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. The poetry is especially moving, and Whitman himself visited the hospital tents of the northern troops before writing it. The University Gospel Choir, under the direction of Adjunct Instructor Julia Neufeld, will give its winter concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. The University Gospel Choir is made up of more than 100 UO students, along with instrumental backup provided by Dustin Lanker, Mark Schneider and Jason Palmer.