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Oregon Bach Festival- and a Superb Music Faculty School of Music My First Experience with That Amazing to Prepare You for a University of Oregon Annual Event The following is apartial list of concert VLt. 29--mecoming Concert activities for Fall Term. For more Nov. 17--Stephen Drnry, piano information, call our Community Relations Oct. 30-Alumni Band (UO vs. WSU) (Vanguard Series) Ofjice weekdays at 346-5678. Oct. 31-UO Band Extravaganza Nov. 18--UO Gospel Ensemble OCTOBER Oct. 1-%Northwest Marimba Festival NOVEMBER Nov. 19-UO Opera Workshop Nov. %Jeffrey Williams, trombone Oct. 8-Gamelan Sekar Jaya (Faculty Artist Series) Nov. 20-Guy Bovet, organ (World Music Series) (Guest Artist) Nov. &Fun at the Opera House Oct. 12-Octnbafest (Children's Concert Series) 3'Nov. 2% niversity Symphony Oct. 1LBetty Bnsch, horn Nov. &Festival of Bands Nov. 23--Oregon Wind Ensemble (Guest Artist) Nov. 7-Oregon Percussion Ensemble Nov. 30--Oregon Composer's Forum Oct. l&Scbnbert Ensemble of London (Chamber Music Series) Nov. 9-UO String Faculty DECEMBER (Chamber Music Series benefit, tY-=-l.ec. 1-Co Br~oChamber PIavers Oct. 20-Jazz Arranger's Concert featuring our two new string faculty) &Artist Series) Oct. 22--Suites, Sonatas, and Setts Nov. 10-Brass Choir & Trombone Ens. Dec. >Christmas Chorale (Faculty Artist Series) Nov. 11-Jazz Combos I1 Dee. 3-UO Jazz Ensembles Oct. 25-Jazz Combos I Nov. 12--Oregon Vocal Jazz Ensemble Dee. 4--There's Jazz in the Air! Oct. 27-Choral Concert (Children's Concert Series) Nov. 14-Univ. Percussion Ensemble Oct. 28-Scandinavian Music Recital Dee. 4--Chamber Music at Tea Tim (Guest Artist) Nov. 1bAmerican Chamber Players UNIVERSITY of OREGON SCHOOL of MUSIC (Chamber Music Series) eessiahSing-Along and DEPARTMENT of DANCE Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAD Eugene, Oregon Permit No. 63 University of Oregon School of Music & Dance 961 E. 18th Ave. Eugene, OR 97403 Forward and Address Correction Newsletter for Alumni & Friends August, 1993 VO~.V, NO. 2 I_. -_ . .. .. ... FROWETO&. I LEDGERLINES The Dean's Desk is the official newsletter of the Anne Dhu McLucas, Dean University of Oregon School of I have now completed my first year as Music, and is published twice a year Dean of the School of Music-and what a At the University of Oregon, for alumni, faculty, and friends of the year it has been! Besides the 179 "offi- music school. Your comments are cial" performances in Beall Hall, there you get it all: the natural always welcome. were many additional student recitals, beauty and quality of life in dance performances, lectures, and work- Oregon 's Willamette Valley, Address all correspondence to: shops, as well as the phenomenal 40 LEDGER LINES programs of the Oregon Bach Festival- and a superb music faculty School of Music my first experience with that amazing to prepare you for a University of Oregon annual event. Likewise, the Music Today successful career. Eugene, OR 97403-1225 Festival-which will occur biennially- or call (503) 346-3761. was of amazingly high quality. I tried to Over $1 00,000 is awarded annually in music scholarships, including the be at almost all of these events, so my year Ruth Lorraine Close awards, based on DEAN: Anne Dhu McLucas has been full of a wide variety of sounds, application and admission audition. ranging from the full ensembles of the instituted a "brown-bag lunch with the UO academic scholarships and ASSOCIATE DEAN: Gary Martin orchestras and hands to the lone sound of Dean" on Wednesdays, and have been financial aid (work study, grants, and the Native-American flute played by one pleased to hear from the students about a student loans) are also available. EDITOR: Scott Barkhurst of our visiting lecturers, Kevin Locke. wide variety of problems, ranging from Deadline for academic scholarship DEVELOPMENT STAFF: But concerts are not the only activity of practice room woes (many of which we application is February 1,1994. Barbara H. Goodson, School of Music; the School of Music. This year we hosted have corrected) to ideas about curriculum, The UO Admission Office must Sara Jones Brandt, Oregon Bach Festival the West Coast Theory Association's teaching, and possible student enterprises receive your application by annual meeting, as well as the Northwest (latest suggestion: a student-mn espresso March 1,1994, for Fall 1994 CONTRIBUTORS: chapter of the College Music Society; bar in the lobby!). They have also admission. Applications received some of our Music Today artists gave instituted a newsletter of their own, after this date lose priority for Sara Brandt, George Evano, Barbara scholarships and financial aid. Goodson, Dean Kramer, Robert Kyr, lectures under the auspices of the Oregon entitled "Quarternote," which appears Humanities Center; and several of our about twice a term-with wholehearted Dates and locations for Anne Dhu McLucas, Bill Moore, Susan Zadoff faculty and graduate students took part in support from our staff. Next year, a series 1993-94 Auditions: conferences both on and off campus. of weekly convocations for the entire January 20,1994-Seattle area BA in Music ASSISTANTS: These diverse activities of our music student body will keep up the spirit of January 21,1994--Portland area BS in Music Jana Adams, Tom Adams, and dance faculty become increasingly communication, as we bring in guest January 28,1994--Eugene, OR BM in Performance February 25,1994--Eugene, OR Rebecca Hinman important as we see our public schools speakers for some of the convocations, BM in Composition losing touch with the importance of music and have students perform for others. I Special Visitation Days: BM in Music Ed COVER PHOTO by Ron Norherg. as a component of the education of young hope that some of the alumni and friends BM Theory November 2021,1993 in A scene from Chimera, performed during people. A record number of music of the School will offer their viewpoints the Music Today Festival last April. specialists-including many of our own andlor performance skills to this series; For further information, contact: MA in Music History See story, page 6. Office of Admissions MA in Music Theory graduates-were let go from the local please be in touch with me if you would School of Music MM in Composition schools this year in the budget cuts like to volupteer. University of Oregon MM in Music Ed emanating from Measure 5. In order to While it has been an enormously busy Eugene, OR 97403-1225 MM in Performance counteract the attitudes that lead to such year, the rewards have been great. There is or call: (503) 346-3761 MM in Conducting cuts, we need to reach people who don't much left to do, of course: stepped up MM in Piano Pedagogy necessarily come to concerts and whose recruiting efforts; developing new compu- children have never studied an instrument. terized admissions and record-keeping DMA in Performance We need them to understand that music systems; and launching an all-out develop- DMA in Music Ed does more than just entertain: it trains the ment campaign to step in where Measure 5 DMA in History mind, body, and spirit, in ways that cuts have taken their toll. But after DMA in Composition perhaps no other activity can. As for our working with this faculty, staff and student DMA in Theory The Universiry of Oregon is an equal UO music students, I will be stressing to body for a year, I know we can do all this PhD in Music Ed opportunity, afirmafive action instirution them the importance of being-. both artists and more. committed to cultural diversity and communicators. , . and compliance wifh the The students have certainly been The University of Oregon is an equni opjror.tiiiiit!/,ii,ffir,imfiiv iictioii iiistitution committed to cultural diversity Americans with Disabilities Act. communicating with us this year. I and comyiiiiiicc with tiria Aiiieriimis ii'itli Diddities Act. our advising capabilities enormously. A Apple Computer Selects long list of further possible uses has also UO Bands Plan Guest Artists been developed by members of the staff and administration at the School. Extravaganza Slated for '93-'94 Scott Hall, a junior in saxophone Music School as Test Site Bill Moore, who has been working as performance, won the Noah American Homecoming Weekend 1993 will Chamber Music Series: Saxophone Alliance's Jazz Competition in $60,000 in hardware, sojhvare donated forproject Undergraduate Secretary for the past feature more than the usual Friday night several years, has been selected to serve as Oct. 14: Schubert Ensemble of London February, 1993. This was a national concert by UO ensembles this year, thanks everal months ago the School of and tailor records and other data for our the network adminstrator for the system, Nov. 16: American Chamber Players competition, held in Washington, D.C., to the hand department. Music was approached by represen- own use, including student records with the funding for the new position Jan. 13: The Emerson Quartet and was open to any US. saxophone On Sunday afternoon, October 31, the tatives from Apple Computer, the formerly accessible only on the Univer- provided by the Provost's office for one Feh. 23: The Beaux Arts Trio player under age 26. Oregon Wind Ensemble, the Oregon Jazz ; University Computing Center, and the sity's mainframe computers. Total value year. + .March 8: The Ying Quartet Kelly Kuo, a junior piano major, won Office of the Registrar. Apple was look- of the hardware and software is nearly Ensemble, the Green Garter Band, and the April 14: Trio di Milano the state and regional competition of the UO Marching Band will put on a dazzling ing for a relatively large, self-contained $60,000 ...all donated by Apple. Vanguard Series: Music Teachers National Association. unit on campus to serve as a pilot project The Work Station will serve as a show at the Hult Center for the Performing Kelly represented Oregon at the national for their new client-server technology, and central repository for data that can he Doris Allen Retires Arts in downtown Eugene.
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