EUGENE–A children’s program featuring Prokofiev’s "Peter and the Wolf" and the concluding concert of this season’s Chamber Music Series are scheduled this week at the University of Oregon School of Music, 961 E. 18th Ave.

For more information, call the music school weekdays at (541) 346-5678. To confirm concert times and ticket information, call GuardLine from a Touch-Tone phone at 485-2000, ext. 2533, for a 24-hours-a-day taped message of the week’s events.

Trio Apollon, a viola/clarinet/piano ensemble from Germany, will conclude the 32nd season of the Chamber Music Series with an 8 p.m. concert in Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th Ave. Reserved-seat tickets ranging from $10 to $25, are available in advance from the Hult Center, (541) 682-5000, or from the Erb Memorial Union Ticket Office, 346-4363. A limited number of discounted student tickets will be sold at the door.

The concert will be preceded by "Musical Insights" at 7 p.m. Professor Robert Hurwitz will offer a free audience-friendly talk about the evening’s repertoire, which includes "Trio in D Minor" (Pathetique) by Michail Glinka, "Konzertstuck for Viola and Piano" by George Enescu, "Sonata for Clarinet and Piano" by Francis Poulenc and "Trio in B-flat Major" (Gassenhauer) by Beethoven.

Trio Apollon, formed in 1990, concentrates mainly on duo and trio compositions of the Classical and Romantic periods, from Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven through Mendelssohn, Bruch and Brahms. Contemporary works by French composers, such as Cesar Franck, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc or Darius Milhaud, also find a place in this trio’s contrasting and diverse programming.

Matthias Glander has been first clarinetist of the Staatskapelle Berlin since 1985 and first clarinetist for the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra since 1992. He has appeared as both soloist and chamber music artist with numerous orchestras of renown and with chamber music ensembles across the globe.

Violist Felix Schwartz is a two-time prizewinner of the International Music Competition in Geneva and has served as first violist with the Staatskapelle Berlin under conductor Daniel Barenboim since 1988. Schwartz also has been a viola teacher at the Musikhochschule Rostock since 1994. Through his engagements with the Berliner Streichsextett, Trio Apollon, the Petersen Quartet, the Dresden Chamber Orchestra and the Staatskapelle Berlin, he has concertized nearly all over the world.

Pianist Wolfgang Kuhnl is lecturer for solo competitions and chamber music at the Hochschule der Kunste in Berlin. He is highly regarded as a duo partner by many instrumentalists and singers, and he performs regularly in various ensembles throughout Europe and North America. He is a member of the group Work in Progress, which is dedicated exclusively to premiering contemporary compositions.

The UO Repertory Dance Company will present a special children’s program based on the popular musical fable, "Peter and the Wolf." The one-hour program begins at 10:30 a.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Tickets, available at the door, are $3 for adults, $2 for children and students or $5 for a family ticket.

Under the direction of Amy Stoddart and Walter Kennedy, the Repertory Dance Company will bring all the familiar characters to life through costumes, movement and music: Peter, his grandfather, the wolf, the hunters, the duck, the cat and the little bird. The dance company also will present a couple of short ballet and contemporary dances to open the program.

The UO Children’s Concert Series is designed to introduce young people and their parents to different kinds of music and help them develop good listening skills. For more information, contact Kathleen Jacobi-Karna at 346-3769 or the music school’s publicity office at 346-5678.

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