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The struggles of this pastoral, vintage-friendly, talismanic Oregon recording studio highlight the shifting tastes and priorities of musicians, audiences and the industry at large.
The long-running All Classical program Thursdays @ Three opens its next season this week with Doyle’s former choir, Choral Arts Ensemble.
White, the much-loved pianist and director who made the music sing in theaters across Portland, was also the talent behind Cabaret White, which showcased many of the city’s best singers.
The Portland composer, bassoonist, puppeteer, and voiceover artist’s award-winning ‘Meet the Planets’ series is an ingenious blend of music and science.
In praise of Christmas music, from Oregon Symphony to Portland Revels.
In which Maestro Perkins meets with Cappella Romana.
The harpsichordist and choral scholar discusses the importance of drama, universality and libretto in his upcoming performances of the beloved holiday oratorio.
The pianist and Fear No Music executive director performed Caroline Shaw’s “Gustave le Grey” at FNM’s recent “Sounds Like Home” concert.
FNM’s all-Oregonian concert continued last month with Ryan Francis’ “Voynich Transcriptions” and works by Charlie Bruggemann, Andy Akiho, Caroline Shaw, and Kenji Bunch.
The Oregon choral group hosted the seven strong, all Black composer collective for a Sunday of commissions, premieres, and future classics.
The club, started to help students get into University of Oregon jazz camps, is the only full-time community-run jazz club in Oregon.
A sprawling and epic yet nevertheless inherently incomplete attempt to encapsulate Oregon music via physical media available on the music industry’s greatest foe.
The former Chamber Music Northwest protégé ensemble delivered a wide-ranging program of music by Tate, Mendelssohn, and Dvořák.
The chamber opera ensemble haunted Raven’s Manor with operas by Lisa Neher and Kimberly Osberg.
From multiple “Messiahs” and “Magnificats” to music from around the world, Oregon’s humongous choral family gets into the holiday spirit.
Cascadia Composers teams up with a quartet of Oregon Poets Laureate in a concert of Northwest-spawned sounds and words
On two nights in November, RO presented a workshop reading of Danielle Olana Jagelski and Rhiana Yazzie’s opera-in-progress about students at Utah’s Intermountain Indian School and a staged performance of Jesse Preis’ “fach-free” opera.
The Oregonian composer discusses her musical journey, her relationship with Columbia Riverkeeper, and the background and creation of her latest album, “Thrice Burned Forest.”
45|| with conductor Raúl Gómez-Rojas and soloists Abbe Drake and Katherine Goforth performed Schoenberg’s chamber arrangement of the song cycle in October.
The Japanese American percussion ensemble celebrates its 30th anniversary by looking back to its origins while confronting today’s challenges and changes
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 Oregon composer discusses his piece “Voynich Transcriptions” (performed at this week’s Fear No Music concert), his early attachment to piano and electronics, and why he doesn’t think music is an art.
Full-day passes sold out by summer’s end, but individual tickets remain for some concerts, and free events are scattered throughout the weekend.
Fall concerts and revels; choral music for films; the first stirrings of Christmas.
The English singer performed “Schwanengesang” and other selections with pianist Myra Huang for Chamber Music Northwest.
“The Raven,” Witch Mountain, Shaw vs. Shaw, 45th Parallel’s Angel, Hannah Penn’s “Shakespeare Songs,” Ginette DePreist at Oregon Historical Society, and plenty more.
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble and Literary Arts team up in a concert of original jazz inspired by Oregon books
Cappella Romana hosts the Belgian vocal and period instrument ensemble in their Pacific Northwest debut.
The three-voice mini-opera, set for any voice type, receives its premiere at Renegade Opera’s November Artists in Conversation.
The niche jazz training program with a charismatic leader and a big impact.
In which a music journalist and Akiho devotee returns to live music after an extended absence.
The stalwart patron of Portland contemporary classical music leaves a lasting — and surprising — legacy, including a video exhibition this month at Nine Gallery.
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.
Creepy bands and tribute bands, Saloon Ensemble’s “Nitemare B4 Xmas” returns, and Third Angle does Glass’ “Dracula.”
The composer’s new work, performed earlier this month by Zeigler and the Oregon Symphony, moved his soundworld forward with sweet legato melodies and consciousness-shifting textures.
The freelance composer has traveled from Wisconsin to Indiana to Texas to Oregon, bringing her Edgar Allen Poe operetta “THUMP” all the way to Raven’s Manor in Downtown Portland.
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.
The trio–piano, violin, clarinet–opened CMNW’s non-summer season with music by Brahms, Bartók, Stravinsky, and Ravel.
The Gilbert & Sullivan classic gets a rousing run at Brunish Theatre through October 27.
The Mexican singer and Brazilian guitarist performed songs from Herrera’s recent albums.
In which we consider the possibility that “without music, life would be a mistake.”
RO’s modern retelling of “Die Fledermaus” at The Judy toyed with light opera conventions and contemporary social issues.
After a short run at the Brunish Theatre, Portland Opera To Go will take the internment-themed opera to schools across Oregon and Southwest Washington.
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.
Maddalena Casulana, Margaret Bonds, Uģis Prauliņš, chants for St. Demetrios, and three “Homegrown” composers–Sydney Guillaume, Stacey Philipps, and Joan Szymko–find their way onto Oregon choral programs this month.
Choice selections, from Beaverton to Rogue Valley to Newport and everything in between.
Choice selections, from Oregon Symphony to Portland Baroque Orchestra and everything in between.
FNM’s all-Oregonian season started with a bang last weekend at Reed College’s acoustically-friendly Eliot Chapel Hall.
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