EUGENE–Three concerts featuring chamber music, original compositions and various forms of percussion are scheduled this week at the University of Oregon School of Music, 961 E. 18th Ave.

For more information, call the music school weekdays at (541) 346-5678. To confirm concert times and other information, call GuardLine from a Touch-Tone phone at 485-2000, ext. 2533, for a taped message of the week’s events.

The Pacific Trio, one of the UO School of Music’s resident faculty ensembles, will give a Chamber Music Series concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th Ave.

Reserved-seat tickets range from $8 to $22 and are available in advance from the Hult Center at (541) 682-5000. Student rush tickets will be sold at the door for $5 and $9.

Violinist Kathryn Lucktenberg, cellist Steven Pologe and pianist Victor Steinhardt will perform three selections: "Trio in C Minor" by Johannes Brahms, "Piano Trio on Popular Irish Folk Tunes" by Frank Martin and "Trio" by Victor Steinhardt.

A free talk by local pianist-composer Art Maddox will precede the concert at 7:15 p.m. in Room 198 of the Music Building. Maddox will offer insights and recorded examples from the repertoire on the program.

The Pacific Trio, in addition to concerts on the UO campus, has appeared throughout the western United States as well as presenting concerts in Wyoming, Hawaii and Taiwan.

Lucktenberg studied at the Curtis Institute of Music where she completed high school and earned her Bachelor of Music degree. In 1979, she made her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Within a year after graduation from Curtis, she joined the Honolulu Symphony as concertmaster. During her 11 years in Hawaii, she was also a member of the Honolulu Symphony String Quartet and served on the faculty at the University of Hawaii. She has been on the UO music faculty since 1993.

Pologe joined the UO music faculty in 1993, coming from the Honolulu Symphony, where he had been principal cellist for 13 years. Pologe 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. As a composer, Steinhardt has received nationwide recognition for his chamber music and solo piano works.

The Oregon Composers Forum, under the direction of Associate Professor Robert Kyr, will perform a wide variety of new music by graduate composition students at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Admission is free.

Charles Dowd and members of the Oregon Percussion Ensemble will lead a special children’s concert titled "Drum Magic." The one-hour program begins 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 Oregon Percussion Ensemble will perform a wide selection of drumming styles from around the world, including Brazilian samba, Cuban salsa, African balafon, British rock and American jazz. Also on the program is a classical marimba ensemble, some drumming from the Revolutionary War era, and a drum corps drumline.

Some audience participation has been built into the program as well.

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.

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