Choir to visit; children will perform.Byline: The Register-Guard Six concerts are coming up 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, 961 E. 18th Ave., including an appearance today by the professional vocal chamber ensemble Cappella Romana Cappella Romana is a vocal ensemble founded in 1991 in Portland, Oregon. Its name, meaning "Roman Chapel", refers to the medieval Greek concept of the Roman oikoumene (inhabited world), which embraced Rome and Western Europe, as well as the Byzantine Empire of Constantinople ("New . Cappella Romana Today, Beall Hall The Northwest-based vocal ensemble Cappella Romana will give a concert titled `The Fall of Constantinople' at 8 p.m. tonight in Beall Hall. Cappella Romana explores the musical traditions of the Christian West and East, with an emphasis on early and contemporary music. "The Fall of Constantinople Fall of Constantinople associated with end of Middle Ages (1453). [Eur. Hist.: Bishop, 398] See : Turning Point " is a program of Latin and Greek works reflecting the medieval twilight of the eastern Roman Empire. Music to be performed includes Byzantine chants, Latin ceremonial motets and two haunting laments commemorating the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks The Ottoman Turks were the subdivision of the Ottoman Muslim Millet that dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. The ruling class is covered under Ottoman Dynasty. in 1453: Guillaume DuFay's "Ecclesiae Militantis" and a piece by Manuel Chrysaphes, court musician to the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Constantine XI, Byzantine emperor Constantine XI (Constantine Palaeologus), d. 1453, last Byzantine emperor (1449–53), brother and successor of John VIII. . Founded in 1991, Cappella Romana tours regularly and made its European debut in 2004 at the Byzantine Festival in London. Tickets are $9 ($5 for students and senior citizens) at the door. UO Ensembles: Music of Michael Daugherty
Michael Daugherty (born April 28, 1954 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American composer. Friday, Beall Hall The School of Music will salute Eugene Symphony The Eugene Symphony is an American orchestra based in Eugene, Oregon. Its home venue is the Silva Concert Hall at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts. Approximately 22,000 people attend Eugene Symphony's classical and pops concert performances each year. Orchestra's composer-in-residence Michael Daugherty with a program of his music at 8 p.m. Friday in Beall Concert Hall. Two ensembles and a bassoon bassoon (băs  n`), double-reed woodwind instrument that plays in the bass and tenor registers. Its 8-ft (2.4-m) conical tube is bent double, the instrument thus being about 4 ft (1. duo will be featured: The Oregon Wind
Ensemble will perform "Niagara Falls Niagara Falls, waterfall, United States and CanadaNiagara Falls, in the Niagara River, W N.Y. and S Ont., Canada; one of the most famous spectacles in North America. The falls are on the international line between the cities of Niagara Falls, N.Y. " and "Bells for Stokowski," the latter a tribute to the famed conductor Leopold Stokowski. Bassoonists A list of bassoonists who have articles about them on Wikipedia, or who should have articles written about them. See also: American bassoonists
Tickets are $5 ($3 for students and senior citizens) at the door. Suzuki Strings and Chamber Players Saturday, Beall Hall More than 100 young string players between the ages of 3 and 17 from the UO's Community Music Institute will give a spring concert titled `Violafest' at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Beall Hall. Admission is free and the public is invited. The musicians are part of the Suzuki Strings and Chamber Players program under the direction of Judy Weigert Bossuat, assisted by a dozen string teachers from the community and the music school's violin/viola pedagogy program. The concert will include selections by J.S. Bach, Georg Telemann, Friedrich Seitz, Francois-Joseph Gossec, plus several folk songs and other special arrangements for young musicians. UO Jazz Ensembles Saturday, Beall Hall The Oregon Jazz Ensemble and two Jazz Lab bands will present an evening of instrumental jazz at 8 p.m. Saturday in Beall Concert Hall. Selections include `Bird Count' by Maria Schneider, `Inside Out' by Matt Harris, `A Little Minor Booze' by Willie Maiden, `Cottontail' by Duke Ellington and others. Tickets are $5 ($3 for students and senior citizens) at the door. Saxophonist Eric Barber Monday, Music School Room 178 Seattle jazz saxophonist-composer Eric Barber will join members of the UO jazz faculty in a concert at 8 p.m. Monday in Room 178 of the music school. Barber, a UO music school alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. , will join pianist Toby Koenigsberg, drummer Jason Palmer and bassist Tyler Abbott in a program featuring original compositions by Barber and Koenigsberg, as well as works by Thelonious Monk, Lennie Tristano, Kenny Wheeler and Keith Jarrett. Barber has integrated influences from jazz, Balkan and Indian music. Tickets are $9 ($5 for students and seniors) at the door. Oregon Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band Wednesday, Beall Hall The UO's top two concert bands will share a performance at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Beall Concert Hall. The Oregon Wind Ensemble, led by Robert Ponto, will perform Morton Gould's masterpiece, Symphony No. 4. The UO Symphonic Band, led by Timothy Paul, will play `La Tregenda' by Giacomo Puccini; `Heroes, Lost and Fallen' by David Gillingham; `Ashokan Farewell' by Jay Ungar; `My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish' by J.S. Bach; and Profanation from `Jeremiah,'' Symphony No. 1 by Leonard Bernstein. Tickets are $5 ($3 for students and seniors) at the door. CAPTION(S): Vocal ensemble Cappella Romana will sing at UO tonight. Young musicians from the Suzuki Strings program will perform Saturday in the UO's Beall Hall. |
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