W. Sean Wagoner is an instructor of percussion studies at the Uni- versity of Oregon. Wagoner received his Doctor of Musical Arts, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees in percussion performance from the University of Oregon, where he was a student of Charles Dowd. His recording credits include: percussionist on the Grammy Award- winning Hännsler recording of Krzysztof Penderecki’s Credo with Helmuth Rilling and the Oregon Bach Festival; drummer on the platinum-selling , Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin’’ Hits of the SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DANCE Cherry Poppin’ Daddies; percussionist for George Crumb’s An Idyll for the Misbegotten and Iannis Xenakis’ Persephassa for broadcast Beall Concert Hall Saturday afternoon worldwide on WGBH Boston’s “Art of the States” and Radioemiso- 3:00 p.m. March 7, 2009 ras 96.5 FM “XIII Festival de Música Contemporánea” in Santiago, Chile. Wagoner is currently principal timpanist of the Oregon Mo- zart Players chamber orchestra, principal percussionist of the Eu- gene Opera Orchestra, and is a member of the Eugene Symphony percussion section.

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SCHOOL OF MUSIC COMING EVENTS PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE For more information on any of these events, or to be Charles Dowd, music director & conductor on the UO Music mailing list, call the music school’s W. Sean Wagoner, assistant conductor Community Relations Office, weekdays, at 346-5678.

Saturday, March 7 • 6:30 p.m., Beall Hall OHM CHANTEYOON, Violin A FRANK ZAPPA TRIBUTE Master’s Recital; Free

Saturday, March 7 • 8 p.m., Room 163 Music FUTURE MUSIC OREGON UO Music Technology Program; $7, $5 Featuring guest composer Zhang Xiaofu.

Sunday, March 8 • 1 p.m., Room 190 Music TRICIA BUZZARD, Violin Junior Recital; Free

University of Oregon * * * O 109th Season, 72nd Program PROGRAM THE OREGON PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE Charles Dowd, Music Director & Conductor Concerto No. 1, Op. 12.3 (1986) Ney Rosauro I. Saudacao (Greetings) (b. 1952) For thirty-three seasons, The Oregon Percussion Ensemble has per- formed and championed the classical percussion chamber music of II. Lamento (Lament) John Cage, Meyer Kupferman, Lou Harrison, Edgard Varèse, Frank III. Danca (Dance) Zappa, Steve Reich, Iannis Xenakis, William Kraft, Edison Denisov IV. Despedida (Farewell) and many other modern masters. The Oregon Percussion Ensemble Paul Owen, marimba records on the Soundspells/Albany, and has been nomi- nated for the Laurel Leaf Award by the American Composers Alliance Ionisation (1929–1931) Edgard Varese in New York City “for distinguished achievement in fostering and for thirteen percussionists (1883–1965) encouraging American Music”. Broadcast performance include WGBH Boston, “The Art of the States” heard in 40 countries worldwide, Waltz (1958) Frank Zappa on NPR (National Public Radio), and on network television. The Oregon Percussion Ensemble has been featured twice at Percussive (1940–1993) Arts Society International Conventions (PASIC) and the group has Merlin Showalter, vibraphone performed on tour in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Boise, Palo Alto, Spokane, Portland and throughout Washington, Magnesium Zapp II (2009) Charles Dowd California, Idaho and Oregon. Members of The Oregon Percus- (b. 1948) sion Ensemble have trained at The Juilliard School, Eastman, New England Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, Peabody, Paris The Black Page Drum Solo (1976) Frank Zappa Conservatory, USC School of Music, Indiana University-Bloomington, Paul Owen, drumset University of Illinois, San Francisco Conservatory, San Francisco, and San Jose State Universities, to name a few. Former percussion- ists from The Oregon Percussion Ensemble perform in the Eugene The Black Page, Part I (1976) Frank Zappa Symphony Orchestra, in recording studios and concert halls throught the U.S.A. and in Europe, Mexico and Canada. The Black Page, Part II (1976) Frank Zappa Percussionist Charles Dowd is a Philip H. Knight professor of mu- * * * sic at the University of Oregon School of Music and principal tim- panist of the Eugene Symphony, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, If you are in the company of a small child or someone who may Oregon Festival of American Music Orchestra, and Oregon Coast inadvertently cause distractions, kindly sit near a rear exit and be Music Festival. For thirty years he was a principal with the Ca- prepared to leave in a timely fashion. Please respect our artists and brillo Music Festival in California. He is principal timpanist on the Grammy winning recording Credo by Penderecki with Helmuth your fellow concert goers. House management reserves the right Rilling and the Oregon Bach Festival. Dowds avant-garde percus- to request exiting the Hall when appropriate. sion music has been broadcast worldwide on WGBH (Boston) “The Art of the States” as well as national broadcasts on NPR. His train- ing includes doctoral residency at The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center, New York with famed New York Philharmonic timpanist Saul Goodman, and a master’s degree from Stanford as a student of Anthony J. Cirone of the San Francisco Symphony. Dowd has performed in Carnegie Hall, Wilhelma Theatre in Stuttgart, and re- corded regularly at RCA Studios in New York City.