EUGENE–Music ranging from brass chamber repertoire and choral selections of the 1600s to avant-garde percussion works and traditional jazz are on tap for audiences attending the six concerts 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.

The Oregon Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Associate Professor Robert Ponto, will give its winter concert at 2:30 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th Ave. Tickets, available at the door, are $5 general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens.

The program includes "Lincolnshire Posy" by Percy Grainger, "Divertimento" by Vincent Persichetti, "Suite Française" by Darius Milhaud, "Hammersmith" by Gustav Holst and "Three City Blocks" by John Harbison.

The University Singers and Collegium Musicum will perform 17th-century choral selections at 7 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Tickets, available at the door, are $5 general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens.

The University Singers, directed by Associate Professor Richard Clark, will perform with the Collegium singers and instrumental accompanists on a Bach cantata and on "Miserere in C Minor" by Jan Dismas Zelenka.

The Collegium Musicum, led by Assistant Professor Marc Vanscheeuwijck, will perform "Sonata in D Major" by Giuseppe Torelli and "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3" by J.S. Bach.

The Oregon Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Professor Charles Dowd, will perform avant-garde classical 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. The ensemble, which features 15 multi-percussionists and a large array of percussion instruments from around the world, has been broadcast worldwide by WGBH Boston. In 1996 it was nominated for the Laurel Leaf Award by the American Composers Alliance.

The featured guest artist on the program is Eugene Symphony concertmaster Leslie Sawyer, who will perform on electric violin for the West Coast premiere of "Lex" by Michigan composer Michael Daugherty. "Lex" refers to Lex Luthor of Superman fame; the piece is the first of several by Daugherty built around the Superman/Metropolis legend.

Other selections on the program receiving their West Coast premieres are "Linear Constructions in Space" by Polish composer Marta Ptaszynska and "Raptures of Undream" by Bruce Hamilton of Seattle.

Nevada percussionist Tracy Freeze will be featured on "In Ancient Temple Gardens" by William Cahn, and UO Graduate Teaching Fellow Sean Wagoner will perform "Concerto for Percussion" by Darius Milhaud.

The Trombones de Costa Rica, an acclaimed quartet on tour in Oregon, will give a free performance at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Their Oregon tour is supported in part by Partners of the Americas, a private, non-profit volunteer organization in grass roots development work in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Admission to the concert is free, but free-will donations will be accepted to support Partners of the Americas’ Hurricane Mitch Relief Fund. All proceeds from this concert will go directly to support reconstruction in local communities in Honduras.

The Trombones de Costa Rica, founded in 1991, has developed into one of the finest brass chamber music ensembles in this hemisphere. The quartet is the resident ensemble at the University of Costa Rica School of Music and the National Theater of Costa Rica.

In 1997 the quartet won the National Prize of Music in Costa Rica. They have made many national TV appearances in Central America.

The UO Men’s Chorus and Women’s Chorus will share a concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Admission is free.

The Women’s Chorus, conducted by Graduate Teaching Fellow Misook Yun, will sing "Elijah Rock" by Jester Hairston, "Lauda Jerusalem" by Niccola Porpora, "In These Delightful, Pleasant Groves" by Henry Purcell, and a sacred piece by Giuseppe Verdi.

The Men’s Chorus, conducted by Graduate Teaching Fellow Genaro Mendez, will sing "The Water is Wide" (traditional folksong), "Ave Maria" by Franz Biebl and "Verdi Prati" by George Frederick Handel.

The Oregon Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Bands will present a full evening of jazz selections 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 program will include Clare Fischer’s "Guarabe," Dan Gailey’s "What Did You Dream?" and several selections by the great Duke Ellington, including "Black and Tan Fantasy," "Concerto for Cootie" and "Things Ain’t What They Used to Be."

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