961 E. 18th Ave. Selections on the program include a woodwind suite by Darius Milhaud, featuring oboist J. Robert Moore, clarinetist Wayne Bennett and bassoonist Steve Vacchi, and a trio by George Rochberg featuring Bennett, hornist Ellen Campbell and pianist Gregory Mason. Also performing on several of the program selections will be flutist LeeAnn Sterling, a graduate teaching fellow.
Admission is free.
The performers are graduate and undergraduate students of voice faculty members Ann Tedards, Mark Beudert, Milagro Vargas and Mark Kaczmarczyk. Guest Artist Performance African dance guest artists Mabiba Baegne Simpson and Fred Simpson of Salt Lake City will set a Congolese dance piece and perform in a fundraiser for Dance Africa, a UO dance troupe that performs in elementary schools. For information, call the UO Department of Dance, 346-3386. The School of Music's Festival of the Millennium, a two-week celebration of contemporary music from the 20th century and beyond, opens this week. Director Robert Kyr has scheduled more than a dozen events, including a three-day gamelan conference and a residency by celebrated American composer Lou Harrison.