‘A Contemporary Mosaic’ In its 2005 festival, the School of Music presents a week's worth of mostly contemporary music BY NATASHA CHILINGERIAN SENIOR PULSE REPORTER The School of Music is currently presenting a week's worth of new music with exciting guest artists in "A Contemporary Mosaic," the 2005 Music Today Festival. The perform ances began Wednesday and will continue through Feb. 23. Soprano vocalist and Broadway actress Ann Crumb appeared Wednesday night in Beall Hall to perform classical pieces composed by her father, George, and her broth er, David, as well as jazz pieces. "It's a very special concert that highlights the creative music-making of the Crumb family," Music Today Festival Director Robert Kyr said. Tonight, School of Music faculty members — including violinists, flutists, pianists and percussionists — will present an evening of Ameri can music. Music professor Anne Dhu McLucus said the concertwas designed with members of the Soci ety for American Music in mind, who are in town this week for a confer ence and will attend the show. "It came together in a nice way," McLucus said. "It's a lovely mixture of things. There will be less r well-known pieces that people will be interested to hear, but people who know American music will know the names of the composers." On Friday, composer and accor dion player Pauline Oliveros, whom the Society of American Music chose as its honorary member of the year, will perform an avant-garde show on the electric accordion. She led two "Deep Listening Workshops" Tues day and Wednesday, where she taught participants to hear in new ways, and she will lead a lecture, demonstration and discussion today in Beall Hall from 1 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. "She is one of the leading avant garde composers today," School of Music publicity director Scott Barkhurstsaid. "The show will in clude audience improvisation, and it's quite out of the box." Other shows setforthe remainder of the festival include the Santa Fe Quartet on Saturday, a South Ameri can and Latin American musical group; the Eugene Composers Collec tive on Sunday, a casual four-hour show of local composers and musi cians; the Balinese percussion or chestra Pacific Rim Gamelan on Mon day; three faculty string musicians of Trio Pacifica on Tuesday; and Ben jamin Bagby's "Beowulf," an evening of medieval melodies and vocals that tell the classic tale "Beowulf," which will wrap up the festival. With the exception of Trio Pacifi ca, all musicians will perform con temporary music, or music recently created by living composers. Kyr said current contemporary music is extremely diverse in styles and places of origination. "In terms of musical styles, the 21st century has expanded our vo cabulary in exciting new ways," Kyr said. "Today, composers are creat ing musical works that combine many different influences from around the world." McLucus added thatthe festival will teach audiences how beautiful American music can be. "People thinkthat Europe is the place to go for music," she said. "For people around town, the concerts will open their ears." Tickets range in price from $2 to $9 and are available at the Beall Hall Box Office one hour priorto showtimes. All shows begin at8 p.m. in Beall Hall, with the exception of the Eugene Composers Collective, which begins at 7 p.m. at Cozmic Pizza. For more in formation, call 346-5678. natchilingerian@dailyemerald.com now Leasing for next year! University Commons Apartments Furnished 1, % & 4 bedroom apartments with washer/dryer starting at $345 universiTY COMMONS apartments 338-4000 90 Commons Drive, Eugene, OR 97401 Hours: M-F 9am-6pm, Sat 10am—4pm, Sun 12pm-5pm • Uniformed security 7 days a week • Resident amenity cards • Security Alarm System • 2 and 4 Bedrooms w/ 2 bath • Full Size Washers & dryers • Fully furnished • Bathtubs with showers • Sand volleyball court • Heated pool • Caged basketball court • Private balconies and patios • Double entry locks/ private patios on all s 4-bedroom apartments iityyvv^ syyviy<,'«,yv*, y«, v-- yy». CfO&d*C/h' ALL YOU every night $7.99. includ come eat buffet-st Szechwan and dishes to cfo • franklin IMvd. Eugene >41 }4V282S • 11: iOtnn-t)pm Dailv • Next l.o Campus • Tuesday $2.25 6ushi Dolls 1 99 WEST BBOADWAY • 683-3154 r" l.VAR AND PEACE uly 9,16, 23, 30, 9:30 a.m.-noon t is time—at last—to read Tolstoy’s great lovel War and Peace, or read it again. A lovel so good you need to talk about it with )ther readers. Tolstoy has great characters ind stories, but is also exploring the nature md meaning of history and war. $75 MAHATMA GANDHI \ugust 6,13, 20, 27,9:30 a.m.-noon Martin Luther King Jr. learned about non dolence from Gandhi. Read Gandhi’s auto liography and the Bhagavad-Gita. What is lonviolence? What did King learn from Gan Ihi? How to confront a violent world with a /ision of peace. $75