music
Warm Sounds for Cold Days
In terms of hybrid world music, Hapa (pictured below) blends a traditional
sound — Hawaiian music — with western pop, revitalized with the addition of a
new member, O’ahu’s Ron Kuala’au, who enjoyed a successful solo career before
joining Hapa founder and Jerseyite-turned-Mauian Barry Flanagan. Hapa returns
to the Shedd for the fifth time on March 17.
As long as we’re virtually experiencing the music of warm places this winter,
you can hear the sound of Brazil Friday, March 16, thanks to Eugene’s Calango.
And there’s more world music at the UO Sunday, March 18, when the school’s
East European Music Ensemble ignites an audience-participation Balkan folk
dance party at Gerlinger Hall 220. Both the music and dance lessons (in Serbian,
Bulgarian and Macedonian styles) are free. Another traditional and popular end
of term concert features the UO Gospel Ensemble, reigning champions of the
Disney Gospel Fest, driving the (usually sold out) Beall Concert Hall into a frenzy
on March 18.
Also at the UO, the University Percussion Ensemble plays music by
contemporary composers, including Christopher Rouse’s “Bonham,” named after
the Zep drum legend, Saturday, March 17, at Aasen-Hull Hall. And UO faculty
musicians present still more contemporary sounds March 21, when the faculty
woodwind ensemble (including Beta Collide flutist Molly Barth, clarinetist
Jerome Simas and bassoonist Steve Vacchi) plays music by 20th and 21st
century composers John Cage (in his centennial year), Walter Piston, the UO’s
David Crumb, and more.
If you prefer older sounds, check out expert classical guitarist/lutenist David
Rogers’ solo recital March 17, at St. Mary’s Episcopal church. He’ll play music by
the great English Baroque composer John Dowland, Spanish music and more,
including some originals and a few contemporary arrangements of music by the
Beatles, Leonard Cohen and more. — Brett Campbell
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