Music school grad to perform today
■ RECITAL: Program will
feature a piece based on the
poems of Lewis Carroll,
accompanied by narration
By Carl Yeh
Freelance Editor
Todd Nix, a 1993 graduate of
the UO School of Music, returns
to campus to give a tuba recital to
day.
Nix received both the presti
gious Ruth Lorraine Close schol
arship and an Oregon Tuba Asso
ciation scholarship while he was
a student at the University.
“Only a select number of stu
dents per year receive the Ruth
Lorraine Close scholarship,” said
Scott Barkhurst, UO Music
School publicity director.
“It is probably the highest level
of scholarship at the UO," he said.
The recital program will in
clude "Vocalise” by Serge Rach
maninoff, “Sonata for Tuba and
Piano” by Trygve Madsen and
“Capriccio for Unaccompanied
Tuba” by Kryzysztof Penderecki.
Graduate teaching fellow Karen
Lam will provide piano accompa
niment.
“Wonderland Duets” by Ray
mond Leudke, based on poems of
Lewis Carroll, will also be per
formed featuring narrator and
tubist Richard Frazier.
Nix will also be giving a free
master class at 4 p.m. today. “A
master class is basically a private
lesson in front of a group,”
Barkhurst said.
The master class will be fol
lowed by an educational session
titled “Selecting a Tuba or Eupho
nium Solo for Contest.”
Nix is currently a doctor of mu
sical arts degree student at Indi
ana University. He is the princi
pal tuba of the Indiana University
Philharmonic, and he performs in
the school’s brass quintet.
The concert takes place tonight
at 8 p.m. at the Beall Concert Hall.
Tickets for the recital are avail
able at the door and are $4 for gen
eral admission and $2 for stu
dents and senior citizens.
Those attending the class ses
sion are invited to join the per
formers for a light box dinner and
conversation prior to the 8 p.m.
concert.
Smith takes oath of office Tuesday in D.C.
■ SWEARING-IN: The
frozen-foods tycoon brought
his own Bible to the event
By Scott Sonner
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Republican
Gordon Smith, a millionaire who
rebounded from a loss in a special
election last January, was sworn
in Tuesday as Oregon’s newest
U.S. senator.
Smith took the oath of office on
the Senate floor at 9:33 a.m. PST
after being accompanied down
the center aisle by Sen. Ron
Wyden, D-Ore.
A frozen-foods tycoon from
Pendleton, Ore., Smith is the first
U.S. senator elected from Eastern
Oregon since 1920.
He lost a special election to
Wyden in January to fill the seat
SMITH
vacated by
the resigna
tion of Bob
Packwood, a
five-term Re
publican. But
in one of the
costliest races
in the coun
try, he came
back in No
vember to de
teat a tellow
millionaire, Democrat Tom Brug
gere, for the right to succeed retir
ing Republican Mark Hatfield.
Hatfield and Packwood had
represented the state since the
1960s.
Smith wore a blue pin-striped
suit and carried his own Bible to
the swearing-in ceremony, con
ducted by Vice President Al Gore.
Smith shook hands with Gore,
smiled and winked at him upon
completion of the oath.
Several of Smith’s family mem
bers were present for the ceremo
ny, including nine brothers and
sisters, his spokesman John East
on said.
He headed from the Senate
floor to take a family picture on
the steps of the Capitol, then tele
phoned Hatfield in Oregon.
“I wanted my first call as a U.S.
senator to be to you. I know how
big the shoes are I’ve come to fill.
As one Oregon senator, I want to
say thank you for all you’ve done
for the state,” Smith told Hatfield.
Smith told reporters he and
Wyden are off to a good start as
colleagues representing Oregon.
“We pledged to work together
in Oregon’s best interest,” Smith
said. “It’s a cold day in Washing
ton but my heart is very warm.”
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