Last week, [Theurgic Seed] staged an amazingly ambitious [show] at the Hult Center, somehow pulling together more than a dozen musicians, ambient electronics, clips of what sounded like Aldous Huxley reading from The Doors of Perception, and Jah knows what else. Hanging batik cloths livened up the stodgy Soreng Theater, and throughout the evening, banks of projectors continually beamed onto a giant screen behind the players' various combinations of psychedelic images. What an admirable production - I only wish more WOW Hall types had been there to experience it.

If I were an aspiring young composer looking for a place... that's open-minded and supportive, I'd be heading to Eugene. It's a pretty good place for listeners, too: We get to hear cutting-edge music by some of the finest young composers and players on the rise.