■ Concert review
Classical music delights full house of listeners
University Symphony features professor Nancy Andrew
as W.A. Mozart's Concerto No. 2 flute soloist
BY TIFFANY JOW
DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REPORTER
Dressed in blue and sparkling,
soloist Nancy Andrew played poised
and animated, her flute singing and
the orchestra behind her. At times the
flute seemed to supersede its to mi of
an instrument and become a voice that
glided gracefully beside the strings and
guided each movement. One could al
most hear Andrew’s flute sing the
words.
Andrew was the featured faculty
soloist for W.A. Mozart’s Concerto No.
2, part of the University Symphony’s
concert Sunday. With the guidance of
conductor Wayne Bennett, the sym
phony played the Academic Festival
Overture by Johannes Brahms and
Hary Janos Suite by Zoltak Kodaly in
addition to the concerto by Mozart.
The performance opened with the
Brahms overture, a grand introduction.
Bennett said this piece is one of
Brahms’ “most well-known.”
“It’s upbeat, and has four sections
of traditional, university-type songs,”
he said.
“It’s a very light-hearted piece,”
principle cellist Jonathan Vetter said.
“It’s kind of boisterous, and a fun piece
to play.”
Next, the orchestra performed
Mozart’s concerto.
"It was written by Mozart over the
winter of 1777 to 1778,” said Andrew.
“It’s a beautiful work. It sounds like
Mozart’s operas — very much like an
aria,” Andrew said.
This is Andrew’s first year with the
University. Having previously played
with the University of Arizona and the
wind ensemble of Youngstown State
University, Andrew praised the Univer
sity symphony’s excitement.
“They’re sensitive as collaborators
and play at a high level, and Wayne is
a constant musician who rehearses ex
traordinarily well,” she said.
“Nancy is a fine soloist,” Bennett
said. “We’re really looking forward to
having her. We try to feature our facul
ty artists.”
The final piece composed by Hun
garian composer Kodaly was per
formed by Hary Janos. The orchestra
played six movements from the opera.
“The piece starts out very serious,”
Vetter said. “The first note sounds like
a sneeze. In the Hungarian culture, any
song that is preceded by sneeze is
probably not true. The piece is about a
man who makes himself out to be a
war hero and goes into taverns and
tells people about his adventures. It’s a
crazy piece, very extroverted. ”
Overall, it was a strong, beautiful
performance. The orchestra was ex
quisitely smooth and generous in
sound, and played with great artistry
and visible passion.
This performance is part of several
concerts the University orchestra has
scheduled for the year.
“The orchestra has been really busy
this year,” Bennett said. “We played at
the Hult Center on Oct. 31 with Hel
muth Rilling, the director of the Ore
gon Bach Festival.”
“This was the first time the orches
tra was featured at the Hult,” Andrew
said. “It was phenomenal. They
played really well. The community
really supported it; the house was full
except for the balcony.”
PFC: Motion to decrease Pocket Playhouse's budget rejected
Nicole Barker | Photographer
Persis Pohowalla and Colin Andres listen to a a proposal in the PFC budget hearings Thursday.
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intense questioning, PFC chair
woman Persis Pohowalla said.
If every proposed budget was ap
proved as is, “the incidental fee would
skyrocket,” Pohowalla said.
The executive recommendation is
based on how much money the group
spent last year, how it was accounted
for and how much the group raised,
Sweetman said.
PFC met with representatives from
the Athletic Department Finance Com
mittee, the Arts and Administrative
Student Forum, the Spencer View Ten
ants Council, the Pocket Playhouse
and Species Equality Through Action
on Thursday.
The Athletic Department Finance
Committee and the Spencer View
Tenants Council will have to wait un
til January when a new stipend mod
el is in place before their budgets can
be approved.
“We can’t start approving budgets
with one stipend model and then
change stipend models,” Pohowalla
told ADFC representative and Student
Senator Kevin Day.
University Theater’s Pocket Play
house was the first group to present its
proposed 2005-06 budget. The propos
al was subjected to intense question
ing from committee members as they
debated the necessity of certain as
pects of the budget and what prece
dent their decisions would set for the
subsequent budget hearings.
Upon hearing that money was avail
able in the group’s fundraising ac
count, PFC member Mason Quiroz
made a motion to decrease the budg
et, citing the group’s ample fundrais
ing account as proof that it can survive
with less incidental fee funds than it
was requesting.
Some ASUO officials voiced concern
over the precedent such a motion
could set for the remaining hearings.
“The motion on the table is almost
punishing them for doing a good job
fundraising,” Diss said.
The motion was rejected after com
mittee members concluded it could be
taken by groups as an incentive to de
crease fundraising efforts.
The group was granted a budget of
approximately $3,000, an increase of
about 3 percent, just shy of the re
quested amount.
The Arts and Administrative Stu
dent Forum saw its budget decreased
by 17 percent, a result of the group
spending only 66 percent of last
year’s budget. AASF representatives
said they were unaware that only a
portion of last year’s budget had been
spent and would do everything pos
sible to ensure that doesn’t happen
again this year.
Species Equality Through Action
also received a budget of $893, a
two and a half percent increase
from last year.
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City Council approves
housing ordinance
After years of debate between
area landlords, renters and City
Councilors, Eugene finally has en
forceable housing standards.
The Eugene City Council ap
proved the housing standards ordi
nance during a work session Mon
day evening after debate over the
inclusion of several amendments.
The Eugene Citizens for Housing
Standards formed last year to work
with the city to draft a suitable
housing standards ordinance. The
City Council unanimously ap
proved a motion to create the ordi
nance last May.
At a public hearing Nov. 8 many
area landlords voiced concerns
about justification for the ordi
nance and its unnecessary costs.
All Councilors supported the
housing standards ordinance, but
many were concerned that the fee
landlords have to pay is too high.
“I feel like this got somewhat too
costly and...too expansive,” Coun
cilor Nancy Nathanson said.
Councilor David Kelly said the
cost and size of the program is nec
essary to ensure that “everyday
folks” have access to safe housing.
Councilor Gary Pape had con
cerns with the ordinance but said it
is overall “a good piece of commu
nity and government work. ”
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