School of Music Jan. 13, 1998 Contact Scott Barkhurst (541) 346-1163 or John R. Crosiar 346-3135 EUGENE--Animated music for kids, duos for cello and piano and a pair of free student ensemble performances comprise the four concert offerings set 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, Jan. 24--Children's Concert Series: Animal Friends and Fables UO horn professor Ellen Campbell will lead a children's concert titled "Animal Friends and Fables." The one-hour program begins at 10:30 a.m. in Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th Ave. Tickets, available at the door, are $3 for adults, $2 for children and students or $5 for a family. Selections on the program include "Circus Suite," "Aesop's Fables" with music and a narrator, and the story of Bingo the Dog--an audience-participation piece with toy instruments. Assisting Campbell on the program are Assistant Professor Sid Haton, piano, and Assistant Professor Janet Stewart, narrator. Campbell's eight-year-old son Neill will accompany her in a Bach minuet for horn and piano. Pre-concert music will be provided by the Middle School Horn Club of Eugene. The Children's Concert Series, subtitled "Lively Music for Young Listeners," is designed to present children ages 5-12 with a variety of interesting listening experiences, and to expose them to a broad musical spectrum that they might not otherwise encounter. Sunday, Jan. 25--Faculty Artist Series: Steven Pologe and Victor Steinhardt Cellist Steven Pologe and pianist Victor Steinhardt will be featured in a Faculty Artist Series recital at 4 p.m. in Beall Hall. Tickets, available at the door, are $7 general admission and $4 for students and senior citizens. The program contains three selections: "Sonata for Cello and Piano" by Cesar Franck, "Suite No. 3 for Solo Cello" by J.S. Bach, and "Le Grand Tango for Cello and Piano" by Astor Piazzolla. Pologe joined the UO music faculty in 1993, coming from the Honolulu Symphony, where he had been principal cellist for 13 years. He received his professional degrees from the Eastman School of Music and from the Juilliard School. Pologe has played with the Rochester and Buffalo philharmonics and the Brooklyn Philharmonia, and he has served as principal cellist with the New York String Ensemble, Rome Festival Orchestra, Aspen Chamber Orchestra and Philharmonic Symphony of Westchester. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, and in Italy and Sweden. Steinhardt is professor of piano at the University of Oregon. One of this area's most popular and acclaimed pianists, he has been a featured artist at the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival in California, the Sun Valley Music Festival in Idaho, the Chamber Music Northwest Series in Portland, Bargemusic chamber series in New York, the Mohawk Trail Concerts in Massachusetts, and the Oregon Bach Festival. Wednesday, Jan. 28--The Oregon Wind Ensemble and Trombone Ensemble The Oregon Wind Ensemble and UO Trombone Ensemble will give a free concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. The concert is a preview of the ensembles' performances for the Oregon Music Educators Conference, being held in Eugene this weekend. The Trombone Ensemble, directed by Associate Professor Jeffrey Williams, will perform both classical and popular selections, including "No More Blues," "Georgia On My Mind," "Fugue in G Minor" and "Suite for Four Trombones." The Oregon Wind Ensemble, conducted by Associate Professor Robert Ponto, will present "A Movement for Rosa" by Mark Camphouse, "Jericho" by Morton Gould and the world premiere of "Another Look at the Sky" by Graduate Teaching Fellow Rob Hutchinson. Thursday, Jan. 29--The University Symphony The University Symphony, under the direction of Professor Wayne Bennett, will give a free concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. The concert is a preview of the symphony's performance for the Oregon Music Educators Conference, being held in Eugene this weekend. The program includes "Ex Libris" by Portland composer Tomas Svoboda, "Fetes" from "Nocturnes" by Claude Debussy, and "Roman Carnival Overture" by Hector Berlioz. -30- #P-2117/A&E