Tenor and bass will fill Beall Concert Hall tonight at the University Tuba Choir’s annual Octubafest.
The Tuba Choir will team up with the Oregon Tuba Ensemble, a Lane County-based Oregon Tuba Association ensemble, to present a concert featuring tubas and euphoniums.
The tubas provide bass, said Jeff Turay, Oregon Tuba Ensemble director, and the euphoniums, or baritones, are in the tenor range. It is an equivalent to a men’s choir, he said.
The Tuba Choir has invited the Oregon Tuba Ensemble to contribute to Octubafest, partly as thanks to the Oregon Tuba Association’s financial contributions to low-brass education at the University and the scholarships it offers to tuba and euphonium players. The two ensembles will perform some pieces individually and others together under the direction of Richard Frazier.
Tonight’s repertoire will highlight a few solos and duets. The Oregon Tuba Ensemble is prepared to perform a John Phillips Sousa march, “Washington Post,” and a few other pieces arranged by members of the ensemble.
Turay said the Oregon Tuba Ensemble, which is composed of about 10 musicians, occasionally performs at the University. The Tuba Choir is made up of University musicians as well as a few community members, including a couple of high school students. Each year, the ensemble prepares for two annual events: Octubafest and The Return of the Mighty Tubas of Spring.
In the spring concert, “we get to show off all the stuff we learned throughout the year,” said Tim Bott, a sophomore music composition major.
Bott said the ensemble puts tubas and baritones, the “forgotten-about instruments,” in the spotlight for a change.The concert will begin at 8 p.m. Turay expects tonight’s performance to last from 90 minutes to two hours. Tickets cost $3 for students and $5 for the general public and will be available at the door.
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Daily Emerald
October 23, 2000
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