SCHOOL of MUSIC and DEPARTMENT of DANCE

Newsletter for Alumni & Friends Sewtember. 1992 VOI TVNO 7. Earn Your The Dean's Desk Anne Dhu McLucas, Dean

I am writing this a scant three weeks after my move here from Boston, and as I Over $100,000 in music scholarships, look out my window over the green grass at Oregon. to the trees bordering the Pioneer including the Ruth Lorraine Close awards, are given annually. General UO scholarships, LEDGER LINES is the official Cemetery, I feel very lucky to be here at At the University of Oregon, you get it all: financial aid, work study, and student loans are newsletter of the University of this desk, in this position, in this School of the natural beauty and q~ialityof life in Oregon's also available. Auditions are required both for Oregon School of Music, and is Music, and in this wonderful state. admission to the School of Music and for published twice a year for alumni, As you know, I have been an Willamette Valley, and a superb music faculty scholarship award determination. A single faculty, and friends of the music "understudy" for this role for a year, as I to prepare yot~for a st~ccessfulcareer. audition will serve both purposes. school. Your comments are finished my duties at Boston College. I always welcome. have made occasional visits to Oregon to Dates and locations for 1993-94 consult with the faculty and with Gary Admission and Scholarship Auditions: Martin, who has been a marvelous Acting Address all correspondence to: Dean for these two very stressful years, January 29,1993--Eugene, Oregon Ledger Lines and who will continue as the Associate February 26,1993--Eugene, Oregon School of Music Dean and Director of Graduate Studies. University of Oregon This year has given me a chance to ment at the University of California at For information regarding specific times Eugene, OR 97403-1225 become acquainted with the School and its Berkeley, comes on board this month as and locations, contact: or call (503) 346-3761. current problems and possibilities before Assistant to the Dean for Development. Office of Undergraduate Admissions actually being in a position to do much With Barbara, myself, and Sara Jones School of Music about them. Now that I am here, the work Brandt, Director of Development for the University of Oregon ANNE DHU McLUCAS of both long-range planning and short- Oregon Bach Festival, a strong new Eugene, OR 97403 Dean term coping will begin in eamest. development team will be in place to help or call: (503) 346-3761 Among the things planned in the long- the school through these times of tight SCOTT BARKHURST range category are a full cuniculum money. Completed applications for each audition Newsletter Editor review from undergraduate to graduate As I have begun to meet and work date should be received by the School of education, taking into account the new with faculty and students here, however, I Music at least one week before the audition. BARBARA H. GOODSON cumculum reforms of the University as a am convinced that our greatest resource is Auditions may also be arranged by special Assistant to the Dean for Development whole and the ever-evolving needs of a not money, but people and talent (with appointment. well-trained musician in the 1990s. A money to support them!). I am hoping to SARA JONES BRANDT capable committee is in place, a planning build on our greatest strengths, to help the Please note: the deadline for application to Director of Development, retreat is scheduled, and some of you who School of Music and Dance become better the University of Oregon for incoming Oregon Bach Festival are alumni of the School of Music may be BA in Music freshmen is March 1,1993. receiving questionnaires in the near future BS in Music To be considered for Fall admission in 1993 COVER: Woodwind specialist Enrique about your educational experience here. I the surrounding community. BM in Performance the UO Office of Admissions must have your Rios, one of our talented graduate would also welcome any informal I see music in its broadest sense as BM in Composition application by that date. Early application is students, won two prestigious scholarships communication you might want to make one of the great connecting forces in our BM in Music Ed suggested. Students applying after March 1, this year. Story, page 10. concerning cumculum change. lives, and I would like to see students of BM in Theory 1993, lose priority consideration for scholar- Photo by Scott Barkhurst An even more complex outside the University of Oregon learn to use that ships and other financial aid. Program Review is scheduled for Winter force in their future careers, be that as MA in Music History and Spring terms. Eventually every community musicians and teachers, MA in Music Theory department and school at the University of internationally known performers, or MM in Composition Oregon will undergo such a review. After avid supporters of music. MM in Music Ed these two thorough studies, I should know I would like all of you who read MM in Performance a great deal more about the music school's Ledger Lines to feel connected to this MM in Conducting strengths and weaknesses, and have some enterprise as well. I encourage you to MM in Piano Pedagogy clear ideas about how to capitalize on the write me with your ideas, to come around strengths and overcome the weaknesses. to talk in person, and to support our DMA in Performance All of the long-range planning takes students and faculty in their endeavors. DMA in Music Ed place in an atmosphere of short-term DMA in History budget problems, and I am therefore particularly happy to announce the DMA in Composition The University of Oregon is an equal The University of Oregon is an equal appointment of a new position in develop- DMA in Theory opportunity, affirmative action institution ment for the School of Music: Barbara PhD in Music Ed committed to cultural diversity. opportunity, aflmative action institution committed to cultural diversitv. Goodson, formerly employed in Develop- Music School Welcomes World Music Dance Department News Music Toda-y Series to Debut The UO Department of Dance, which Scheduled for 1992-93: Opens in ~pril New Teaching Faculty was formally merged with the School of Dance '93 auditions are set for The School of Music will be initiating Music last year, has announced some 3ctober 8 and 9. Performances will be Twentieth century music will have an Rod Harkins is our new Associate Director of Bands. a series of world music concerts and internal changes and scheduled several xoduced by the UO Theatre Department exciting new forum this coming spring, He holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from East lecture-demonstrations in 1992-93, under events for 1992-93. In Robinson Theatre on January 15, 16, 22, thanks to Associate Professor Robert Kyr. Carolina University, a Master's degree in Composition and the direction of Mark Levy, adjunct Associate Professor Jenifer Craig was md 23. The three-week event, titled Music Today, Commercial Music from the University of South Carolina, assistant professor of ethnomusicology. named Chair of the Dance Depamnent in The Department of Dance and the will be an international multicultural and is completing the PhD in Music Education from the The series, to be called "Music for a Small February, and Associate Professor Janet student organization Dance Oregon will festival featuring at least one work from University of Oklahoma. Planet," will feature one major event per Descutner will serve as Production Coor- host the residency of New Jersey-based our century on each of nearly 20 programs. A North Carolina native, Harkins served as Assistant term. Financial assistance for the series is dinator. Marian Moser, who has been performance artist Claire Porter, Nov. 11- More than just a concert series, Music Director of Bands and Director of the "Pride of Mississiooi" secretary for the department, was promo- 14. Porter, who has received four NEA Today will have strong educational A. provided by the Office of International at the University of Southern Mississippi Affairs and other sources. ted to Office Coordinator, acknowledging Choreography fellowships, was described component, and will involve the Eugene from 1987 to 1990. He gained additional university level the expanded responsibilities she has 3y The Washington Post's Pamela community as well as UO music faculty teaching experience as Assistant Director of Bands at The 1992-93 season includes: assumed since the transfer of Dance to the Sommers as a "lanky, spiky-haired and students. Concerts will be carefully Clemson University and as a Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall Term-a concert of North Indian School of Music. chameleon of a performer" who "employs coordinated with the School of Music with the University of South Carolina and the University of classical music, with Rajiv Taranath The sixth Summer Dance Pursuit, text, movement and a million and one curriculum so that students will hear live Oklahoma band programs. (sarod), Sharnim Ahmed (sitar), Fad under the direction of Susan Zadoff, con- telling gestures to create a diverse group of performances of works that they are Harkins will direct the and conduct the UO Symphonic Hussein (tabla), and others. Lecture- cluded its two-week dance camp in July. solo characters." Porter will teach studying. Band. He will teach classes in music education and is already heavily involved in demonstration on Friday, Oct. 16,4 p.m.; The camp, designed for young dancers age workshops and work with five or six The festival will not only focus on recruiting efforts for the UO band program. Concert on Sunday, Oct. 18.8 p.m. 11-18, featured performances arranged by students in preparation for her concert on music of our time, but will include music the guest faculty, including department November 14 in Dougherty Theatre. spanning many centuries and cultures. Robert Ponto is the UO's new Director of Bands. He Winter Term-a concert of traditional alumni Barry McNabb, Jennifer Roth, For more information about dance Ensembles and artists will include UO received the Bachelor's degree in Music Education from the Greek folk music, with Sophia Bilides and Deborah Miller and Lisa Oxman. Events, call (503) 346-3386. + faculty and student ensembles, the Eugene University of Wisconsin and the Master of Music in ensemble. The concert will be followed Symphony, and nationally recognized Conducting from the University of Michigan. Since 1989 he by a participatory folk dance with performers featured on the UO's Vanguard has been on the faculty at Oberlin, teaching advanced instruction. Date to be announced. Series and Chamber Music Series. Goodson Named to University, where she wrote on the thesis Kyr, who joined the UO composition conducting, and directing their Wind Ensemble, Chamber topic "Funding for Bay Area Symphony Winds, and Contemporary Music Ensemble. Spring Term-a concert of East European Development Team and theory faculty two years ago, states "If Orchestras." it works as planned, this will be the first of Prior to his appointment at Oberlin, Ponto served on the Jewish Klezmer music, featuring the group Any School of Music alumni or faculties of East Carolina University, Pacific Lutheran The School of Music welcomed its kind in the country-a comprehensive Brave Old World. This concert will also friends with questions or suggestions University, and University of Michigan. His instrument be followed by a participatory folk dance Barbara Hollimun Goodson to campus in multicultural festival celebrating the music about alumni activities or gifts to the specialties are , euphonium, and tuba. In addition to a with instruction. The event will be part of August as Assistant to the Dean for of our time, which also has a strong varietv of convention aooearances, Ponto has served as the School of Music's "Music Today" Development. She will work with Dean School of Music should feel free to educational component, involving both the washington State chairperson for CBDNA and has guest festival coordinated by Robert Kyr, as well McLucas on a half-time basis to foster contact her at the following address or university and the community." Dates for conducted a number of all-state bands. In 1990 he was Leonard Slatkin's rehearsal as Shoah Week activities coordinated by contact with alumni and friends of the phone: Barbara H. Goodson, Assistant to the festival are April 8-29. For more conductor for the American Soviet Youth Orchestra Brass Ensemble in New York City. the ASUO Jewish Student Union. Both music school, and to raise major gifts for the Dean for Development, School of information, contact Robea Kyr at (503) At Oregon, Ponto will conduct the Oregon Wind Ensemble, oversee the graduate the lecture-demonstration and concert will scholarships, endowments, special events Music, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 346-3766. + wind conducting curriculum, and administer the affairs of the hand program. be on Sunday, April 25. and capitallequipment needs. Goodson 97403. Ph.: (503) 346-5687. + will also assist the University of Oregon Mezzo-soprano Milagro Vargas brings an extraordinary Other events may be added. For Foundation on a half-time basis in major and diverse background to our voice department. A native of further details, contact Mark Levy, gift fund raising. student at the UO, and has fond memories Major Gift Given of several UO faculty who were supportive New York, she completed her undergraduate degree at (503) 346-2852. + Goodson was most recently Assistant and instrumental in helping develop her Oberlin, studying with Helen Hodam, and received her Director for Donor Relations at the to School of Music Master's degree from Eastman, where her teacher was the musical talents. An accomplished teacher University of California at Berkeley The UO School of Music recently of both violin and piano, she still performs highly respected 20th century song specialist, Jan DeGaetani. where she managed a successful and Vargas was a soloist with the Stuttgart Opera from 1983- received a major life trust from Audrey as a concert violinist in the Palo Alto area, comprehensive program of donor cultiva- Avis Aasen-Hull, a 1939 music graduate and owns a Stradivarius violin. 88, and has been a frequent guest artist at major music tion and recognition. Her earlier experi- festivals in Europe and the US., including the Amsterdam the University of Oregon. Mrs. Aasen- Associate Dean Gary Martin, who ence includes stints as Events Coordinator Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, the Hull, who resides in the San Francisco Ba! oversees scholarships for the School of Saarbriicken Festival for New Music, and those of Aspen, at the Children's Hospital at Stanford and area with her husband, has donated her Music, raised Mrs. Aasen-Hull's Marlboro, and Saratoga. She toured Russia in 1989, Executive Director of the Peninsula Palo Alto home as a life estate, with the gcn~rosily: 'We ilr? \er) :I..IIZ~.I~10 hlr\. appearing at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater and Leningrad's Symphony Association in Belmont, UO School of Music as co-beneficiaries ,\a,ewHull for cst&hli.;hingthic gencmu.; Kirov. Her classical background is nicely balanced with some prestigious performances California. with the San Francisco Symphony and Cal trust fund, which will assist deserving in contemporary music: she sang the role of Nefertiti in the 1985 world premiere of An accomplished cellist and honor Tech. students for many years to come. In this Philip Glass's Akhnaten ,appeared with tenor Paul Speny and the Orchestra of Our Time scholar, Goodson holds a Bachelor of Arts The gift to the School of Music will time of rapidly increasing costs to in a gala presentation of Erik Satie's Socrate, and was part of the program celebrating in Music from UC-Berkeley and a Master go toward piano and violin scholarships at students, such support is especially composer Frank Zappa's 50th birthday in New York City. + of Arts in Music from San Francisco State the UO. Mrs. Aasen-Hull was a violin rewarding." + German alto Ingeborg Danz, in her School of Music faculty appeared in City of Eugene Room Tax Fund, Daimler- second season with the Bach Festival, has various capacities throughout the Festival: Benz of North America Co., Daimler-Benz become a local favorite, not only for her Victor Steinhardt joined the Petersen Stuttgart. the Eugene Alts Foundation, solos in the major works, hut also this year String Qualtet for a chamber concert in Frcighlliner Corporation, the Lane County for a sumptuous solo recital in Beall Beall Hall, and Dean Kramer and Ann Tourism Fund. Lufthansa German Concert Hall. The critics raved every time Tedards joined Victor working with the Airlines, Mcrccdcr-Bcnz Credit Corpor- she opened her mouth. Native sons Pacific Rim Master Classes in piano and ation, Mercedez-Benz of North America, Richard Zeller and Douglas Johnson voice. Festival Orchestra memhers Inc. the National Endowment for the Arts, returned NI Oregon ior WI~I vo.4 qprw included Lawrence Maves, George the Oregon Arts Commission, Pacific First :III~CY in IIIC Bxli .lIti\.s iu 13 .ll;~iormd Recker, Charles Dowd, J. Rohert Moore, Bank, SELCO Credit Union, U.S. Bank, several cantatas, and sopranos Maria Jette Jeffrey Williams, Richard Frazier, Rohert and Women's Care, P.C. and Katherine van Kampen were other Hurwitz, Randi L'Hommedieu, Michael Next year's Oregon Bach Festival, welcome returnees. Anderson, Jeffrey Peyton, Ed McManus, scheduled for Junc 26-July 10, will include One new Festival event that drew high and Claire Wachter. Pre-concert lectures Haydn's The Seasons, Mendelssohn's praise was the Community Choir Cantata were given by Richard Clark, Rohert El~joh,Brahms' Gerinon Requiem ...and of Service, an historic recreation of a church Hurwitz, Jeffrey Stolet, and Julia Heydon. course, Bach. To receive an Oregon Bach service in Bach's day. The event was held Major grantors and sponsors of the Festival ticket brochure next spring, call in conjunction with the Oregon Synod of 1992 Oregon Bach Festival included the the Fcslival ofke at (503) 346-5666. the Evangelical Lutheran Church, which was holding its 1992 assembly in Eugene. For this service the Festival Chorus was replaced by a 450-voice all-comers choir. No auditions were required, and the participants came in all ages and all levels of musical experience. The result was magic. Somehow the 450 singers and the Conductor Helmuth Rillina leads the orchestra and a chorus ofnearlv 500 voices in a snecinl Bnch Crinrnrn Service Festival Orchestra were squeezed onto the stage at Silva Concert Hall, and a capacity crowd of 2,400 listened to the musicians perform "A Mightly Fortress is Our Rilling is Still Thrillingfor 23rd Season God"-much as it would have been done ten-minute standing ovation continues to reap high dividends: the Pinrio Concei-lo iir E$or Mnjoc not only in Bach's time, as part of a church service brought the 23rd Oregon Bach performances are marvelously inspired, pcrforrning the solo pal-t flawlessly, but with prayers, gospel, sermon, and benedic- Festival to a close on July 3, and the collegial atmosphere surrounding conducting the charnbcr orchestra when- tion. "Singing on Sunday was a highlight following an emotional performance of the the Festival draws artists and patrons hack cvcr his hands were not racing across the of my life," wrote one participant, and she recently-discovered Messa per Rossini. year after year. keyhoard. was not alone in her enthusiasm. It was a fitting conclusion, for artistic Though ticket sales dipped from last The Festival's international character director and conductor Helmuth Rilling year's record-setting totals, staff members continued to grow with the guest appear- had a major role in resurrecting the 120- felt good about the 1992 Festival's artistic ance of the Tokyo Choir OMP from Japan. year-old gem, composed by Giuseppe and operational success. Marketing Led by director Fumiaki Kuriyama, the Verdi and 12 colleagues in memory of Director Henriette Heiny noted that a Tokyo Choir shared a program with the their fellow composer and friend, greater percentage of ticket buyers came Festival Chorus, opening with an impres- Gioacchino Rossini. The fascinating from out of town, perhaps a reflection of sive assortment of 20th century Japanese musical collage was thought lost until a local economic worries. In any case, compositions and folk song arrangements. musicologist discovered the unpublished "programming, pricing, and other market- The choir later joined the Festival Chorus manuscripts in Milan less than 20 years ing issues are going to he thoroughly for "In stiller Nacht" by Brahms, and the ago. When Rilling learned of the evaluated to make sure we respond to lesser-known but entirely appropriate discovery, he spearheaded the effort to get changing audience needs," said Heiny. "Gottes ist der Orient, Gottes ist der the music edited and published, ultimately Among this year's concert highlights Occident" from Schumann's Talismane. conducting the world premiere in Stuttgart were a stunning performance by the For the Festival's concluding concert, the in 1988. Rilling also conducted a 1989 Summit Brass, a deliciously varied recital Messa per Rossini, the Japanese Choir performance of the Messa per Rossini with by Metropolitan Opera tenor Gary Lakes, again joined the Festival Chorus for a the New York Philharmonic Orchestra that and a fiendishly mesmerizing offering of glorious and unforgettable finale. was later broadcast on National Public Kyzysztof Penderecki's Concerto No. 2 Once again the Festival's roster of Television and Radio, and Eugene for Cello and Orchestra, conducted by participants included names from many audiences seemed to revel in the privilege Penderecki himself, and performed by points on the globe: Canada, Korea, of hearing one of the few live performan- Lithuanian cellist David Geringas. Russia, Latvia, Germany, Poland, Czecho- ces of this unique work. In an amazing display of concen- slovakia, Denmark, and Chile were all Rilling's long-standing rapport with tration, pianist Jeffrey Kahane gave an K~~;.y.s;r~fP~i~~le~ecki,rhenl:res the represented in the choir, orchestra or Festival audiences and musicians electrifying performance of Mozart's Slio.sfok~vidiS~~~~plroir? No. 6 in B Mino,: master classes.

~ ~ ~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ clinician and conducting teacher. That earliest, most authentic sources, and will Robert Hladky's attempt to retire after 40 for Marin Alsop and the Eugene invitation and sponsorship came from present the motets in chronological order. years of college teaching was delayed a Symphony by the Hult Endowment Fund Music Education Specialists, based in Bergquist has enlisted collaborators on the year when the School of Music extended and the University of Oregon; and Of Time Sydney, as a result of observing Bennett's project, which he estimates will require the search for his replacement through and Remembrance (String Quartet No. 2), work at the Pacific Basin Band Festival in from five to ten years to complete. This next spring. Hladky took the news in good performed in Boston and at the New Hawaii the previous April. During the spring, while on sabbatical leave, he spirits, noting that the UO simply changed Music Chicago Festival. Both Songs of three weeks in Australia he presented visited Munich, Germany, to work on the his title from "retired" to "rehired." the Shining Wind and Of Time and various in-school demonstrations and edition at the Bavarian State Library and Hladky performed in two Faculty kist Remembrance were recorded and broad- workshops for band directors, and also the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Music programs this year, including one intended cast by WGBH Public Radio, Boston, and guest conducted the Royal Australian Air Historical Commission. as his "farewell" recital (see photo). At the the former was highly praised by Richard Force Band, the Army Band, and the band OMEA State Convention in Eugene, Dyer in The Boston Globe and James , Lisa Arkin (Dance) presented a paper of the Defense Force School of Music. Steven Chatfield (Dance) accepted a Hladky was presented an award for Oestreich in The New York Times. Kyr , titled "Character Ballet: Instrument of Over 100 directors attended his two-day Summer 1992 appointment as coordinator outstanding accomplishments as a soloist, recently gave papers, workshops, and Multiculturalism in 18th and 19th conducting workshop in Sydney. Bennett of "Leadership 2000," a pilot project for chamber music performer, and teacher by performances at "Indonesian Gamelan: an Centuries" and a workshop at the 1992 also was a guest conductor of the UO Dean of Students Jane DeGidio. The the Oregon unit of the American String International Orchestra" in May at Dart- Congress on Research in Dance, held in Australian Band and Orchestra Directors aim of the project is to provide incoming Teachers Association. The Oregon Cello mouth; "Rethinking American Music: Atlanta in August. Association, as well as serving as keynote freshmen with small group experiences to Society also recognized Hladky with a New Research and Issues of Cultural speaker and master clinician in conducting promote understanding of the UO as a special tribute in May, and The Register- Diversity" in July at Boston College; and Barbara Baird served as adjudicator for and rehearsal techniques for the conference. purposeful, open, just, disciplined, caring, Guard wrote a feature article profiling his "Worlds of Music," sponsored by Simon the OMTA Jr. Bach Festival in Roseburg He has been invited back to Australia in and celebrative community. In August he career. Hladky was also an adjudicator at Fraser University (Vancouver, B.C.) in in January. Her Faculty Artist Series January, 1993, to serve as master teacher presented "Ancient Eastern and Modem the Mt. Hood Orchestra Festival and at the June. Kyr was recently elected to Pi recital in March celebrated the 20th for a two-week national conducting Western Principles for the Neuromuscular Oregon State Solo Contest in April. He Kappa Lambda music honorary, and was anniversary of the installation of the symposium. Bennett has also been Facilitation of Human Movement," a was a guest artist and clinician for the given a UO Scholarly and Creative Ahrend organ in Beall Concert Hall, promoted to the rank of full professor, paper co-authored by Dance colleague Montana State Cello Society in May, and Development Award to record a CD of his featuring repeaoire from over 300 years of effective this fall. Sherrie Barr. The presentation was in performed at four concerts at the Red music. Kyr's commissions for next season organ composition. Other recitals Atlanta, Georgia, at the national confer- Lodge Music Festival in Montana. will include works for the Cleveland included a 10th anniversary celebration as Peter Bergquist recently signed a contract ence of the Congress on Research in Chamber Symphony, an interactive piano organist at Eugene's First Congregational with A-R Editions, Inc. of Madison, Dance. Chatfield and Barr also toured a and computer work with Canadian compo- Church, and a dedication recital on the Wisconsin, to produce a new edition of the dance lecture-demonstration titled "On the work on the biography of modem dance with the Penderecki String Quartet at ser Daniel Scheidt, and a second commis- newly refurbished and enlarged organ at motets of Orlando di Lasso within their Road with the Blues" at Eugene elemen- pioneer Bella Lewitsky, including a Seton Hall University, performing the sion from Chamber Music America for the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Corvallis. series, Recent Researches in the Music of tary schools this past spring. research trip to Los Angeles in July. Dvorak Piano Quintet, part of which was Ensemble Project Ars Nova. She was also a featured performer in the the Renaissance. He has previously broadcast live on New York's WNCN Portland Bachathon, sponsored by the published editions of Lasso's Penitential Jenifer Craig (Dance) became Chair of David Johnson (GTF, Music) finished his radio. In May he appeared as soloist with Mark Levy received a grant from the Tom Portland chapter of the AGO. Psalms and Lasso's Lectiones (Readings the Dance Department in February, and Master's thesis, "Enhancing the music conductor Marin Alsop and the Eugene R. and Carol B. Williams Professorship from Job) in the same series. The new has been promoted to associate professor student's intrinsic motivation to leam: a Symphony in Bemstein's Age ofAnxiefy. Sherrie Barr (Dance) spoke at Eugene's edition of the more than 500 motets will with indefinite tenure as of September, review of the literature." He had three In June he performed Brahms' Piano Hult Center for the Performing Arts as part appear in 23 volumes, will be based on the 1992. During the summer she resumed compositions performed in Beall Hall: Concerto No. 2 at the grand finale of the president's office. The grant Gill enhance of a lecture series co-sponsored by the Birthday, an electronic collage for Hal Cascade Music Festival in Bend, OR. Levy's course, "Music in World Cultures," Oregon Council for the Humanities; the Owen's Birthday Bash; Three Modern Following four years of research, Kramer offered Spring and Fall terms, 1992, by title of the talk was "David Parsons and David Doerksen was presented the OMEA Muvements for Piano, performed by successfully defended his doctoral treatise increasing library holdings in world music Found Movement: Influence, Tradition, Appreciation Award by the Oregon Music adjunct instructor Beth Tomassetti; and at the University of Texas at Austin, and books, recordings, films, and to bring Heritage." Bmand Steven Chatfield Educators Association at the OMEAPro- Ozone, an electronic piece with movie and received the DMA in August, 1992. His guest performers and lecturers into the participated in the Dance Science Update fessional Development Conference, held slides, performed at the UO Electronic treatise is titled "The Old School and the classroom from various ethnic commun- Panel at the National Dance Association in Eugene in February. He was particu- Music Concert in May. Johnson spent ities in Oregon. As Executive Director of Conference in Indianapolis in April; their larly cited for his work in the area of music summer 1992 as Beall Hall stage manager the East European Folklife Center, anon- presentation, "Electromyographic and teacher evaluation. He became interested during the Bach Festival, and as stage Kramer's treatise supervisor, intemation- Kinematic Analysis of Movement in developing job descriptions for music manager for the Eugene Festival of ally-respected scholar Dr. Rebecca Baltzer, Repatteming in Dance," was the result of teachers while a Salem music adminis- Musical Theatre's production of Godspell. called it a "splendid piece of work ...full of Workshops in July, 19924nein Northern research and training sessions done last trator, and his Qualifying Exams for stunning things that will stimulate a lot of California and one in West Virginia, summer. Bmand UO dance alum Mary Student Teaching have been used at the Edward Kammerer married Alice Burke rethinking about how great pianists play." including classes in folk instruments, Seereiter were guest artists at Central University of Oregon for the past seven on June 27, 1992. singing, and folk dance, plus lectures and Oregon Community College in March, years. His book, A Guide to Evaluating Robert Kyr had several highly successful concerts. Levy performed Balkan folk where they taught a series of classes and Teachers of Music Performance Groups, Dean Kramer traveled to Cyprus last premieres this season, including: Songs of music at the School of Music's "World in performed duet and solo works. was published by the MENC in 1990. spring, where he presented recitals in both the Shining Wind, written for three voices Transition" concert, at the Bacb Birthday Doerksen's other recent honors include the the Greek and Turkish-occupied parts of and instruments, commissioned for the Bash, the Willamette Valley Folk Festival, Wayne Bennett spent the 1991-92 Northwest Music Educator of the Year the island. He also performed the Ensemble Project Ars Nova by Chamber the Folklife Festival, Eugene's academic year in Cyprus on a Fulbright Award in 1990 from the National Feder- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Music America's New Works Grant, and Saturday Market, and the Veselo Folk grant (see story, page 9). Prior to leaving ation of State High School Associations, Cyprus State Orchestra under the direction which was performed in Boston and at Dance Festival. He also gave lectures on for Cyprus, he spent three weeks in and the 1989 Alumni Citation Award from of colleague Wayne Bennett (see story, Columbia University's Miller Theater; Bulgarian folk music for the Slavic Australia as a guest conductor, master Willamette University. page 9). In late April, Kramer appeared Gamelodion for orchestra, coinmissioned Civilization course (Russian Studies) and for a Geography Tea sponsored by the recital for the Oregon Mozart Players in held at Western Oregon State College in The same transformation occurred in Department of Geography. February, and performed his Sonata April. Stone, along with David Doerksen, the adult group, which had never had a Boogie with violinist Leslie Sawyer for the Randall Moore, Randi L'Hommedieu resident conductor since the government Hal Owen's book, Modal and Tonal Mozart Players' March concert. In March and Lynn Sjulund, participated in the became the primary sponsor in 1987. Counterpoint, Josquin to Stravinsky, he traveled to Austin, Texas, for a piano "Most of the musicians were undisciplined published by Schirmer Books, is now in duet and solo recital, and joined the ;lnd dc~iior:~I~~eJhc;:~uw oi ihc I.tck print. Petersen String Quartet of Berlin for a in May. Ic.;der~hip,ir hiih redted in n r.lthcr lo\\, chamber concert during this year's Oregon self-esteem within the group, creating an Steve Owen was commissioned to com- Bach Festival. Mary Lou Van Rysselberghe presented a image of an incompetent amateur pose a piece for the University of Kansas session titled "Musical Models in Early orchestra," said Bennett. "It was very Jazz Ensemble, to be premiered at the 46th Jeffrey Stolet was granted the UO's Childhood Settings: Teachers, Parents, and satisfying to be a part of their metamor- Annual Mid-West International Band and Scholarly and Creative Development Child Care Providers" at the Music phosis to an orchestra which played with ' Orchestra Clinic in Chicago this December. Award for the purpose of studying several Educators National Conference in New professionalism and a dramatic software synthesis languages for musical Orleans in April. In July she was invited improvement in performance level. Their Marian Smith spent the summer in Paris transformation was marvelous." doing more research on 19th century That change in attitude apparently ballet-opera at the Bihliotheque Nationale developed at M.LT., and the Kyma was clear in the performance of the and the Bibliotheque de I'Opera. In System, developed at the University of Commission Seminar in Tokyo, Japan. orchestra throughout Bennett's tenure as September she will give a paper about the Illinois, which is the newest and most Recently in print is the sixth edition of conductor. Reviews of the concerts were staging of Donizetti operas at a conference powerful hardware and software Music in the Elementary School, co- extremely positive, and most patrons felt in Bergamo, Italy. Smith also won a configuration for music composition. authored by Gary Martin, Robert and the orchestra was so improved that they Research Fellowship for Fall term at the Some of Stolet's original computer music Vernice Nye, and Van Rysselberghe. could scarcely believe it was the same UO Humanities Center, and will be works were recently released on compact group of musicians. A May 28 article in working on her book about the Parisian disc by Newport Classic under the title Claire Wachter has returned to the UO the Cyprus Mail hailed Bennett for having ballet-pantomime. Smith married Carl The Computer MUSKof Jeffrey Stolet. The piano faculty as an interim replacement for Minister of Education Christoforos Christoj'ides (right)presents Wayne Bennett with an award of appreciation for his contribution to the cultural life of Cyprus. "achieved a substantial amount, both in Woideck in December, 1991. CD includes Strains, Worms and Marlene Thal, who passed away last terms of organization, improving Desolation, Sonata Formication, excerpts winter. discipline and professionalism, as well as Victor Steinhardt was a featured from The Main Event, and Concertofor coaching at various levels, increasing performer with Arthur Maddox at Lane Orchestra, Chainsaw and Cow. Jeffrey Williams continued as Principal Bravos for Ben tett in Cypns morale, and giving the benefit of his vast Community College's Electronic Artistry Trombone with the Eugene Symphony, as experience to all those involved." concert in February. He teamed with Stephen Stone was a judge for the District well as performances with the Oregon hough he has endured too many Bulgaria, Poland, and Finland. Extra wind Bennett also served as advisor to the violinist Joseph Gennaldi for a benefit IV OMEA High School Choral Contest Brass Quintet, Oregon Mozart Players, and "Wayne's World jokes since players come from the bands at nearby government in the development of the Eugene Concert Choir. In March he returning in June, Wayne Bennett British bases as well as from professional orchestras and related matters as they performed a Faculty Artist Series recital can look back on his nine months as a orchestras in Greece. A few of the players arose during the year. Part of his time was Jeffrey Peyton (GTF) received a $5,000 Graduate Fellowship Award from the with pianist Barbara Gonzilez-Palmer resident conductor in Cyprus with great hold full-time positions with the orchestra, University Club of Portland (see story, page 10). He has been appointed Principal and soprano Sandra Williams. His satisfaction. but most have other jobs, including Percussionist with the Eugene Symphony, as well as timpanist with the Eugene Opera. summer schedule included performances From September to June, Bennett teaching music in schools. "It was very satisfying to be a This summer he continued as Principal Percussionist with the Oregon Bach Festival and at the Red Lodge (Montana) Music served as resident conductor and music Rehearsals were held on Monday and part of their metamorphosis Peter Britt Festival, and as timpanist with the Oregon Coast Festival and Oregon Ballet. Festival, the Oregon Bach Festival, and the director for the Cyprus State Chamber Wednesday evenings, and six pairs of their transformation was Peyton will appear on a new recording with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra, with Ernest Bloch Festival. + Orchestra and the Cyprus State Youth concerts were given: one performance in ... whom he has been a regular percussionist. Peyton's solo appearances included a guest Orchestra. He was also an advisor to Yilaz Nicosia, and the other in either Limassol, marvelous." recital and clinic at Washington State Universitv.,. as xvloohone/, . soloist and Taner, the conductor of the orchestra of the Larnaca, or Paphos. The youth orchestra clinician at Portland State, as marimba soloist Jazz Studies Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and rehearsed for three hours on Saturday spent organizing and cataloguing orchestra with the Oregon Percussion Ensemble and played chamber music with musicians mornings, and gave three concerts during libraries of the cultural service and PIK Eugene Symphonic Band, and a solo DMA Thriving at UO from that orchestra. The assignment was the year. (the government telecommunications recital, performing the world premiere of Robert The Oregon Jazz Ensemble, the UO's under the auspices of Arts America, the Bennett's assignment was very much station). He planned rehearsal schedules, Kyr's Rodin Miniatures for solo marimba. In premier big jazz band, was invited to Fulbright Commission, and the Cultural a teaching situation, particularly with the developed the youth orchestra library, April he served as adjudicator for the OMEA perform at this year's Reno International Service of the Cyprns Ministry of youth orchestra, since the schools in revised the youth orchestra summer camp, State Solo Competition, and in June he performed Jazz Festival as the featured ensemble, and Education. Cyprus provide very little ensemble and worked as a mentor-teacher in in a masterclass with Cloyd Duff, retired three UO jazz combos received "perfect" "Arts are important to the govenunent experience-and most of the private study conducting and rehearsal techniques. timpanist of the Cleveland Orchestra. As a scores, tying them for first place at the in Cyprus, and their commitment to the is focused on piano, strings, and classical He also instituted (and served as chief conductor, he directed the Oregon Percussion competition. The OJE performed at last orchestra was established with a Trust set guitar. adjudicator for) a concerto competition for Ensemble's Fall concert, conducted Stravinky's year's OMEA convention in Eugene, and up in 1987 which is not dependent on the His objective with the youth group young Cypriot pianists to perform with the L'Histoire du Soldat with the UO Contemporary has been selected to perform at the 1993 prevailing political powers," according to was to develop a solid pool of players that youth orchestra. Ensemble, and Elgar's Enigma Variations with MENC convention in February. Bennett. would eventually feed the adult chamber Bennett's wife, Leslie, shared his the UO Symphony. Peyton is also active with the In other news, the Jazz Studies The adult chamber orchestra consisted orchestra. He found his pupils willing and assignment from September until January, Advanced Electronic Composition program, and program received approval by the School of 27 musicians: 13 violins, four violas, eager. "The kids had lots of energy, and using her background as the UO's music his work Prism was premiered this Spring. He is of Music for a supporting area in jazz four cellos, one string bass, two oboes, two took instruction very well," said Bennett. librarian to inventory and computerize the completing a commissioned work for percussion studies for doctoral candidates. + horns, and keyboard. Selected by "They really responded to becoming an orchestra music collections of the Cyprus solo and computer generated tape. audition, they come from Cyprus, ensemble, and started enjoying the music." Broadcasting Corporation and the Ministry of Culture. Their contributions were well- received by local authorities, and they Chamber Music Vanguard Series 5 ates Third Season found the red carpet out wherever they went. "We received formal treatment as a The School of Music's innovative The second concert, set for March 2, visiting dignitary," he smiled. "We went Series Celebrates Vanguard Series will open its third season 1993, will feature cellist Rhonda Rider to all major parties, and even had on November 16 with a return engagement and pianist Lois Sbapiro, performing a Thanksgiving dinner at the US. Embassy.' 25th Season by the highly acclaimed Debussy Trio program that includes a new work by During the year Bennett brought two The University of Oregon Chamber from Los Angeles. Harpist Marcia Dick- Robert Kyr for cello and gamelan; the of his UO colleagues to Cyprus to perform Music Series is now officially 25 years stein, violist Keith Greene, and flutist UO's Pacific Rim Gamelan will be as guest soloists: J. Robert Moore, who old. It was 1967 when former professor Angela Wiegand gave the inaugural featured on the program as well. Rider, performed Telemann's Oboe Concerto in Edmund Cykler decided that the School of concert in the Vanguard Series in 1990, the daughter of former UO Dean Morette , D Minor; and Dean Kramer, who gave a Music should have a series of concerts and their performance this time is funded Rider, also appeared at the UO this past ' rousing performance of Beethoven's Piano dedicated to that most intimate form of by the Debussy Trio Music Foundation spring with the Lydian String Qumet on Concerto No. 4. Both enjoyed the public music making4hamber music. and a grant from the National Endowment the Chamber Music Series. acclaim from their concerts and the Over the past 25 years almost all of for the Arts. The third and final concert in the generous hospitality of the Cypriots. the major qumets in the world have series will feature the brilliant piano Kramer also presented recitals in both performed in the Chamber Music Series: virtuoso Sally Pinkas, performing classical the Greek and Turkish-occupied parts of the Juilliard, Guarneri, Melos, Alban Berg, and contemporary works on April 20. the island. The island has been divided Borodin, Emerson, Orford, Amadeus, Pinkas, who teaches at Dartmouth, will be since 1974 after the Turkish invasion, and Bartok, and Vermeer, among others. The featured as pmof the Music Today is separated into the Turkish Republic of all-time favorite of CMS audiences has festival (see story, page 3). Northern Cyprus (an unrecognized been the Tokyo Quartet, which has made The Vanguard Series, directed by country) and the Republic of Cyprus on eight appearances, commencing in 1974 Associate Professor Robert Kyr, has been the south. It is necessary to cross through soon after they were formed. a welcome addition to the School of two checkpoints separated by the United The 25th Anniversary series will Music, particularly for students enrolled in Nations buffer zone, and residents of include: Vermeer Quartet with Dean the composition program. Artists who are Cyprus are not allowed to cross. Kramer Kramer, Oct. 1; Golnb-Kaplan-Carr brought to campus to perform on the series remembers a Greek Cypriot suggesting he Piano Trio, Nov. 5; Scholars of London, also participate in master classes and was a traitor by giving a recital on the UO Students Rer Awards Jan. 14; Sine Numine Quartet of Switzer- workshops with student composers, often Turkish side. "The political overtones Graduate and undergraduate music of recommendation, professional accom- land, Feb. 11; Da Capo Chamber performing works written especially for were a real eye-opener," he said. and dance students at the University of plishment, and potential for future contri- Players, March 11; Musicians From them by the students. The result is a But the plusses far outweighed the Oregon distinguished themselves once butions to society. Only three such awards Marlboro, April 1; Lafayette Quartet vigorous give-and-take between UO music occasional political nuisances. For one again by garnering some prestigious are given each year throughout the entire with Leslie Straka, April 28. students and artists in the forefront of new thing, the Bennetts soon discovered that it honors during the year. Oregon State System of Higher Education. Reserved seat tickets for the season or American music. is customary for musicians to be given a Enrique Rios, a master's candidate in individual concerts are available in Guests this past year included meal when they are performing out of woodwind performance and a graduate advance through the Hult Center Ticket Continuum (New York City), The Black- town. Bennett recalled a number of 15- teaching fellow, received a double honor: was one of the recipients last year, making Office, 687-5000. For more information Milton Babbitt makes a point to UO Knoles Duo (Los Angeles), Susan Narucki course dinners following concerts, with he was awarded a $2,000 Jazz Fellowship it two years in a row that a graduate or a season brochure, contact the School of composition students. and Milton Babbitt (Princeton). 4 singing, drinking, and storytelling, all in from the National Endowment for the Arts student from the UO School of Music has Music at 346-5678. 4 robust proportions. Most of the food was to study this summer with Fred Sturm at been honored by the University Club. great, according to Bennett, with roasting the Eastman School of Music, and in Andrea Hall, a senior in music Pacific Rim Gamelan 1 bells and ,on,s done in large outdoor ovens, very much March was notified of his selection as a education, was named the winner of the giate contestants from the Northwest. His ~irectorRobert Kyr points with like old-style home cooking. Inside tip: National Hispanic Scholarship Fund Max Risinger Award, given annually to an prize was $100 and a solo appearance on Stock Rising Fast excitement to one of next year's focal roast goat is very tasty, when hot. When Scholar. outstanding undergraduate in choral May 3 with the Oregon East Symphony, The Pacific Rim Gamelan, the UO's points for the Gamelan: a collaborative it's cold, it tastes like a barnyard. The NEA grant will allow Rios to education at the University of Oregon. conducted by R. Lee Friese. Indonesian Orchestra. added a number of work with the Deoartment of Dance and But the real payoff for Bennett was study composition with Sturm. Rios hopes The School of Music's Concerto * * * prestigious events to its regular series of Theatre ~e~;artment.The new work, titled the knowledge that his work had made a to establish a career in film music, and one Competition had three winners featured in The Department of Dance recognized concerts in Beall Hall this past season. Chimera, is a "magical concoction inspired lasting impression. "It was clearly a of Sturm's strengths is writing for studio the Concerto Concert this spring. Pianists four graduating seniors for their outstan- The 16-piece ensemble was invited to by the exotic culture of Bali and Indonesia highlight in my career to work as the orchestra. Rios, who came to Oregon from Kelly Kuo and Shu-Wen Sun, both ding contributions as undergraduates: perform at the Fourth Annual Conference ...a visual feast of lavish sets and costumes." conductorlmusic director of a national Mexico, is a multi-talented instrumentalist students of Dean Kramer, and violinist Annesa Hartman, Kelley Lehman, of the Noahwest Regional Consortium for The production, which premieres on April orchestra and to be responsible for who is also a member of two of Eugene's Yurika Muk, a student of Joe Genualdi, Tiffany Mills and Katrina Stavig were Southeast Asian Studies held at the UO in 22 for six performances, is a fusion of advising the government in the musical most popular bands, Caliente and were featured with the University acknowledged at commencement ceremo- November, 1991. In April the group myth, poetry, and dance, and features life of the country," he said. Sandunga. He has been studying wood- Symphony on April 22. Kuo performed nies in June for their outstanding accom- traveled to Willamette University to music by the Pacific Rim Gamelan. Bennett's association with Cyprus will wind performance with J. Robert Moore Ravel's Piano Concerto in G; Sun played plishments in creativity, scholarship, and perform at an international conference other principal faculty involved are continue as a guest conductor and advisor and jazz with Steve Owen. the first movement of Prokofiev's Piano service. titled "In the Pacific Interest: Music Life, co-directorlchoreographerJanet Descutner in the selection of a full-time conductor. Jeffrey Peyton, a graduate teaching Concerto No. 3; and Mok performed Senior Annesa Hartman and and Culture." In June the Gamelan gave a of Dance, and co-directorldesigner Jeny He also plans to return, at the invitation of fellow in percussion performance, was Prokufiev's Violin Concerto No. I. Kelly graduate student Sheryl Bentz-Sipe were concert in the lobby of the Hult Center Williams of Theatre. An added bonus: the the Cultural Service of Cyprus and Arts awarded a $5,000 graduate fellowship Kuu also won the Oregon East Sym- recognized as Outstanding Dance Majors during the Oregon Bach Festival, allowing work will be professionally recorded on America, to present workshops in from the University Club of Portland. The phony's Young Artist Competition in by the National Dance Association at the audience members to get a close-up look video through a UO Scholarly and Creative conducting and rehearsal techniques. 4 award is based on academic record, letters March, winning over seven other colle- 1992 national conference in Indianapolis. 4 at the gamelan's intriguing assortment of Development Award given to Williams. 4 asked to start a new program in North 1930s. during the early days of the opened the door for him. Hopkins had at a time when music students were rarely Carolina, for a lot more money, but he Roosevelt administration ... at least a dozen gotten in touch with Poulenc concerning a selected for that academic honor. The Hopkins Legacy liked it here," said Edyth. "He liked the times each of two summers with the WPA study he was doing about modern Speaking of Cansler, when she passed people, he liked the teaching, and he liked orchestra when concerts were given at the composers, and Poulenc responded with a away she willed her Bechstein concert George Hopkins, at age 91, has plenty of musical memories- to go fishing and all that sort of thing. So Little Theater in . letter offering to introduce him to the grand to the UO music school. At the nearly 50 years' worth at the University of Oregon. he would never go anywhere else." Hopkins also introduced a number'of current modern composers in France. That School of Music's 100th anniversary Hopkins had a long and distinguished new works, and was very fond of South letter was what persuaded Dean Kratt and celebration in 1986, Cansler's husband George Hopkins is an Emeritus Professor he took a seat in the second or third row perfohng career, playing concerts American music, writing letters to Villa UO President 0.Meredith Wilson to was at the banquet, and Hopkins became of Music at the University of Oregon who near the aisle. The seniors, seeing this throughout the Noahwest-"every town in Lobos, Ginastera, and others in South approve the sabbatical, and Hopkins spent so preoccupied with seeing him that when has had an illnstrious career as apianist, new "student" sitting on "their" bench, Oregon and many in Washington and America about their music. Ginastera was a memorable time in 1957 visiting with he got up to play the piano and say a few composer; performel: and teacher over the ceremoniously dumped Hopkins on his California," according to Edyth. one composer who responded to his Poulenc and several other French words of appreciation about Jane's gift, he forgot the name of the Schumann piece he ;-greater nart ofthis century. At the UO he rear, in front of all assembled. Honkins' "I tried to include some new work on queries, and started sending Hopkins his composers. taught piano, counterpoint, each concert," said Hopkins. Hopkins occasionally traveled with was performing. "Bob Trotter called up composition, and directed the "In Grants Pass I had chosen other UO faculty on trips sponsored by afterwards and proceeded to rub it in a Girls Glee Club during a 48- the Sonata by Aaron "I stressed the joy of alumni groups. "We would travel to all little bit," chuckled Hopkins. year period from 1919 to 1967. Copland. I admired that producing music, being able sections of the state and as far south as San By virtue of his nearly 50 years at the He and his wife, Edyth, composition very much, and Diego, giving programs about the UO School of Music, George Hopkins has celebrated their 71st wedding considered it one of his best. to play the piano in any key, University. A typical group would consist a personal recollection of more UO faculty anniversary this yea% This After the concert Edyth major or minor, and to of a geologist, a poet, and a musician, members than perhaps any other single article is excerpted from a listened to the conversations 11 among others. I was usually the musician. individual. He can still rattle off stories recent interview with John around her in the lobby, and improvise ... The others would say 'We envy you about many names from the UO music McManus. -Ed. she heard one man say, 'That because you always make a bit with your archives: John Stark Evans; orchestra Sonata by Copland was as compositions. Hopkins eventually gave an piano playing, while we are discussing director Rex Underwood; Albea Perfect, eorge Hopkins' first con- had as taking a dose of castor entire concert of Ginastera's music and philosophy or geography or some such who wrote ";" pianist Jane nection with the University oil. It was hard to take, but I later performed the program not only in thing.' I enjoyed this very much." Scotford Thacher; Madame Rose McGrew, of Oregon was in 1918, knew it was good for me."' Eugene, but in Portland, Ontario, in the Among Hopkins' many students, a who taught voice and opera in the 1920s; when he was asked to perform Though the population South, and elsewhere. number went on to become fine Doris Calkins, the school's first harp for John Landsbury, Dean of the of Eugene in the 1920s and As for his teaching style, Hopkins was performers and teachers in colleges or teacher; and many more. School of Music. Hopkins was 30s was about the size of initially strong for Czerny studies, having universities: Leone Evans, who became an Even in retirement, George Hopkins is finishing a year of study at the today's UO enrollment worked under Ernest Hutchinson at important cog at Mills College; Michael still an active musician, teaching piano to Peabody Conservatory at the (17,000), the area was by no Juilliard. Later on he decided there were Mathews and Monica Holland; Bob those lucky students who seek him out, time, and after a brief tour with means a cultural wasteland. more interesting ways for a student to Garretson, who had a successful career in and performing with the same skill, the US. Navy, he received a Many world-class artists and learn, "so I stressed the joy of producing Hollywood; Gladys Foster and Jane artistry, and sensitive musicality for which telegraminviting him tojoin the ensembles performed in music, being able to play the piano in any Cansler, who both made Phi Beta Kappa- he has always been noted. + UO faculty. Eugene, often in the First key, major or minor, and to improvise Hopkins was only 19 at the Methodist Church auditorium using chord progressions and scale time, and had not completed his on Willamette Street. Among patterns, rather than using the more degree, so for thenext two years the touring stars were: Jascha mechanical approach." That philosophy he was actually a student and Heifetz, Roland Hayes, the resulted in a set of four books by Hopkins faculty member at the same Monte Carlo Ballet Russe, called Piano Playing for Fun, published in time-teaching piano while the Hall Johnson Choir, 1945. completing his Bachelor's Nathan Milstein, Gladys Hopkins also was a successful degree at Oregon. Swarthout, Yehudi Menuhin, composer. Among his more popular Ho~kinsremembers when Grace Moore, Lawrence pieces were Moon Dawn and Valse he first anived in Eugene in Tibbett, the St. Olaf Choir, Burlesque. When George and Edyth were 1919 he was hustled over to the AT0 wife, Edyth, said she "often wondered and Sir Thomas Beecham and the Seattle in New York they met the Russian pianist fraternity house. "This was a foreign what they thought when he got up on the Symphony. Mischa Levitzki, who ended up playing experience for me," he said. "They gave stage to play and realized he was a faculty George and Edyth were in New York Hopkins' Valse Burlesque at his Carnegie me a pledge pin. The next day the Betas member." when Gershwin first presented Rhapsody Hall recital. "We were there," said Edyth, asked me over for lunch. I accepted their Hopkins and his wife were married in in Blue, but couldn't afford the $5.50 to go "and he had George stand up. Here we hospitality and went over to their house 1921, and after two years they went to and hear it. "The Schirmer publishers were in our early twenties, and to have wearing my AT0 pledge pin. I didn't New York, where he had a fellowship from never forgave themselves for not accepting something like that happen in Camegie know any better." Juilliard, studying piano with Ernest that work for publication," said Hopkins. Hall was a thrill." Hopkins also got an unusual Hutchinson and composition with Rubin "I brought back a copy of the Rhapsody in For many years, sabbaticals were "initiation" at his first assembly in Villard Goldmark. Blue when we returned to Eugene, and that difficult for music faculty to get, primarily Hall. The first floor had benches, They returned to Eugene, but Edyth was at a time when it was questionable because music faculty were not on regular traditionally reserved for seniors, while the noted that George had offers from a whether jazz should be included on a salary-student fees were used to rest of the students were to sit in the number of other schools over the years: concert. compensate them. Nevertheless, Hopkins balcony. Since Hopkins was scheduled to Texas, Arizona, North Carolina, and "I played the Rhapsody in Blue kept pushing for a sabbatical, and it was a play the grand piano during the assembly, Pomona College, to name a few. "He was repeatedly during the WPA days in the letter from Francis Poulenc that finally Hopkins was also an accomplished composer and arrange,: UO Archives photo. Lynn Sjolund (MM, 1956), Medford, OR, Mary Ann Beardsley Glover (1969), chorale and presents sing-alongs at area started an all-district choir after school HAVE WE HEARD FROM YOU LATELY? received the 1991 national award from the Roseburg, OR, is an elementary music retirement homes. (150 singers!), and have bought a house in National Federation of Interscholastic specialist in Rosehurg and a instruc- the Kent school district, where they look Let us and your fellow alumni know of your activities by filling out Music Associations (NFIMA) in February. tor at Umpqua Community College. She Robert Bradley (MA, 1980), New York, fonvard to being settled for quite a while. and sending us the form below. Please give us your current address, A two-time past president of the OMEA recently received the Employee of the NY, received his PhD in Musicology from particularly if you have moved recently. Photographs are welcome. and an NFIMA sectional winner last year, Quarter Award from the Roseburg School the City University of New York in he was given the award based on his long- District, and was named Teacher of the February, 1992. His dissertation was titled IN MEMORIAM: I . term contribution to high school music Month by the Roseburg Area Chamber of Musical Life and Culture at Savoy, 1420- 1 9/92 University of Oregon School of Music Alumni I programs in Oregon. Sjolund spent Winter Commerce. 1450. Marjorie Scobert Wilson (1936), and Spring term filling in as director of the Eugene, OR, passed away on January 28, I WHAT'S UP? I University Singers for Richard Clark, who David Simpson (1969), Long Beach, CA, Barry McNahb (Dance, 1980), 1992, at age 77. After receiving her I I , was on sabbatical leave. choreographed Grandchild of Kings, an degree at Oregon, she taught mnsic in I NAME Class of 1 off-Broadway musical directed by Harold Ashland schools for three years, followed I I David Farr (MM, 1966), San Francisco, church in Long Beach. He continues as Prince, based on the autobiographies of by ten years at Eugene's Roosevelt Junior CA, is choirmasterlorganistof St. Luke's violist with the Bellflower Symphony, and playwright Sean O'Casey. The show High School. She was choir director and I comments I Episcopal Church in Sau Francisco, and recently completed an educational video received a favorable review in The New organist at the First Methodist church in was recently on the music of Felix Mendelssohn. York Times. Eugene for 15 years, and was a member of appointed as the Mu Phi Epsilon, Daughters of the Nile, I new Executive Cheryl Lau (DMA, 1971). Carson City, Kenneth Finch (1981), Beaverton, OR, and P.E.O. Director of the NV, is Secretary of State for Nevada. received his Master's Degree from the I San Anselmo After receiving her doctorate from Eastman School of Music and has been a Virginia Byer Iron (MA, 1965), West I Organ Festival. Oregon, she received a law degree from cellist with the Oregon Symphony since Linn, OR, passed away June 13, 1991. This is a change of address I My current address: (please print) I The Festival San Francisco State and became an 1983. He has performed as soloist with I presents annual attomev in 1986. She served as Deoutv the Oregon Symphony, West Coast Gene Lewis, who taught , jazz, Address I week-long Attorney General Chamber Orchestra, Portland Chamber and helped direct the UO Marching Band City State Zip seminars on one for Nevada prior Orchestra, Marylhurst Orchestra, Mount I in the late 1960%died in April, 1992, of a Phone (day) (eve) I aspect of the to becoming Hood Pops Orchestra, Rogue Valley massive heart attack. He was 59. Lewis I have more news to share! Please call me for a more complete update. organ--n~~~~ and..~~. its~~ Secretary of State. Symphony, and Central Oregon graduated from Texas Western College I -music. As oart of the 1992 Festival. which She is also on the Symphony. On March 10 he soloed with (now UT El Paso) with a BM degree, and was titled "Jean Langlais-A Celebration Republican the OSU-Cornallis Symphony, dedicating went on to get a Master of Music degree of His Life and Music," Fmpresented the National Platform the performance to his his former teacher, from the Manhattan School of Music, and choir of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Committee this Robert Hladky, who was in attendance. a Master of Arts from Columbia. Lewis RECOMMENDED STUDENTS Langlais' Mass, Grant Us Thy Peace. The year. Among her was a teacher, composer, arranger, and performance was incorporated into a other past and Timothy Tikker (1983), Eugene, OR, clinician at several colleges and univer- Please help us identify outstanding young musicians who might be Service of Holy Communion celebrating present recently made his first CD-Charles sities, and was a professional trumpet interested in attending the University of Oregon. Feel free to make the life of Langlais. Prior to the Festival, affiliations: Tournemire: The Last Symphonic Organ player with the 7thArmy Symphony, the copies of this form if you have several students to recommend. Farr also paaicipated in a concert of mnsic mediatorlarbitrator for Bay Area Lawyers Works-with Arkay Records (AR-6118), Les and Larry Elgart Band, and other big r"""""""""'""" 1 by Langlais for organ, piano, oboe, and for the Arts; past commissioner, MENC; rccordcd at St. lgn&s Church dr the name bands. He began teaching at UTEP voice. Farr is the immediate past dean of past regent, Pi Kappa Lambda; past vice IJni\ersity of Sm Frdn;i,co. the fmt in 1972, introducing the Jazz to Rock 1 9/92 Prospective Student Information I the San Francisco AGO Chapter. He president, California Music Educators recording of these works outside of courses to the Department of Music. His I I earned his PbD in Theology and the Arts Assn.; listing in Who's Who in Law Europe. Tikker is currently the organist friends and colleagues praised him as a from Graduate Theological Union in Enforcement (1990 edition), and Who's and choir director at Westminster teacher, as a musician, and as a positive, I Name of Student I Berkeley, CA, in 1986. He is the author of Who in American Politics (199 1 edition). Presbyterian Church in Eugene. upbeat personality who was extremely I I A Guide to Anthems for the Lectionary, an popular with students. + I Address 1 extensive cross-referenced index of Linda Bishop Hartig (1970), Waukesha, Eric Butruille (1988), Paris, France, is I I standard Anglican anthems which is in WI, published Violet Archer: a bibliogra- working as Assistant to the Administrator process of publication by Church Hymnal phy with Greenwood Press in 1991. She of the Evian Music Festival in France, and i city State Zip I Corporation. He is a consultantilecturer in received her PhD in Musicology from launching a Festival of Choral Music in I I church and related topics, and is Michigan State in 1982, and received her Poitiers, France (a little brother to the 1 InstrumentNoice/Area of Interest I represented by Ruth Plummer, Aaist MLS from the University of Wisconsin- Oregon Bach Festival?). Spouse Mark I High School Attending I Recitals Concert Promotional Service. Milwaukee in 1983, where she has been Russell (1988) is a happy and successful the mnsic librarian since 1986. piano teacher in several international I Graduation Date I Gary Frame (MM, 1968), Salem, OR, schools of music. I I was given the 1991 state award by the Jacqueline Dougherty (1974), Upper I Comments I NFIMA in February. Frame, who is a past Montclair, NJ, lives in a lovely community James and Marlene Creaser (MA, I I president of OMEA and currently choral a half hour from New York City. She is 1991), Rentou WA, both have elementary I I director at Salem's Sprague High School, Associate Director of Music at Friendship music positions in a southern suburb of received the award for his significant Ambassadors, which fosters cultural Seattle. There are only three elementary I I contribution to interscholastic music understanding through the performing arts. schools in the district, and they are the 1 YourName 1 activities at the high school level. She is a conductor/singer with a local entire elementary music staff. They have L,,,---I------I------IJ he School of Music gratefilly Mareerv Penera Paul, Edmonds, WA Linda Laine, Portland, OR Ralph L. Carroll, Clinton. MS Mary Lou Hanna, Springfield, OR Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Eugene, OR acknowledges the generous Janet Maich, San Jose, CA wtliim J 2nd Cind" S CdnleJfe. Eu:cnc. OK Ms. Mary J. Hardin, Seattle, WA Jerold D. Ottley, Salt Lake City, UT support of alumni, friends, Cynthia L. Makris, Ellensburg, WA Kxhlccn M. (:h.idui;k, 'liz.ird, OK Linda M. Hartling, Circleville, OH Charlotte Plummer Owen, Ann Arbor, MI businesses, andfraternal associations who Lana Manahan, Roseburg, OR I.cruell hl. 4n.I Prr~aaChaw. .". Euccnt. OK Charles J. Hauean, Lebanon, OR Marie Peakem, Portland, OR Marie Peery Medford, Stockton, CA David and Roberta Chinburg, Eugene, OR Dr. Jacquelyn He~in,Sante Fe, NM Robert L. and Virginia D. Pearson, Eugene, OR gave gifs in 1991-1992. Donations were . - Dr. Kenneth A. Narducci, Angwin, CA Mama L. Christensen, Tigard, OR Mr. & Mrs. William Hendee, Fox Point, WI* Betty Jane Phillips, Astoria, OR directed to scholarship and memorial ~auiL.'~etziol,Los Gatos, CA Richard D. Noteboom, Greeley, CO Robert and Opal Clark, Eugene, OR Melba Henderson, Gladstone, OR Helen Hoyt Phillips, Mercer Island, WA funds, the Dean's Fund, the Annual Fund, Douglas W Stobie, Redwood City, CA Charlotte Johnson Oscar, Selawik, AK Barbara M. Clauson, Albany, OR Raymond H. Hendricks, Lebanon, OR Ruth Preston, Salem, OR and the Oregon Marching Band. The James D. Stranghan, Pendleton, OR Dorothy J. Peterson, Monroe, CT Mary Allen Colfelt, Bainbridge Island, WA Mildred Herman, Eugene, OR Bonnie J. Read. Corvallis. OR school also received in-kind gifs of Nelson E. Tandoc, San Jose, CA Chester R. Peterson, Eugene, OR Dr. Bemd Crasemann, Eugene, OR David H. Hemdon, Anchorage, AK Rebecca M. ~ogers,Tigard, OR US. West Foundation, Englewood, CO instruments, equipment and music. Lisa Pratt, Auburn, WA Dr. Deborah K. Cronin, Twin Falls, ID Jacauelene M. Hilfiker. Salem. OR Cynthia K. Rubaloff, Santa Rosa, CA* Mike V. Romanaggi, Portland, OR Virginia L. Cunningham, Springfield, OR ~odertL. Hirtzel, Sr., ~ancou;er, WA Jean Sanesi, Granada Hills, CA The following list of donors repre- Ervin A. and Andrye Royer, Myrtle Point, OR J. P. and Brenda N. Cumntt, Madras, OR Majorie Segre Hobson, Yachats, OR Mildred Hall Savage, Portland, OR sents those who gave gifs to the School of CENTURY CLUB Secnritv Pacific Foundation. Los Aneeles.-. CA Mrs. Fred A. Cnthbert, Eugene, OR Thomas A. Hogan, Albany, OR Clarissa Berning Schoch, Upper Montclair, NJ Musicfrom July 1, 1991 -June 30, 1992. ($100 - $199) ~atriciaHartley Sexton, ~~dkane,WA Mr. &Mrs. Nick E Daddio. San Francisco. CP Paul and Kay Holbo, Eugene, OR Sherman W. Seastrong, Jr., Bridgeport, CT Though their names are not shown here, LesterV & Mmin C. Simons. Myrtle Point. OR Joan Davies, Kenosha, WI Sharon ~olind,~tascadkro, CA Donald Y. Sekimura. Foster Citv.-. CA we also offer sincere thanks to donors of Richard M. and Susan Abraham, Eugene, OR Ch:firln I'ewzrs Sptg hn,('WH 13.1). OR Helen Wolfe Deitz, Portland, OR Jodyne Holloway, Portland, OR William B. Sievers, Beaverton, OR two self-supporting programs of the Robert A. Arms, Anchorage, AK hlxk II. cntl J~nctStc~dcl,C.~m~ ValIc\, (:.\ Kit S. and Rebecca Dodd, Liverpool, NY Freeman and Marcia Holmer, Eugene, OR Clark D. Skoesbere. Reedlev, CA Margaret Donivan, Oakton, VA School of Music: the Chamber Music Estate of C. Wendell Banes, Tigard, OR Maijim Thoene, Ann Arbor, MI George P. and Edyth E. Hopkins, Eugene, OR Jerry and Shmon Smith, ~niene,OR Maxine Barnes, Beaverton, OR Edythe FmThompson, Johnson City, TN Mary Douda, Eugene, OR Jeannette Stein Houle, Bellevue, WA Kathrvn E. Smith, St. Louis, MO Series and the Oregon Bach Festival. Connie Bittner, Eugene, OR Louise P. Thurber, Eugene, OR Ray Dowdy, Vancouver, WA Dr. William Z. &Virginia Iron, West Linn, OR Supporters of these programs are annuallj Jessie Smith Bark, Eugene, OR Kay S. Tibbles, Bexley, OH Donald G. & Patricia Duerfeldt. Rosebure. OR Anne Jacobs, Portland, OR

listed in their respective publications. William C. Brower, Richland, WA 1st Lt. Kirk E. Troen, Twentynine Palms, CA Bernice E Dulong, Sherman Oaks, CA Glenn W. Jaquith, Corvallis, OR - ~~~~ ~ ~ Each of these donations are vitally Connie Burden, Eugene, OR Quinn Van Paepeghem, Bend, OR Vireinia Fisk Dunphy, Eueene, OR Kit W. Johnson, Gresham, OR Harvey J. ~pidli,San ~eandro,CA important. They enhance existing pro- Majorie Hayman Waller, Hood River, OR ~okdG. & pathi; ~ue;feldt,Rosehurg, OR Raymond D. Johnson, Portland, OR Mary Ellen Spink, Eugene, OR grams, enabling the School of Music to Brian A. Walley, Kirkland, WA Keith A. Dwiggins, Eugene, OR Ian H. Johnstone, Canton, MA Caleb B. Standafer, Cottage Grove, OR Leslie Andrews Weigand, Madras, OR* Hanya Etter, Springfield, OR Esther Jones, Tacoma,WA Theodore and Mary Stem, Eueene, OR provide music education, scholarship, and Dr. Banie E. Wells, Tempe, AZ Lawrence M. Evans, Lexington, VA Clifford B. and Rebecca Jones, Portland, OR Richard H. and ~oioth~A. stewart, Salem, OR community outreach of exceptional quality Barbara D. and John C. Conrad, Alamo, CA Carol White, Springfield, OR Gerald J. Farmer, Carrolton, GA David A. Judd, Chehalis, WA Tricia Bwant Stewart, Arroyo Grande, CA and breadth. Thank you for your invest- Ken Crozier 111, Alameda, CA Sharon Wilson, Richmond, VA Suzanne Palmer Fenner, Springfield, OR Allan J. Kato, Beaverton, OR Frances ~ottSullivan, ~asie,VA ment in the School! Deborah Cunningham, Seattle, WA June Winter, Danville, CA Kenneth A. and Lynne Finch, Beaverton, OR Alison Coates Kelly, Denver, CO Carol V. Summers, San Jose, CA Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Curle, Grants Pass, OR Charlotte Carl1 Winter, Portland, OR Gale T. Fiszman, Eugene, OR John L. and Janice Kendall, Coquille, OR Martha Murphy Swart, Sandy, OR PRESIDENT'S ASSOCIATES Roger A. Dean, North Wales, PA Dale W. Workman, Fountain Valley, CA Geraldine Walker Flarle, Portland, OR William R. Kester, Coos Bay, OR Mr. &Mrs. GerraldTabnun, Federal Way, WA Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Decius, Corvallis, OR Alisa Kincade, Cottage Grove, OR Nvm~hia-. Taliaferro. Kine Citv, OR ($1,000 and up) Patrick D. Dixon, Denton, TX Steve Kuske, Salem, OR Helen Tims ~hompson,l?gari; OR Francis Y Doran. Belmont. CA FRIENDS CIRCLE .-. Barry A. Leaman, Honolulu, HI Ms. Vivian B. Tmesdell, Eueene, OR Audrey Aasen-Hull, Menlo Park, CA Helen Robson Dutton, Orinda, CA (UP to $99) Cheryl Foster-Herzherg, Tarzana, CA Susan C. Logsdon, San Francisco, CA* TRW Foundation, ~~eve~and,OH Mr. Donald R. Aleer, Lakeview. OR Theresa G. Elliott, Seattle, WA Karen A. Foumier, Tiburon, CA Ted and Emilv Lorraine, San Jose, CA Jeffrey B. and Kathryn A. Turay, Eugene, OR Mr. Frank Asay, Eugene, OR Richard D. English, Mountlake Terrace, WA Albert W. Ahlstrom, Staten Island, NY William C. Gilbert, Walla Walla, WA Leith B. ~aciarlane,Portland, OR Thomas T. and Ellen Tumer, Eugene, OR Mr. Charles S. Eaton, Newport Beach, CA Lawrence R. Erickson, Milwaukie, OR Roger and Kathy Allely, Eagle River, AK Laura M. Gilliard, Oakland, CA Jane M. MacKenzie, Santa Rosa, CA Dr. Teresa F. Tntt, Vacaville, CA Mr. &MIS. William E sandberg, North Bend, OR John F. Ferguson, Roseburg, OR Helen Tapken Allen, West Linn, OR David S. Goedecke, Stockton, CA Jack Mahoney, Portland, OR Mary F. Van Vactor, Portland, OR Lawrence and Marian Fincher, Eugene, OR Wayne and Diana Appler, Lacey, WA Mary Sexton Gordon, Walnut Creek, CA Joyce A. Maley, Montgomery, AL TlmothyVan S. Vinikow, A. Vian, Reno, Eugene, NV OR Eleanor E. Finzer, Portland, OR Buck Arbuckle, Eugene, OR Garv M. and Bettv J. Martin. Eueene. OR PIONEER CLUB Lucius E. Forbes, Yakima, WA Kelly Archer, Milwaukie, OR Wendi M. Walker, Ashland, OR ($500 - $999) James R. and Ginger Frake. Salem. OR James C. Baker. Seattle. WA Carol G. Wannier, Eugene, OR Gary C. Frame, ~alem,OR Paul and Sybil Banum, Springfield, OR Gary G. and Laurie Clark Guttomsen. .Terry L. hic~lister,Hillsboro, OR Eleanor Werschkul, ~Tgard,OR Mardi Chase, Bellingham, WA David E. Glazier, Ketchikan, AK Steohen D. and Patricia Beckham. Springfield, OR Mary Stein McBride, Lynnwood, WA James A. Weston, Eugene, OR Gary A. Schaefer, Grants Pass, OR Georgene S. Gmahling, Larkspur, CA Lake Oswego, OR Martha Walker & Lynn E. Haldeman, Samuel G. McClure 111, Cotati, CA John F. Wiesenthal, Rochester, NY Carolyn L. Schink, Portland, OR Bruce G. and Susan Gutgesell, Kirkland, WA Richard P. Benedum, Davton. OH Portland, OR William C. McConnell, Florence, OR Douglas N. and Jerril L. Wdson, Eugene, OR Molly J. Simmons, Eugene, OR Hueo and Linda Hartie. Waukesha. WI James M. &PatriciaA. McDonald. Enurnclaw. W! Barbara Winter, Casper, WY Ronald D. Spicer, Thurston, OR ~onaldR. and constake Heard, deerfield, IL Emanuel M. &Cynthia R. Mc~ladre~,Kiesei, OF Everett R. Winter, Ashland, OR Alice M. Holmback. Florence. OR Ruthann B. McKenzie. Vancouver. WA Jack A. Witter, Milwaukie, OR Amy L. Houchen, fortland, OR Martin H. ~lieferkh,i?ewbe&, OR John L. McLean, San Francisco, CA Mario1 Peck Wogaman, Corvallis, OR SECOND CENTURY CLUB Curtis and Beverly Huey, Springfield, OR Daniel A. Bochard. Torrence. CA William 1. McLeod, Eurene, OR Mr. and Mrs. Rick Wolfgang, Eugene, OR Joe D. Ingram Jr., Sacramento, CA Louise Bookwalter, Capistrano Beach, CA Jnmc.< S. \led, ~on~md,OR Rodney Wong, Hilo, HI ($200 - $499) Intel Corporation, Phoenix, AZ Lois J. Bradshaw, Woodbum, OR Willidin L. & I';~tri..i.i B. hlehlhuii, Rureburg, OF Frances Woodin, Portland, OR Leonard D. &Alice W. Jacobson, Eugene, OR Joanna Branvold, Pocatello, ID Gcri \lar,h \11IItr. lake O,trc~o.",OR Richard R. Woodman, Culver City, CA Lawrence E. & Linda Beach, McKenzie Dr. Paul R. Joines, Ogden, UT Ann K. Brostoff, , CA National Westminster Bank of New Jersey, Marion M. Worthman, Coos Bay, OR Bridge, OR Eric W. and Sarah Jordan, Sitka, AK Lawrence Brown, ~osebu& OR Jersey City, NJ Michael A. Yantis, Mountain View, CA Ann Q. Breckon, Bellevue, WA Linda Shay Katz, Dayton, OH Gloria Forbes Brown, Rosehurg, OR Karen K. Nestvold, Union City, NJ Robert L. and Carol Yonker, Yamhill, OR Rebecca M. Newell, Helena, MT* Georgienne Young, Salem, OR James L. Hardcastle, Coburg, OR Dr. Rosalind A. Knowles, Rochester, NY Dr Jovce Anne Cameron..a. Davton. OH Geraldine Tripp Leiman, Santa Monica, CA Alice McBride Knuth, Green Valley, AZ Dr. ~&hF. &Mrs. Virginia C. Cardon, Mr. and Mrs. GostaT. Nilson, West Linn, OR Donna Trebbe Youngreen, Cannichael, CA Dr. Wendy March, Stevens Point, WI Irene Koerpel, Daly City, CA El Paso. TX Irwin H. Noparstak, Eugene, OR Robert G. Zimbelman, Salem, OR James Newell, Eugene, OR Jay S. Kwon, Brighton, MA Robert L. darlson, Lawrence, KS Bill D. Norfleet, Jr., Grants Pass, OR Oregon Tuba Association, Eugene, OR Arnold C. and Jean Laferty, Eugene, OR Brenda Mathieson Caros, Houston, TX Jeanne M. O'Connell, New Richmond,WI * Denotes donor to Department of Dance D. Nelson and Frances Page, Eugene, OR lean A. Lafferty-Pinsky, Aloha, OR Russell W. Carpenter, Nyssa, OR Mr. and Mrs. Glen R. Ohm, San Rafael, CA Scholarship and Grant Fund ...... 1- . .... ~ . VENTS .. . . - .. - The following is apartial list of concert Nov. 6-%HOMECOMING Nov. IS-Men's &Women's Chorus activities for Fall Term. For more Friday, Nov. 6: Homecoming Concert information, call our Communiry Relations A free concert beginning at 8 p.m., Nov. 19-Bones & Brass OfJice weekdays at 346-5678. featuring several of the music school's top ensembles. After the concert, join us for a Nov. 19-UO Gospel Ensemble OCTOBER reception in Room 178, where you'll have Oct. 1-The Vermeer String Quartet an opportunity to meet the new dean, Anne Nov. 22-"The Art of the Jazz nio" (Chamber Music Series) McLucas. (Faculty Artist Series) Saturday, Nov. 7: Alumni Band Oct. 3--"Be a Marching Duck" Assemble in Room 178 at 9 a.m. for Nov. 24--Oregon Percussion Ensemble (Children's Concert Series) complimentary coffee, pastries and social hour. Rehearsal starts at 9:45. The DECEMBER Oct. 18-Rajiv Taranath, North Indian Homecoming game this year pits the Dee. I-Oregon Wind Ensemble Classical Music Ducks against the California Bears. For (Music For a Small Planet) more information, contact Kelly Coutant Dec. 2--University Symphony at 346-2138. Oct. 20-CMS Benefit Concert Dec. 3-5-Oregon Jazz Celebration Our new mezzo-soprano Milagro Nov. %Con Brio Now in its fifth year, the Oregon Jazz Vargas and other UO faculty in a special A new faculty chamber ensemble: Celebration hosts more than 50 jazz program to benefit the UO Chamber Music Leslie Straka, Wayne Bennett, .I.Robert ensembles from colleges, high schools and Series' 25th Anniversary Season. Moore, Barbara Gonzaez-Palmer. middle schools from the Northwest. For (Faculty Artist Series) more information, contact Steve Owen at Oct. 31-Festival of Bands 346-2137 or the Jazz Studies Department High school marching band cornpeti- Nov. 10-Jazz Combos at 346-5672. tion, held all day at . Nov. 11-Composer's Forum Concert Dec. 7-Christmas Chorale NOVEMBER Nov. 5-Golub-Caplan-Carr Piano Trio Nov. 16-The Dehussy Trio Dec. 13-Messiah Sing-Along (Chamber Music Series) (Vanguard Series)

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