Tucked away on the far corner of campus lies a vast range of entertainment in the University’s own School of Music and Dance. Almost every night from now until the end of the term the school will host a performance.
“We have this incredible spectrum of concerts every year,” said Scott Barkhurst, director of marketing and publications for the Music Department. “There’s something for everyone and it’s either really cheap or free.”
The School Music and Dance hosts a stunning amount of performances, Barkhurst said.
“Over the course of a year, we produce more events than any other department on campus,” said Barkhurst.
Despite this, Barkhurst said, these events are often ignored and have very low attendance.
“We seem to be invisible,” he said.
Tonight at 8 p.m., the professional vocal ensemble Cappella Romana will perform in Beall Concert Hall. Cappella Romana, based in the Pacific Northwest, specializes in Slavic and
Byzantine repertories in their original languages in an effort to make these seldom-performed pieces more accessible to the general public. The program for tonight’s performance, “The Fall of Constantinople,” will feature Latin and Greek works, including a piece written about the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, as well as Medieval and Renaissance music from Western Europe. Cappella Romana was founded in 1991 and has toured throughout the Northwest and Europe. The Cappella Romana performance is part of the School of
Music’s vanguard concert series, which seeks to bring contemporary, cutting edge and intellectually stimulating artists to the University.
“This is stuff you’re not going to hear in normal mainstream concerts,” Barkhurst said. Admission is $5 for students and $9 for general admission.
On Friday, work by composer Michael Daugherty will be performed by University music students in “Music of Michael Daugherty: A Tribute to the Eugene Symphony’s Composer-in-Residence.”
“Daugherty has made a real name for himself taking pop icons and making them into classical pieces,” Barkhurst said. “He brought classical music back to a younger audience.” Among the pieces being performed in the show is “Shaken, Not Stirred,” a tribute to James Bond movies. The show starts at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall and is $3 for students and $5 for general admission.
There are two performances on Saturday: the Community Music Institute featuring Suzuki Strings Program & Chamber Players, a free performance at 12:30 p.m. in Beall Hall, and the Oregon Jazz Ensembles, which provides a chance to see a big band jazz performance, at 8 p.m. in Beall Hall. Tickets are $3 for students and $5 general admission. The Suzuki Strings Program consists of more than 100 string players ages 3 to 17. They will perform, among other selections, music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, Fritz Seitz and Francoise Joseph Grossec .
On Monday, the School of Music and Dance will feature the Faculty Jazz Ensemble, part of its faculty artist series, featuring University School of Music alumnus and guest artist Eric Barber on saxophone.
Barber, who is from Seattle, leads his own jazz trio and chamber quartet. His influences include Balkan and Indian music. The faculty members who will be performing are Toby Koenigsberg on piano, Tyler Abbott on bass and Jason Palmer on drums. Pieces performed include original compositions by Barber and Koenigsberg as well as works by Thelonious Monk, Lennie Tristano, Kenny Wheeler and Keith Jarrett . The show starts at 8 p.m. in room 178 in the music building and is $5 for students and $9 for general admission.
The Oregon Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band will play Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Beall Hall. Admission is $3 for students and $5 for general admission.
The Yale Symphony Orchestra will make a guest appearance while on its tour of the Pacific Northwest as a part of the vanguard concert series on Thursday. The program features contemporary classical compositions; among these is a piece by Robert Kyr, a member of the University’s faculty. The show starts at 8 p.m. in Beall Hall and admission is $5 for students and $9 for general admission.
For more information on upcoming events at the School of Music and Dance, visit music.uoregon.edu.
A wide variety of music awaits listeners on University campus
Daily Emerald
May 17, 2006
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