EUGENE–Five concerts showcasing music for oboe, flute and violin, as well as original compositions and jazz in a variety of forms are 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.

Oboe professor J. Robert Moore will be joined by a half dozen of his colleagues in a Faculty Artist Series recital at 4 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th Ave. Tickets, available at the door, are $7 general admission and $4 for students and senior citizens.

Selections on the program will include "Sonata in G Minor for Oboe and Harpsichord" by J. S. Bach; "Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Contrabass" by Serge Prokofiev; and two pieces by UO Professor Victor Steinhardt: "Tango for Oboe and Piano" and "Trio for Oboe, Viola and Cello."

Appearing on the concert with Moore will be Barbara Baird, harpsichord; Kathryn Lucktenberg, violin; Leslie Straka, viola; Steven Pologe, cello; Forrest Moyer, bass; Wayne Bennett, clarinet; and Victor Steinhardt, piano.

Moore, a member of the UO music faculty since 1975, holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in oboe performance from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Robert Sprenkle.

Moore has been a recitalist, chamber musician and orchestral musician throughout the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Hungary and Cyprus. He has performed extensively with the Eugene Ballet, Chamber Music Northwest, the Oregon Bach Festival, Cascade Music Festival, Oregon Mozart Players, Oregon Woodwind Quintet, Eugene Symphony and Eugene Opera.

Outside the United States, Moore played three recitals in Taiwan in 1994, including one at the National Recital Hall in Taipei. In 1995, he played two concerts of music for oboe and strings at the Conservatoire Claude Debussy in Paris. In 1996, he played three recitals in Hungary with pianist Barbara González-Palmer.

The Oregon Composers Forum will present a concert of new music by UO composition majors at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Admission is free.

Selections include a flute duet, "Les Deux" by Mindra Calabrese; "Reunion" for violin and piano by Timothy Njoora; and several works for mixed ensemble by Jeffrey Radcliffe, Elyzabeth Meade, Daniel Heila, Rebecca Oswald and Jared Burrows, performed by the Hundredth Monkey Ensemble.

Flute students of Associate Professor Richard Trombley will give a class recital 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 repertoire ranges from traditional classical selections to virtuosic masterpieces: "Airs de Ballet" by Saint-Saens, "Scherzino" by Andersen, "Sicilienne" and "Pavanne" by Faure, "Concertino" by Chaminade, "Carmen Fantasy" by Borne, "Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy" by Doppler, "Grand Polonaise in D Major" by Boehm and the popular "Carnival of Venice."

Performers include Kristen Halay, Natalie Haworth-Liu, Jessica Sprick, Debbra McAndrews, Jasmine Loomis, Paul Wu, Vickie Eccleston, Nonie Bernard, Diane Hawkins, Elizabeth Hoffman, LeeAnn Sterling and Mindy Calabrese.

Jazz bassist David Friesen will be the featured guest artist along with jazz pianist Gary Versace and UO jazz combos at "The Jazz Café" beginning at 8 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge at Gerlinger Hall, 1468 University St.

Tickets, available at the door, are $5 general admission and $3 for students and seniors. Light food and beverages will be available for purchase during the evening.

The program will include not only music by familiar jazz artists, but also original material by Friesen and Versace, as well as arrangements by student composers.

Friesen, a Portland bassist, has long had a talent for adapting himself to different styles of jazz. He has played straight-ahead jazz in bands with everybody from sax player Stan Getz to trumpeter Art Farmer, as well as playing gigs with Ted Curson, Billy Harper, Duke Jordan, Joe Henderson, George Adams, John Stowell, Mal Waldron, Paul Hom, Airto Moreira, Uwe Kropinski, Denny Zeitlin and others. He has played a vast array of genres, ranging from free jazz to improvisational to contemporary jazz.

Friesen has released and/or appeared on some 60 records during a career that spans three decades as one of the top bassists in jazz. Among his recordings are "Departure," a good combination of Afro-Latin-jazz and chamber music; "Amber Skies," which has him doing quasi-classical, light pop and more conventional jazz; and "1, 2, 3," considered to be one of his best recordings.

Young violinists in the local Suzuki Violin Program will present a children’s concert titled "Suzuki Spectacular." The one-hour program will begin 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.

The program will feature youngsters ages 3—10 years performing music ranging from "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to minuets by Bach and Beethoven, as well as an introduction to all the instruments in the string family. The program also includes instruction on audience etiquette for the concert hall.

The UO Suzuki Violin Program was founded in 1997 as part of the School of Music’s Community Music Institute, an outreach program offering lessons in strings, piano and voice. Under the direction of Adjunct Instructor Shelley Rich, the Suzuki program currently has 80 violin and viola students enrolled and is fast becoming a regional center for Suzuki-related activities.

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