002 Vol. XIV, No. 2 is the official newsletter of the Anne U11u McLucas I University of Oregon School of Music and Department of Dance. and his is my final LEDGERLINES is published txvice a year for alumni, column as dean of the School 1 faculty, and friends of the school. of Music! After ten years in the posi- Your letters, photos, and tion. I elected to step doxvn-or. as contributions are al~vays~velcome. ave say in the business, to 'step up' to the faculta. I am taking a vear's sab- Address all correspondence to: batical (starting July 1)and 117ill then LEDGER LINES return to teach at the university for School of Music the foreseeable future. As you xvill poriuniiies, and n 1225 University of Oregon read elsesvhere in this issue, a new Eugene OR 97403-1225 dean, Dr. Brad Foley, has been se- or call (541) 346-3761 lected and will start in September, with Associate Dean Robert Hurwitz covering the months of JLI~J~and Au- gust. many other university priorities DEAN: Brad Foley It has been a wonderful ten years (Autzen Stadium, the Museum of ASSOCIATE DEANS: of growth for both me and the School Art, and the College of Business, all conducting, or Ann Tedards-Graduate Studies of Music. I have learned an enor- of which have now started construc- Robert Hurxvitz-Undergraduate Studies mous amount, and, at least from my tion). We have brought in $1 million vantage point, I feel that I leave the of the $7.6 that will ultimately be DEVELOPMENT STAFF: position with the school in a stronger needed, and that is a good start, but John Gibbens-School of Music place than when I began. Our stu- it will take the energy of the new Peggy Renkert-Oregon Bach Festival dent population is larger and better dean, our development staff, and all qualified; our ensembles are sound- of you, our alumni and friends, to EDITOR: Scott Barkhurst ing better than ever; our faculty and bring this much-needed project to its ASSISTANT: Katie Dudley staff are strong and dedicated; and successful completion. .Mus, in Composition our curriculum is more diverse. The My own plans are exciting: I will B,Mus, in Music Education CONTRIBUTORS: Department of Dance has a full sea- be writing a book on oral tradition in .Ma.in Jazz Studies Brett Campbell. George Evano, John son of ~vonderfulproductions, the American music, taking a four- B.A., option in Music Theory Gibbens, Anne Dhu McLucas, Sara Terry Oregon Bach Festival and the Cham- month Fulbright in Scotland, travel- B.S., option in R/Lusiz Technology ber Music Series are thriving, and ing to Bhutan and Indonesia. and our Community Music Institute spending time at the Mescalero M,A..M.S..M.F.A.inDance COVER PHOTO by Hugh Barton. MA,iil Music History Oscar-n~inningcomposer Tan DL~ Suzuki string program is at capacity Apache reservation in New Mexico h4.A. in Music Theory condricts his IVater Passion at the with young students. (researching part of the book), as M.IU:as, in Composition Orrgon Buch Festival. See story, pagr 8 While I look with great pride at well as getting acquainted with (and hl,Mus, in Mvlusic Education all of this, at the same time I realize doing) more music-making here in hl.Mus, in Performance that it 1vas a11 achievement of the Oregon. M,Mus,in Conducting whole school, and that we can there- Perhaps what I look forward to >v2/:.l&~~,in !nier~nedia fore expect the same upward trajec- most, though, is preparing for teach- :i$,h/Ius, in Pianc Pedagogj- tory to continue. ing courses in the fall of 2003. I hope !M,4Lus. in jazz Studies There is, of course, much to be to enhance our course offerings in done, and there is 110 of leaving ethnomusicology as ~vellas teach in a position such as this without leav- my prime area of American music - ing some things undone. High on a topic that we sorely need more of that list is the completion of the in our music schools! Teaching is the building addition project. Getting the heart of what n-e all do here. and I The Cniversity of Oregon is an equal $7.6 million state bonding authorit~ am proud to join the faculty at the lvas a wonderful achievement for the UO School of Music in that noble For inc'ormatio3. contact: opportunity, affiflnatirre action institution committed to cultural school. but it will count for nothing endeavor. dirwsity and compliance rr~iththe if Ive do not bring in matching funds. Americans rtritll Disabilities Act. LVe have made a noble start in that This priblicafion -ct.ill be made arnilable direction, despite the do~vnturnin in ~~ccrssibleformats npon request. the market and th~competition from
------Musician Supper, xrhich gd~e them served as undergraduate advising first-hancl look at the Festixd's im- coordinator during 1982-84, acting pressive qualit? and ~ommunity assistant dean during 1984-85 and support. acting dean for three months in 1991. R In the seven J ears he has been Foley TI-asassistant dean of the mu- a ECU music dean. Folej 's achiex e- sic school for 10 years before assum- he UO jazz studies program tured ensemble at the Oregon Music rnents include: ing his current post in 1995. continues to rank among the Educator's Conference (the sixth X major increase in private X former faculty member at nation's elite. For the second year in 1 performance of a UO jazz ensemble financial support, xuith gifts up 300 Stephen F. Austin State University in a 1'0x2~. the Oregon Jazz Ensemble at an MENC convention in the past UO sehts percent, and in grant xvriting, ~vith Nacogdoches. Texas. Foley also has (OJE).under the direction of Steve ten years) and at the School of subn~issionsand f~~ndsincreasing - b~- been a part-time instructor at Butler Oxven, xuas selected as the Outstand- Music's annual Oregon Jazz Celebra- rad Foley, dean of the East Caro- more than 68 percent. The total University in Indianapolis, Ind., and ing College Jazz Ensemble at the tion. Highlighting a year of outstand- lina University (ECU) School of value of gifts, pledges. grants and in- at Pitt Community College in Reno International Jazz Festix a!. ing concerts for UO jazz ensembles Music since 1995, xvill become dean kind donations over the seven-! ear Greenville. N.C. And for the third time in as xvas the OJE's performance xvith of the University of Oregon School of period xvas more than $4.8 million. Graduating rnagna cum laude in many years, a UO student was hon- Grammy Axvard-winning jazz com- Music this fall. Growth in the undergraduate music education in 1973 from Ball ored as the Outstanding College Mu- poserlarranger Maria Schneider on Lorraine Davis. vice president for music scholarship program by more State University in Muncie, Ind.. sician. Todd DelGuidice, a M.M. Saturday evening of the jazz fest. academic affairs, says Foley xuill than 30 percent and a doubling of Foley earned a master's degree in candidate in clarinet perform~nce .a . assume his full-time duties on Sept. the value of graduate assistantships, woodxvind performance from the and saxophonist in the OJE, ~vonthe 1. He will succeed Anne Dhu felloxvships and scholarships. University of Michigan in 1977 and a honor this year xvhile Greg Goebel, The jazz studies program is in McLucas, dean since July 1992, x17ho Completion of a concert hall doctor of musical arts degree in mu- (B.M. in jazz studies) xvas chosen as need of bass, keyboard, and guitar ~villreturn to teaching and research renovation project and initial plan- sic performance, also from the Uni- the Outstanding College Pianist after amps as well as drunlsets (cymbals. following a one-year sabbatical dur- ning for a building addition. versity of Michigan. in 1983. He is a having won the Outstanding Musi- cymbal stands, hi-hats, bass drum ing which she xdl be a Fulbright Development of nexv distance former student of saxophonists cian axvard the past txvo years. The pedals, etc.) for use in ensemble re- felloxv in Scotland and also working education programs and enlargement Donald Sinta and Cecil Leeson, as UO Jazz Q~~artetfinished second hearsals, improvisation classes, and on a book on oral traditions in of the jazz studies program through well as oboists Arno Mariotti and among college combos, after having teacher training. You can help by American music. the development of undergraduate Ralph Stroebel. xvon that division last year. dusting off those old amps and sets Foley, an Indianapolis, Ind.. na- and graduate majors. Foley has performed with nu- Competing with the nation's top and donating them to the School of tive, xvas selected for the post follow- Increased number of campus merous professional music groups in college musicians, seniors Devin Music. It's a great way to help us out, ing a national search that drew programs as ~uellas conm~unityout- the Greenville area including the Sanders and Greg Goebel received to get a tax write-off. and to clear nearly three dozen applicants. Robert reach and service activities including Ne~vCarolina Sinfonia and the Tar Doxvnbeat Magazine's Annual Stu- space for more old shoes in the Brad Foley Melnick, dean of the UO School of guest artist enrichment opportuni- River Orchestra, as xvell as xvith the dent Music Awards for their work in closet. Before sending any equip- Architecture and Allied Arts, chaired challenges and opportunities. ties, in-school programming, new Indianapolis Symphonic Band, the jazz composition and arranging. ment, however, please contact Direc- the committee of UO faculty, staff, ''I look forxvard to moving to the collaborative efforts and expansion East Texas Symphony of Tyler, Texas, Sanders' arrangement of Leonard tor of Development John Gibbens: students and administrators as well northwestern United States xvhich of the Friends of M~isicorganization. the Longviexv (Texas) Symphony and Bernstein's "Some Other Time" phone (541) 346-5687 or e-mail as music and dance patrons and sup- has been a favorite vacation spot for the Virginia Symphony. earned him honors as a jazz arranger. gibbensQdarkx~ring.uoregon,edu@ porters xvho recommended Foley for me and my family over the pears," he Foley's professional service in- while the piece "Starcrossed" gar- the position. says. "I am excited about the oppor- cludes positions as regional director nered the axvard for Goebel in the "IVe are very fortunate to have tunities and potential at the Univer- and treasurer of the North American original composition category. been able to attract a sitting dean sity of Oregon and hope to be able to Saxophone Alliance and acting edi- .. . from an institution xvith a strong move the music school forxvard by tor of the organization's journal. The The OJE xvas once again a fea- music school xvhose experiences seeking nexv and greater resources, Saxophone Symposium. He has been parallel many of our needs," Davis nexv facilities. enhanced program an active clinician and adjudicator says. "Brad Foley clearly has the visibility, and perhaps finding xvays Enhanced recognition of fac- for public school music programs in Sinfonia and was a committee mem- style and experience xve9relooking to provide more outreach and service ult~and student creative activitj . Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina. ber and a presenter xt~iththe Pitt- for as xi-e x\~orktoxvard expanding to the state and region.- xvith facultv creative endeavors in- South Carolina. Texas, and Virginia. Greenville Arts Council, PittIGreen- and adding to our music facilities "The University of Oregon has a creasing by more than one-third and Folej has published several ar- ville Chamber of Commerce and In- and as our already outstanding mu- xvonderful faculty, outstanding stu- student perforinailce opportullities ticles in Xorth Carolina Music Edu- ternational Festival. He has per- sic and dance programs mol-e to the dents and alumni. and a long asso- expanding from national, regional. cator, journal of the North Carolina formed xvith Greenville's Sunday in next level." ciation xvith the xvorld-reno~vned and state ~~enuesto include Euro- Music Educators Association. He the Park concerts, at the Greenville After 23 years at East Carolina Oregon Bach Festival." Foley adds. pean tours for txro ensembles, recorded ..Brad Folej in Concert." a Museum of Art. and with the ECU Universitj- in Greenville. N.C.. xvork- "Through our xrork together, in)- Foley. \rho has presented more 1984 release of Educational Music Suinrner Theater and ECU Playhouse ing ~vithits "incredibly talented fac- dream is to make this program one of than 350 solo and chamber music Service. orchestras. For years. he has been a ult~'and staff to serve and enrich the the finest in the nation.'' performances plaj-ing the saxophone In\ olved in the cultural and member of the executive boards of lives of many in the conxnunitj-. the Foley and his xuife xrere in Eu- and oboe since comillg to East Garo- community life of Pitt County, Folej the Friends of the ECU School of state and the Southeast." Folej- says gent during part of the Oregon Bach lina Cniversit!., joined the ECL fac- served as president of the Green1 ille Music and the School of Music hr: feels it is time to movr: oil to nelt- Festil-al, and attended the Patron and ulty in 1979 as an instructor. Me Choral Society and Ne~i-Carolina Alumni Professional Society. O Oregon Jazz Ensemble her \\.innings to attend the Interna- the MTNA nationals in Cincinnati. I SALES TOP K Jasmine Hedrick, a doctoral student tional Piano Festival in Europe this She also lion the state lei-el for the il in flute performance. xvon the Ladies summer. She is a student of Dean American String Teachers Associa- Coming- off the -greatest vear in Musical Club of Seattle 2001 Tour Kramer. Lee also was a \\.inner in the tion National Solo Competition and University of Oregon athletics his- Competition. Her rexvards included Eugene Mu Phi Epsilon competition. competed at the national semi-finals tory, it's not surprising that the $2000 and a week-long tour in Cen- of the ASTA competition. School of Music's Mighty Oregon CD tral Iliashington, performing six con- artz, a senior piano perfor- John Gibbens, Director of Development sold so 117ell. raising S30.000 in prof- certs and making twelve school pre- mance major studying xrith Victor Two UO music majors received its for music scholarships. The foot- sentations. She also performed lire Steinhardt. xvas another of this year's Doxmbeat Awards in March, an an- hile the building campaign trust to the School of Music and re- ball team and men's basketball team on the "Live by George" radio show, xvinners of the Petri Scholarship nual national competition sponsored remains the top priority in ceive income for yourself (and an- ended the year ranked second and Classic KING-FM 98.1 on September competition. Bartz will be a graduate by Dorimbeat magazine. Greg Goebel the School of Music's current fund- other) for life. The trust is managed sixth in the country, and the 14. Hedrick, a student of Richard assistant at the University of Texas won for Best Original Composition, raising, it is important to remind at no cost to you. You may receive women's basketball team won the Trombley, also placed second in the this fall. "Starcrossed," and Devin Sanders you, our friends and patrons, that immediate tax benefits and ulti- LVomen's NIT championship. Mid-South Flute Festival Young Art- Ivon for his arrangement of Leonard there are many ways to show your mately the School of Music tvill re- The Mighty Oregon CD was well ist Competition, March 8-9 in Clark- So Jin Chong, a master's candidate in Bernstein's "Some Other Time." support for the school and its pro- ceive the trust property. positioned to capture that excite- ville, Tennessee. In addition, she piano pedagogy. xvas invited to par- Both are undergraduates. grams. LYhether your interest is in Bequest Gifts: In writing your ment, not to xvas a 2002 winner of the National ticipate on an international student helping with scholarships, the build- will or living trust. you can specify mention it was Flute Association Master Class Per- debate panel for the 2001 World Pi- Joshua Mann, a junior music major, ing campaign, or other areas, here are that you would like a portion of your also the UO's formers Competition, performing at ano Pedagogy Conference in Orlando. lvon the Maurice Harold Hunter some options for making a gift to the estate to benefit the School of Music. 125 th anniver- the National Convention in ilrashing- Leadership Scholarship at the Uni- School of Music. * Memorial and Honorary Gifts: sary year. ton, D.C. in August. Hung-Uun Chu, a doctoral student in versity Awards Luncheon this * Direct Gifts: By check, payable Your memorial gift to the School of The CD piano performance studying with spring. The full-tuition scholarship to the School of Music, University of Music can help to perpetuate the contains on Lee, a doctoral student in Dean Kramer, w7as a semi-finalist in honors junior men judged to have Oregon, or by Visa or Mastercard. values and ideals that guided a loved eleven ver- piano performance, was one of the the Rachmaninoff International Pi- made "the most notable contribution * Gifts of Securities: The full one's life. Gifts may honor a person sions of the Oregon Fight Song, per- winners of this year's Petri Scholar- ano Competition and Festival, held through achievement and good ex- market value of gifts of appreciated during his or her lifetime or com- formed by UO ensembles, faculty, ship competition, receiving a prize of in March. ample toward the development of securities is tax deductible. In most memorate some significant event. and others, including recording artist $3,000. The competition ~vasheld qualities of leadership among fellow cases, appreciation in the value of Families of those honored will be Tom Grant, Ed Kammerer, and The March 2, and svas open to musicians Keith Kirchoff, a junior piano perfor- students." the security benefits the School of notified that a gift has been made by Jazz Minors, a Dixieland group from in the state of Oregon. The prize mance major studying with Dean Music and is not taxable to you. the donor. the 1970s. The price is $12.95 ($3 Kramer, won both the Oregon and The School of Music and the UO - Gifts of Closely-Held Stock: For more information, please shippinglhandling for mail orders). Eugene Mu Phi Epsilon piano com- Graduate School awarded six re- Gifts of stock in a closely-held corpo- contact: Development Director John The CDs are still available at the petitions. Kirchoff also won the Or- search fellowships this spring. The ration allow you the same benefits as Gibbens, School of Music, 1225 Uni- UO Bookstore, all Duck Shop loca- egon Music Teachers scholarship merit-based awards, ranging from donation of other securities, but the versitv of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403- tions. or from the School of Music's A NAT competition in Portland last year. $1,000 to S5,000 each, are given to Internal Revenue Service rules must 1225.'or call (541) 346-5687. + 1 web site: music.uoregon.edu 0 master's students who demonstrate be strictly observed to ensure that -- The School of Music received a TTVOUO voice students competed at excellence in scholarly research and/ yo~~receive your full tax deduction. beautiful Lyon and Healy croxvn the Northwest Regional Metropolitan or other music or dance-related Matching Gifts: More than 900 U model harp this spring, a gift from Opera National Council Auditions in scholarly activity. The winners \\.ere employers will match employee's LaRayne and Eliot Jenkins of Port- March: Melody Vogel, a senior in Corrie Cowart, Timothy Cowart, gifts to the university. Send your gift ressive land. A student many years ago of vocal performance, had previously John Cox, Matthew Monroe, Mat- to the School of Music, accompanied legendary UO harp professor Doris won the Oregon district competition, thew Svoboda, and Scott Unrein. by a matching gift form obtained The School of Music has been awarded grants designed to provide a Calkins, LaRayne performed xuith and Jennifer Bacon, a graduate stu- many ensembles around =- from your personnel or employee technological infrastructure upgrade within the school. t dent in vocal performance, had won International Mu Phi Epsilon recog- Eugene until moving to >r$\ the Alaska district competition. nized the Unirersitv of Oregon's Nu relations office. The primary grant, for S80,000, xvill be used to replace aging equipment u Gifts of Real Estate: Real prop- in our electronic piano lab: to upgrade our computer labs with current hard- Portland in the late 1970s. Vogel. a mezzo-soprano, received a Chapter as the outstanding collegiate ertv, either in entirety or in part, can \\rare and software; to provide our performance departments with digital current uo harp pro- t special "Encouragement Award" at chapter for the Pacific North~uest be deeded to the university to benefit video recording equipment that ill alloxv students and faculty to record fessor Laura Zaerr said the regional competition, given to Province. I11 addition. Nu Chapter the School of Music. It is even pos- rehearsals. lessons and performances: and to fund other. smaller projects. "the harp has thr incredible young singers xvho shoxv exceptional was named runner-up for the Inter- sible to arrange a sizable tax deduc- A second grant ($35.000) xuill equip our classrooms and lecture halls rich resonance of a vintage promise. Both Vogel and Bacon are national collegiate Chapter of the tion by deeding a home or farm to ~vithpresentational equipment such as ceiling-mounted projectors to be used instrument, and is an: ' ; students of Ann Tedards. Year. Nu Chapter's \raffle sales the university nolv, ~t~hilecontinuing 113th computers and video equipment. Computer support technician Bill harpist's dream instru- 1' helped buy tsvo nexv piano benches ment." :a h to occupy the property for life. Moore, ~vhosubmitted the grant application, says the school hopes to receive fTr Ji-Yun Jeong, a junior violin student. for the School of Music. and also Gifts with Life-Long Income: additional upgrade funds in the coming year: "The grant allo~rsus to acquire The school gratefully ' - \t7as the North~restDivision lvinner donated $300 to the Eugene Mu Phi acknoxx ledges this lovely ,& of the Collegiate Strings Competition Epsilon Alumni Scholarship Fund. You maj7 transfer money, securities. trchnology that \rill profoundly affect hoxv students are taught in our class- >-5- - --$ $f- or other property (e.g.. real estate) in rooms, and improves the equipment in our piano and computer labs." 0 and tredsured gift. + - sponsored by the Music Teachers Faculty advisor is Claire iVachter. + College. xz 110 prcsrnted a paper at a LO confercn~eand concert series on H AVA North~vest.Purlvanto is a ~vell-knoxvn I gamelan t~voyears ago. teacher, performer, and composer of Today, cx en popular musicians Javanese gamelan music. Since 1983 such as jazz guitarist Pat hlethcnj - ~vorlci-reno11ned Javanese musi- no previous music experience re- he has taught at the Sekolah Tinggi and the L.X. Guital Quintet have cian, Joko Purxvanto, svill be in quired. In addition to his activities Seni Indonesia (STSI. the Indonesian incorporated gamelan forms or tex- bj7 Brett Cam bell residence at the School of Music for at the UO. Purl\-anto \rill give lec- University of the Arts) in Surakarta. tures into their music. For the past the entire 2002-03 academic year. ture-demonstrations and xvorkshops He plays and teaches all of the in- Robert KJ r and Mark Le1 !.--UO mu- generation, ganlelan ensembles ha\ e hen Claude Debussy first Assistant Professor of Ethnornus- for other educational institutions and struments of the gamelan, and also been springing up all over the U.S.. encountered Javanese ganlelan sic students can explore one of the icology Mark Levy and Anne Dhu community groups throughout the teaches vocal music. Purxvanto spent particularl~along the IITestCoast, music at Paris's 1889 Universal Ex- 21st centurj's richest sources of com- McLucas submitted a successful five years in England teaching Java- xvith its gro~vingAsian influence. position, the great French composer position, music education. and per- grant proposal to the Fulbright nese music at Oxford, Cambridge, More than 250 groups rxist outside thought it xvas the most beautiful formance. Scholar-in-Residence Program, mak- York, and Durham universities. Dur- Indonesia; American academic jour- sound he'd ex7erheard. Its complex Cyclical rather than narrative or ing the residency possible. ing that time he earned an M.A. de- nals and xvebsites are devoted to the polyphony "made Palestrina seem linear. gamelan shuns the egoistic Punvanto ill teach group gree in music at York University. He subject. and several revered Indone- like child's play," he said. virtuosity common to rock guitar classes and individual lessons in also taught at Simon Frasier Univer- Gamelan music has been en- traditional Javanese gamelan music sity in Vancouver, B.C. in 1993-94. chanting western musicians and using the beautif~llCentral Javanese For the past six years. Purwanto listeners ever since. The elaborate Court Gamelan "Kyai Tunjung has headed the Gainelan Music De- melodies and colorful textures of Mulya" (Noble Lotus Blossom) re- partment at STSI. In addition to his these Indonesian orchestras of cently acquired by the School of experience in traditional Javanese bronze metallophones, wooden xylo- Music (see Ledger Lines article in music, he is a composer of contem- phones, gongs, strings, drums, and February 2001 issue). porary experimental works, includ- flutes have influenced composers The new garnelan is an orchestra ing innovative cross-cultural collabo- such as Ravel. Britten, Colin McPhee. of bronze, iron, brass, teak, and bam- rations with European performers Steve Reich, and most notably Port- boo gongs, metallophones, drums, and composers. land native Lou Harrison, who built flutes, and stringed instruments. For more inforn~ationon this the first American gamelan and has The gamelan classes and lessons program, contact Mark Levy by xvritten some of the most beautiful will be available to all UO students, phone at (541) 346-2852 or by e-mail works for the ensemble, many in- as well as community members, with Joko Purn7anto 1 at [email protected] @ cluding western instruments. The University of Oregon School of Music now owns two very differ- USIC, continued lifelong creative challenges. many music school curricula over ent gamelans: the Balinese set used The UO's commitment to the past century or so. by the school's Pacific Rim Gamelan mastering performance technique. gamelan reflects its increasing devo- Thanks to the UO's emphasis on ensemble, used to teach composition For the same reason, American tion to xvorld music. For years 11o~\~, world music, audiences, faculty, and as ~vellas the fast, flashy Balinese schools have found garnelan to be an the World Music Series has brought students understand-as the Ameri- traditional music, and the nexv set attractive introduction to world mu- some of the ~vorld'sfinest nlusicians can composer Henry Cowell did de- gods, opera divas and classical violin sian musicians have become promi- used to teach the more contempla- sic for children, and the UO uses its to campus. The three concerts in last cades ago-that all music derives nent teachers at U.S. institutions. tive Javanese style. Thanks to those or piano soloists, emphasizing a col- ow11 gamelans in both performance year's series (one of which nearly from a mixture of cultural influ- In dozens of performances instruments, and the UO music pro- lective approach to music making. and composition classes. I took the filled Eugene's 2.500-seat Silva Con- ences. around Oregon (including a couple fessors 1~7110supervise their use- Many believe that its melodic inven- first class offered using the UO's nexv cert Hall) brought virtuosos from "1 xvant to live in the xvhole at Beall Hall) as a member of tion surpasses any on the instruments and uras amazed to see India, the Balkans, and \Vest Africa, world of music." Coxvell said. As the Eugene's Gamelan Sari Pandha~ra, planet. equal in sophistica- how quickly UO students-not all of and drexv a much more diverse audi- many tributaries of our many musi- I've learned that exTenfirst-time tion to IVest African rhyth- 1vhom svere music majors-learned ence to Beall than the typical west- cal cultures flow together, they con- American listeners are invariably mic development and Euro- the rudiments; by the end of the ern classical music fare. Those ~7ho stantlj revitalize and refresh contenl- enchanted by the sheer beauty of the pean harmonic explorations. term. the class xvas performing inter- have groxvn up hearing ~vorldmusic porary music. As Harrison, ~7hohas "Sometirnes a dozen or instrunlents' sonorities and "natural" mediate-level works, and everyone on the radio and on recordings, from composed, studied, and taught xvorld more interxvox~enmelody (i.e..not equal tempered) tunings- had gained an appreciation for this the Beatles' sitar experiments in the music for half a century. ~vrotede- lines unfold, fractal-like. the sound Harrison calls "hone! ed beautiful musical culture. 1960s to the ~7orldbeat garnishes of cades ago: "enjoy hybrid music, be- revealing patterns on an thundern-and meditatix e melodies. Nevertheless. the elaborating Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, and Talk- cause that's all there is." @ ever-deeper level, all hap- And the ease of learning the simpler instruments, such as the t~vo-string ing Heads in the 1980s to today's pening simultaneously and instruments' basic techniques has fiddle (rebab). do require serious global electronica and Afropop and made gamrlan attractix c to amateur beautifully responding to skill and practice, and because you Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road ensemble, rec- Brett Campbell is an editor at Oregon musicians like me. ~vhoenjog mak- one another," said com- can alxvays take up nelv instruments ognize that tornorrow's music xvill no Quart~rlyn~agnzin~ and nrrites about ing music together but can't dex ote poserlprofessor Bill Alves of (I play seven myself so far, ~rithvari- longer be confined to the narrolv, music for Andante, The IZ'all Street se~eralhours of practice pcr day to One of the ornate drums in the nert7gam~lan ~aliforkd'sHarve~ Mudd ous levels of skill). gamelan offers artificial boundaries imposed in Journal, and othprpublications. - - - Over its 17-da~run. the 2002 Festix a1 achie~ed notexsorth! artistic and box ofhte suc~ess On stage, artists came from On stage, performances of thrcr across the United States and Canada. coinelstone conccrts prox lded aucii- Korea. German!. France. England, ences xrith a perspective of sacred Russia. Estonia, the Netherlands-as music from the 18th, 20th. and 21st \veil as a health! number of School centuries. "It xi-as a great festix al." of Music faculty 11-ho performed anci said Rilling. '.IVe looked back to our serx-ed as lecturers. Quasthoff, in xi onderf~iltradition in the B L\hor announcing his intentions to return ,Viuss of Bach, Ire relix ed our Grammj to the Festix a1 in 2004, gave an indi- piece, the Credo, and opened our cation xvhj performers are attracted eyes to nexu music, especially the to the event. Tour communit!, is a I17ater Passion of Tan Dun. xvilich -ire fine example of xvhat passion and performed in its American pre- love can bring about through music." miere." he told his audience before embark- ing on a recital of Schubert's song In other concerts. audiences ex- " - On the Rocks, an a cappella group, during one oj their performances perienced ~vorksby Haydn, Mozart, cycle, Schrt~anengesang, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and par- - than 1fo regional and na- UO ticipants of a composers symposium. tional businesses supported the Fes- Performers included orchestra, cho- tival ~vithsponsorships or services. On the Rocks (OTR),the Univer- atre at the center of campus and rus. a period instrument group, the Rilling ackno~vledgedthat the Fes- sity of Oregon's crowd-pleasing a made additional appearances before tival's audience participation and cappella men's ensemble, placed campus and community groups. The dramatic stage setting for Tan Dun's Water Passion, including seventeen broad base of corporate sponsorship third in the International Champion- As a last-minute xvarm-up to the are keys for the coming years. "It is a ship of Collegiate Acappella (ICCA). national contest, NBC invited OTR to translucent bobvls of water in the shape of a cross. l great joy for me to see that our festi- held in New York City. sing on "The Early Sho~v"during the d,more and more, is anchored by The nine-member group, repre- 10-10:30 a.m. EDT segment on Satur- such support from Eugene and senting the west coast region, faced day. April 27. throughout the state of Oregon. This competition from five other regional "This is a great group of young gives me hope the festival will have semifinalist groups, all singing a men, very talented and very moti- 2003 - Thomas a wonderful, long-time future." cappella. The competition was in vated," said Scott Barkhurst, the UO Passion premieres to continue in For those interested in keeping Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. School of Music's director of publi- n its final concert Sunday night, The Rihm passion was recorded in close touch xvith Oregon Bach Before their departure April 24 cations and marketing. "They have a as the xvords of Krzysztof Pender- by Hanssler following its world pre- Festival's Youth Choral Academy, Tai Festival events, check the OBF web on a red-eye flight to the Big Apple, large fan base here in Eugene, and they were great musical ambassadors ecki's Credo promised life in the 1 miere in Stuttgart and received a Ji master Chungliang A1 Huang. and site at oregonbachfestival.com or OTR gave a sold-out performance in world to come, the Oregon Bach Fes- 2001 Grammv nomination for recitalists Thomas Quasthoff and contact Elin England, (541) 346-1320, Beall Concert Hall. They sang nearly for the University of Oregon ~vhile tival concluded its 2002 season and Rilling. 1 Ingeborg Danz.
------FACULTY, continued I featured in txvo Faculty Artist Series recitals, and gave benefit recitals for vited bj the School of Scottish Stud- the ~idgelin~~ontessoriSchool. Txvo nexv full-time music faculty ies for a four-month stay to investi- Eugene's Central Presbyterian Church. ~villjoin us this fall: William Campbell (Ph.D. 2001) Discovers Strength in Straw gate the viability of teaching tradi- and one to help save the Russell Shannon Chase, a choral music tional musical arts within academic CreekILCC Basin. In February, education specialist, holds a Master illiam Campbell xvas working and accepting a job offer in Tucson. efficient, x'vith a high "R-value" (de- institutions. A secondary site for this Steinhardt teamed ~vithUO faculty of Music degree from the University on his doctorate in music in ilriz.. Campbell. his \\rife, and their gree of thermal resistance), xvhich investigation will be the closely re- violinist Fritz Gearhart for a Faculty of Maine, and a P11.D. from Florida 1997 when he and his ~vifewere txvo children moved into a 24-foot can reduce energy costs by as much lated program at the Royal Scottish 1 Artist Series program, xvhich Ivas State. Before beginning graduate suddenly taken ~viththe urge to live foundation for their own straw-bale as 75 percent; the aesthetics of thick Academy of Music and Drama in also performed as part of a series of studies, Chase in an "earthy enr~ironment."So home. Over the next eight months. ~vallsand deep-set windoxrs; and the Glasgow, which has also issued an recitals at Moe's Pianos in Portland. taught choral while Campbell was writing his dis- invitation. McLucas also \\,ill offer and general sertation in Arizona, the couple be- courses andlor seminars irhich ex- ' Steve Vacchi was featured as guest music for gan researching svays to build a into a solid home. plore facets of her oxvn research in bassoonist at James Madison Univer- grades 6-12 in home that would be more connected instead of cutting traditional music and invite dialogue sity's Double Reed Day in Virginia, Maine, ~vhere to the environment, one that -tvould xvith those who are studying and and also presented a guest recital she xvas active hare a spirit they were sure they'd teaching them. The idea of teaching and classes at Michigan State Uni- at the local. never find in a traditionally built choices-and traditional arts in an academic set- versity. He concluded the academic district, and house. costs-vary ac- ting is relativelj new in Europe (it J ear ~2-ithperformances on bassoon, state levels as a Campbell found his answer the has long been done in India and contrabassoon, dulzian, rackett. conductor and day he ~valkedinto a store devoted to various mid-Eastern countries); an krummhorn, and classical bassoon. adjudicator. Her areas of research natural living. There, on the book- in-depth study of the first fruits of He performed eight concerts with the include teacherlconductor effective- shelves, he found a book called "The did most of the such teaching will provide a model Oregon Bach Festival before embark- ness, foreign language and ensemble Straw Bale House." Intrigued, he and work themselves, for future studies and for setting up ing on a tour with Trio 335 (oboe, diction, computer and online tech- his wife began exploring straw-bale built their house similar programs in the U.S. bassoon, accordion) through Oregon. nology for the enhancement of choral building, which involves stacking Washington, British Columbia and music teaching and learning, and bales of stra~vinto walls, which are Doug Scheuerell lvas a special guest Alberta. The Trio's final stop on tour multicultural choral music education. then encased in plaster or drywall. son, traditional performer on tabla with vibraphone was a performance by invitation at entzel xvill join our voice The Campbells learned it was a and marimba percussionists Charles the 2002 International Double Reed faculty, bringing an impressive roster method of construction that, in the costs, on average, Dowd and Tracy Freeze in the UO's Society Conference at the Banff Cen- of teaching and performing assign- U.S., dates back to the 1890s, ~vhen sional assistance from paid contrac- between $100 and S175 per square Gerlinger Alumni Lounge. Scheuerell tre for the Arts. Trio 335's recent CD ments. Mentzel has a Master of Fine Nebraska settlers on treeless plains tors, the Campbells built the house foot to build.) Working with an archi- provided tambura accompaniment of J.S. Bach's The Art qithr Fugue Arts degree in early music from Sa- used bales of straw to build sturdy they'd dreamed of: a 1,400-square- tect or contractor, or choosing expen- for sitar virtuoso Kartik Seshadri in received a positive review in The rah Laxvrence College in New York. homes. They also learned of a small foot, three-bedroom, two-bathroom sive appliances and finishes, can Beall Hall as part of the IVorld Music Double Reed (Vol. 25, No.l), garner- He has taught- Earlv Music and His- home, with passive solar energy, as raise construction costs even further. Series. ing 2.5 out of a possible three marks. torical Perfor- well as a separate 400-square-foot From waste to walls mance Practice "There's a sense of open- studio for Bill. Advocates say that straw-bale Victor Steinhardt gave the premiere at the Royal ness in our homealmost "The whole idea for the house building offers possible solutions for of his Five Piano Pieces, commis- Conservatory in was to wake up informed by the a number of sioned by the Oregon Music Teach- The Hague. a freedom-a warmth, a earth," he says, "and to go to bed environmen- ers Association upon his selection as on the annual Portland Brass Netherlands. beauty. I can't describe it thankful for all that the earth pro- tal problems. OMTA's 2002 Composer of the Year. Society's Richard Thornburg Memo- since 1999. He any dth er way. There's a vides .... When you walk into a house For one thing, rial Concert in Portland. Trio Paci- Steinhardt's performance schedule xvas also on the sense of absolute peace that's built for mass consumption, straw is a also included three concerts with fica (Kathrvn Lucktenberg, Steven ivorkshop fac- there's no feeling of love: no feeling waste prod- Chamber Music Northwest last sum- Pologe and Victor Steinhardt) Tvas ulty and an and serenity. " of warmth or spirit." he adds. "But uct. a cheap featured in May at the Juneau mer; t~vorecitals-one in Mission artist-in-resi-- - all these things are present in a and abundant Viejo. CA, and one in Lancaster, (Alaska) Jazz and Classics Festival: dence luitll the schola calltorumin but gro~t~ingmovement to bring back house that's built by hand. It's espe- material, x'vith PA-with violinist Arnold bet~veenthe three of them. they Basel, Switzerland, teaching voice what proponents say is a remarkably cially true Lvith straxv-bale houses. as much as Steinhardt: and three concerts in played six recitals in nine days. i lessons, directing vocal ensembles, energy-efficient and earth-friendly There's a sense of openness in our 200 million Alaska for the Juneau Jazz and Clas- and conducting master classes. As a xvay of building. home-almost a freedom-a ~varmth: tons of straw sics Festival, including a recital with TORK ALERT performer. Mentzel has been a fea- "\Ve went to a couple of wall a beauty. 1 can't describe it any other under-utilized cam~bell UO faculty violinist Kathryn Luck- tured singer at numerous overseas raisings (of nexv straw-bale homes) in or just ~uastedevery year in the Congratulations to A \,\ray," he says. u~here'sa sense of tenberg, one xvith members of Trio venues. including Amsterdam. Ber- Oregon and Arizona:" says Campbell. United States alone. According to the our Department of Dance; son Zach- absolute peace and serenity." Pacifica, and a solo recital of Stein- lin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Edinburgh, "They are kind of like old-fashioned An amazing material U.S. Department of Agriculture, ary was born March 12; 8 lbs. 6 oz. hardt performing his olvn xvorks. Melbourne. Bruges,- and Helsinki. He barn raisings. It ~vasvery commu- Since the mid-1980s, more and that's enough to build approximately Steinhardt also performed the is the founder and director of Vox nity-minded and very friendly. \Ve more people have been dra\~rnto four million 2,000-square-foot build- Brahins Concerto in B-flat Major Resonat in Cologne since its incep- got really into the ~vholeidea." user-friend?- nature of the materials: ings a year. ~viththe University Sg mphony, x\ as tion in 1999. @ So in early 2000. after graduating the fact that stra~vbales are energy- In addition, the high thermal AD, continued studio has been an ideal place for miere of his Concerto fir Saxopl~one can also be reached 1 ia e-mail at in (Ph.D. 1996) is the him to compose. rehearse. and and Chamher Orch estm. jh~rnurnOQuestionshk.com asslstant dean and director of inter- resistance of straw bales means that record. His first project xvas his Ph.D. Campbell also teaches at Pima national programs at Bryn Maxvr they keep buildings naturally xrarnl dissertation, the 40-minute Earth Community College, and directs mu- son (B.A. 1969) is pro- Clarke (MA. 1993) maintains College in Pennsylvania. ad\ ising in the xrinter and cool in the summer ,l/luss, xrllich premiered in Tucson sic at an Episcopal church. His nextJ ducing videos for his local cable us! performance schedule TI-ith international students as I! ell as international facult! and domestic - xvhich, in turn, means less burning last October. In November he fin- music trio. the Sonoran Consort, has television program, "Classical Mu- a varietj of trumpet gigs in the Eu- of fossil fuels or use of other energy ished recording the music for a full- just released its second CD, and they sic" in Long Beach. CA: the latest is a gene area. During this past summer. undergraduates interested in study- resources and less release of pollut- length feature documentary film to \\-ill perform in various x7enues this three-part series on the music dra- he performed disco xz'ith the Satin ing abroad. Chin also serves on a ants. be released next year. His most re- year, including universities and con- mas of Richard IVagner. Love Orchestra, traditional Dixieland national commirtee on irnnligration On a doxvn-to-earth level, say cent composition and recording cert halls. xrith the Tommy Fox Blue Bayou policj . T\ hich allo~~~sher to xvork experts. straxv-bale houses are more project is music for a local theater "Living and srorking in an en~,i- Band. salsa and Latin jazz with closely xvith her colleagues on inter- durable than conventional materials production about Colonial Mexico: ronment I built is something very 1977) teaches music f~mdamentals Caliente. and jazz standards and national education issues. on at least txvo counts: bales are so it includes original contemporary special, says Campbell. "It's a beauti- and music appreciation at Citrus blues xvith Portland guitarist Rod tightly packed that they provide music, pieces in an early Baroque ful place, and it feels good to have College in Glendora, CA. She lives in Furlott. He and the members of the Kelly Kuo (B.A. 1996),upon com- fexver havens for termites and other style. and sequences based on his created our home and studio out of Claremont 115th her husband. Thom. pletion of his first season as assistant pests: and for the same reason. when recent studies of Aztec music. He is earth, helping us to stay informed by and sons Zach and Nathan. conductor at Opera Pacific, was plastered, they are fire-resistant be- also xrorking on a commission for the natural cycles of life." + named co-director of Opera Pacific's
p~ Resident Artist Program. Last season cause they don't hold enough air to orchestra, multiple choruses. and -- - ahead jazz at Joe Federigo's. Clarke allow combustion. ethnic drum and dance troupes for a Excerpted from an article bjr Sara 1981) tvon first prize in the Third also performed in several concerts he conducted rehearsals of Rigoletto, A busy studio performance in November, and he is Terry in The Christian Science Edition of the Pierre Schaeffer Com- xvith the Oregon Festival of Ameri- Don Giovanni, and Dead Man I.17alk- Campbell's freestanding music looking forxvard to the April pre- Monitor, April 10, 2002. puter Music Competition xvith his can Music during its ten-day tribute ing, and lvas principal pianist for xvork T17e AJinth lVuve (2001) for to George Gersh~vin.including con- Eugene Onegin. and I1 Barbiprp di computer generated tape. This xvork certs xvith the Emerald City jazz Siviglia. In addition, Kuo returned to .id1be presented in concert at NYU Kings and pianist Dick Hyman. Cincinnati Opera in the summer as this fall and in Pescara, Italy, next assistant conductor of Romeo et Richard Fuller (M.Mus. 1971), an discovery, the discovery of our address himself exclusively to the fall, and has been published tvith erney (B.Mus. 1994) is a free- Juliptt~and Dead Man IValking, internationally recognized performer world. and of course great ~vorksof interpretive potential of the forte- other ~vinningxvorks on a double CD lance trumpeter in Netv York. Berney while also acting as principal pianist of the fortepiano, was named the music-svith all their unity in diver- piano, an icon of sensitivity and deli- titled Acousmcr (EMF-Media label). recently became engaged to Sharon for Elektra. He is also editing the University of Oregon School of sit~7-as symbols for how our world cacy from an earlier keyboard cul- Thompson is composing the score Kearney. who works for the law firm piano-vocal score for Dead Man & 1Valking for Bent Pen, Inc. Music's Distinguished Alumnus for ought to be... , " ture. for a series of Chi Kung films by of Orrick. Herrington, Sutcliffe. 2002. He traveled from Vienna to The emphasis of Fuller's artistic Since 1982, Fuller's concert work American Tai Chi Master Terry accept the award, presented at Com- work lies in the interpretation of the has led him to the nlusical centers of Dunn. Thompson is an associate mencement Exercises at the School piano, chamber music, and lieder North America and Europe. where he professor of con~positionand com- of Music on June 15. appears as soloist. accompanist. and puter music at Georgia State Univer- 7 Fuller is a 'llTashington state na- member of numerous chamber music sity in Atlanta, where he directs the 00 tive ~vhostudied piano and musicol- ensembles devoted primarily to the Center for Audio Recording Arts and ogy at Central IlTashington University performance of 18th-century music serves as division head of cornposi- ~ and received a master's degree in on authentic historical instruments. tion and music techno!ogy studies. Class of music from the University of Oregon. In addition. he has collaborated ~rith egree He continued his fortepiano and artists such as James Levine (svith (B.Mus. 1991) has been harpsichord studies in San Fran- the Vienna Philharmonic), Emma teaching in Alaska, both in rural Comments cisco, Nexs York, and later in Vienna. Kirkby, Andre~vManze. Claus Ocker. Alaska and in the Matanuska Valle! . Folloxring graduate school he xvas a Klaus Mertens, the Festetics String "After a fruitless search for a theory professor in the music department at Quartet (Budapest),Vienna Academy method that ~vorkedfor me, I de- Linfield College for eight years be- Orchestra. Musica Aeterna Bratislava. cided to write the method I needed " fore moving to Vienna. where he has and performs regularly ~iriththe he says. That project led to the self- resided for the past eighteen years ITiennaEnsemble. Die Instrument- publication of his book, Basic ,l/lnsic performing. recording. teaching. and isten. Theor! : Holz to Read, Il'rite and LTn- ress: (please print) This is a change of address doing research. Fuller has given live concerts on derstcrnd Ilhtten MLZSIC,and the for- Address mation of Questions. Ink. a small In his remarks to the Coinmenre- radio and television. and has re- Citj State Zip ment audience Fuller referred to his corded for film and radio broadcast business that publishes music educa- years at the School of Music, sag ing repertoire from the Viennese Classi- productions in Germany. Austria. tion-related material The book has Phone (dax) (exre) "IVhat I received here xt7as a particu- cal and early Romantic periods, per- Hungarj, and the BBC. His range and sold xiell and received positive re- I havr mole next s to share! Call me for a inorc complete update. vie11-s since its ~iiblicationlast Sev- larly special xvay of thinking about formed on the fortepiano. At the versatilitv have been documented on d music. cherishing its value and the forefront of the fortepiano movement numerous CD recordings made in teinhcr. and has henefitted from ex- L idea of a life in music, as a touch- in Germany and Austria, Fuller is Germany, Austria. Sxritzerland, stone of the ongoing process of self- one of the frxv ~17110has sought to Slovakia. and the United Statcs. + ALUMNI, continued
Mark Vigil (M.Mus. 1996) is busy composing and promoting his two CDs: In Expression, and In a l17ild Garden. He xvas recently picked up by an independent distributor out of Houston, R&D Distribution. Vigil is working on his third CD (a collection of solo piano music, due out in 2003), and is xvriting his third string quartet. Vigil is planning to be mar- ried this summer, and 1\41become the stepfather of two teenagers!
Robert Hutchinson's (Ph.D. 1998) composition, The Slort~Voyage Through Night, was performed at the Society of Composers 36th National Conference by the University of Ak- ron (Ohio) Concert Band in April 2002. Hutchinson \\.rote the piece when he was concluding his doctoral work at the UO; it commemorates the Thurston High School shootings in May of 1998. Hutchinson's composi- HOMECOMING 1977: Dean Morrette Rider (left) and Ira Lee (right) present tion, Jeux des Enfants, was selected legendary band director Robert Vagner with a retirement plaque during by the Charles Ives Center for Ameri- halftime ceremonies at Autzen Stadium. can Music for a premiere by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra on the NEA-funded "New Music by American Composers" series at the 2002 Piccolo Spoleto Festival.
Travis Freshner (B.Mus. 1999) has had a very eventful and productive year. After returning from a Euro- pean tour with Bjork, he recorded an album with jazzlgospel artist Phil Driscoll titled Jammin'for Jesus. Other recent collaborations include work with the Beastie Boys and the Brooklyn Funk Essentials. Last spring he was featured in the "Music Under New York" subway solo recital series. Over the summer he moved from New York to Phoenix, xvhere he teaches. freelances, and works for Rosie's House, a nonprofit organiza- tion xvhich provides music and in- struction to inner-city kids in South Phoenix. Travis and his fiancke. ac- tress Eliza Dushku, xvill be married THE LTO SO,\'G 6. DAVCE TROLTPE.pictrzred in this 1988 photo, n7asa next summer: they met last fall at popnlar ensemble composed of music, dance, and theatre majors, and rt7as NBC Studios xvhen she lvas a guest directed by Steve Stone. kkmbers of that year's ensemble wre (from left): on Late l\right rtrith Conan O'Brien. O I17ade Il'illis, Stacy Brattn, pianist Tama Rortan, Darrel Kan, Jenny Caneen, Eric Anderson, Daniel Bro~tn,Stucee Rab~r,and Lies1 Davenport. The following is a coming events at the and Department of Dance. Dates subject to change. For more infor- mation, call our Community Rela- (Chamber Music Series) tions Office, weekdays, at (5411 346- 5678.
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(World Music Series)
(Chamber Music Series) (Children's Concert Series)
(Faculty Artist Series) Nov*17 - University
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