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LEDGER LINES SCHOOL of MUSIC & DEPARTMENT of DANCE Master Class with Yo-Yo Ma Photo by Paul Carter Lawrence Maves 1933-2003 See story, page 8 NEWSLETTER for ALUMNI & FRIENDS September, 2004 Vol. XVI, No. 2 LEDGER LINES is the biannual newsletter of the HOMECOMING University of Oregon School of Music and Department of Dance. Letters, photos, and contributions from October 15–16 alumni, friends, and faculty are always welcome. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15 Homecoming Concert: 7:30 p.m., Beall Hall (free) Address all correspondence to: Our traditional Homecoming concert this year features the Oregon LEDGER LINES School of Music Wind Ensemble and the award-winning Oregon Jazz Ensemble. This 1225 University of Oregon is usually a full house, so come early! Program includes a special Eugene OR 97403-1225 tribute to Professor Emeritus John McManus. EDITOR: Scott Barkhurst [email protected] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 Alumni Band / Oregon vs. Arizona 12:30 p.m. CONTRIBUTORS: George Evano, Rob- (but check listings for possible time change) ert Hurwitz, DeNel Stoltz. Come play with the alumni band as they cheer on the Ducks at Aut- PROOFREADERS: Laura Littlejohn, zen Stadium! The event is free to all marching band alumni, and if Carol Roth you participated in a university band program, your paid member- COVER PHOTO: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma works ship in the Fighting Duck Alumni Band Assn. (FDABA) allows you with graduate cellist Gabrielle Arness in a to join us at the game. The 2004 Homecoming event is a great way master class attended by several hundred to brush up on your music skills while socializing with other past musicians. Photo by Paul Carter of The members. Game day agenda includes a brief warm-up session, tailgat- Register-Guard. ing and performances in the stands, followed by a post-game social. For more information or to sign up, please visit the FDABA web site: SCHOOL OF MUSIC STAFF www.fdaba.com DEAN: Brad Foley [email protected] Go Ducks! ASSOCIATE DEANS: Ann Tedards–Graduate Studies [email protected] Jeffrey Williams–Undergraduate Studies [email protected] DEVELOPMENT STAFF: DeNel Stoltz, director [email protected] Paula Napora, assistant [email protected] DEPARTMENT OF DANCE: Jenifer Craig, chair [email protected] MAIN OFFICE: Phone: (541) 346-3761 Fax: (541) 346-0723 Web: music.uoregon.edu 1 composition; Sharon Paul, director FROM THE TOP of choral activities; Amy Stoddart, dance; and Marc Vanscheeuwijck, Brad Foley, Dean music history. We welcome five new tenure-track faculty, two new he UO music and dance prog- full-time instructors, and three new T rams concluded the last aca- full-time support staff to our music demic year on an extremely positive school family. Each will contribute to note. We kicked off the music build- the quality of our school’s program- ing addition and renovation project ming efforts and we are excited about with an exciting and well-received the breadth of experiences they will event at Autzen Stadium’s new Club bring to the school. (See the article Room, featuring performances by on page 7 for the details.) our award-winning Oregon Jazz En- As we continue to provide semble directed by Steve Owen, jazz enrichment opportunities to the pianist and Detroit Lions quarterback students and community, we are Joey Harrington, and distinguished delighted to announce this year’s music alumnus and jazz guitarist Robert Trotter Visiting Professors: Richard Smith. (See page 2 for more Benjamin Bagby and his early music information.) I am certain that Presi- performance group, Sequentia, will dent Frohnmayer’s heartfelt remarks visit fall term, with Bagby returning and students throughout the school and announcement of his own fi- in winter term; and maestro Helmuth will have opportunities to interact nancial commitment to the building Rilling will join us for a week-long with the symphony’s composer-in- initiative will inspire many friends residency in late October, culminat- residence, Philip Rothman, made and patrons to consider gifts to the ing in his conducting the University possible through the national Music project. Symphony and choirs at the Hult Alive program. Commencement featured equally Center on October 31 at 3:00 p.m. Due to last season’s successful uplifting remarks from our distin- The concert is free and open to the collaboration of music and dance guished alumni award recipients: public. We hope many of you can with the Eugene Symphony presenta- dancer/choreographer/director Barry be with us for this grand occasion, tion of Amahl and the Night Visitors, McNabb ‘81, and guitar professor which will feature the Bach Magnifi- our UO Symphony has been invited and performer Richard Smith ‘83. cat and the Mozart C Minor Mass. to partner with the Eugene Ballet The fiscal year ended on a high in April 2005 for a series of perfor- note as we exceeded the $2 million mances. We are equally pleased to be mark for the first time in total fund- “Last season we were the recipients of a Virgil and Caroline raising efforts for one year, thanks to fortunate to work with Boekelheide Creative Activity Award the teamwork of the entire faculty, that is allowing the school to bring central development office, and our composers Jennifer noted composer Pauline Oliveros to own development team led by DeNel Higdon and John Eugene for a residency in conjunc- Stoltz. I am grateful for the continued Corigliano, clarinetist tion with the Society for American support and generosity of our many David Shifrin, and Music meeting, as well as for master patrons, friends, and alumni that im- classes with our students and a con- pacts not only our students and fac- cellist Yo-Yo Ma ...” cert of her works. ulty, but all of those whose lives we The University’s 37th annual touch through more than a thousand As you can see from our cover Chamber Music Series continues to creative programming efforts both on photo, we continue to benefit from bring outstanding musicians to our and off-campus each year. Beginning our collaborations with Eugene’s out- community in addition to the wealth with this issue, we have shifted our standing arts community. Last sea- of programming offered by our own annual listing of donors to the fall is- son we were fortunate to work with faculty, students, and university en- sue of Ledger Lines. composers Jennifer Higdon and John sembles. Please join us throughout We will begin the new academic Corigliano, clarinetist David Shifrin, the year as we continue to create the year with five newly-tenured faculty and cellist Yo-Yo Ma through our next generation of performing artists members who have added strength associations with the Eugene Sym- and arts scholars at the University of and stability to our programs over phony. This fall our Oregon Wind Oregon’s School of Music and Dance. the years. Congratulations to our new Ensemble will be guest conducted tenured Associate Professors Chris- by the symphony’s artistic director, tian Cherry, dance; David Crumb, Giancarlo Guerrero on November 14, 2 music from the University of Oregon. DEVELOPMENT Music was, and continues to be, an integral part of my family. The whole family has been cemented not only Joey Harrington Helps Kick Off by music, but also by music that is directly tied to the contributions of Celebration of Building Initiative the UO School of Music. “I can’t imagine the UO without Richard Smith, Oregon Jazz Ensemble also featured a School of Music. Its graduates have gone on to such distinction. Think for a moment what the landscape of this state—this nation––might look like without the influence of talented students, faculty, and alumni. Fortu- nately, the reality is that the School of Music provides us with countless opportunities where students and the community come together for enjoyment, repose, personal expres- sion, and personal growth. Without a doubt, it is a crown jewel of the University of Oregon and our com- munity, and with completion of its renovation and expansion project, it will have a facility to match its pres- tigious reputation.” Thoughtful gifts from alumni PHOTO BY STUDIO BY COBURGPHOTO and friends of the School of Music are creating a legacy that will trans- Detroit Lions quarterback Joey Harrington, who studied jazz piano during his form the lives of scores of future undergraduate years, returned to perform with the Oregon Jazz Ensemble. generations of students, performers, and music educators. To date, $2.5 magine walking into the still bonuses about his decision to at- million, or one-third of the funds I sparkling new “Club” level at tend the University of Oregon was required from private sources, has Autzen Stadium and finding yourself the School of Music’s jazz studies been raised for the building project, in an evening jazz club with beaded program and the opportunity to with the impact of every gift doubled table lamps on zebra-print table- study with jazz pianist Gary Ver- —due to legislative bonding from cloths, hosting nearly 200 concert sace—while still playing football and the State of Oregon for a one-to-one attendees. On June 11, this is pre- pursuing a business degree. match of $7.6 million for the build- cisely the transformation that donors “I think that music is an impor- ing expansion. and friends of the School of Music tant part of everyone’s lives,” said Dean Brad Foley remarked, “I am and the University of Oregon experi- Harrington. “The UO School of Mu- immensely grateful for the generous enced to celebrate the kickoff of the sic does a great job of providing that donors and friends who have step- school’s building renovation and ex- experience for students.