PREVIEW: MUSIC FOR CHANGING TIMES

By Brett Campbell for the Eugene Weekly (October 4, 2018)

“The times change, and we change with them. How? Time passing makes mankind worse.”

That 17th-century epigram may sound depressingly apt to observers of our recently changing political scene, but in the arts, change is necessary for continued vitality and relevance. Which is why it’s so exciting to see Eugene’s most exciting orchestral program of the season in the Saturday, Oct. 6, Oregon Mozart Players concert at the University of Oregon’s Beall Concert Hall, titled “Times Change.” 

AMERICA’S MAESTRO: LEONARD BERNSTEIN’S CONTRIBUTION TO CLASSICAL MUSIC LIVES ON IN EUGENE

By Henry Houston for the Eugene Weekly (September 6, 2018)

“He had the ability to make it sound so natural and necessary for the average Joe,” says Kelly Kuo, artistic director for Oregon Mozart Players. “By taking out the elitism, he made it like you were having a conversation with the butcher at your deli. As you’re getting a pound of ground beef, you’re talking about Copland.”