A spicy kick: New Year’s with Portland Chamber Orchestra
January 10, 2025
PCO’s holiday concert put music and drinks in a delightful shaker, mixing music from the Baroque to the 21st century.
PCO’s holiday concert put music and drinks in a delightful shaker, mixing music from the Baroque to the 21st century.
Recent albums feature the music of Astor Piazzolla, Lera Auerbach, and Polina Nazaykinskaya.
The youth orchestra’s 63rd annual holiday show sent everyone home with a smile.
The Portland composer, bassoonist, puppeteer, and voiceover artist’s award-winning ‘Meet the Planets’ series is an ingenious blend of music and science.
The former Chamber Music Northwest protégé ensemble delivered a wide-ranging program of music by Tate, Mendelssohn, and Dvořák.
The young composer Elishiya Crain-Keddie’s “Innamorata” sparkles in a program including Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and contemporary American composer Missy Mazzoli.
An outstanding performance by PYP alumna Hamani Froom of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto highlights a 101st season-opening program that also includes works by Silvestre Revueltas and William Grant Still.
The English singer performed “Schwanengesang” and other selections with pianist Myra Huang for Chamber Music Northwest.
The violist and Portland Youth Philharmonic alum returns to Oregon to work with high school and college students.
Violist Caitlin Lynch, back in town for Project Chamber Music: Willamette Valley, performed a concert of Mozart and Brahms.
FNM’s all-Oregonian season started with a bang last weekend at Reed College’s acoustically-friendly Eliot Chapel Hall.
The renamed orchestra accented diverse American music in their inaugural concert.
Jazzy clarinet concerto and a tribute to Celilo Falls closed out this year’s festival on the Oregon Coast.
Young stagescraft specialists get intensive on-the-job training through the mentorship program, which helps fill a need for a skilled workforce and guarantee a future for performing arts.
Critic at large samples the music festival where concerts are first class and free!
SBMF director Yaacov “Yaki” Bergman mentored and collaborated with Sun for decades, making the pianist an ideal successor in the festival’s twelfth season.
The two-week residential summer camps offer a unique opportunity for young creatives to advance their artistic interests while connecting with other talented youth.
CMNW protégé artist doubles down on the double bass with gusto.
The intensive education program for talented string players from around the world includes performances throughout the community, including free showcases, pop-ups around town, and a new mobile concert stage.
CMNW keeps things fresh as its Beethoven-themed 2024 Summer Festival opens.
The actor-comedian and his musical sidekick join the Oregon Symphony Orchestra for a wry and funny look at the slings and arrows of outrageous classical music critics.
The Oregon Symphony Orchestra’s principal bassoonist and founder of Bassoons Without Borders is ready for her solo spotlight.
Fourthful concert showed the eclectic breadth of the local composer organization.
The elite youth orchestra celebrates spring with four world premieres and a lyrically flowing performance by flutist Macy Gong, its concerto winner.
The two choirs, longstanding pillars of Oregon’s vital choral scene, wrap up their 50th and 55th anniversary seasons with premieres and music by Pacific Northwest composers.
Greater Portland’s homegrown chamber music festival winds up its spring season with delightful samples of familiar and contemporary classical music in a variety of churches.
Music of Latin America, including Indigenous instruments, to highlight PSCO concert.
For nearly 60 years, the non-profit program has been offering residential music and arts summer camps where youth can further their artistic interests while forging lifelong friendships.
The music of Iran and America explored current issues with a concert of music by all women composers.
CMNW’s March mini-fest delivered all of the maestro’s piano trios with elan.
MYS performed world premieres of music by Nancy Ives and Charles Martin alongside Beethoven and Lalo.
PYP geared up for their upcoming East Coast tour with a thrilling concert featuring music by Amy Beach, Jessie Montgomery, and Jeff Scott.
A new “pasticcio” created by PBO director Julian Perkins and librettist Stephen Pettitt combined arias by Handel and other Baroque composers with newly-written recitatives for an evening of operatic entertainment.
Discussing the finer details of orchestra library maintenance, from the legalities of part rentals to the need for librarians to be musically well-educated.
The Brooklyn composer will perform his Puliter-nominated concerto Feb. 9-12 alongside Beethoven’s “Fifth Symphony” and Carlos Simon’s “Fate Now Conquers.”
The mobile venue is a South By Southwest finalist; the former Oregon Symphony conductor’s CIM saga continues.
Last Monday’s concert at The Old Church featured ebows and superball mallets in music by Skye Neal, Kirsten Volness, Rachel Modlin, Bora Yoon, and Kimberly Osberg.
Portland Youth Philharmonic’s chamber orchestra strutted their stuff with a challenging program that included four world premieres.
The opera will sell the Hampton Center and look for a new home; the symphony and its musicians agree on a new three-year contract.
The Louisiana-born, Texas-raised singer and educator, recently named Hinckley Assistant Professor of Music Education and Social Justice at Portland State University, is one of ten finalists for this year’s Grammy Music Educator Award.
PYP and its various subgroups, including the alumni orchestra, performed at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert in Downtown Portland the day after Christmas.
Akiho’s “Sculptures” and Spalding’s collaboration with Fred Hersch received multiple nominations, Tham has been selected for an international conductor competition, and Cotik has unveiled a prototype of his new interdisciplinary media project.
Two years after the death of founder Ian Mouser, MVM continues to provide education and opportunities for young musicians.
MYS stirred up the fun in their cartoon-themed season opener.
PYP season opener celebrated the group’s century mark.
Fresh as ever, the music of four women composers received a superb outing.
New work by Portland-based composer continues to push the boundaries of percussion music.
Cinematic, picturesque music will trigger the imagination at VSO concert.
Discussing American and European oboe styles, musical studies, dry halls and the Curtis Sound with the Portland-raised musician.
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