Acclaimed brass quintet to visit UO.Byline: The Register-Guard UO SCHOOL OF MUSIC A prestigious brass quintet A brass quintet is a five-piece musical ensemble composed of brass instruments. The most common instrumentation is two trumpets or cornets, one French horn, one trombone, and one tuba or bass trombone. heads the list of three concerts in the coming week at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. School of Music and Dance, 961 E. 18th Ave. University Opera Ensemble Saturday, Beall Hall The University Opera ensemble, which includes graduate and undergraduate voice students, will perform scenes from both traditional and contemporary operas at 8 p.m. in Beall Hall. Charles Turley directs. Scenes on the program include those from from W.A. Mozart's `Magic Flute,' Benjamin Britten's `Albert Herring' and Douglas Moore's `The Battle of Baby Doe.' The scenes will be performed with piano accompaniment and simple costuming. Tickets are $7 at the door ($5 for students and seniors). Center City Brass Quintet Sunday, Beall Hall The UO Chamber Music Series presents the Center City Brass Quintet at 3 p.m. The program includes `Fire Dance' by Anthony DiLorenzo, George Gershwin's `Suite from Porgy porgy (pôr`gē), common name for members of the Sparidae, a family of small-mouthed fishes with strong teeth adapted for crushing their food of shellfish and crustaceans. and Bess,' Victor Ewald's `Quintet No. 1,'' Anthony Plog's `Four Sketches for Brass,' and selections from Leonard Bernstein's `On the Town' and Ingolf Dahl's `Music for Brass Instruments.' The quintet is composed of two members of the Cleveland Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra, one of the foremost orchestras in the United States. It gave its first performance in 1918 under Nikolai Sokoloff, who was conductor until 1933. In 1931, the orchestra moved from the Cleveland Masonic Temple into Severance Hall. , and three musicians Three Musicians is the title of two similar oil paintings by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. They were both completed in 1921 in the Synthetic Cubist style. One version is currently displayed in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City; the other is found in the who have held positions with the San Francisco Symphony  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , Utah Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra, founded 1900 by Fritz Scheel, who was its conductor until his death in 1907. Scheel was followed by Karl Pohlig (1907–12). Under the leadership (1912–38) of Leopold Stokowski, the orchestra became one of the world's finest . The groups plays classical brass quintet repertoire but also turns out original arrangements of popular favorites by Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and others. Reserved seat tickets range from $13 to $32. Call the Hult Center box office, 682-5000, or the EMU ticket office, 346-4363. The concert will be preceded by a free talk at 2 p.m. in Room 198 of the music school. Campus Orchestra, Campus Band Wednesday, Beall Hall The UO's Campus Orchestra and Campus Band will play a free concert at 8 p.m. Campus Band, led by Timothy Paul, will perform `Cajun Folk Songs' by Frank Ticheli, `Overture for Winds' by Charles Carter and `Manhattan Beach March' by John Philip Sousa, among others. Campus Orchestra, directed by Dijana Ihas, will play `Chacony in G Minor for Strings' by Henry Purcell, and `Suite for Strings' by John Rutter. |
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