MUSICAL FOOLERY, SINGERS TO PERFORM AT BEALL HALL
March 23, 1999
Contact Scott Barkhurst (541) 346-1163 or John R. Crosiar 346-3135
EUGENE–A benefit concert filled with zany antics and an honors recital by award-winning singers 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.
Monday, April 5–April Fool Concert: Benefit for Willamette Wildlife Rehab Center
UO music students will present an April Fool’s concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th Ave. The concert is a benefit for the Willamette Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.
Suggested donation is $3 general admission and $2 for students.
Works of silly performance art, musical parodies and other special arrangements are planned, with audience participation in a few works, "Snowstorm No. 2" and Alex Kelly’s "Burp Song." One of the "headliners" is the Philip Crass Ensemble performing "Le Beavaux et le Butthead: An Oratorio," with Tom Trent as Beavaux and David Ozab as Butthead.
Also included is a performance of John Cage’s 4’33’’ (four minutes, 33 seconds), arranged by Jason Palmer and Dima Gharaibeh, with Lily Barmor as the pianist; "5 Brief Ideas to Save Network Television" by Chris Randall, with Alex Kelly and Odessa Schneider; performance art by Elyzabeth Meade; and zany, kicky fugues by Huck Hodge and Geoff Wooden.
Saturday, April 10–National Association of Teachers of Singing: Honors Recital
Winners of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Cascade Chapter, annual competition will give an honors recital at 7 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Admission is free and the recital is open to the public.
The chapter’s annual competition includes high school, college and other adult singers of all ages from western and central Oregon and southwestern Washington. The emphasis is not upon selecting one "winner," but on providing constructive criticism in writing to each singer.
Outstanding singers from each division, including musical theater, will perform in the honors recital. The singers also will receive cash awards recognizing outstanding achievement.
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