EWSLETTE February, 2001 Vol. XIII, No. 1 is the official newsletter of the University of Oregon School of Music and Department of Dance, ow that we have celebrated the and is published twice a year for Millennium twice (see page 4 Jve alumni, faculty, and friends of the are xvell and truly launched on the new school. Your letters, photos, and century. The School of Music is, in fact, contributions are always welcome. officially in its second century of exist- ence (its actual founding as a School of Address all correspondence to: Music was in 1900, though a department LEDGER LINES of music had existed since 1886). oppo~tu~zities,one of the most School of Music The month of January, in which I complete music & dance 1225 University of Oregon write this, is of course named after the Eugene, OR 97403-1225 dual-faced god Janus, and I have often curviculn in the wester or call (541) 346-3761 felt a kinship with him as I try to shep- [email protected] herd a school which has one foot firmly in the past while the other is bravely stepping into the future. Thus, while the composing and interpreting the music of DEAN: Anne Dhu McLucas harpsichords, pianos, and timpani need the future, and probably much more. As constant care and maintenance, we must the boundaries of our disciplines be- ASSOCIATE DEANS: also keep up with and purchase the come more blurred, there is an increas- Aim Tedards- Graduate Studies ing omortunitv to create new art forms latest innovations in electronic musical " II Robert Hurwitz-Undergraduate Studies instruments, computer notation soft- that no longer separate into "music," ware, and recording equipment. "dance," "film," "drama," but merge, DEVELOPMENT STAFF: converge, and blend in new ways. These Joan Gardner-School of Music "This is not your grandfather's school of music!" one of our friends said, new forms will not be confined to the Peggy Renkert-Oregon Bach Festival after I updated him on all the recent realms of high art, but will inform all the EDITOR: Scott Barkhurst programs we've initiated. Indeed not- arenas in which the arts serve to illus- B.A., B.S. in Music or Dance yet there are places within the building trate, decorate, and underline. B.Mus. in Performance ASSISTANT: Mary Krause and at certain concerts where old Our students ~7illincreasingly find B,Mus. in Composition grandpa would still feel right at home. well-paying jobs-as some of them do B.Mus, in Music Education CONTRIBUTORS: We are proud of the dual charge of already-in marketing, web develop- Fred Crafts, Jennifer Knight-Dills, preserving the old while pursuing the ment, film, software, and other service George Evano, Joan Gardner, Robert new. It is a challenge that stretches us industries that depend on the arts to Kyr, Anne Dhu McLucas continually, both intellectually and bring their messages home. Rather than MA., MS.,M.F.A. in Dance financially, but it also stimulates us. seeing these new arenas as demeaning .Mus. in Music History COVER PHOTO by Laura Littlejohn The second of our t~7oFestivals of to the true artist, perhaps well-educated M.A., M.Mus. in Music Theory Graduate compositiolz student Matt Suoboda the Millennium was a case in point, students can bring their own artistic M.Mus. in Composition poses with pest nrtist Lou Harrison. See illustrated on the cover of this issue. values into these areas. And there will M.Mus. in Music Education story, page 4. Composer Lou Harrison-eighty-three always be room for the "old" careers- M.Mus. in Performance years old but forever young at heart-is those who proudly carry on the tradi- M.Mus. in Conducting pictured with one of our own young tions of our grandfathers and grand- M.Mus. in Piano Pedagogy graduate composers, Matthew Svoboda, mothers. M.Mus. in Jazz Studies Scholarships and graduate teaching fellosvships are who helped produce the festival under If we are doing our jobs well here at D.M.A., Ph.D. in Music Ed available, based on the leadership of festival director Robert the School of Music and Department of D.M.A., P11.D. in Composition application and audition. Kyr. There is both a lifetime of experi- Dance, we are educating both for the D.M.A. in Performance ence and nothing at all separating them. preservation of the past and the explora- P1x.D. in Music History It is this union between any two musi- tion of the future, and each student will Ph.D. in Music Theory cians-teacher and student, colleague find his or her own balance of the old and colleague, ancient composer and and new. The Uizls~eusztvof Ore~onis an eaual modern interpreter-that makes music For information, contact: i, " February 1,2002 oppod~wt~affurnatne aciion instt;i~t~on such a builder of community the world 1 cornmltfed to cult~~rnldizieisity and cornpllaizce over. 1225 University of Oregon iolth the Arnerlcans with Dlsabtlltles Act As we head into this new century, ugene OR 97403-1225 our obligation 1s both to honor the old or call: (541) 346-1164 (Music) Thzs publmttlon z~dIbe made available zn and create the new Our students will be 346-3386 (Dance) nceesstble formats upon request 1 ~ ENDEZ WINS
--- Genaro Mendez, a doctoral student siti The uo school of Music will host in vocal performance from Reno, Ne- the Northwest Regional Horn Work- vada, Tvas one of this year's four recipi- shop on March 23-25,2001. Marching Band D~Z~ZL'SXai'es as Oregon Defeats Texas, 35-30 ts,I A ents of a 55,000 grant from the Univer- J. The event will include recitals, mas- sity Club of Portland. Each year the ter classes, ensemble concerts, student Fanfare part of UO's 125th Anniversary Celebration concerto orchestral com,eti- University Club awards fellowships to those ~vhodemonstrate scholarship, tions, and other events. Guest artists will leadership, and potential for making he University of Oregon, looking staff, alumni, legislators, the business include Thomas Bacon, Dave Krehbiel, contributions to society. The three other ahead to its 125'" Anniversarv year community and others. members of the Oregon Symphony horn ~rinnersthis year Irere from Oregon in 2001-2002, has approved a $1200 Specially commissioned music for section, Steve Durnin, and other State, Portland State, and Oregon Health prize for the commissioning of a brass the University of Oregon is rare, but not regional artists. Sciences University. fanfare to open the fall Convocation. unheard of. The late Ed Kammerer was a For registration information, contact In addition to the cash award, The competition is open only to regular composer of works for univer- Ellen Campbell at (541) 346-3776 or Mendez was also assigned two mentors current and former UO music students, sity events, and was named Oregon's E-mail at: [email protected] from the University Club, who will fol- and entries must be Musician Laureate low his career and offer professional received by June by Governor Victor guidance and advice. 29,2001. Judging Atiyeh in 1982. The UO School of Music has had will be done by Professor Emeri- three previous winners of this award Robert Kyr and tus Hal Owen over the past ten years (clarinetist David Crumb of the wrote an original Michael Anderson, percussionist Jeffrey School of Music's work, Oregon The School of Music also will host Peyton, and composer Dennis Daven- composition depart- Fantasia, for UO this year's Northwest Percussion Festi- port), underscoring the high calibre of ment, plus a third President Dave val, April 6-8. the music school's graduate program, judge to be named. Frohnmaver's investi- Thirty university percussion en- J The Oregon Mnrchzng Band begim the Holiday Bowl Pnrade zn Saiz Diego. considering they are competing against Criteria for the commission are: ture at the UO Convocation in 1996. sembles from Northern California, candidates in all areas from each of the an Diego proved to be a winner for a great game with national television Musical Forces: Brass Quintet But this is the first time in memory Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Nevada, state's major graduate institutions. O Duration: 3-8 minutes that a composition comyetitioi? has been Montana, and Idaho will attend. the Oregon Ducks, as the football exposure. Theme: "A Fanfare for the New announced at Oregon-at least one with Featured soloists will include classi- team scored an exciting 35-30 victory And for those who actually traveled Millennium," in celebration of the Uni- such a significant occasion behind it, and cal marimbists Leigh Howard Stevens over the Texas Longhorns in the Holiday to San Diego, the Oregon Marching versity of Oregon's 12YhAnniversary. a paycheck to match. and Jack Van Geem, the jazz vibraphone Bowl, treating Duck fans and alumni to Band turned many heads with its crisp,
0 The premiere performance will be "I'm proud to teach at a university and marimba duo Double Image, and enthusiastic performances-not only at by the Oregon Brass Quintet at the UO where the arts and creativity are hon- timpanist Martin Zyskowsky. the game, but at pep rallies and other ~onvocatikCer- ored as an essential Anthony J. Cirone, classical percus- functions during the week. The OMB emony in October. -part of the educa- sionist and composer-in-residence, will performed at Sea World, The Holiday Since this is a pub- The premiere performance tional mi~~ion," be featured in the world premiere of his Bowl Parade, and at several "Battle of lic ceremony, rather said Kyr. "The new work, and Charles Dowd will be the Bands" functions with Texas. than a concert will be by the Oregon Brass anniversary featured in the Northwest premiere of One highlight was when the OMB event, the piece Quintet at the University mission is another Joseph Schwantner's Concerto for Percus- performed the National Anthem for a should refiect the of Oregon onv vocation example of the szon with Robert Ponto conducting the huge VIP luncheon aboard the U.S.S. celebratory nature in October, 2001 university's Oregon Wind Ensemble. Boxer, attended by both teams, their of the occasion and commitment to its For complete schedules and infor- coaching staffs, and numerous donors be in a style acces- students and their mation, call Sean Wagoner at (541) 346- and dignitaries from both scl~ools.Using Genaro Mendez sible to the general public. creative (as well as scholarly) endeavors." 5650, or Charles Dowd at 346-3760, or the dramatic concert version of the Na- The University of Oregon is putting Deadline for receipt of entries is E-mail: [email protected] + tional Anthem that director Todd considerable forces behind the 125t" June 29. Submissions for the competition Zimbelman brought in last year, the only that day, but at a UO pep rally the Anniversary, seeing it as a superb oppor- should be mailed to: OMB vowed the hall (including numer- next day-saying it was the most mov- tunity to tell its story to the state, the Robert Kyr ous Navy and Marine personnel), and ing performance of the National Anthem region, and the country. Accordingly, a Anniversary Commission prompted Oregon Coach Mike Bellotti to he had ever heard. number of special events and com- 1225 University of Oregon praise the band from the podium-not It Tvas a great week for Duck fans, memorative activities are being devel- Eugene OR 97403-1225 and the Oregon Marching Band contill- oped to draw attention to the coming For more information about the LEFT: A Battle of the Barzds ~lthOregon ued its reputation as first-rate ambassa- academic year, and to embrace various anniversary commission, contact Kyr at and Texas sqlianng of on fhefanfa~lsof fevo dors for the School of Music, the Univer- UO constituencies: students, faculty, [email protected] * sity of Oregon, and our state. O acclaimed as one of the first We5terners cians joined ~vithNorth American col- to compose crosscultural music. The leagues in memorable performances of November 17 concert also included ne\v new and traditional music. It ~vasthe music by M7idiyanto,Pak Cokro, Jarrad ideal spirit in ~vhichto begin the ne~v Powell, and Kurt Doles. millennium; we hope this ~villbegin a A magnificent Central Javanese great enrichment to our current curricu- Harrison's music was featured tradition of M7estCoast gamelan confer- Court Gamelan of ninety instruments lum in ethnomusicology." millennium never had it so good- But the last five days of the festival throughout the festival in performances ences." has been given to the School of Music by Associate Professor Robert Kvr. xvho A this one received t~vocelebrations contained the defining events of the by pianist Art Maddox, clavichordist an anonymous donor. directs the Pacific Rim Gamelan, added: at the School of Music: one each in No- festival's theme, "Waging Peace." First Joan Benson, oboist J. Robert Moore, the The gamelan was created by Java- "We will be one of only a few universi- vember of 1999 and 2000. Festival of the was the ivorld if Robert Kyr's 1 University Symphonv, and a full Our ganzelan celebration nese instrument maker Mas Suhirdjan. ties that has complete gamelans from Millennium '99 offered 36 premieres in ninth symphony, The Sp~ritof Tznze, per- evening tribute by thk Oregon Percus- was the first time that all In a ritual ceremony he named it "Kyai both Java and Bali. What a wonderful eighteen days in a concentrated celebra- formed by the Eugene Symphony, four sion Ensemble. Tunjung Mulya," meaning "noble lotus opportunity for our students and for our tion of creativity, and Festival of the soloists, and a The partici- three musical traditions- blossom." The gamelan is made of iron, listening community to experience the Millennium 2000 focused on a theme of chorus of 100 pating gamelans Javanese, Balinese, and brass, and antique bronze mounted on profound beauty and diversity of Indo- great import for our new century- local singers. included Gaine- North American-were massive teak frames, ornately carved in nesian culture." "Waging Peace Through the Arts." The perfor- lan Sekar Jaya joined in a single festival, a traditional floral style that features a e e e Both festivals were attended by mance ~vas (Bay Area), partially opened lotus flower as its cen- The School of Music has also enthusiastic audiences-an encouraging truly a collabo- Seattle City tral motif. The carved surfaces are fin- received a matching pair of A and B-flat sign for creativity in the 11e1v century. ration between Gamelan, On the final weekend, peace advo- ished with light and dark varnish, and Leblanc clarinets, donated by Mrs. "I'm overjoyed with the warm and the university Gamelan Pacif- cate Arun Gandhi gave a talk and work- are decorated with gold-leaf designs. Helen Vagner in memory of her late generous response of audiences for our and the Eu- ica (Seattle), shop of the theme of "Waging Peace Additional elements include a set of husband, Robert Vagner. festivals," remarked festival director gene commu- University of Through the Practice of Non-Violence." Cirebon (north Javanese) instruments , Robert Vagner was not only Director Robert Kyr. "Through collaboration, our nity: the California/Ber- Audiences found Gandhi, the grandson double sets of mallets in ornate chests, of Bands at the School of Music (1950- community has entered a nexv phase in chorusinaster keley Gamelan, of Mahatma Gandhi, to be an inspiring and a full-size shadow puppet screen 1978),but a well-traveled clinician as its creative life ~vhichis inspiring coin- was the School Portland Game- speaker; he carried on an extended open- with oil lamp. well, and this particular set of clarinets posers, performers, and audience mem- of Music's new la11 Experience, mike dialogue with audience members Assistant Professor of Ethnomusic- was what he used in his presentations. bers alike." director of Sari Pandhawa during his Sunday workshop. "Arun ology Mark Levy is excited about devel- eee Festival of the Millennium 2000 choral studies, (Eugene), and Gandhi spoke with clarity and vision; oping courses involving this resource. As part of an estate gift, Margaret featured a wide range of media and Sharon Paul; the UO's Pacific few of us will ever forget the respect that "This amazing gift will have tremen- Kerr, a School of Music alumna, left her musical styles, from-a retrospective of one of the soloists was Associate Profes- Rim Gamelan. During the festival's final he showed for each person who asked a dous benefit for our world music pro- beautiful old German cello to the School music by women composers to an all- sor Milagro Vargas; and the chorus and weekend, the gamelans each performed question," recalled Kyr. "He embodied gram," said Levy. "The possibility of of Music. The school gratefully thanks day marathon featuring music by a orchestra contained many students, their own program, usually preceded by the loving spirit that is at the heart of offering classes and workshops in tradi- Ms. Carley Reed of Keizer, OR, for her smorgasbord of local composers. Per- faculty, and alumni of the School of a talk or ~vorkshop.The keynote address 'Waging Peace."' tional Javanese gamelan music ~villbe a help in making this gift possible. I) haps the most adventurous concert was Music. was given by ethnomusicologist Hardja The Festival of given by Future Music Oregon, the UO's Foilowing the symphony premiere Susilo, professor emeritus at the Univer- the Millennium computer music program, which spot- came a three-day mini-fest of Indonesian sity of Hawaii. Other presenters in- 2000 was co-spon- lighted music by guest composer Chris gamelan music -"Waging Peace cluded David Harnish of Bowling Green sored by Eugene In April 2000, THEME (a group of The conference began with a special Chafe of Stanford, who performed his Through Crosscultural Collaboration"- University, Jonathon Grasse of UCLA, Weekly, the Oregon faculty and graduate students interested session and roundtable discussion (mod- olvn work on electronic cello. that brought together seven West Coast and Bill Alves of Harvev Mudd College.- Humanities Center, in music research and led by Steve Lar- erated by Steve Larson) devoted to jazz gamelans for the perfor- Two special sessions were also and the Commit- son) hosted the annual meeting of the theory and analysis and included contri- mance of new and tra- given: a concert with dance by the re- tee for Musical West Coast Conference of Music Theory butions by leading jazz scholars Henry ditional music. The nowned Balinese gamelan Sekar Jaya, Arts. All of the and Analysis at the School of Music. Martin, Steve Strunk, and Keith Waters. opening gamelan con- which featured guest composer I "Waging Peace" The meeting was organized by a Martin, Strunk, and Waters also joined cert celebrated the mu- Nyoman Windha and dancer Ni Ketut events were Arm Gadhi program committee that included UO Larson for a faculty and guest artist sic of the eminent Arini, and a Wayang Kulit (shad0.w sponsored by the faculty Jack Boss, Robert Hurwitz, and recital in Beall Hall. American composer puppet theatre) presented by the promi- darlton savage Endowment for Interna- Steve Larson (president of the society). The four pianists performed a pro- Lou Harrison, ~vho nent puppetmaster Widiyanto, artist-in- tional Relations and Peace (University of Scholars from all over the country heard gram that included transcriptions and served as composer-in- residence at Lewis and Clark College. Oregon), which deserves special thanks keynote speeches by Mark Johnson and improvisations on traditional jazz reper- residence for the festi- The Portland Gamelan Experience in- for creating this innovative program for Carl Schachter. Johnson is chair of the toire and their own compositions. val. He introduced his cluded tn7o dances by Elivan Ka~vulusan. our region. UO Philosophy Department, and his UO students Jason Britton, Joseph xvorks from the stage in "Our gamelan celebration was the The Festival of the Millennium will book, The Body 111 fhe Mid,was the focus Fancher, Sean Malone, and Carolyn a discussion moderated first time that all three musical tradi- return in 2002 as the Music Today Festi- of a recent special session at the national Mullin-MacDonald also made presenta- by Robert Kyr. tions-Jalranese, Balinese, and North val (its pre-millennia1 name). Robert Kyr meeting of the Society for Music Theory. tions to the conference. Fancher also Many of Harrison's American-were joined in a single festi- promises "a world of new music that Schachter is the leading living propo- won the Best Student Presentation gamelan works include val, which made this a truly crosscul- ~villoffer composers, performers, and nent of Schenkerian analysis, and a col- A~vardfor his talk, titled "Olivier Lou Har~lson and Charles Doxd toice a boil2 folloiclng the Western mstruments, tural collaboration," said Kyr "Some of hsteners an ideal context for creativity lection of his articles has recently been Messiaen's Use of Cyclic Sets in the 01ego11 Pe~cziss~oi~Elzscrnble coilcert and hence he IS often the greatest Indonesian master musl- and creative listening." I) published as the book Unfoldii~gs. Turangalila Symphonie." I) ducted bv French-Canadian Bernard ~abadie,conductorof the Quebec City - . . Opera and founder/artlstic director of the Les Vlolons du Roj7, a period instru- ment ensemble. Labadie, making h~s elmuth Rilling and the Oregon the church's key beliefs, and supple- The crowded shelves at the Eugene Festival debut, has also programmed Bach Festival Chorus and Orches- mented the text with Psalms, excerpts Public Library just got a little tighter. A The Symphony hJo. 1 by Bizet and Dances tra have been nominated for a 2001 from Revelations, and quotations from gift to the library from a donor of the 1 Sacred and Profme bv Debussv. Grammy Award in the field of Best Cho- two Polish hymns. Oregon Bach Festival has resulted in a I I As the soprano~proc1ai&sthat "the ral Performance for the world premiere Penderecki put his finishing touches new acquisition-the complete works of he jo)7 of love, the wisdom of age, ~rorldis made CD of Krzysztof Penderecki's Credo. on the 33-minute work in Eugene on Johann Sebastian Bach on 172 compact The Recording Academy announced July 4, just days before its premiere as discs. The collection contains more than the sorrow of death, and the hope new again" in the - . , of a nen7 life are as constant as the pas- openingrecitative, nominations on January 3 in Los Ange- the final concert of the 1998 Festival. It 1,000 pieces of music. sage of the seasons. The Oregon Bach Bach's Wedd~ng les for the 43rd Grainmy Awards. was dedicated to Rilling, w11o-like his The Oregon Bach Festival made tlie Festlrd explores these "Seasons of Life" Cailtnta equates The Hanssler recording has cap- friend Penderecki-celebrated his 65th gift of the Edition Bachakademie through a as reflected in the works of Bach, Verdi, the blossoming of tured widespread acclaim since its full birthday that year. Rilling conducted contribution by Dan Pavillard, who for Faure, and other composers in the 2001 love with the distribution in 1999. The New York subsequent performances throughout years has been a solid supporter and event, June 22-July 8 in Eugene. reawakening of Times said Penderecki's piece "reveals Europe, including a gala premiere in donor to the Oregon Bach Festival as Artistic Director Helmuth Rilling spring. It is drama on a Herculean scale, painted in Poland, Penderecki's homeland. well as the School of Music. The Edition opens the festival with the Messa per paired with his every color in the composer's box." R. The Grammy Awards take place Bachnkademie was unveiled last summer Rosslnr, the first of two concerts that will lively CoffeeCan- M. Campbell of the Seattle Post-Intelli- February 21 in Los Angeles. + during the Oregon Bach Festival. honor Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi tata in a chamber gencer wrote "everything about the Helmuth Rilling supervised the on the 100thanniversary of his death. music concert, Credo points to a composer at the peak of production of the Edition Bachakademie In 1868, Verdi recruited twelve of his featuring popular his power." It received five stars in Clas- EMERSONQUARTET and conducted all of the choral-orches- colleagues to each compose a movement soprano Maria sic CD magazine. tral works contained within. The for a mass in tribute to the composer Jette. Credo won the AFIM Indie award for VISITSBEALL HALL Hanssler record company, which has Rossini, m7ho died that year. Written for leads Verdi's fiery Requiem as the Festi- Other "Intimate Evenings" chamber best classical orchestral recording on an The world-famous Emerson String produced and distributed the Festival's five soloists, a large orchestra and cho- val finale July 8. concerts include performances by pia- independent label and the Cannes Clas- Quartet returned to the School of Music catalogue of eight CDs, recorded and rus, it was completed in 1869. But due to With its vivid depiction of the nist Jeffrey Kahane, the Angeles String sical Award as best album of music by a last fall, performing on the Chamber marketed the Bach edition. organizational, financial, and political sounds and emotions of the phases of Quartet, organist Wolfgang Rubsam, living composer. Soloists on the CD Music Series to a sold-out crowd in Beall Festival performances of Bach's differences, the work was not per- the year, Vivaldi's Four Seasons inspired oboist Ingo Goritzki, and two period include alto Milagro Vargas, a faculty Hall, and later conducting a master class Brandenburg Concertos, Orchestral formed. this year's Festival theme. It is paired in instrument programs. member of tlie UO School of Music; for our advanced string students. Suites, and Harpsichord Concertos are a concert with Bach's Brandenburg Con- The Discovery Series of five lecture- soprano Juliane Banse; and bass-bari- included in the set, which was released certos Nos. 2 and 3, two of the composer's concerts focuses on Bach's Magnificat, tone Thomas Quasthoff. to mark last year's 250th anniversary of most exuberant and joyful works. Motets, and tlie cantata Mezize See1 erhebt Banse and Quasthoff also were J.S. Bach's death. Of his Requiem, Gabriel Faure said it den Herrn, well-known works of joy and nominated in individual categories: The Edition Bachakademie is fully reflected his "aspiration towards a hap- praise. Rilling delivers the lecture for Banse in the field of Small Ensemble annotated in four languages, witli com- piness beyond the grave." Like his each session and the conducting duties Performance for works by South Ameri- plete printed texts accompanying the Pns~ane,it is a soft, mysterious, and nos- go to his master class students. can composers; and Quasthoff in the choral works. It is indexed and pack- talgic work for chorus and orchestra. Also on the schedule: a Mozart duo field of Best Classical Vocal Performance aged according to the type of music, FESTIVAL Both are on an all-French program con- piano concerto with Kahane and Levin; for an album of Brahms and Liszt art from choral-orchestral works like the distinguished Bach detective Christoph songs, recorded witli pianist Justus Mass in B Minor and St. Matthew Passron, Wolff lecturing on recently discovered Zeyen. Banse, Quasthoff, and Zeyen to individual technique testers like the t The composers, including Verdi, all Bach manuscripts; and the Youth Choral appeared together in recital at the 2000 solo cello concertos and the Goldberg used their movements in later works of Academy for advanced high school Oregon Bach Festival. Varlafmsfor keyboard. their own. But the Messa per Rossini was vocalists, directed by Anton Armstrong Rilling received a second nomina- The donation preserves not only not performed as a whole until 1988 in a and the UO's Richard Clark. tion in the Choral Performance category Bach's music, but also a unique connec- Stuttgart concert conducted by Rilling, Vocalist Bobby McFerrin appears for his recording of the Bach Christmas tion between the master composer and whose European Music Festival held the with the festival orchestra and sings Oratorio with his German forces, the the city of Eugene. symposia that led to the work's redis- with the Youth Choral Academy in a Gachinger Kantorei and the Bach "Through the Festival, lve have been covery. headliner performance June 30. Collegium Stuttgart, also on Hanssler. fortunate to have a conductor with the "All flesh is as the grass," states the Tickets go on sale March 21. You The Credo recording was the climax prestige of Helmuth Rilling so deeply second movement of Brahms' Ein may check the festival website (www. of a two-year artistic journey. A co- connected to the city," said Royce De~~tschesRequiem, a work as much oregonbachfestiva1.com) for schedule commission of the Oregon Bach Festival Saltzman, in reference to Rilling's 32 about hope for the living as it is a medi- updates, audition materials for the festi- and the Internationale Bachakademie vears as conductor of the Eugene event. tation for the dead. Rilling conducts the val chorus and Youth Choral Academy, Stuttgart, Credo began as Penderecki's Eii~ersoi~Qtm tet cell~tDnvrd Frnckel "hiow cltizens can enjoy his mterpreta- Festival chorus and orchestra in its per- and application- - forms for the conduct- setting of tlie full Catholic mass text. He works with UO celllst Mintcho Bndecl, tions of Bach any tlme, for many years to formance on July 6, and in contrast, he Bobby McFerrin ing master class. + settled on the Credo section, a litany of a inaitei's st~idcilffiom Y~~goslailia come " 4 n~ingin October, and led the Northern Dean Kramer performed a solo recital in "Musical Forces and Melodic Patterns" alternate hymn harmonizations. Recent at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Virginia Regional Honors Orchestra in October as part of M7ashington's Lair- appears in Theory aid Practice; and and upcoming performances of O~ven's and was an adjudicator and clinician at November. Gearhart Ivas a guest soloist rnont Piano Series. Both Kramer and "Triple Play: Bill Evans' Three-Piano works include Four Canom for Ezghf the Central Washington University Stephen Chatfield (Dance) presented with the Oregon Festival of American Claire Wachter performed as duo-pia- Performance of Victor Young's 'Stella by Pianos, performed twice at concerts in Wind Festival and at the Mount Hood two papers at the International Associa- Music in January, 2001, where he per- nists on the Weiss Concert Series in Starlight"' appears in Al~uiinlReilieul of Port Angeles, WA. His settlng of "I Sing Band Festival. Ponto made numerous tion for Dance Medicine and Science formed Bernstein's Serenade for Violm Pennsvlvania in December. Jazz Sftidies. This fall, Larson gave pre- of a Maiden" was premiered at a De- appearances as guest conductor last conference in Miami this fall: "Move- and Stri~zgOrchestra. sentations to three international confer- cember concert by the Peninsula College year, including the Sonoma County ment repatterning through breath and Steve Larson had articles in recent is- ences. At the Oxford Music Analysis Chorus, directed by Dennis Crabb High School Honor Band, North Coast imagery training"; and "Rules of evi- Kathleen Jacobi-Karna received ap- sues of three leading journals of music Conference, during a special session on (D.M.A.UO, 1979).A new bvork, Vmw Symphonic Band in Astoria, and All- dence," a closer look at the science in pointments as the Northwest represen- scholarship. "Swing and Motive in The Jazz Pianist as Composer, he pre- tzons on a Rondeali by Ranleati, will be State Bands in Utah and Montana. He dance medicine. tative to two MENC committees: the Three Performances by Oscar Peterson" sented " 'Composing' Conversations premiered by the Pacific Consort (a was both guest conductor and lecturer at Early Childhood Music Special Research appears as an invited contribution for an With Myself." During a special joint Baroque chamber orchestra) during the the Canford Summer School of Music, Charles Dowd participated in the Interest Group, and the Society for Gen- Analysis Forum on Cole Porter's "Night session on "Art Meets Science" at Musi- Northwest Humanities Conference in Canford Magna, in the United Kingdom. Journees de la Percussion in Paris, era1 Music Executive Committee. 1 and Day" in the Joiin~alof Music Theory; cal Intersections 2000 (a joint meeting oi Portland, March 1-3. The Solstice Wind France, in November. He conducted the more than a dozen scholarly societies), Quintet xvill perform his Sextet for Piano Doug Scheuerell played tabla at premiere of Meyer Kupferman's A Cru- he presented "Measuring Musical and Wind Quintet during its spring tour. Eugene's Health and Well-Being Fair cible For The Mooiz with the Oregon Per- Forces," and at the International Sympo- Norman Pearson, principal tubist with and at a faculty recital in Beall Hall. In cussion Ensemble and soprano Ann sium on Music Information Retrieval, he the L.A. Philharmonic plans a perfor- December he participated in a two-day Tedards; a CD was released worldwide Associate Professor Sherrie Barr * "Expressao e Communicacao" presented a lecture/recital titled mance of Owen's Tuba Concerto on a tabla workshop in Portland led by last December on the Soundspells label. returned to the UO Department of was an additional assignment Barr took "Searching for Meaning" that included solo concert this year. J. Robert Moore Pandit Samir Chatterjee. This past year Dowd was percussion-orchestration Dance after a one-year sabbatical, during on, teaching a series of technique classes Mozart's Twelve Variations on "Ah, of our faculty has commissioned Owen Scheuerell received several nominations consultant to Los Angeles motion pic- which she taught, choreographed, and based on Bartenieff Fundamentals. vous dirai-je Maman" and his own to write a concerto for oboe and strings, and appointments: he was nominated ture arranger Erik Lundborg for the researched in Lisbon, Portugal. Barr and The graduate program at FMH, like variations on the same theme. and plans a premiere in the near future. lnternational Man of the Year by the John Travolta movie Battlefield Earfh her husband lived in Parede, a town the undergraduate program, proved lnternational Biographical Centre in and for House On~aimted Hill. The outside of Lisbon situated right on the quite different from Barr's experiences Anne Dhu McLucas appeared on three Robert Ponto was a guest lecturer for the Cambridge, England; nominated for the Charles Dowd Goodvibes Jazz Quartet sea, for a little more than six months. in American higher education. The panels at the November "mega-meeting" Wind Conducting Diploma Programme Universal Award of Accomplishment by performed at the Oregon Coast Music Barr's rich international experiences graduate program was completely dis- of all scholarly musical organizations in Festival in July, featuring saxophonist were centered around her Fulbright tinct from the undergraduate program, Toronto, and has had two articles pub-
Steve Owen, and Dowd was principal Lecturingu Grant, awarded for and the technical level and train- lished recently: "Music and Social Class" timpanist with Marin Alsop and the three months in Fall ing backgrounds of the gradu- in the Garland Encyclopedza of World Mu- Cabrillo Music Festival in Santa Cruz, 1999. Her host institu- ate students were widely s~,Vol. 3: The United States and Canada, Mark Kaczmarczyk joined the UO faculty this fall as a voice professor and director performing seven premieres. Dowd tion was the Depart- different, presenting edited by Ellen Koskoff, and "The Music of our opera program. He earned a master's degree in conducting from the Eastman conducted two premieres at the UO's ment of Dance in the unique teaching chal- of the Mescalero Apache Girls' Puberty School of Music and he is currently a D.M.A. candidate at the Cincinnati College Festival of the Millennium in "Percus- Faculdade Morticidade lenges. Barr instructed Ceremony" in Indigenous Rellgiotls Mu- Conservatory of Music. Kaczmarczyk's career is steeped in opera performance and sion Music of Lou Harrison: A Millen- Humana (FMH) of the tn7o graduate level sics, edited by MacLeod and Harvey. conducting. In 1994 and 1995 he was an Opera Fellow at the Aspen Opera Theater nium Tribute" with the Oregon Percus- Technical University of courses at FMH, McLucas has been appointed to a three- Center. A recipient of numerous awards, Kaczmarczyk is a past finalist of the Metro- sion Ensemble. Dowd conducted the Lisbon. "Coreographia" and year term as representative to the Amer- politan Opera National Auditions, and has received fellowships from Eastman, Uni- world premiere recording of Meyer Her teaching assign "Sistematica e ican Council of Learned Societies, repre- versity of Michigan, and Yale. Recent conducting highlights included appearances Kupferman's new work, Percussio~zSym- ments included an array Notacao." senting the Society for American Music. with pianists James Tocco and Ruth Laredo, and Handel's Seinele with countertenor phony, and performed it with the Or- of theoretical courses Upon completion David Daniels. Kaczmarczyk says he sees the opera program at the School of Music egon Percussion Ensemble at the North- involving both under- of her Fulbright re- Randall Moore presented a research developing into "a training ground where ad- west Percussion Festival in Bellingham, graduate and graduate sponsibilities, Barr poster, "Clddren and University Stu- vanced undergraduates and graduate voice ma- Washington, last April, where Dowd students, and were combined her passions dents' Perceptions of Singular Pitch and jors are exposed to all aspects of opera: movement also gave a clinic on percussion perfor- experientially based: for choreography and Rhythmic Changes in Familiar Melo- classes, stage combat, improvisation and dialogue mance. He commissioned Anthony J. "Sistematica e teaching when she dies," at the American Music Therapists preparation (yes, singers also have to deliver lines bherrze Barr " Cirone to write NYSD,a recital suite for Notacao" was a course was invited to create Association national conference in St. and sing recitative!)." The Opera Program has snare drum, which will be premiered for second-year students, in which Barr works for the fledgling FMH Student Louis, Missouri, last November. already taken steps towards that goal this year this April. Dowd also appeared as was asked to focus upon Laban Move- Dance Company. The outcome of that with presentations from the outreach program at marimbist with Kathryn Lucktenberg ment Analysis xvithin the umbrella topic collaborative experience rvas a seven- Hal Owen's new book, MUSKTheory Portland Opera, and master classes by visiting and timpanist with Mark Beudert on the of "systems of notation." minute quartet set to a Bach violin con- Resoul cii Book, published by Oxford Uni- guest artists Peter Grunberg and Dalton Baldwin. I UO Faculty Artist Series. He continues * "Metodologia do Ensino da certo prelude. versity Press, has been adopted by many This year UO opera students will present two as principal timpanist of the Oregon Danca" was another course Barr in- Barr also enjoyed a brief stint teach- college-level music departments since it opera ~vorkshopscene productions, xvhere singers Bach Festival, Eugene Symphony, and structed for fourth-year students. It lvas ing in the professional dance community came out last March. A new book, Hand- learn the basics of aria preparation, role develop- three other orchestras. related to the professional career goal of of Lisbon. She taught several company book for Creaflzle Church Miis~clam,will be ment, and stage movement. In May there xvill be a teaching, and developed into an exciting classes for the regional troupe Compan- published by G.I.A. (Chicago) early next full production of Britten's Turn of the Screic, based Fritz Gearhart guest conducted the mentoring-apprenticing pedagogical I hia de Danca de Almada, which is under vear, along with a set of Medltaf~onson on the novel by Henrv James. + Wyoming String Clinic in Jackson, Wyo- strategy practicum. the artistic direction of Maria Franco. + iellten ~hdralesfor organ, and a book of Mark Kaczmarczyk FACULTY, corztintied Edward Hines' Yetzl Makam I for Solo and Naples. He was also invited to per- young male voices had elevated her Bassoon was reviewed in the fall 2000 form in various baroque chamber music choir. the American Biographical Institute (and issue of The Dotible Reed, a journal with ensembles in Prague, touring the Czech The judges' scores ranged from 81 to invited to join that group's Board of an international readership of ten thou- Republic and Southeastern Germany, 96 (a perfect score). Overall, the Oregon Governors); and was invited to become sand. The CD received 2.5 out of a pos- and he took part as a coach and baroque choir got the second highest combined a Fellow of the International Biographi- sible 3 rating points. cellist in the fully staged production of score among all participating choirs, cal Associtaion and to join the Order of Jean-Marie Leclair's opera Scylla et missing the top spot by just six points. International Ambassadors. Mary Lou Van Rysselberghe served as Glauclis for Czech National Television in "They were just fantastic," said the chair for the ISME Early Childhood Moravia. Other activities included the festival's executive secretary, Michael Amy Stoddart (Dance) presented her Music Education Commission Confer- recording of organ music from the 16th Haring, by phone from Vienna. "The 4 most recent research at the prestigious ence, "Music Within Every Child," that to the 19th century on six historic organs judging was quite hard," he added, Dancing in the Millennium Conference, took place in July at Queens University in small villages in the Apennines be- noting that no other male choirs scored held last summer in Washington, D.C. in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Seventy- tween Bologna and Florence with organ- enough points for second or third place. Her paper was titled "Investigating the five delegates from the US., Canada, ist L. Tamminga. This fall he was on "If they don't deserve to have a Presence of Autobiographical Elements and other countries participated in the research leave as a Fellow at the UO prize, we don't give prizes, because rve in the Pas de Deux of George Balan- presentation of papers, concerts, and Humanities Center, writing a book on try to keep the standards as high as chine's Agot~." The conference drew workshops. The following week Van The Cappella Musicale of San Petro~iioin possible. Nobody else was good enough. dance scholars from all over the globe. Rysselberghe represented the Commis- Bolopa ~~nderG.P. ~olhna(1674-93'1: You can be really proud of this en- sion at the World Congress of ISME, the History - Organizafion - Repertoire, which semble." Steve Vacchi recently joined the artist- International Society for Music Educa- will be published in 2002 by the Belgian The head judge, George Evans of faculty at North Carolina's Brevard tion, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Historical Institute in Rome. His edition Great Britain-music director of the Music Center, a nationally known sum- with complete facsimile and extensive British Army-specifically pointed out mer program for students ages fifteen Marc Vanscheeuwijck performed cham- introduction of Giuseppe Jacchini's tes for Laurie hon7 %ell trained" the choir was and and older. He also performed by invita- ber music by Luigi Boccherini in the UO sonatas for violin and cello Opus 1 praised its "good blend of male voices." tion at the International Double Reed Museum of Art with Jaap Schroeder, (1695) was recently published by Forni The Oregon Young Men's Ensemble wins an international choir Two other judges had similar ap- Society's 2000 Conference in Buenos Michael Sand, Kathryn Lucktenberg, in Bologna. fitle for its ailing conducfor, Laurie Gutformsen (h4.M. 1989) praisals. Gerhard Track of Austria, music Aires as a member of Trio 335, which and Steven Pologe, then spent his spring director of the Vienna Male Choral Soci- includes an oboe, bassoon, and a classi- and summer lecturing at the Brussels Milagro Vargas sang the New York By Fred Crafts Nobody was more proud of the ety, said the Oregon ensemble has "a cal accordion. The trio's appearance was Conservatory and elsewhere in Belgium, premiere of Philip Glass's Syrnplzony No. Reprinted from The Register-Guard trophy than Guttormsen, 53, who started very good sound ... very precise and continuing his research on the history of 5 with the Brooklyn Philharmonic under funded by, a -grant from Arts Interna- the choir in 1990 under the auspices of good tempi ... a very fine performance." tional in New York Citv. Vacchi's CD of Italian bass violins in Paris, ~olo~na,. Dennis Russell ~aviesin October. The n winning a championship trophy at the Oregon Children's Choir Associa- Ronald Smart of Australia, an inter- following week she sang the West Coast I the 29th annual International Youth tion, and has since molded it into an national guest conductor, said "the choir premiere at the Eclectic Orange Festival and Music Festival in Vienna, Austria, elite ensemble. sang with musical awareness, confi- in California. In his review of that con- last summer, the Oregon Young Men's "We feel very strongly about musi- dence and intensity in a well-chosen cert, Los Angeles Times critic Mark Ensemble, by all accounts, gave the cianship and good discipline with mu- program." He credited the choir's into- Swed singled her out as "the outstand- performance of a lifetime. sic, but n7ework very much from the ing mezzo-soprano." In November Perfect, was how one iudge rated it. heart-from caring for each other," > - " Vargas returned to the Da Camera Festi- Really? the astonished choir mem- Guttormsen said at her east Springfield val in Houston, where she has been a bers wondered. home, where she is undergoing exten- regular soloist since 1994. Critic Charles Yet, there it was-a gleaming, foot- Ward of the Houston Chronicle said of tall trophy, hard proof that the ensemble her Grahms lieder, "Vargas sang these of Oregon teenagers was the best male "She knew so much about with heartful urgency, especially chorus at the European festival. The the voice - how to train the Feldernsamkett." Also in November, she competition featured 31 musical groups sang in the premiere of Robert Kyr's from Albania, Australia, Canada, the voice, how to take care of Symphony Nu. 9 with the Eugene Sym- People's Republic of China, Croatia, the voice, how to help guys phony. In January Vargas returned for Denmark, Iceland, Japan, Romania, find their voice and continue her second year with the Folger Consort Switzerland, the ~epkblicof South Af- to sing through the change. at the Washington National Cathedral in rica, and the United States. a program of medieval music. As soon as the 23-voice Eugene That was her genius." choir returned home, members raced Claire Wachter chaired the Committee right over with the trophy to the home sive medical treatment. on the Future of Piano Pedagogy at the of their beloved founding conductor, "They love to sing, and they love to 2000 World Piano Pedagogv Conference. Laurie Guttormsen, who had been un- share it with others." Philip Glass iGits ioifh Associafe Professor Milagro Vargus (cetlter) and UOvoice stude~t Wachter has had recent&&les pub- able to travel with them because of re- When Guttormsen played a record- Nora Ryan follozi~ing Vargns' perforniance in file American premiere of Glass's Symphony lished in Piano and Keyboard, KeJyboard cent downturns in her decade-long bout ing of the Vienna performance, she No. 5 zoith the Brooklyz Pizilharnionic, Dennis Rzissell Daoies conducting. Companion, and The Oregon Mrisiciaiz. 0 with cancer. heard just how high her ability to train Laurie Guttonnsei? HIGH NOTES, contilllied agrees. "It was the most important focus Guttormsen was a doctoral student promoting, they didn't like it. But the Timothy Tikker (M.Mus. 1983) has just in her professional career. She just in music at the University of Oregon in boys had a ball doing it, and the girls been appointed interim music director nation ("it was good to sense the choir worked and worked and worked. She 1990 when she approached Moore about loved seeing it, and the group Lvas mak- and organist at First Baptist Church in listening to each other"), tone ("a very knew she would have to bank what starting a choir for teenage boys. He ing it." Tamara Schupman (B.Mus. 1979), a Kalamazoo, Michigan. The church has a pleasant quality") and dynamics ("beau- energy she could muster so she could agreed, and a career was born. "They xvere learning hoxv to sing respected conductor, educator, and 67-rank Letourneau tracker organ, dedi- tiful pianissimo singing") for leading to work with those boys. And she did it. Her first choir had about a dozen repertoire that ~vasa cappella or it Tvas adjudicator throughout Washington and cated in 1998. First Baptist enjoys an "a very interesting program, well chosen "Music was her life," he continued. singers. Because they were what she fun, but classically ~vritten.Good strong Idaho, xvas appointed music director for active role in community arts, providing and performed with real quality." "It's n~hatshe looked forward to every called "cool studs" and she had picked repertoire," she said. the Spokane Area Children's Chorus in its sanctuary for numerous local concert This was Guttormsen's last program day. I'd go into the bedroom. She'd be in "funny or rhythmic or doo-wop num- Maintaining the Standard 1991. She currently directs the Prepara- performances, as well as having a chan- directing the Oregon Young Men's En- her bed. She'd have music all ox7erthe bers" for them, the choir was an imme- One challenge that Guttormsen tory Choir and the Ensemble, and suc- cel choir that regularly performs major semble. She rehearsed it with the choir floor and everywhere. I'm not sure she diate hit. faced every year xvas the constant flow cessfully completed the chorus's first choral xvorks in liturgy. Tikker leaves a until mid-April, when she had to step would have lasted this long without her One of the numbers was the comic of singers in and out of the choir, caused international tour in 1996, traveling ~vith position as organist at the Cathedral of down. Debi Noel filled in for Guttorm- music." song "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" by high school graduation. the Spokane String Quartet to Austria St. John the Baptist (RC), in Charleston, sen, as did her son, Chris Noel, who The Old-Fashioned Way from So~tthPacific. "It gave the guys a "I just said, 'I am not going to allow and Hungary. Schupman returned to South Carolina, where he served for four sings in the group. Placing the trophy in Guttormsen's chance to be tough guys, which made this group to get any lower. Each year, Europe once again with the ensemble, years. He will continue to serx7eas a "My cancer has progressed to the hands was an important gesture to choir some parents mad," she said, laughing we're going to uphold the standards of touring England and Scotland in sum- long-distance member of Charleston's point where I can't conduct," Guttorm- organizers, ~vhosaw it as confirmation at the recollection, "because I was pro- the year before.' And that's the way it mer 1998. In July of 2000, the ensemble Piccolo Spoleto Festival l'Organo Recital sen said, noting that she has quit teach- of her work. moting ... something. Whatever I ~4~as was ." participated in The International Chil- Series Planning Committee. Winner of ing at Eugene Christian School. "I love "Sharing ourselves was better than Because the all-male teenage choir dren's Choral Festival in Tuscany with the 1993-94 Holtkamp/AGO A~vardin my YME work," she said forcefully, "but any award we could ever receive," said seemed like a natural to her, Guttormsen renowned conductor Henry Leck. Since Organ Composition, Tikker is still active it's important, too, that they get some- baritone Lucas Carlson, a senior at South was surprised to learn that everywhere her appointment as music director, the as a composer, recently receiving a com- body that will step in and take them Eugene High. "That's what Laurie has they went it was a rarity. Why? children's chorus has grown from 40 mission for a nelv work for chorus and forward." always been teaching us. I'm really Laurie Guttormsen finally lost Guttormsen said, "The popularity of members to more than 200 voices, sing- orchestra from the Milwaukee Sym- proud that Laurie made the choir that her long battle with cancer in mid- the boy choirs became this syndrome ing in five levels of choirs. The music phony Orchestra, io be premiered in got the award. She put us together and December. A memorial service was where boys don't sing unless they are program has expanded to include vocal May 2001. His Three Bzilgaria~zDances The Oregon Children's Choir worked us from mud into a pot." held on Dec. 22 with the Oregon still singing in little boy voices." She also coaching and music theory training. The were a finalist in the Alienor Harpsi- Association is creating a The Oregon Young Men's Ensemble Young Men's Ensemble, the Classics, suggested that the talent pool is drained chorus has produced two holiday re- chord Composition Competition held is a serious choir. Dressed in tuxedos and Eugene Christian School Cho- by athletics. cordings, Angels aizd Cnndleli@t in 1995 this past March. This past June he gave Laurie Guttormsen Scholar- and standing relatively still, it appeals rus performing a musical tribute to But Guttormsen had no problem and The Clzildreiz's Gift of Grace in 1997. his premiere performance as soloist with ship Fund for new ensemble through polished singing and enchant- their mentor. She was 53. getting singers, many of whom she had The chorus continues to delight audi- orchestra, performing Copland's Sym- singers and travel funds. ing songs, with dynamics that often The daughter of former UO to train almost from scratch. Through it ences throughout the Pacific Northwest, phony for Oynn G Orcizesfra with the drop to a whisper. President Robert Clark, Guttormsen all, she said she was always impressed appearing as guest performers with Charleston Symphony under guest con- During the Vienna performance, attended South Eugene High School but never surprised at what youthful regional and local artists. Professionallv, ductor Samuel Adler, in Piccolo Oregon Children's Choir Associa- accompanist Cindy Lee Garver says she for two years before the family singers can a&omplish. ~chu~manappears locally with the Spa- cofltinued o~zpage 14 tion founder Randall Moore, a professor sat spellbound on her piano bench. moved to San Jose. "But I've never expected more than kane Symphony, Spokane Opera (for- of music education at the University of "At the places where I knew they She was married to her husband, they could do, because they don't ~vant merly Uptown Opera), Connoisseur Oregon who has known Guttormsen could swell and do really well, I could Gary, later that year, and the couple to experience failure. With the boys as Concerts, the Northwest Bach Festival, since she was a graduate student some see the judges start furiously writing. I moved to Eugene. She taught at they come in, I make sure that all their Allegro, Zephyr, and Coeur d'Alene 20 years ago, said the association is cre- was watching people in the audience. Howard and Corridor elementary skills mix together and that I'm not pull- Summer Theater. Schupman has pre- ating a Laurie Guttormsen Scholarship People were very quiet and intently schools and Colin Kelly Middle ing the high skills down to meet with pared the Northwest Bach Festival Cho- Fund to provide scholarships for new listening. Our guys have a great pres- School. She also directed drama pro- the low skills, and vice versa." rus for the past three seasons for Music ensemble singers and travel funds. ence on stage." ductions at North Eugene High From within the ensemble's ranks Director Gunther Schuller. "She has been an inspiration to us Eugene dance instructor Pat Knaus, School thro~~gh1986 and taught at Guttormsen has each year created a six- all," said Moore, who has watched whose son Joby sings in the choir, is not Eugene Christian School from 1988 member doo-wop group called the Clas- Guttormsen's physical condition fluctu- surprised by Guttormsen's successes. through last April. sics-"the primo groupu-that sings at Guttormsen will be a hard act to ate through the years. Knaus and Guttormsen worked together Guttormsen graduated from San schools, private events, conventions, and follo~v,as Debi Noel discovered when By March, Guttormsen required a on musical comedies performed by Jose State College, and received her the like. The Classics have served as an she conducted in Europe. ~vheelchair,yet she led the choir in a young people. master's degree from the UO School effective recruiting tool with young "You're stepping into some huge performance at the American Choral i "She knew so much about the of Music in 1984. She was undertak- audiences and have given all choir shoes," she said, "and there's no Ivay Directors Association's convention in ' voice," Knaus said, "how to train the ing doctoral studies at the UO when members an elite group to aim for. you can fill them. She has been such a Seattle. In July, she asked for a year's voice, how to take care of the voice, how diagnosed with cancer in 1990. They have been Guttormsen's pride guidance- and an inspiration for these leave. Moore granted it. to help guys find their voice and con- Memorial contributions may be and joy "It IS," she boasted, "one of the guys Thev truly love her That's part of "We've given her that space and the tinue to sing through the change. That made to the Oregon Children's Choir finest small groups there are The Clas- xvhy it was so difficult for me They have blessing that she would heal and want was her genius. Plus, she was a very Association Scholarship Fund or to sics group right now could go to an such grief over xvhat's happening to her to come back," he said. "I think the YME sensitive conductor. The first time I Eugene Christian School's Perform- international contest m October and do They want her leadership, and her love is n~hathas kept her going." heard 'Prayer of the Children,' I thought ing Arts Department. + verv w~ellin that I mould like to helr, of mus~c,and her abilitv to share that I Gary Guttormsen, her husband, my heart was going to stop." them through this." They miss her so much:" O Tiiizotizy Tikker ALUMNI NOTES,coufinued and beloved faculty member, and at the was printmaking. He made, traded, and same time provide valuable scholarship collected prints throughout his life, Spoleto's llOrgano- series, in which he support to gifted vocal students. amassing a personal archive of nearly also gave an all-improvisation concert at Gordon Gilkey, one of Oregon's most 14,000 prints-dating from the Renais-
the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. In 1 Music Education Alumni Fund influential cultural figures and a major sance to the present, including works by August and September he performed his Thanks to many of our music educa- donor to the School of Music, died in Durer, Rembrandt, Goya, and Picasso. second European concert tour, with tion alumni, we have successfully raised October at Providence Portland Medical Gilkey attended Albany College and organ recitals at the Munsters in an initial amount of funding that has Center after a long illness. He was 88. then the University of Oregon, ~v11erehe Konstanz and Bonn, the Dom in Joan C.Gardmr, Director of Development directly benefited departmental needs. Gilkey's reputation was both historically received the school's first master oi fine Sch~verin,Germany, and 1'Eglise St.- (5411 346-5687 or (503)725-871 0 This "mini-campaign" took place over deep and global. He was an artist, the arts degree in printmaking 111 1936. In Sulpice in Paris, France. These j,[email protected]~e~o~~.edz~ the summer and the response was sig- Portland Art Museum's curator of prints 19-17, Gilkey returned to Oregon, becom- concerts featured European premieres of nificant, attracting many first-time do- and drawings, and the founder of Gle ing a professor of art and eventually the two of his own works, Tlenfode Batalla t's a new year, and as the saying Association of Teachers of Singing. nors from our alumni base. museum's Vivian and Gordon Gilkey , dean of the College of Liberal Arts at sobre la Balletto del Graizduca, and Three goes, it's a time for new beginnings The neTe award, to be made annu- The Music Education Alumni Fund Center for the Graphic Arts. During Oregon State University. He retired in Gregoriai~Sketches. His nelv CD, Tikkei at as &ll as a time for building on past - ally, will be named the "The Exine was used to purchase instruments for World War 11, he advised the US. Army 1977, but soon after used his ever-gro~v- Clnremont, features the Glatter-Goetz/ successes. To that end, we are delighted Ailderson our music education classroom. Money Air Corps about cultural monuments ing collection of art to shop for a new Rosales organ at Claremont United to thank UO Trustee Robert De~rkond Bailey Vocal raised through this fund is providing an that should be spared from bombing. job. In 1978, he found it, sealing a deal to Church of Christ in California, with and his wife Leona Anderson Award." It immediate benefit to our future pre- Gilkey eventually became chief of the donate his encyclopedic collection to the works of Dupre, Tikker, and Tournemire, DeArmond (B.S. 1951) for a gift of ~villbe award- school music teachers, private studio War Department's Special Staff Art Portland Art Museum. Gilkey estab- to be released on the Arkay label early in S25,000 for capital improvements to the ed on the basis teachers, and students who are prepar- Project in Europe. There he spearheaded lished a UO scholarship fund in honor of 2001. After receiving his M.Mus. in or- School of Music. I am also pleased to of scholarship, ing to teach in elementary schools (ei- the earliest drive to reaatriate lost art- his wife, violinist Vivian Malone Gilkey, gan performance from the UO School of announce a $25,000 gift to the Wayne desire to suc- ther as music specialists or classroom works confiscated by the Nazis, solidify- in 1998. The endowment was funded Music, Tikker studied privately with Atwood Memorial Scholarship Endow- ceed in vocal teachers). ing connections to artists, collectors, and with proceeds from the sale of her two Jean Langlais in Paris, aided by a Ruth ment Fund, from Mrs. Phoebe Atwood. performance, Many of the larger Orff instruments diplomats of numerous countries. He violins and bows that were of significant Lorraine Close Axvard from the Univer- and on talent are more than twenty years old and, was a professor of art for more than fifty value. Additional contributions created sity of Oregon. His undergraduate stud- New Voice Scholarship as demon- although Orff instruments are quite years, an illustrations adviser to Win- the single largest scholarship endow- ies (B.Mus., organ, Magna cum laude) Professor Emerita Exine Anderson strated by the durable, our set is in dire need of updat- ston Churchill, and a knight in six coun- ment award in the history of the School were at San Francisco State University. Bailey has created a new scholarship for applicant's ing. tries. Gilkey's chief medium as artist, of Music. The scholarship award is A A our vocal studies department. Bailey junior recital- Exil~eBailey The music education faculty is very teacher, and international networker made biennially. O Rich Dahl (B.Mus. 1986) is a trombonist was on the UO music faculty from 1951- the latter being the strongest determin- appreciative of this generous support and educator. He has been playing both 1987. She served on the President's Ad- ing factor. The award is intended to from our alumni. professionally and in military bands, visory Council and was very active in support tuition in the student's senior and teaching band and choir for the past professional organizations, holding year of study at the University of Or- Bequests Help Ensure Our Future fourteen years. He currently teaches 6-12 national offices in the Music Teachers egon. We are grateful to acknowledge One way to make a charitable con- band in Independence, Oregon, at Cen- National Association and the National the fine career of such a distinguished tribution is through a bequest in your tral High School, and Talmadge Middle will. This is one of the easiest ways to 2/01 UO School of Music & Dance Alumni Scl~ool.Dahl credits Jeff Williams for benefit the music school and one of the WHAT'S UP? having a significant impact on him both ton Opera for chorus, working alongside Tim Farrell (D.M.A. 2000) is in his sec- most valued long-term ways of ensuring personally and musically, and sends his Carol Vaness and Placido Domingo in Il ond year as director of High Brass and excellence in our programs. Whether NAME Class of thanks to all at UO for making his career Troivtore. He is also singing in the Verdi Jazz Studies at Fort Lewis College in you wish to give to scholarships, faculty Degree in music and music education so suc- Requiem with Domingo conducting. Durango, CO. He presented a lecture support, or to the Dean's Discretionary Comments cessful. Lowry did his first round of auditions and performed a recital with the Interna- Fund, all you need to do is include ver- this year for summer apprenticeships tional Brass Quintet at the North Dakota biage in your will stating that a certain Tiffany Mills (B.A. Dance, 1992) has and made it to the finals for Santa Fe MEA conference in October. He directed sum, or percentage of your estate, is to officially incorporated the Tiffany Mills and was accepted at Central City Opera the Colorado All-State Jazz Ensemble in be given to the University of Oregon. Company as a not-for-profit organiza- in Colorado for this summer. In Febru- January at the Colorado MEA Confer- Your planning advisor or our Office of tion. The company had a successful ary, he is singing Aeneas (Dldo and ence. Farrell is also principal trumpet Planned Giving ~7illbe glad to explain benefit in October, which n7assupported Aeneas). with the San Juan Symphony. Kim the process and help you with more My current address: (please print) This is a change of address by many UO alumni and faculty. They (Schieber) Farrell (M.M. 1996) teaches specific wording. Please call me at Address are gearing up for their first NYC season Natalie Haworth-Liu (B.Mus. 1999) is choir and orchestra at Miller MS. and (541) 346-5687 for more information. + City State Zip as the Tiffany Mills Company in April at living in San Jose, teaching lessons, and Durango H.S. She is also director of the Joyce SoHo. For more information, performing chamber music. She took a Durango Children's Chorale, a commu- Phone (day) (eve) check their web site at
(Faculty Artist Series) April 19 - Trio Apollon (Chamber Music Series) Feb. 6 - Red Priest 6 - Oregon Opera Ensemble (Chamber Music Series) April 22 - University Sym arch 7' - Flute Class Feb. 8 - French & L (Faculty Artist Series) arch 7 -Jazz Cafe wINancy King April 23 - Stephen Dunn, tr John Pennington, Feb. 10 - Music & All That Jazz March 8 - Cypress String (Faculty Artist Series) (Children's Concert Series) (Chamber Music Series)
Feb. 25 - Romantic Chamber March 10 -Future (Facultv Artist Series) ay 12 - Oregon Opera Ensem Britten's "Turn of the Screw" March 11 - University Symphony
arch 12 - Oregon (Guest Artist Master Class) Ensemble
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