School of Music Feb. 24, 1998 Contact Scott Barkhurst (541) 346-1163 or John R. Crosiar 346-3135 EUGENE--Variety marks the eight concerts slated this week at the University of Oregon School of Music, 961 E. 18th Ave., with performers ranging from a renowned string duo and an accomplished trombonist to high-tech composers and eclectic jazz musicians. 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. Friday, March 6--The Jazz Café UO student jazz combos will perform at "The Jazz Café" at 8 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge of Gerlinger Hall, 1468 University St. Tickets, available at the door, are $5 general admission and $3 for students and seniors. Light snacks and beverages will be available for purchase during the evening. The program will include not only music by familiar jazz composers, but also a variety of original material and arrangements by UO students. A special guest ensemble, the Evidence Trio, will also appear on the program. The Evidence Trio is composed of former UO music students Scott Hall, saxophone; Sean Oldham, drums; and Dan Gildea, guitar. The trio combines standard jazz repertoire with original compositions. The Jazz Café was created in 1995 to provide the jazz combos more of a cabaret atmosphere than the formal setting of Beall Concert Hall. The concert is co-sponsored by the EMU Cultural Forum. Saturday, March 7--Children's Concert Series: "High-Voltage Music" Electronic keyboards and other high-tech music-making devices will be demonstrated in the final program of this year's Children's Concert Series. Two performances of the program are scheduled: the first at 10:30 a.m. and the second at 11:30 a.m., both in Room 198, adjacent to Beall Hall in the Music Building, 961 E. 18th Ave. Tickets, available at the door, are $3 for adults, $2 for children and students, or $5 for a family ticket. The program is a "child-friendly" introduction to the world of electronic music, including various computers, synthesizers and sound-generating software. Graduate student Bill Campbell and four other music students will demonstrate the various electronic devices, including voice sampling and an interactive multimedia piece that shows how composers can "paint" with sound. Saturday, March 7--Future Music Oregon Future Music Oregon (FMO), the School of Music's computer music center, will give a concert at 8 p.m. in Room 198 of the Music Building. Tickets, available at the door, are $5 general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens. Among the compositions to be presented are new works created in the Future Music Oregon studios for live-performance instruments, real-time computer graphic animation, Yamaha Disklavier and amplified violin. Under the direction of Associate Professor Jeffrey Stolet, composers working in the FMO studios have been extremely successful at having their works presented at national and international computer music events. Sunday, March 8--University Percussion Ensemble The University Percussion Ensemble, directed by Sean Wagoner, will perform at noon in Room 198 of the Music Building. Tickets, available at the door, are $5 general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens. Five works will be performed: "Quintet for Mallet Percussion" by Serge de Gastyne, "Minuano (6/8)" by Pat Matheny and Lyle Mays, "Three Etudes for Marimba" by Gordon Stout and transcriptions of Bach's "Fantasia in C Minor" and Telemann's "Concerto in D Major." Sunday, March 8--University Choral Ensembles The University Singers, Chamber Choir and Collegium Musicum will join forces for a special choral concert at 6 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Tickets, available at the door, are $5 general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens. The program will feature Charles Theodore Pachelbel's "Magnificat" for double choir and continuo, a Bach motet for double choir and instruments, a Bach cantata and the spectacular poly-choral "Missa Scala Aretina" by 18th-century composer Francisco Valls. The University Singers are directed by Richard Clark, the Chamber Choir is directed by Mark Beudert, and the Collegium Musicum is directed by Marc Vanscheeuwijck. All are members of the UO music faculty. Tuesday, March 10--Chamber Music Series: Ani and Ida Kavafian The celebrated violin-viola duo of Ani and Ida Kavafian will be featured in a Chamber Music Series concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Reserved-seat tickets range from $8 to $22, available in advance from the Hult Center at 682-5000. Student rush tickets will be sold at the door for $5 and $9. Pianist Jonathan Feldman will accompany the Kavafian sisters on "Sonata for Two Violins and Piano" by Martinu, "Suite in G Minor for Two Violins and Piano" by Moszkowski, "Trio in E-flat Major" by Mozart, "Navarra for Two Violins and Piano" by Pablo Sarasate and "Oh them rats is mean in my kitchen" by Stephen Hartke. The concert will be preceded by a free lecture at 7:15 p.m. in Room 198 of the music school, offering insights and recorded excerpts from selections on the program. Ani and Ida Kavafian share a rare family gift for musical virtuosity. Born in Istanbul of Armenian parentage and raised in the United States, both enjoy distinguished solo careers across North America and abroad. In their special limited appearances together, the Kavafian sisters have graced the stages of such major concert halls as the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. They have performed with such orchestras as the Pittsburgh, Detroit and Cincinnati symphonies, toured the Far East and performed at the White House on three occasions. They perform individually and jointly at such renowned music festivals as the Santa Fe, Spoleto, Bravo!, Colorado and Mostly Mozart. Feldman has performed on four continents with some of the world's greatest instrumentalists. Among these have been the legendary Nathan Milstein, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Zara Nelsova and Kyung Wha Chung. He also enjoys an active solo career, performing in recitals throughout the United States and Europe and with orchestras such as the Boston Pops, Orchestra da Camera, West Islip Symphony and the Mystic Valley Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Feldman appears in concert regularly with members of the New York Philharmonic Chamber Ensembles. Wednesday, March 11--UO Symphonic Band and Campus Band The UO Symphonic Band and Campus Band will present their winter term concert 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 Symphonic Band, conducted by Assistant Professor Sid Haton and Graduate Teaching Fellow Timothy Reynolds, will perform "Cenotaph" by Jack Stamp, "Emperata Overture" by Claude Smith, "Laude" by Howard Hanson and an original symphony for band titled "Slavyanskaya" by Russian composer Boris Kozhevnikov. The Campus Band, conducted by Timothy Reynolds, will play "Original Suite" by Gordon Jacob, "The Belle of the Ball" by John Phillip Sousa and "Dinosaurs" by Daniel Bukvich. Thursday, March 12--Faculty Artist Series: Jeffrey Williams and Gregory Mason Trombonist Jeffrey Williams will give a Faculty Artist 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. Williams' program includes "Sonatina for Trombone and Piano" by Kazimierz Serocki, "Concerto for Trombone" by Henri Tomasi, "Sonata Concertante for Trombone and Piano" by Walter Hartley and "Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone" by Francis Poulenc. Williams will be accompanied by pianist Gregory Mason on the first three selections, and joined by Ellen Campbell, horn, and George Recker, trumpet, on the final selection. All are members of the UO music faculty. Williams received his bachelor's degree from North Texas State University, his master's from the University of Illinois and his doctorate from North Texas State University. He has been a member of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, the Fort Worth Symphony, Fort Worth Opera Orchestra and the American Wind Symphony. He has been principal trombonist of the Eugene Symphony since 1980 and a member of the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra since 1981. Prior to joining the UO faculty in 1980, Williams taught at Miami and Southwest Texas State universities and in the public schools of Garland and Richardson, Texas. -30- #P-2129/A&E