Choral masterpieces lead off busy week of music.Byline: The Register-Guard UO SCHOOL OF MUSIC Chamber music, a guest choral concert and a tribute to a long-time cello professor are scheduled 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. For more information, visit music.uoregon.edu. Seattle Pro Musica Seattle Pro Musica is an American choir, based in Seattle, Washington, performing under the direction of conductor and artistic director Karen P. Thomas. Seattle Pro Musica is widely considered to be one of the finest ensembles in the Pacific Northwest, and has received 8 p.m. Monday Beall Concert Hall Seattle Pro Musica will give a Vanguard Series concert of American choral masterpieces on Monday, including work by two UO professors. Tickets, available at the door, are $10 general admission, $8 for students and senior citizens. Under the direction of Karen Thomas Karen Thomas co-hosted The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime from the second season onwards with Jim Lange, and filled in as a guest dealer on the Bob Eubanks version of Card Sharks for a week in late 1988 while regular dealer Lacey Pemberton was on maternity leave. , the choir will perform a wide range of choral classics, including music of the Shakers; a spiritual; `Spring Song' by Leonard Bernstein Noun 1. Leonard Bernstein - United States conductor and composer (1918-1990) Bernstein ; `Madrigali' by Morten Lauridsen Morten Lauridsen (born February 27 1943 in Colfax, Washington) is an American composer of Danish ancestry. He grew up in Portland, Oregon, and attended Whitman College and the University of Southern California, where he studied advanced composition. ; `Great Antiphons' by John Muehleisen; and other works by such celebrated composers as Randall Thompson, Eric Whitacre, Carol Barnett, Stephen Paulus and Aaron Jay Kernis Aaron Jay Kernis (born January 15, 1960) is one of the most highly-honored contemporary composers. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied at the Manhattan School of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory, and Yale University (under John Adams, Jacob Druckman, Morton . Also on the program is `Voices for Peace' by UO professor Robert Kyr and `Amazing Grace,' arranged by UO emeritus professor Hal Owen. Robert Hladky Cello-bration 7 p.m. Tuesday Beall Concert Hall Twenty-three cellists and nine string bass players will be part of a free concert and reception in honor of emeritus cello professor Robert Hladky's 80th birthday. A reception will follow in Room 178 of the music building. Robert Hladky taught cello at the School of Music and Dance from 1961 until 1993, touching the lives of hundreds of students with his instruction and mentoring. In addition to cello, Hladky taught double bass and music history, and he served as director of graduate studies. He was also an active participant in the annual April Fools' Concert during its day. Tuesday's informal concert will feature Hladky's former students in special arrangements of John Philip Sousa's `The Thunderer,' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 by Hector Villa-Lobos and a couple of other selections. The UO string faculty will perform a portion of Lyric Quartet by William Grant Still William Grant Still (May 11,1895 - December 3,1978) was an African-American classical composer who wrote more than 150 compositions. He was the first African-American to conduct a major American symphony orchestra, the first to have a symphony of his own (his first symphony) . Miami String Quartet The Miami String Quartet is an American string quartet. The group was founded in 1988 at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, and is now Quartet in Residence at The Hartt School in Connecticut and Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, where all four members serve as 8 p.m. Oct. 19 Beall Concert Hall The UO Chamber Music Series opens its 39th season with the award-winning Miami String Quartet and guest soprano Arianna Zukerman. Reserved seat tickets, ranging from $13 to $32, are available from the Hult Center, 682-5000, or the Erb Memorial Union ticket office, 346-4363. The concert will be preceded by a free talk, `Musical Insights,' in Room 198 of the music building. The program includes F.J. Haydn's Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 and P.I. Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 1 in D Major. Zukerman will join the quartet in Alberto Ginastera's String Quartet No. 3, Franz Schubert's `Salve salve (sav) ointment. salve n. An analgesic or medicinal ointment. salve v. salve ointment. Regina' and Randall Thompson's Stabat Mater for soprano and string quartet. |
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