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Director plays music field By Frank Shaw Of the Emerald The concert hall is silent, the orchestra poised for the opening bars of the first movement The conductor faces the players and raises her hands slowly As her hands descend, the symphony orchestra strikes the first notes in its first performance under the direction of Marsha Mabrey, an assistant professor of orchestra activities and music education Mabrey, who says it's not unusual to see a woman conductor, admits “there are not that many women conductors who are actually con ducting "There are great numbers who have yet to be discovered,” she says “They just aren't gaining as much notoriety as their male counterparts “ The conducting field is competitive, even for men, and many women are more or less pushed into being choral directors because that role is more traditional, Mabrey says “Many women who would like to conduct never do because they are afraid to brave the road-blocks leading to a conducting career," she says Mabrey decided to conduct because she "didn't just want to play an instrument “I wanted to conduct," she says Conductors must know all the parts in the score and must "see" the music in their head, Mabrey says “The orchestra itself is an instrument and takes the same type of study and practice as an individual instrument does," she says. "It's not just a matter of standing and waving your arms You have to know what you're waving for Before coming to the University, Mabrey received her bachelor's and master's degrees in music from Michigan State University and completed most of her doctorate work at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. After completing her education. Mabrey taught in Denver and in Minnesota at Winona State University, where she developed and administered an orchestra program She then spent two years at Grand Valley State College as a teacher and conductor and served as the assistant conductor of the Grand Rapids Symphony. At the University, her duties include teaching conducting classes and observing student teachers in the field Mabrey says she came to the University in part because she sees tremendous growth potential for the orchestra here and for other orchestras along the coast — and more oppor tunities to conduct Building a high-quality orchestra and familiarizing the students with as much standard repertoire as possible are two goals she is work ing for, Mabrey says She says another goal is to make the students comfortable in almost any performing situation and to enable them to listen to music knowledga bly Most of the students who play in the Univer sity orchestra are music majors, but she encourages non-music majors to try out, Mabrey says Although she enjoys teaching and conduct ing at the university level, Mabrey says she also wants to conduct professional orchestras Teaching and conducting at the university level is satisfying, but it has its limitations," Mabrey says The University Symphony Orchestra's next concert will be in the Beall Concert Hall today at 1 30 and 8:30 p m Admission is free Obscurity plagues jazz bands They call themselves Jazz Lab Bands I and II. Nothing fancy, just classes of musicians who enjoy playing the big band jazz sound associated with the likes of Buddy Rich and Maynard Ferguson Some of the best University jazz musicians, mostly music majors, participate in Jazz Lab I, while younger, less experienced jazz players enroll in Jazz Lab II Members of the two bands, which play jazz, funk and swing, have a basic love for jazz and much extra time in addition to the three-hour, one-credit class, says Jeff Williams, director of Jazz Lab I "There is definitely a jazz audience in Eugene, but it is difficult to get the word out," he says "There is so much going on now with the Hult Center " Beall Hall's out-of-the-way location leads to the isolation of music students who spend a lot of time practicing and con tributes to the relative obscurity of the lab bands, Williams says Paul Schimming, a first-year trumpeter in Jazz Lab Band I, holds a similar view of the bands' exposure problems r 3 HOUR Processing Ektachrome & Fujichrome slides in before 11 a m. ready by 2 p.m. Oregon Photo Lab 1231 Alder 683-2500 "A big problem is that there is no real jumping place in Eugene to hear jazz," Schimming says Also, the people who go out and listen to jazz are not students They re not interested in spending a couple of bucks to hear jazz." But despite the limited expo sure, Jazz Lab Band I has made impressive accomplishments Last year, the band took first place in the four-year college division at the first Oregon Collegiate Jazz festival at Willamette University, In past years, the group also has received first place ratings at other festivals, including the Pacific Coast Collegiate Jazz Festival at the University of California at Berkeley #The ASUO would like to express its gratitude to all who helped with the voter registration drive. 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