Words into Music part 2: Poetic Inspirations
November 22, 2024
Cascadia Composers teams up with a quartet of Oregon Poets Laureate in a concert of Northwest-spawned sounds and words
Cascadia Composers teams up with a quartet of Oregon Poets Laureate in a concert of Northwest-spawned sounds and words
The Japanese American percussion ensemble celebrates its 30th anniversary by looking back to its origins while confronting today’s challenges and changes
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble and Literary Arts team up in a concert of original jazz inspired by Oregon books
The stalwart patron of Portland contemporary classical music leaves a lasting — and surprising — legacy, including a video exhibition this month at Nine Gallery.
All Classical Radio and Portland Opera name new resident artists, PSU’s Coty Raven Morris is a Grammy nominee again, Seattle Symphony names a new music director, and more.
Dmae Lo Roberts and Kenji Oh’s new youth chamber opera is the latest in Portland Opera’s series devoted to historical leaders from diverse Oregon communities.
The Hillsboro theater’s dynamic artistic director brings an inclusive vision that embraces new work, community engagement, educational initiatives — and maybe a new campus.
The city’s downtown uses arts to boost economy and livability – but work remains to be done, arts advocates say.
Director Jeanette Harrison’s new Native Theater Project, in an innovative partnership with Hillsboro’s Bag & Baggage Productions, debuts with Blossom Johnson’s “Diné Nishłį (I Am A Sacred Being) or, A Boarding School Play.”
The artist-run, Portland-based record label gives Oregon musicians the vehicle to share their diverse sounds worldwide.
Recent reports about opera, classical radio, choral achievements, young artists on the rise, and other Oregon arts news.
The frequent ArtsWatch contributor, who has died at 83, was also a quiet, generous advocate for Oregon arts and a role model for continuing creativity to the very end.
The Portland opera company’s annual pair of productions–David Hertzberg’s “The Rose Elf” and Handel’s “Acis, Galatea, & Polyphemus”—pit natural love against human villainy.
A rural Oregon grocery store-cum-creative hub provides a source of freshly devised plays — and a showcase for a new way of creating them
A summer arts celebration reflects the inclusive approach of its home, M&M Marketplace, and provides a welcoming environment for the city’s increasingly diverse communities.
Chamber Music Northwest and the Oregon Bach Festival present the world premiere of a new work for percussion ensemble by one of the most lauded living American composers
The company brings its comic operettas to downtown Portland and Hillsboro.
As it begins its second decade, the Salem company based at Willamette University is creating new opportunities for Oregon dramatists
During Pride Month, Oregon’s fifth largest city celebrates openness and diversity amid recognition that the quest to overcome fear and repression is far from over.
The two-day event at The Vault drew entries from around the globe and raised funds for host Bag&Baggage Productions.
The artist-operated downtown institution’s closure after 16 years deprives Oregon of an important visual arts hub.
After hiring a musician accused of sexual misdeeds, then reversing course, one of Oregon’s most prominent classical music institutions faces lingering questions.
PDX Playwrights and LineStorm Playwrights help Oregon writers get their scripts onstage at the just-concluded annual festival of new works – and beyond.
How to decide what to see? There’s more than one way to approach the overwhelming bounty of Oregon’s annual celebration of new stage works.
Greater Portland’s festival of new performance returns after a long dry spell to showcase and generate new sprouts of Oregon-grown theater.
The busy cultural hub celebrates its 20th anniversary with a day-long party this Saturday, March 16
Recent productions “North” and Red Door Project’s “The Evolve Experience” highlight the Beaverton arts center’s socially responsive programming.
PJCE’s concert February 19 at Hallowed Halls will spotlight the efforts of musicians and other workers for fair pay and working conditions.
A former student recalls how the one-time University of Oregon and Oregon State professor taught generations of writers to use the techniques of drama to tell true stories.
Seeds for the career of the acclaimed playwright, whose “What the Constitution Means To Me” opens this week at Portland Center Stage, were planted and nurtured in Oregon.
OBF has announced Jos van Veldhoven and Craig Hella Johnson as the festival’s new artistic partners.
Brett Campbell looks back on his year in the seats and declares the lively works-in-progress festival his most memorable theater experience of 2023.
Recent moves and kudos about 45th Parallel Universe, Third Angle New Music, Friends of Chamber Music, Cappella Romana, Tomas Cotik, and other figures in Oregon classical and jazz music.
Creating the special condensed version of the holiday classic, which will premiere on December 19, is part of Artistic Director Dani Rowe’s vision for making classical dance more welcoming to a broader audience.
Through annual residencies in local schools, Salem native Caitlin Lynch and fellow artists give music students firsthand experience of how professional musicians collaborate to create a performance.
The pianist, professor and Portland Piano International founder’s warmth and wisdom made him a gentle leader in Oregon classical music.
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.
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