With a voice of singing: The eternal return of choral music in Oregon
September 11, 2024
Every singer in Oregon gets back to work, with music ranging from local to ancient.
Every singer in Oregon gets back to work, with music ranging from local to ancient.
Test your knowledge of even more composers in this follow-up to July’s “American Composers” crossword puzzle.
This year’s festival features a variety of choral concerts and lectures, most of them free, at churches around Portland.
Test your knowledge of famous American composers in this July crossword puzzle.
OBF artistic partner Craig Hella Johnson conducted a concert of new, old, and revitalized choral music.
LOoP’s debut, a charming production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s fairy opera.
This summer’s OBF in Eugene features artistic partners Jos van Veldhoven and Craig Hella Johnson; visiting artist-in-residence Eric Whitacre; Bach specialist John Butt; Anton Armstrong, Therees Hibbard and the young singers of the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy; and plenty more.
The Portland choir celebrated its “third official year” with the Thompson classic “The Peaceable Kingdom” and a commissioned companion piece from Portland composer and educator Rose.
Try your luck at this art-themed crossword puzzle that’s sure to leave a lasting impression.
The choral ensemble workshopped and performed five student compositions in a semester-long mentorship residency culminating in this month’s showcase concert on May 8.
Peaceable Kingdoms, Beethoven’s Ninth (again), 15th and 30th anniversaries, and so much more.
From the “Moonlight Sonata” to the “Hebrides Overture,” test your knowledge of the most famous nicknames in classical music.
Two legendary vocal groups united at The Reser for a packed house of enthusiastic fans.
Celebrate a slightly belated April Fools’ Day with a fittingly foolish crossword puzzle.
Every singer in Oregon, voices raised for spring.
Central Oregon Mastersingers and Bach Cantata Choir prepare for tour; Oregon Repertory Singers premieres Hazzard’s “Finding Light”; Choral Arts Ensemble performs Sydney Guillaume, Brian Holmes, Dawn Sonntag, Tomáš Svoboda, Patrick Vu.
The Oregon singer-violinist-composer-poet-scholar-storyteller worked with the Camas choirs in cultural and musical workshops, a preview concert and Portland premiere. The entire local artistic team will debut the full work in New York City this May.
Choral offerings from Bach chorales to world peace to Sweet Honey in the Rock.
Test your knowledge of the great composer with a new crossword puzzle by Daryl Browne.
The famed jazz pianist partnered with the choral ensemble and Portland poet/activist A. Mimi Sei to create “From the Book of Sankofa”; the former Linfield Music Department Chair returns to Oregon for the live premiere of her “Cycles of Eternity,” recorded in 2019.
The Orthodox choral ensemble and Gospel choir joined their voices for February’s “Black Voices in Orthodox Music: How Sweet the Sound.” Recent albums released by Oregon choirs feature music by Melissa Dunphy, Renée Favand-See, Naomi LaViolette, Morten Lauridsen, Stacey Philipps, Undine Smith Moore, Joel Thompson, and more.
Choral music in February and March, from Ashland to Tacoma.
Philipps traveled with ORSYC to this year’s conference, where the choir performed music from her “Gathering Rounds” collection.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a crossword puzzle that aims to please both the besotted and the bitterly single.
Differing senses of time, space, movement, image and meaning were coordinated by artistic leaders Alissa Deeter and Samuel Hobbs in their dazzling recent performances at The Reser.
A collaboration showcasing Black composers working in the Orthodox tradition, ECC’s concert of choral music from Canada and Ecuador, and Bach Cantata Choir’s annual Super Bowl Sunday concert.
The iconic conductor, composer, and music educator, back in the limelight after getting the biopic treatment, now receives the greatest honor of them all: his own ArtsWatch crossword puzzle.
Chanticleer goes with the flow and reschedules Friday’s Reed performance for Saturday at PSU’s Lincoln Hall; performances of Rachmaninoff’s ‘Vespers’ with push/FOLD and Portland Symphonic Choir will proceed as planned at The Reser.
A new take on the liturgical work, from choral director Alissa Deeter and choreographer Samuel Hobbs; also, Chanticleer returns to Oregon.
Get in the holiday spirit with a festive crossword puzzle for the whole family.
Carols old and new, Gospels and Winterfests, Bach and Menotti, and more.
Four “Messiahs,” choirs and harps, Northwest composers, and more.
Put your best foot forward and try to solve this dance-themed crossword puzzle.
CR’s upcoming concerts trace the revitalization of Byzantine music traditions in Greece following the 1922 fire of Smyrna.
Falling towards the holidays with secret music, west coast premieres, impending CD releases, a short Bach chorale, wintersongs, early Messiahs, and more.
The choral group’s CD release concert featured music by Melissa Dunphy, Renée Favand-See, Stacey Philipps, Mari Esabel Valverde, Vin Shambry, Dominick DiOrio, and Jake Runestad.
Test your knowledge of G&S with a puzzle that’s sure to challenge even the most modern of Major-Generals.
Choirs throughout Oregon’s midsection, from Corvallis to Ashland.
A transcription of Dvořák’s mass, a setting of Anne Frank’s diary, a tribute to William Byrd, a history of Rachmaninoff, a Resonance CD release, and a bit of rediscovered Brumel.
Another year, another symphony season. Join our Puzzlemaster-in-Residence Daryl Browne as she conducts you through the musical highlights with this month’s crossword puzzle.
Choirs all over Oregon and Southwest Washington celebrate the close of summer programs and the beginning of fall concerts.
Michelangelo, Monteverdi, the Medicis, and more: travel back in time to Renaissance Italy in Daryl Browne’s August crossword puzzle.
Long-running festival celebrates four centuries of Byrd with concerts, recitals, lectures, and more.
From Andy Griffith to Mary Tyler Moore, test your memory of TV’s most memorable tunes.
The Oregon Bach Festival’s choral education program, now in its 25th year, celebrated last week with a performance of Penderecki’s “Credo.”
A recent OBF/CMNW concert presented Bach’s great choral work alongside its contemporary competitors.
The vocal ensemble partnered with Indigenous artists for a rained-in festival at Lewis & Clark’s Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
From Verdi’s operas to the films of Orson Welles, Shakespeare’s plays have left an indelible mark on generations of artists. But how much do you really know about the Bard and his admirers?
Oregon choirs end their first full season in three years with Bach, Ešenvalds, Nancy Ives, Stacey Philipps, Judy Rose, and so much more.
The vocal ensemble and youth orchestra performed women-centered works by Kareem Roustom and Jessica Meyer.
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