April 22, 1997 School of Music Contact Scott Barkhurst (541) 346-1163 or John R. Crosiar 346-3135 EUGENE--Varied brass repertoire, one-act comic operas and student-choreographed dances will be featured in three concert performances sponsored this week by the University of Oregon School of Music, 961 E. 18th Ave. For more information, call the UO School of Music 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-hour taped message of the week's events. Tuesday, May 6--UO Ensembles: "Bones and Brass" University ensembles will present an evening of brass repertoire in a program titled "Bones and Brass." Concert time is 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th Ave. Tickets, available at the door, are $4 general admission and $2 for students and senior citizens. The program will feature performances by a university brass quintet, horn quartet, trumpet ensemble and tuba trio. The brass quintet, performing under the name of The Hilyard St. Brass Ensemble, will feature "Fair Weather Fanfare" by Donovan, "Lo How a Rose" by Brahms, as well as music by Bach and Gabrieli. The tuba group will perform a trio by Anton Reiche, while the horn quartet will present a piece by Dennis Leclaire and a special transcription of the overture to Mozart's opera, "The Marriage of Figaro." Thursday, May 8--Oregon Opera Ensemble The Oregon Opera Ensemble, directed by adjunct professor Francis Graffeo, will present two rollicking one-act comic operas, "Il Campanello" and "Amelia Goes to the Ball." The performance is produced in cooperation with Eugene Opera, and begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Soreng Theatre at the Hult Center, One Eugene Centre. Tickets--$14 general admission and $8 for students and senior citizens--are available at the Hult Center Ticket Office, (541) 682-5000. The fully staged production, funded in part by a grant from The Computer Store, will feature professional costuming and accompaniment by a chamber orchestra of university students, conducted by Graffeo. "Il Campanello" is a 19th-century bel canto opera by Gaetano Donizetti. The young, beautiful Serafina is pledged to be the wife of Don Annibale, an old but wealthy pharmacist. The handsome Enrico is smitten with Serafina and does everything within his power to thwart Don Annibale on his wedding night. Just when the wedding party settles down, Enrico begins interrupting the newlyweds' wedding night. He keeps ringing the bell at Don Annibale's door in different disguises with different medical problems to keep the doctor busy and away from his new bride. "Amelia Goes to the Ball," by Gian-Carlo Menotti, is a 20th-century comic opera, sung in English. Amelia is a self-centered woman whose sole desire is to go to the ball. Her husband has found a letter from her lover and confronts her with it. She finally confesses that she has been seeing the "gentleman" upstairs. In a fury, her husband looks for a gun and goes out to find her paramour. Meanwhile, Amelia warns her lover, whose solution is for them to run away together. But she says she can't elope because there's a wonderful ball that evening. When her husband finds them, there is a gentlemanly debate that escalates into a struggle, and the lover knocks out Amelia's husband. When the police arrive, Amelia betrays her lover, who is carted off to jail. Amelia's husband is left for dead, and Amelia gleefully goes to the ball with the handsome police chief. Thursday-Saturday, May 8-10--Spring Student Dance Concert The University of Oregon Department of Dance will present "Spring Break," the 1997 Spring Student Dance Concert. Each performance begins at 8 p.m. in the Dougherty Dance Theatre in the Gerlinger Annex, 1484 University St. on the UO campus. Tickets, available at the door, are $5 general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens. This year's concert, choreographed by graduate and undergraduate students, features dances that explore themes of playfulness, community and entertainment. For further information, contact the UO Department of Dance, (541) 346-3386. -30- #P-2205/A&E