Sing on: Choral seasons climax into summertime
Daryl Browne
June 1, 2023
Oregon choirs end their first full season in three years with Bach, Ešenvalds, Nancy Ives, Stacey Philipps, Judy Rose, and so much more.
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
The collective radiance of Portland Symphonic Choir, Eugene Concert Choir, Central Oregon Mastersingers, and Choral Arts Ensemble
Oregon Chorale’s ambitious array; caroling with Oregon Repertory Singers and Jonas Nordwall; a variety of Messiahs with Rogue Valley Chorale, Vancouver Master Chorale, Portland Baroque Orchestra, PSU Chamber Choir with the Oregon Symphony
Bach Cantata Choir welcomes soloists to stage for their first live concert offering of 2021. At 2 p.m. on Nov. 21 at Rose City Park Presbyterian Church, four stellar soloists–all familiar Northwest vocal artists–will mix and match their talents to offer some
Carrying on a tradition launched 17 years ago, the Salem choir opens its 37th season with a salute.
PCS enters 76th season backing Andrea Bocelli at Moda Center
About that little Covid break: It’s time for the new choir to get down to business and sing for an audience.
Season opening concerts October 23rd and 24th feature music of Aaron Copland, Stacey Philipps, Morten Lauridsen, Naomi LaViolette, Carlos Guastavino, Matthew Lyon Hazzard, Santiago Veros, and Kim Andre Arnesen
In Mulieribus celebrates Pauline García Viardot in season-opening concert
Ethan Sperry prepares Oregon Repertory Singers and Portland State Chamber Choir for season-opener with Maestro Danzmayr
Local choral ensemble returns to Cerimon house, with continued commitment to performance with purpose
Cantores in Ecclesia and Cappella Romana share faith in the transcendent power of exquisite choral literature
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