News

Cultural Music Funds Sought
January 12, 2016—The University of Oregon School of Music and Dance has offered to the public two distinct crowdfunding opportunities as part of the UO’s new DuckFunder initiative.
Kern to launch New Year of ChamberMusic@Beall
December 15, 2015—The University of Oregon is pleased to present one of the most anticipated performing arts events on the Eugene winter calendar: a recital by the esteemed pianist Olga Kern scheduled for 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 10 in the historic Beall Concert Hall.
Boss Wins Top Music Theory Award

November 17, 2015—The book Schoenberg's Twelve-Tone Music: Symmetry and the Musical Idea, a new publication by Jack Boss, UO professor of music theory, has won the 2015 Wallace Berry Award,

'Red Desert' Reviews are no Mirage
November 3, 2015—Since its spring 2015 release, Red Desert’s four world-premiere recordings have garnered numerous positive responses from critics.
Harmonizing with President's Call for Books
October 29, 2015—McWhorter applauded President Schill’s effort to demonstrate the wide breadth of UO scholarship by assembling and displaying faculty-authored books in his office in Johnson Hall, but wanted to ensure the important creative contributions of UO choreographers, dancers, composers, and musicians were also included.
Theorist Lester to Speak at UO

October 28, 2015—On Friday, Nov. 20, the UO School of Music and Dance will offer two free, public events featuring the visiting music scholar Joel Lester.

Eugene Symphony Offers Faculty-Staff Discount
October 19, 2015—Thursday, Nov. 12 is University of Oregon Night at the Eugene Symphony!
Wayte Recital to Explore War, Migration
October 15, 2015—On Friday, Nov. 13, the University of Oregon will present a unique mixed-media event incorporating both musical and visual components.
Eugene Homecoming for Flutist Rowe
October 14, 2015—During the week of Nov. 2-7, 2015, the accomplished flutist Elizabeth Rowe, a native of Eugene, Ore., will take a break from her position with the Boston Symphony Orchestra to visit her old hometown.
Jazz Scholarship Funds New Combo

October 12, 2015—Herbert Merker ’62, local jazz enthusiast and an avid supporter of the University of Oregon’s program in jazz studies, gifted $125,000 to the School of Music and Dance in the spring of 2014 to fund the creation of a new ensemble composed entirely of scholarship recipients, the JazzArts Oregon Combo.