UO Music and Dance wrap through Oct. 9

The University of Oregon School of Music and Dance will host visits by a guest trumpeter and two guest saxophonists.

The UO School of Music and Dance is located in the Frohnmayer Music Building on the UO campus, 961 E. 18th Ave, Eugene. For more information or for a complete calendar of events, call 541-346-5678 or visit music.uoregon.edu.

Friday, October 4

Public Lectures

Helena Kopchick Spencer: "'Un jardin rempli de jolies femmes': Intimate Gardens and Gendered Space in French Grand Opera (1828–48)"
Lori Kruckenberg: "Singing History"
3:15 p.m., Collier House
Free admission

A presentation of the THEME colloquium. Founded by Professor Steve Larson at the University of Oregon, THEME is an interdisciplinary colloquium of faculty and student researchers in music theory (T), musicology/music history (H), ethnomusicology (E), and music education (ME). Spencer's talk will explore a scenic convention of French grand opera that she has identified as the "jardin des femmes" ("garden of women"). Drawing on feminist critique of the metaphoric transcoding of woman, space, and landscape, Spencer posits that certain repeated musico-visual images encourage a mode of looking and listening that conflates idyllic garden scenery with the female body.

Sunday, October 6

Double Reed Day

10 a.m.-6 p.m., Frohnmayer Music Building
Free admission

Join the UO studios of double reed instruments under the direction of Steve Vacchi, bassoon and Melissa Peña, oboe for a full day of special guests, workshops, and performances exploring the artistry of double reed musicianship. Guest artists will include Rebecca Henderson, Professor of Oboe at the University of Texas-Austin and Susan Barber, Associate Professor of Bassoon James Madison University.

Sunday, October 6

Master class: Kenneth Tse, Saxophone

1:30 p.m., Beall Concert Hall, Frohnmayer Music Building
Free admission

Tickets are available at the door or in advance from the UO Ticket Office, 541-346-4363. The celebrated saxophonist Kenneth use, who will appear in concert at 5 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall, will present a free master class for UO students and members of the public.

Sunday, October 6

Kenneth Tse, Saxophone and Mathew Pavilanis, Piano

5 p.m., Beall Concert Hall, Frohnmayer Music Building
$10 general admission, $8 students and seniors

Tickets are available at the door or in advance from the UO Ticket Office, 541-346-4363. Kenneth Tse, Professor of Saxophone at the University of Iowa, will perform in Beall Concert Hall. Tse burst onto the scene in 1996 as winner of the prestigious New York Artists International Award. He has performed twice at Carnegie Hall, and has accumulated numerous awards and honors. Tse has been a frequent soloist on five continents, and has produced five albums. As an advocate for new music, Tse has had more than thirty works dedicated to him by notable American composer.

Monday, October 7

Oregon Brass Quintet

7:30 p.m., Beall Concert Hall, Frohnmayer Music Building
$10 general admission, $8 students and seniors

Repertoire will include works by Anthony Holborne and Viktor Ewald. Tickets are available at the door or in advance from the UO Ticket Office, 541-346-4363.

Tuesday, October 8

Ken Vandermark, Saxophones and Nate Wooley, Trumpet

8 p.m., Beall Concert Hall, Frohnmayer Music Building
$10 general admission, $8 students and seniors

Tickets are available at the door or in advance from the UO Ticket Office, 541-346-4363. The primary creative emphasis of saxophonist Ken Vandermark is the exploration of contemporary music that deals directly with advanced methods of improvisation. He has worked continuously from the early 1990's onward, both as a performer and organizer in North America and Europe, recording in a large array of contexts, with many internationally renowned musicians. He will perform in historic Beall Concert Hall with native Oregonian and renowned trumpeter Nate Wooley, one of the most in-demand trumpet players in the burgeoning Brooklyn jazz, improv, noise, and new music scenes. Wooley’s solo playing has often been cited as being a part of an international revolution in improvised trumpet.

- from the UO School of Music and Dance