Gary Ferrington

Gary Ferrington is a University of Oregon Sr. Instructor Emeritus whose career spanned over 30 years as the College of Education’s Instructional Systems Technology program director. He has been, since retiring in 1998, actively involved in the Eugene arts community serving for nine years on the Board of Directors for the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts Center where he also coordinated its online and print public relations efforts. Since the closing of the center during the Great Recession he has committed himself to advocating for the performance of contemporary music and dance. He is a volunteer with the Eugene Ballet Company and is an advocate for the UO School of Music and Dance programs in music composition, Intermedia Technology, and jazz studies. His articles for Oregon ArtsWatch, focusing primarily on music, dance and occasionally theatre in Eugene, can be found online at artswatcharticles.blogspot.com.

Listening Place on the Hill

Celebrating International Listening Day, recalling the evocative soundscape of a pastoral Oregon childhood

Beyond borders: Social media and the gig musician

Hearing the Philippines from Oregon, with singer-percussionist Francis Greg.

New Sound Worlds: The OBF Composers Symposium returns

This year’s symposium, in collaboration with the Oregon Bach Festival, features guest artists from Seoul as well as Japanese shakuhachi, Balinese gamelan, and western classical ensemble.

Eugene Ballet gives a Shakespeare classic a feminist twist

The company's "Taming of the Shrew" takes a steampunk edge, resurrects the work of a 19th century woman composer, and flirts with the idea that the play was written by a woman.

Eugene Ballet moves Heaven and Earth

A major new work from choreographer Suzanne Haag, delayed by the pandemic, arrives at last on the Hult Center stage.

Celebrating new visionaries of dance

Eugene Ballet's "Uncommon Woman" brings to the forefront dances by five contemporary woman choreographers.

Out of the darkness: OBF Composers Symposium’s “Music of Hope and Resilience”

Biannual event moves online, produces virtual concerts to be released this month.

Realizing the Impossible Dream: Eugene’s Midtown Arts Center

The project combines condos and a home for Eugene Ballet, plus office space for seven other arts groups.

The soul of humanity and the fate of the planet are intertwined

Anima Mundi's Ashland-based Heart of Humanity spring concert series stirs up some excitement.

A year of hope and resilience

Eugene's Oregon Composers Forum is taking its Music Today Festival online – with more than 60 new works.

Beat the pandemic: Travel for the homebound

World traveling out of the question? Gary Ferrington's globe-trotting from home—and sleeping in his own bed.

Bringing light to winter’s darkness

The Oregon Composers Forum and the arts' crucial role for individuals and society in troubled times.

Sound art for a walk in the park

Third Angle and Portland artists compose and record free-download "soundwalks" for strolls in the parks.

Channeling Oregon Sounds and Sights

Experiencing the natural acoustic and visual worlds of Don Latarski.

A tree grows in Eugene

Eugene Ballet creates the new dance "The Large Rock and The Little Yew" and revives "Alice in Wonderland."

Finding hope through music

A new concert series dedicated to bringing world-class musicians and composers to southern Oregon with the purpose of musicially addressing challenging social issues was inaugurated this October when Anima Mundi…

Bridging town and gown through dance

There has often been a social and cultural distance between an institution of higher education and the city that surrounds it. This detachment between town and gown dates back to…

TaiHei Ensemble: garden reflections

A new day at Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden begins. The morning’s multi-hued sky reflected in a koi filled pond is accompanied by the sounds of birdsong and the gentle…

“Gr*mmy Show”: spoofing the stars

A few years ago, jazz pianist and University of Oregon music professor Toby Koenigsberg approached trumpeter and fellow faculty member Brian McWhorter to help him create a mixed genre concert…