Freeze is a UO graduate student in percussion performance and a former percussionist with the Reno Philharmonic. Meade has composed music for the World's Fair '99 in Lisbon, Portugal, and for the Banff Centre for the Arts '98. The Oregon Percussion Ensemble, one of the premier contemporary ensembles on the West Coast, is celebrating its 27th season, specializing in the performance of modern classical percussion music. The ensemble has been broadcast worldwide by WGBH Boston, and in 1996 was nominated for the Laurel Leaf Award by the American Composers Alliance. The UO Campus Orchestra, under the direction of Graduate Teaching Fellow Ann Stafford, will give a concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall.
Admission is free.
A graduate student ensemble, the Bucorous String Quartet, also will be featured, performing music by Beethoven. The UO Campus Band and the UO Tuba Choir will share a concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. Admission is free. The University Singers, directed by Associate Professor Richard Clark, and UO Chamber Choir, directed by Assistant Professor Kathryn Olson, will be featured in a choral concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. The University Symphony will accompany the two choirs.