Harp trio performs Sunday
By JANE LEHMAN
01 iho Emerald
In some areas ol the United
States the harp and harp music
are quite unusual But anywhere
in the work! a harp trio is rare
However, the Eugene commun
ity will bo given an opportunity to
hear just such an ensemble on
Sunday The University Harp Trio
will perform at the Central Lu
tlioran Church, 18th Ave and Pot
ter Street, beginning at 8 p m
The trio consists ol Arlene Wil
liams and Teresa Webor, ad
vanced students ot harp at the
University and Helen Ritas a
graduate ot the University s music
school Under the direction ol
Sally Maxwell, adiunct prolossor
ot harp at the University, the trio
has been working together since
October in preparation tor tourirxj
in Oregon
The program lor the Eugene
concert includes two diverse and
interesting compositions ar
ranged tor three harps, La
Cathedrale Engloutie by Claude
Debussy and Fraicheur by Car
los Salzedo
Debussy is known as the Father
0< Irnpresswrssm and conveys that
legacy in his composition, the title
ol which translates to The Sub
merged Cathedral He uses de
vices such as parallelism swal
lowed tones, tree rhythms and
whole tone scales to call lorth the
•cient Breton legend ol the Sun
n City ol Vs According to the
tain this engulled cathedral lies
accursed beneath the ocean and
- lowly emerges trom the depths
only when the weather is clear
Bells ring pnests chant; Ihen
Iho vision quietly disappears, leav
ing the surface calm and unruf
fled
Breezes is the English trans
lation of the Salzedo piece The
composer utilizes some rather
unorthodox techniques to extract
a weather tantasy trom the in
struments employing the fing
ernails and the little finger, which
is not normally used in harp play
ing First a gentle breeze is heard
rustling leaves in the tree tops
Then, through a gradual crescen
do. a half-hearted storm is con
jured up Hail falls, but soon sub
sides into a light, whispering rain,
the merest trace of a breeze and.
finally, one small raindrop
The throe harpists possess ex
tensive backgrounds in harp
studies and performance Addi
tonally, each is the recipient of the
Huth Lorraine Close Award, a
scholarship conferred by the Uni
versity
Williams has studied harp for
the past 11 yoars. She has per
formed with the Portland Junior
Symphony and the Walla Walla
Symphony Presently she is the
principal harpist with the Eugene
Symphony
Weber began her study of the
harp at the age of 6 and has con
tinued her work here at the Uni
versity In Eugene, she has played
with the University Orchestra and
Sinfonietta, the Eugene Sym
phony and the Eugene Choral
Society
Rifas has devoted 11 years lo
harp studies She received a
bachelors of arts in music from
Reed College in 1974 and a mas
ters of music in harp performance
Starlighters play in Beall
The Starlighters. a community jazz instrumental group with a big
band sound, will perform in Beall Concert Hall at 7 30 p m Friday
The group, directed by Caleb Standater. has been a stan
dard part ol the music scene in Eugene tor the last 16 years
The Starlighters have performed at many local establishments in the
past, including a performance with Bob Hope during his Eugene ap
pearance several years ago
Hie Friday performance of the Starlighters is sponsored by the
American Federation ol Musician s Musicians Performance Trust Fund
Admission is free
Live on Stage
from New York City
National Touring Company
Sunday, April 24, 6:00 p m
South Eugene High School
All Seats Reserved
$6 00, $5 00, $3 00 (under 12)
Tickets Available at Meier & Frank,
Carl Greve Jewelers, The Cloak Room
(28th & Oak), EMU/Main Desk/U of O
from this University in 1976. She
has played with the Oakland
Youth Orchestra, Portland Junior
Symphony, Salem Symphony and
the Eugene Symphony, as well as
giving many solo performances in
the Northwest She has also par
ticipated in many premiere per
formances of works by such com
posers as Edmund Soule. Peter
Child and Robed Hughes
As overseer of the group.
Maxwell is often frustrated by the
lack of recognition the artists re
ceive
It does get me down when
local people don t realize what
we ve got here A harp trio is rare
anywhere and these girls are all
advanced harpists, they have
played together for a long time
and perform a high caliber of mus
ical literature, says Maxwell
The Eugene Chapter of the
Amencan Harp Society is spon
soring the Sunday evening con
ced to benefit their Harp in the
Public Schools program. This
year, the Society has given de
monstrations of the instrument in
many of the areas elementary
schools
Eventually, the Society hopes
to raise enough money to pur
chase a Troubador harp to incor
porate into their school tours The
$1 conced admission charge will
go toward financing this project
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