School of Music Oct. 21, 1997 Contact Scott Barkhurst (541) 346-1163 or John R. Crosiar 346-3135 EUGENE--The Northwest's largest marching band contest and piano and choral concerts highlight events 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. Saturday, Nov. 1--Festival of Bands The Northwest's top high school marching bands will fill Autzen Stadium, 2700 Centennial Blvd., for the 19th annual Festival of Bands, the largest marching band competition in the Northwest. Gates will open at 10:30 a.m. for the preliminary rounds, featuring a wide variety of music, ranging from "Star Wars" and "West Side Story" to Russian classical music. Preliminary rounds will conclude with an exhibition performance by the Oregon Marching Band at 5:45 p.m. Finals are scheduled to begin at 6:45 p.m., concluding around 9:30 p.m. with a special performance by the UO Green Garter Band. The Oregon Marching Band drum line also will give a clinic and performance before the lunch break. Awards will be given after both preliminary and final competition, with a Grand Champion trophy capping the day's event. Tickets will be available at Gate B at the stadium on performance day. All-day tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students and seniors. Tickets for those who wish to attend only the final rounds are $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Children under five will be admitted free. Wheelchair-accessible seating is provided, with a courtesy van available for the physically challenged. Parking at Autzen is free, and cars should enter from Entry 2 off of Centennial Boulevard. Concessions and souvenirs will be sold, with all proceeds benefiting the Oregon Marching Band. The Festival of Bands is the Oregon Marching Band's largest fund-raiser of the year, and it is run entirely by band members and staff. Twenty bands from the Northwest will perform. Oregon entries include bands from Aloha, Beaverton, Centennial, David Douglas, Grants Pass, Hermiston, Lebanon, McKay, McNary, North Salem, Roseburg, South Salem, Sprague, Sunset, Umatilla, Willamette and Wilson high schools. The Festival of Bands competition is divided into three competitive classes--A, AA and open--as well as one exhibition class. All bands compete in the preliminary rounds during the day. In the evening, the top 10 bands, regardless of class, compete in the finals. Everyone is encouraged to cheer on the bands and enjoy a full day of exciting music, drill and pageantry. For more information, call the UO band office at (541) 346-5670. Tuesday, Nov. 4--Faculty Artist Series: Victor Steinhardt, piano Professor Victor Steinhardt will give a piano recital as part of the Faculty Artist Series at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Tickets, available at the door, are $7 general admission and $4 for students and senior citizens. Proceeds from the concert will go to the local chapter of Phi Beta, professional fraternity for the creative and performing arts. Steinhardt's program includes Mozart's "Fantasy with Fugue in C Major," Debussy's "Ballade" and "Nocturne," Chopin's "Sonata in B Minor," and "Eighteen Pieces in the Form of a Limerick" by Steinhardt himself. 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. He has recorded "Songs of Bartók and Kodaly" with soprano Elizabeth Sauderberg; "Scenes From Adolescence" for flute, violin, clarinet, cello and piano by David Schiff; "An American Sampler" (ragtime music) with trombonist Stuart Dempster; and music of Robert Fuchs with his violinist-violist brother, Arnold Steinhardt. Steinhardt also has received nationwide recognition for his own compositions. His "Sonata Boogie" premiered at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, with subsequent performances in Detroit, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo and Eugene. His chamber music and solo piano works also have been successfully performed nationwide. Thursday, Nov. 6--UO Women's Chorus, UO Men's Chorus The UO Men's Chorus and Women's Chorus will share a concert beginning at 8 p.m. in Beall Hall. Admission is free. The Women's Chorus, directed by Graduate Teaching Fellow Jeanie Neven, will sing "Three Mountain Ballads," "The Linden Tree" by Sherri Porterfield, "Ave Verum" by Gabriel Faure and "Glorificamus Te" by Eugene Butler. The Men's Chorus, directed by Graduate Teaching Fellow Angelo Dias, will perform "Ich Liebe Dich" by Beethoven, "It Was a Lover and His Lass" by Thomas Morley and the folk song "The Water is Wide." -30- #P-2055/A&E