Eugene Symphony Conductor Marin Alsop in her third season iv/f/
the group will lead Leonard Bernstein s Serenade beginning
tonight at the Hull Center
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Eugene Symphony violinist and University student Ken Mi/umoto intensely rehearses his music Stu
dents, music teachers, mailmen and computer technicians all help make up the symphony
Alsop’s talent, warmth
no fable to symphony
By Karen Engels
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When Mann Alsop was ul
(ered the job of musical dirts
tor ami conductor ol the Eu
gene Svmphonv, she didn't
know where Eugene was
The native New Yorker
(nund it on a map and took tire
joh
Now ln'pnmn)! her third sea
son with the group. Alsnp has
made paths hav k and forth
ai ross the l 'ruled States to i on
due t m Eugene and her home
state and to guest conduct
across tire country
Alsop has also made an mi
pression on the Eugene Sun
phony
She's great said Alan
known of the University music
I acuity "She's very energetic,
knowledgeable and fun to work
with
grown symphony perms
slums! who played with the or
( hestra w hen he was a tiniver
sity student from l>»7H to 1‘tHl,
auditioned lor the group two
years ago
She's a great conductor,"
said Anthony Uyer. violinist
and musii (iTF "The Eugene
Syinpiumy is lucky to have her
She is very, very dedicated."
Uyer said Alsop includes an
American composer on every
si heduled program and not (list
the old war horses " He said
she often i houses works liy liv
ing composers not )usl tfie de
composing ones "
Alsop veers away from the
norm in more than |ust her mu
sic selections
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started 11jv ossn ere liestra she
said
She worked a lew years do
ing jingles lor com men i.ils and
him miisii and saved Sill.OHO
enough nioiies to found an
ort lu stra
The result was Concordia A
Chamber Symphony, a 'in pin r
ori liestra Hie group i Illtlhines
i lassu al repertoire w ith Ameri
t.m ja / / a ml J 01 Ii t on lur>
works
An avid |a/./, violinist, Alsop
is also the founder and leader
0 I l he act 111 i 111 ed M - p lor e
swing orchestra Swing l ever,
which will perform I eh 27 at
the Mult Center lor the Perform
ing Arts The group will release
its first lID in l-'ehruary.
"I have a reputation for start
ing things." Alsop said, smil
ing
Alsop s |a// hai kground Inis
influenced her program selec
tions for the fiugene Sympho
ny The 1001-0J season in
1 hides a Night Musk series fea
turing a |a//. night, a "new age
rnusu night and ,t Bernstein
festival
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