As summer’s end draws near and a new arts season approaches, some Oregon music institutions are welcoming new leadership, while others have suffered losses.
Musician/educator Mary-Sue Tobin premieres new music based on classroom experiences as she joins musicians Alan Jones, Darrell Grant, Domo Branch, and others at the 10th Annual Montavilla Jazz Festival.
The Portland academy’s live multimedia performance tribute to the Talking Heads film incorporates original work by students with disabilities.
OrpheusPDX’s production of American composer Nico Muhly’s contemporary chamber opera explores women’s complicated relationship with their religion — and each other.
The Cascadia Composers founder leaves a legacy in music and more.
The passing of Cascadia founder David Bernstein, and other leadership transitions.
Pianist Hunter Noack’s wandering combination of classical music and natural beauty is reaching new audiences in new places.
“Out There Jazz Suite” transmutes Hillsboro sculptures into a recording, a multimedia concert, and a community collaboration.
Retiring Portland Institute for Contemporary Art executive director Victoria Frey and her successor, Reuben Roqueñi, discuss the venerable avant-garde arts institution’s coming transformation.
Portland’s ambitious, forward-looking classical music radio station is expanding its scope, creating space for live performances, and relocating to downtown Portland.
An Oregon music legend passes, leaders of the state’s two top orchestras move on, and other news in Oregon music.
Portland music ensemble’s unique education initiative celebrates its 25th anniversary with a concert on April 17 featuring new compositions by program alumni.
The Oregon nonprofit organization’s event series “I Am An American Live” counters ignorance and fear with sounds and stories from Oregon immigrants.
Kamala Sankaram and Susan Yankowitz’s chamber opera at Portland Opera is based on the true story of Pakistani human rights activist Mukhtar Mai.
The festival’s 20th anniversary edition mixes jazz legends with new generation beats drawn from electronic dance music, hip hop, and global rhythms.
Vietnamese American Portland musician Julian Saporiti’s expansive multimedia project combines historical research and interviews with personal stories, original music, and evocative images
New funding program benefits Portland new music organizations, and other news in Oregon music
The Eugene orchestra, which accompanies Eugene Ballet’s “Nutcracker” performances again this month, mixes seasoned professionals with aspiring orchestral musicians.
Friends and colleagues share memories of the long-time Portland State professor and Oregon’s finest composer.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Ashland New Plays Festival wrap up seasons of bold plays that grapple with modern issues and life.
Choral Arts Ensemble prepares a full program of music by Haitian-born Oregon composer Sydney Guillaume.
Hatton had led the orchestra for a dozen years. Plus: A memorial concert for PSU’s Mary Hall Kogen, radio raves, more music news.
OrpheusPDX’s second production completes the company’s inaugural season of looking forward and looking back.
Community-based jazz fest expands into a ninth summer of big names, passion projects, youth ensemble concerts, and more.
New cabaret musical continues Laura Dunn’s comic commingling of theater, music, and social issues.
For the first time in two years, Baroque and Romantic classics will ring out at the historic Oregon monastery.
The Grammy-nominated collaborative creation among Akiho, Sandbox Percussion, and stage designer Michael McQuilken comes to CMNW.
Multi-disciplinary ‘Glass Stories’ project leads the Portland jazz musician to other times, places, and art forms.
Annual new music marathon features music by LatinX composers and a tribute to its inspiration.
As a new season kicks off, Eugene’s venerable music festival showcases a trio of artistic director candidates and music from Baroque and beyond.
Portland Chamber Orchestra multimedia concert brings new music, images, and stories past and present in “Celilo Falls: We Were There”
Saturday’s multimedia concert pays tribute to track star Steve Prefontaine.
Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra hires the former Oregon Ballet Theatre leader as its executive director, and other comings and goings in Oregon music.
Michelle Fujii explores questions of identity through music, stories, and dance.
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble’s education program helps young musicians create new music.
In the vocal ensemble, the composer of this weekend’s African American Requiem found the ideal partner to make a musical milestone.
Legendary but long dormant Oregon music showcase returns with a new vision and a new venue.
Portland filmmaker Kirby Ferguson’s new documentary ‘Everything is a Remix — Remixed’ shows how artistic creativity really happens — again.
Darrell Grant’s “Step by Step: The Ruby Bridges Suite” reveals the continuing relevance of historic struggle.
Through a lifelong study of the Japanese tea ceremony, Oregon’s Margie Yap learned how to brew an intentional life.
Oregon Bach Fest loses a director candidate after sexual harassment accusations. Women arts leaders take Oregon groups to new heights. A new opera company with a familiar face.
Anthony Davis and Richard Wesley’s Pulitzer Prize winning opera shows how racism helped send innocent teens to prison
The Art of Learning: PYJO celebrates its third decade and return to the stage with a March 14 concert at Portland’s Alberta Rose Theatre.
Change in the air: Comings, goings, honors, and landmarks on Oregon’s music scene.
The eminent arts educator and former dean of PSU’s School of Fine and Performing Arts shares his long journey that led back to Portland and imparts his advice for the city’s current arts scene
An elaborate surprise party celebrates Zagelow’s three decades as the music group’s top administrator – and the adventurous programs she’s brought in.
The bill, which would redress decades of inequality in arts access, has broad support but faces a long journey in Congress.
Imago director brings his offbeat imagination to Eugene Opera’s “Lucy” and his own “Satie’s Journey.”
Third Angle premieres an opera inspired by gentrification’s damage to Portland’s Black community.
A California pianist and activist brings music and an urgent sense of the present to the Oregon Bach Festival.
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