Shankar disciple coming to campus.Byline: The Register-Guard Sitar player Kartik Seshadri This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , percussionist Charles Dowd, the University Symphony and the Oregon Wind Ensemble will perform this week in concerts presented by 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. The University Symphony, under the direction of professor Wayne Bennett, will perform at 3 p.m. today in Beall Concert Hall. Tickets, available at the door, will be $5 for general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens. The program includes Notturno in B Major (Op. 40) by Antonin Dvorak, Three Dance Variations from "Fancy Free" by Leonard Bernstein, Paul Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber and "Quiet City" by Aaron Copland. The concert will feature UO faculty soloists J. Robert Moore, English horn, and George Recker, trumpet. Charles Dowd will play chamber jazz for vibraphone vibraphone or vibraharp Percussion instrument with tuned metal bars, arranged keyboard-style like the xylophone. Felt or wool beaters are used to strike the bars, giving a soft, mellow tone quality. and marimba marimba: see xylophone. marimba Xylophone with resonators under each bar. The original African instrument uses tuned calabash resonators. In Mexico and Central America, where it was brought by African slaves, the wooden bars may be affixed to a at 7:30 p.m. today in the Alumni Lounge of Gerlinger Hall, 1468 University St. Tickets, available at the door, will be $7 for general admission and $4 for students and senior citizens. Dowd will play vibes and marimba in the iconoclastic i·con·o·clast n. 1. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions. 2. One who destroys sacred religious images. style of Anthony Braxton, with whom Dowd recorded an album in 1991. The program will include "Taylor Street," "El Camino Unreal" and other jazz repertoire by Bobby Hutcherson, Gary Burton, David Friedman and Chick Corea. Dowd also will premiere two new works for Airto table and keyboard percussions. An Airto table is a collection of percussion instruments from around the world, played in homage to Brazilian percussionist Airto Moriera. A marimba duo of Dowd and UO doctoral student Tracy Freeze will play selections from Dowd's Goodvibes jazz folio. The program also will include jazz collaborations with a surprise guest. Dowd is professor of percussion and jazz studies and director of the Oregon Percussion Ensemble, which specializes in modern, avant-garde music. The performance is dedicated to Sept. 11 victims and their families. A reception for the audience will follow the recital. The Oregon Wind Ensemble, under the direction of associate professor Robert Ponto, will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Beall Hall. Tickets, available at the door, are $5 for general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens. The Oregon Wind Ensemble is composed of the top wind and percussion players at the University of Oregon. Their program includes English Folk Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams Noun 1. Ralph Vaughan Williams - English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958) Vaughan Williams , Intermezzo intermezzo (ĭntərmĕt`sō, –mĕd`zō). 1 Any theatrical entertainment of a light nature performed between the divisions of a longer, more serious work. 2 In the 17th and 18th cent. by retired UO faculty composer Monte Tubb, "Profanation" by Leonard Bernstein, Sinfonietta sin·fo·niet·ta n. 1. A symphony that is shorter than usual or that calls for fewer than the usual number of instruments. 2. A small symphony orchestra, especially one consisting of stringed instruments only. Flamenca by Carlos Surinach and "Summerland" 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) . Graduate conductors Steven Schifferdecker and Ann Musco will lead the ensemble in "Before the Storm" by Steven Melillo and "Dies Natalis" by Howard Hanson. Kartik Seshadri will play classical sitar music of northern India with a tabla tabla Pair of small drums, the principal percussion in Hindustani music of northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The higher-pitched daya, played with the right hand, is a roughly cylindrical one-skinned drum, usually wooden, normally tuned to the raga's tonic. accompanist at 8 p.m. Friday in Beall Hall. Tickets, available at the door, are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and senior citizens. A free lecture-demonstration is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday in the browsing room of the Knight Library, 1501 Kincaid St. Seshadri began playing full-length solo recitals at the age of 6. He became a formal disciple of Ravi Shankar in 1974, and over the years he has performed with Shankar in India, Europe, the Near East, Japan, Mexico and the United States Relations between the United States and Mexico are among the most important and complex that each nation maintains. They are shaped by a mixture of mutual interests, shared problems, and growing interdependence. , including Carnegie Hall. More information about Seshadri is available on the World Wide Web at www.kartikseshadri.com. Seshadri's concert and lecture- demonstration are sponsored by the UO Office of International Programs, the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, the Oregon Humanities Center, the Western States Arts Federation and the National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Independent agency of the U.S. government that supports the creation, dissemination, and performance of the arts. It was created by the U.S. . For more information on any of the concerts, call the UO music school weekdays at 346-5678. To confirm concert times and ticket information or to hear a recorded message about the week's events, call GuardLine at any time from a touch-tone phone. Dial 485-2000 and select category 2533. CAPTION(S): Sitar player Kartik Seshadri will be on campus on Friday for an lecture-demonstration in the afternoon and a concert in the evening. UO music |
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