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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.
Carols old and new, Gospels and Winterfests, Bach and Menotti, and more.
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.
Punk, metal, jazz, and the Oregon School of Composition–just in time for the last Fee Free Friday of 2023.
Four “Messiahs,” choirs and harps, Northwest composers, and more.
The Pulitzer-winning opera by Rhiannon Giddens & Michael Abels makes its way across the country.
Two years after the death of founder Ian Mouser, MVM continues to provide education and opportunities for young musicians.
The painter, who lost everything in a fire two years ago, will present his performance piece on the Earth and environment Dec. 3 during a Unitarian service in Newport.
The bassist (en route to Curtis Institute of Music) and guest conductor (on loan from Metropolitan Youth Symphony) presented a shining concert curated by late PCO director Yaacov Bergman.
MYS stirred up the fun in their cartoon-themed season opener.
PYP season opener celebrated the group’s century mark.
Final three shows of 3A’s intimate series featured performances by Branic Howard, Yawa, and Methods Body.
Fresh as ever, the music of four women composers received a superb outing.
YOB is love; Eugene versus Corvallis; Renegade Opera and PSU Opera; twangy Indian music; and the one true “Messiah.”
Financial difficulties for the 1905, which has just gone out of business, raise larger questions about the history and future of jazz in Portland.
New work by Portland-based composer continues to push the boundaries of percussion music.
CR’s upcoming concerts trace the revitalization of Byzantine music traditions in Greece following the 1922 fire of Smyrna.
PO kept its sixth production of the 238-year-old Mozart opera fresh with superb singing, tight conducting, agile staging, and new, historically-informed costumes.
Hearing the Philippines from Oregon, with singer-percussionist Francis Greg.
Youth orchestras, Oregon poets, spiritual moments, and more.
Falling towards the holidays with secret music, west coast premieres, impending CD releases, a short Bach chorale, wintersongs, early Messiahs, and more.
Cinematic, picturesque music will trigger the imagination at VSO concert.
The nonprofit supports the Yachats Celtic Music Festival, happening Nov. 10-12, an art quilt show, a banner project, and the Yachats Arts Guild, among others.
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.
Discussing American and European oboe styles, musical studies, dry halls and the Curtis Sound with the Portland-raised musician.
The latest of OSO Creative Chair Gabriel Kahane’s Open Music Series concerts featured music by Kahane, Sam Adams, Andy Akiho, Julius Eastman, Reena Esmail, Meredith Monk, Steve Reich, and Julia Wolfe.
SO staged the Handel opera with six singers (including one countertenor), modern set design, and haute couture costuming.
Oregon Symphony will perform Akiho’s latest this weekend, alongside Dvořák’s Othello Overture and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique.”
the 1905, Damien Geter, Carlos Kalmar.
!mindparade, Saloli, Via Mardot, and all the synths; Yawa with her voice and her technologies; a tribute to Svoboda; Delgani plays Golijov and Reza Vali; an All Hallows’ Evening.
The electric jazz trio will perform at the Portland night club in October.
Mezzo-composer Lisa Neher, flutist Rose Bishop, and pianist Abbie Brewer performed a concert of “innovative yet beautiful” chamber music in Saint Paul.
Lemire fell hard for the pipe organ as a child. On Tuesday, he will play his own score to accompany the silent film in McMinnville.
Committed to excellence through music, the Portland Youth Philharmonic has a winning season every year – for 100 years!
Metropolitan Youth Symphony emphasizes fun and enjoyment in music-making
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.
The local composer assembled a cast of artists and musicians for an environmentally conscious arts and culture festival.
The singer and pianist presented an intimate evening of songs and poetry.
After a gap of many years, the conductor/composer/author returns to Portland for a concert of Mason Bates, Beethoven, and Elgar’s ‘Cello Concerto’ with Joshua Roman.
Xhurch and regular church; so many difficult Friday the 13th shows; LISTENing to Resonance; Prefontaine again; a new Machado Mijiga album.
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.
The singer-songwriter-guitarist-bandleader discusses her band’s new album “Ofrenda.”
FNM followed its mandate, with two days of demonstrations and performances of electro-acoustic and chance-based music by Annie Gosfield, Eve Beglarian, Kaija Saariaho, Hannah Ishizaki, Adina Izarra, and Kamala Sankaram.
The author and violinist discussed and demonstrated literature and music at the latest of 3A’s Listening Labs.
Green shows in Ashland, Indian music in Portland, Gustav vs. Gabe, queer and femme.
The pianist, professor and Portland Piano International founder’s warmth and wisdom made him a gentle leader in Oregon classical music.
“He led with his heart, and what a huge, open heart it was!”: The leader of Portland Chamber Orchestra and the Siletz Bay Music Festival leaves a giant gap among musicians and friends.
Authentic music making and memories highlighted the recent PSCO concert “Authentic Self,” which featured music by Mozart alongside works by Florence Beatrice Price, Gerald Finzi, Joaquín Turina, and more.
Tackling apocalypse and perseverance with the local consort of professional and amateur musicians.
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