School of Music Feb. 17, 1998 Contact Scott Barkhurst (541) 346-1163 or John R. Crosiar 346-3135 EUGENE--Concert audiences can hear repertoire ranging from early-music vocal works and string quartet variations to avant-garde classical percussion chamber music in five concerts and a string bass workshop scheduled this week at 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-hours-a-day taped message of the week's events. Saturday, Feb. 28--Double Bass Day UO double bass instructor Forrest Moyer and guest artist Jeff Bradetich will oversee an all-day workshop for double bass players. The day's activities begin at 10 a.m. in Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th Ave. Registration is $10 in advance, or $12 at the door. The workshop, designed for players of all ages, will culminate in a concert in which participants will perform with the two faculty members. For more information, contact Forrest Moyer, 345-4755. Moyer is the classical string bass instructor at the School of Music. He is also principal bass with the Oregon Festival of American Music and assistant principal bass in the Eugene Symphony, and has been a member of the Oregon Bach Festival orchestra since 1984. Regarded as one of the leading performers and teachers of the double bass in the United States today, Bradetich has performed more than 350 concerts on three continents and has won many major solo competitions. He began his musical studies in Eugene, performing in the Eugene public school orchestra program, and during his years at Churchill High School, his private teacher was UO Professor Emeritus Robert Hladky. Bradetich received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Northwestern University. As executive director of the International Society of Bassists (ISB) from 1982-1990, Bradetich established the ISB International Conventions, ISB Solo Competition, ISB Endowment Fund and ISB magazine. He has taught on the faculties of the Interlochen Arts Academy, University of Michigan, Northwestern University, and since 1994, the University of North Texas, where he is director of the largest double bass program in the world. Saturday, Feb. 28--Faculty Artist Series: Oregon String Quartet/Variations Members of the Oregon String Quartet and guest artist Jeff Bradetich will give a concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Hall. Tickets, available at the door, are $7 general admission and $4 for students and senior citizens. The concert will feature members of the quartet in various combinations along with Bradetich and pianist Gregory Mason. Their performance will include "Two short pieces for viola and piano" by Frank Bridge, "Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola" by Antonin Dvorak, "Duo for Viola and Cello" by Walter Piston, and "Lucy and the Count" (for string quartet and bass) by Jon Deak. The latter work is a sort of musical drama, with each of the five musicians representing a character from the legend of Count Dracula; though a narrator provides some introduction, the five musicians--in costume--"speak" through their instruments. Members of the Oregon String Quartet include violinists Kathryn Lucktenberg and Lawrence Maves, violist Leslie Straka and cellist Steven Pologe. Sunday, March 1--University Symphony with Jeff Bradetich and Kathryn Lucktenberg The University Symphony, under the baton of Professor Wayne Bennett, will perform at 1:30 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall, along with two featured artists, violinist Kathryn Lucktenberg and bassist Jeff Bradetich. Tickets, available at the door, are $5 general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens. Doublebass guest artist Jeff Bradetich will be featured with the orchestra in "Fantasy for Doublebass and Orchestra" by Frank Proto and in "Prayer" by Ernst Bloch. Bradetich and UO faculty violinist Kathryn Lucktenberg will be featured in "Grand Duo for Doublebass, Violin and Orchestra," by Bottesini. The University Symphony also will play "Variations on a Theme of Haydn" by Brahms, "Ex Libris" by Tomas Svoboda and "Fetes" from "Nocturnes" by Debussy. Monday, March 2--The Oregon Percussion Ensemble Percussionist Charles Dowd will conduct the Oregon Percussion Ensemble in a concert of contemporary and avant-garde classical percussion chamber works at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Tickets, available at the door, are $5 general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens. The Oregon Percussion Ensemble is one of the premier contemporary ensembles on the West Coast, specializing in avant-garde classical percussion chamber music. The ensemble has been broadcast worldwide by WGBH Boston and in 1996 was nominated for the Laurel Leaf Award of the American Composers Alliance in New York. The concert will include the West Coast premiere of "Anima" by award-winning New York composer Thomas Wiprud, who will attend the concert to speak about his piece. Also on the program is a new choral-percussion orchestration of "Dry Your Tears, Afrika!" by John Williams from the Steven Spielberg motion picture "Amistad." The arrangement will feature the Percussion Ensemble and the University Gospel Ensemble. Other percussion works to be performed include "Take That" by William Albright, "Ogoun Badagris" by Christopher Rouse, "African Welcome Piece" by Michael Udow and "Incidental Music No. 15" by Charles Dowd. African drummer Don Addison also will appear as special guest. Wednesday, March 4--Vanguard Series: Tapestry performing Music of Hildegard The early-music vocal ensemble Tapestry will give a Vanguard Series concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Hall. Tickets, available at the door, are $7 general admission and $4 for students and senior citizens. The concert is part of a four-day series of events on campus celebrating the 900th anniversary of the birth of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179). The concert will feature music from Tapestry's 1997 compact disc, "Celestial Light," which contains a variety of songs by Hildegard, as well as a cycle of motets by UO Associate Professor Robert Kyr based on texts of Hildegard. The concert will be preceded by a free lecture by Assistant Professor Susan Boynton at 7 p.m. in Beall Hall. Hildegard of Bingen is recognized as the first great composer in the Western tradition. A Benedictine who became Abbess of Rupertsberg, Hildegard is known for her diplomatic activities in religious and political circles, her musical compositions, her poetry and other writings which dealt with both religious and secular topics--including science and medicine. She was consulted by persons in all walks of life, including popes, emperors, kings and archbishops. The four women of Tapestry come from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, combining their talents to create new interpretations of medieval chant and polyphony, and to collaborate with contemporary composers in the creation of new works. The group has made its mark through its distinctive experiments with vocal color and its use of movement to explore the acoustical possibilities of traditional and non-traditional performance spaces. Based in Boston, the ensemble was founded in 1994 by director Laurie Monahan, along with Cristi Catt, Sandra Morales-Ramirez and Daniela Tosic. Each of Tapestry's members brings unique contributions to the ensemble. Monahan, a performer and teacher of early music for more than 20 years, is a founding member of Ensemble Project Ars Nova and has collaborated in other recordings of Hildegard's music. Catt, a soprano, has a background in theater, narrative and movement. Mezzo-soprano Moralez-Ramirez draws on her heritage in Latin dancing and percussion. Tosic, an alto trained in the Slavic vocal tradition, also has a background in calligraphy. The concert is co-sponsored by the Oregon Humanities Center, the Committee for Musical Arts and Celestial Seasonings. For information on the Hildegard concert or other campus events surrounding the Hildegard celebration, contact Susan Boynton, 346-3748. Thursday, March 5--UO Women's Chorus, Men's Chorus The UO Women's Chorus and UO Men's Chorus will share a concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Hall. Admission is free and the public is welcome. The Women's Chorus, directed by Graduate Teaching Fellow Jeanie Neven, will sing "Missa Brevis" by Benjamin Britten, "Three Madrigals" by Ernst Krenek, "Song for the Mira" by Allister MacGillivray and a Scottish lullaby, "Dream Angus." The Men's Chorus, directed by Graduate Teaching Fellow Angelo Dias, will sing "Die Meere" by Brahms, two motets by 18th-century composer Giambatista Martini, and Beethoven's arrangement of two English folk songs with violin and cello accompaniment. -30- #P-2127/A&E