Speak as though never separate: A choral holiday season, part two
Daryl Browne
December 1, 2023
Carols old and new, Gospels and Winterfests, Bach and Menotti, and more.
Carols old and new, Gospels and Winterfests, Bach and Menotti, and more.
Four “Messiahs,” choirs and harps, Northwest composers, and more.
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.
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.
Choirs all over Oregon and Southwest Washington celebrate the close of summer programs and the beginning of fall concerts.
Long-running festival celebrates four centuries of Byrd with concerts, recitals, lectures, and more.
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.
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.
Choral seasons draw to a close with spring premieres and commissioned works; Requiems in various moods; music in Greek, Ukrainian, and Spanish; and more.
Easter season concerts, youth choirs, and a celebration of life.
Oregon’s youth choirs raise their voices in this year’s Music In Our Schools Month theme, “Music is all of us.”
Oregon choirs present light shows, pops concerts, pianistic Byzantine chant, music by women and by Sir Arthur Sullivan, and an evening of “frostivities.”
The final weekend in February offers two grand choral works with orchestra, a contemporary Mass collaboration, and a dozen guys whose visits audiences cherish each year.
Cappella Romana hooks up with Gesualdo 6; Trinity Cathedral hosts St. Olaf College Choir; Paul Winter and Consort perform his “Missa Gaia” with Eugene Concert Choir; Bach Cantata Choir’s “SuperBach Sunday” returns.
Cappella Romana connects the music of Byzantium and England in their January concert “A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court,” and sings the “B minor Mass” in Salem with conductor Paul Klemme in February. A cappella music comes to a festival in Bend and a competition in Sherwood.
“Messiahs,” holiday traditions, Bach, Dickens, and more, performed by Oregon’s finest choral ensembles.
Maybelle Community Singers will partner with Aurora Chorus, Bravo Youth Choir, and PSU choirs for a free event at First Christian Church this weekend.
Soweto Gospel Choir brings their “Hope” to Portland; a collaborative barbershop concert in close harmony; a salon in Eugene; the Yuletide concert season begins, from Jenkins’s “Miserere” to Geter’s “Requiem” to Britten’s “Saint Nicolas Cantata” to Rutter’s “Gloria.”
Dreams, shadows, delayed premieres, masses, vigils, requiems, organ spooktaculars, and more.
Cappella Romana releases their new creation-themed album; Choral Arts Ensemble shares the music of local composer Sydney Guillaume; Oregon Repertory Singers takes on Joby Talbot’s miraculous ‘Path’; Choro in Schola and PSU support choral education at The Reser; Bach Cantata Choir and Portland Symphonic Choir go to the foundations.
Choral Arts Ensemble prepares a full program of music by Haitian-born Oregon composer Sydney Guillaume.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland will celebrate organist and Canon for Cathedral Music Neswick with a Retirement Evensong service this weekend.
Choirs around Oregon prepare their fall concerts, featuring single-composer premieres, newly-scored old movies, and more.
Put your knowledge to the test with a crossword puzzle that covers six centuries of choral masterworks.
Long-running celebration of English Renaissance polyphony brings three weekends of music and lectures to Oregon churches.
After the COVID shutdown, the choral group has scheduled three performances next week.
Get ready for the return of the William Byrd Festival with a Renaissance-themed crossword puzzle.
Do you have what it takes to complete this crossword?
Listening back to Oregon’s return to live choral concerts.
Aurora and Satori Choruses bring light and laughter to June concerts; Cappella Romana celebrates Hollywood’s Orthodox composers.
Oregon Chorale and PCC Rock Creek Choir combine jazz and Baroque; Bach Cantata Choir sings a history lesson.
Vancouver Master Chorale’s bluegrass-and-theatre jamboree; Nexus Vocal Ensemble sings the contemporary and unconventional; In Medio premieres Colin Cossi and Carlos Cordero.
Area choirs collaborate on Ukraine benefit concert; the Tallis Scholars sing Antoine Brumel, David Lang, and Tomás Luis de Victoria; ISing brings “Stuck in the Americas” to The Reser; Willamette Master Chorus gives thanks to educators.
In Mulieribus performs Sungji Hong, Joanne Metcalf, Steve Reich, James MacMillan and James McCarthy; Choral Arts Ensemble commissions Timothy Takach; Oregon Repertory Singers pair superstar Eric Whitacre with Ily Matthew Maniano, Ko Matsushita, and Darius Lim.
Esteemed Morehouse Glee Club director teaches local choral students at three-day event in Portland.
Bach and MacMillan in Portland; Brahms in Bend; Vivaldi and Mozart in Eugene; Schubert in Salem.
Guest conductor/bass-baritone Jonathan Woody leads PBO through a concert of Bach and relations.
Voices in Vancouver; PGMC at The Reser; Aurora Chorus sings Joan Szymko.
Oregon Chorale revives mental health themed concert originally planned for 2020.
Oregon choirs amass in Spokane for Northwestern American Choral Directors Association.
Choral Arts Ensemble learns Gaelic; Cappella Romana records Pärt; Resonance Ensemble spotlights Indigenous composers.
A busy February as choirs return to the stage, some in preparation for upcoming NWACDA conference.
Listening ahead to the region’s upcoming concerts and live streams
The year’s final round of holiday concerts, with Bach Cantata Choir, Trinity Episcopal, Southern Oregon Repertory Singers, Emerald Chamber Orchestra, and In Mulieribus
Pride of Portland, Bravo Chorus, Portland Choir and Orchestra, Festival Chorale Oregon, Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, Eugene Gay Men’s Chorus, Northwest Community Gospel Chorus, and the eternal mystery of The Grotto
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