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Chamber music series puts vocal duets on stage ■Tonight’s performance will feature a world premiere of a piece by a local composer By MandyToomey Oregon Daily Emerald World-renowned vocalists Mila gro Vargas and Lucy Shelton will perform a series of duets tonight at Beall Concert Hall. The show is one in a series of per formances organized by the School of Music and the Department of Dance showcasing faculty, student ensembles and guest artists. The night begins at 7 p.m. with a lecture by professor Robert Hurwitz de scribing the music, and the perform ance begins at 8 p.m. Reserved seat ing tickets range from $10to$25. “We have some treats in store, which I can’t divulge,” Vargas said. “But there will be something for everyone in there.” Vargas has taught vocal performance at the University since 1992. As a mezzo-sopra no, she has per formed in opera, orchestral works, chamber music and recitals. She spent 10 years in Europe singing opera and just completed a series of concerts in New York, California and Wash ington. Vargas has premiered work by Philip Glass, Kryzysztof Pen derecki and others. She said the goal of her perform ance is to “make more people fans of this music.” Forum calls for hazing awareness, prevention ■A nationally acclaimed author and journalist warns that the problem extends beyond the Greek system By Lauretta DeForge for the Emerald When hazing results in injury or death, it is a serious problem that impacts the whole community. The problem is also easily preventable. These were two of Hank Nuwer’s central messages in an anti-hazing forum Monday night in the EMU Ballroom. Nuwer, a nationally known au thority on hazing, delivered a speech, “When Rites Become Wrongs,” to headline the event. He is an author and television journal ist whose segments about hazing have appeared on NBC Nightly News, CNN, ESPN and ABC’s 20/20. “From 1970 to 2000, there was at least one death of a student from hazing each year,” said Nuwer, also a former fraternity member. He called on audience members to help make 2001 the first year free from hazing deaths. When Acasia Wilson, contempo rary issues coordinator for the Cul tural Forum, introduced Nuwer, she asked the audience how many had actually heard of a hazing inci dent. The majority of the audience members raised their hands. “Hazing is an issue that affects the entire campus,” Wilson said. “There is hazing in sports, housing and the military — not just the Greek system.” Though there have been few re cent deaths in Oregon from hazing, “it is still a topic that is worth dis cussing,” said Hannah Unkefer, spokeswoman for the University’s Panhellenic Council. Hazing is defined as “a power struggle where someone who is new to the group gives up power with the expectation of getting it back later,” Nuwer said. “My next book will be about haz ing in the Russian military since my grandfather, who was Polish, was conscripted into the Russian military for life,” she said. “My grandfather and his brother managed to escape.” Hazing incidents often include alcohol, which makes the victim and the perpetrators both do things that they would never do sober, Nuwer said. One example is frater nity members’ pouring alcohol down the throat of someone who is already unconscious. Nuwer said that though hazing is often considered a fraternity prob lem, it is also rampant in bands, mil itary organizations and sports. He presented stories, including photographs, of five young men who died in hazing incidents and described how catastrophic the deaths were for the victims’ families and fraternity brothers. Hazing can involve verbal abuse, physical abuse and excessive calis thenics. It also includes the rite of passage in the military known as “pinning,” or shoving a metal pin into an aviator’s chest, Nuwer said. LAST CALL Office of Orientation Accepting Applications For Student Orientation Staff We are looking for a diverse group of men and women to represent the UO as members of the 2001 Student Orientation Staff. Share your University experience and expertise with incoming freshmen, transfer students, and their parents during IntroDUCKtion and Week of Welcome. You will earn 3 upper division credits, improve leadership skills, and meet current UO faculty, students and staff all while earning $7.00/hour Applications due: Wednesday, January 24th at 5:00 pm! If you have any questions, call Greg or Karen at 346-1159, or pick up an application today in 372 Oregon Hall. Shelton currently teaches at the New England Conservatory and Tanglewood Music Center. She has performed as a soprano with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic as well as many others. A number of contem porary composers have written mu sic especially for her, and she is the only artist to receive the Interna tional Walter Naumberg Award twice, for both chamber music and solo singing. Vargas and Shelton have per formed together a number of differ ent times, including in November when the Eugene Symphony pre miered Robert Kyr’s “The Spirit of Time.” Vargas said there are many differ ent challenges in performing a duet of chamber music. “You have to breathe together, and you have to feel the words together,” she said. “Chamber music is about making music together.” The perform ance will fea ture a world pre miere of Tom Manoffs “Hon or is so Sublime,” a piece inspired by the English poet John Donne. Manoff is a local composer and a music critic for National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.” VARGAS “The piece is a beautiful work in minimalist style,” said Fritz Gearhart, a violinist and faculty member who will perform with Vargas and Shel ton. Kathryn Lucktenberg, also a fac ulty member, will join Gearhart in playing violin during the piece. The performance will also in clude pieces frpm the 17th century to the 20th century, including works by Handel, Brahm and a set of duets by Mendelssohn. In his lecture preceding the per formance, Hurwitz will examine the relationship between the words of the pieces and the way the composer set the music. He said this will help the listener understand how “the mu sic provides a window into the way the composer interprets the words. ” Gearhart said Beall Concert Hall, which seats about 500 people, pro vides the ideal setting for an inti mate interaction between the audi ence and the performers. “Beall Hall is one of the best chamber music halls in the coun try,” he said. “The sound is beauti ful and robust.” READY FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE? weHsfargo.com/jobs I It's the call of the wild financial frontier. And at Wells Fargo, it's never been more exciting. Working for Wells Fargo means working in an inclusive environment with managers driven to be and to attract the very best. Managers who develop and retain the most talented people. When it comes to benefit packages, Wells Fargo ranks as one of the best companies to work for. It's more than just great perks; it's a company that knows you have a life outside of ;work. 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