Student groups play music old and new.Byline: The Register-Guard Choral, band, orchestra and contemporary chamber music concerts 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. UO School of Music Choral ensembles Today, Beall Hall The University Singers and UO Chamber Choir A chamber choir is the choral equivalent of a chamber ensemble, using voices instead of instruments. The choir will usually consist of 5-15 elite singers, often associated with a larger choral group. will be joined by the Pomona College Pomona College: see Claremont Colleges. Glee Club for an 8 p.m. concert today in Beall Hall. Sharon Paul will conduct. The UO Chamber Choir will perform Claude Debussy's "Trois Chansons" and a Claudio Monteverdi madrigal madrigal, name for two different forms of Italian music, one related to the poetic madrigal in the 14th cent., the other the most common form of secular vocal music in the 16th cent. , "Beloved Ashes," from a collection written in honor of a deceased 18-year-old singer. Graduate student Christopher Olin will conduct James MacMillan's "A Child's Prayer" and Charles Stanford's motet, "Justorum Animae." The University Singers will perform Felix Mendelssohn's "Psalm 2 for Double Chorus," along with Brian Holmes' setting of Jane Kenyon's poem, "Let Evening Come." They will also sing two "whistling" pieces: Leonard Bernstein's "Soldier's Song" and Mack Wilberg's "O Whistle and I'll Come to Ye." The Pomona College Glee Club, from Claremont, Calif., and directed by Donna Di Grazia, will perform works by Gabriel Faure, Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Morten Lauridsen. Tickets are $7, $5 for students and senior citizens, at the door. Campus Band and Campus Orchestra Wednesday, Beall Hall The UO Campus Band and Campus Orchestra will share a free concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Beall Hall. Orchestra selections will include the Prelude from the "Holberg Suite" by Edward Grieg; "Of Glorious Plumage plumage, of birds: see feathers. " by Richard Meyer; "Light Music for Strings" by Alan Rawsthorne; and "Magnificat" by Francesco Durante, also featuring the UO Repertoire Singers. Band selections will include "Scenes From the Louvre Louvre (l  `vrə), foremost French museum of art, located in Paris. The building was a royal fortress and palace built by Philip II in the late 12th cent. " by
Norman Dello Joio For the show jumper, see Norman Dello Joio (equestrian).Norman Dello Joio (born Nicodemo DeGioio on January 24, 1913; the spelling "Gioio" was later anglicized to "Joio") is an American composer. ; "Pageant" by Vincent Persichetti; "Come, Sweet Death" by J.S. Bach; and "Merry-Go-Round" by Philip Sparke. Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble Wednesday, Collier House The Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble will present two evenings of new music by young American composers. The Wednesday concert is at 8 p.m. in Collier House, 1170 E. 13th Ave., on the UO campus. The ensemble will also perform at 9 p.m. May 30 at 50 Crest Drive, a private residential performance space. Admission to both events is free. The Collier House performance will include new music by Ryan Brown and Jonathan Russell of San Francisco, Paul Dooley of Ann Arbor and Dennis Tobenski of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . There also will be three new Contemporary Chamber Ensemble commissions from Oregon composers Ben Krause, Samuel Richards and Chris Prosser. The May 30 performance will feature music written for the NOW ensemble by New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of composers Judd Greenstein, Patrick Burke, Andrew McKenna Lee and Mark Dancigers. For more details about music school events, call 346-5678 or go online to music.uoregon.edu. |
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