No one’s experience is the same: New Music Gathering 2023 from the inside
Charles Rose
July 5, 2023
A report from within the one-day festival of new music, hosted this year at Portland State University.
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A report from within the one-day festival of new music, hosted this year at Portland State University.
NMG 2023 acknowledged loss and celebrated recovery with concerts indoors and outside.
Pianist Hunter Noack’s wandering combination of classical music and natural beauty is reaching new audiences in new places.
One of the first concerts of this year’s summer festival tore down the house with music by Schubert and Fauré.
The skeleton celebrants of Mysti Krewe of Nimbus bring a sweet New Orleans flavor to Portland’s annual outdoor bash of the blues.
The blues festival, a downtown summer highlight since 1988, lays down its groove through July Fourth. Photographer Joe Cantrell captures Saturday’s opening-day action.
Hurtling into Fourth of July weekend and the height of summer with Waterfront Blues Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, Oregon Bach Festival, and The Thesis.
“Out There Jazz Suite” transmutes Hillsboro sculptures into a recording, a multimedia concert, and a community collaboration.
The Emerson String Quartet’s longtime violist, performing at Chamber Music Northwest and the Oregon Bach Festival on its final tour, discusses the group’s history and its decision to retire.
The Music Critics Association of North America chooses ArtsWatch writers Angela Allen as secretary and James Bash as treasurer.
The vocal ensemble partnered with Indigenous artists for a rained-in festival at Lewis & Clark’s Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
This year’s five-week festival, commencing this weekend, highlights the relationship between two art forms.
An interview with the mezzo soprano, performing this weekend and next week in the first round of Chamber Music Northwest concerts.
In “Pacific Waters” at the Corvallis Arts Center, students composed works for strings to go with Mary Frisbee Johnson’s water sketches.
Yoko and Jon Greeney talk about the development of their new mobile music venue, hitting the road this summer with shows featuring Charlie Brown III and Lo Steele, Andy Akiho, and more.
The Asian-American singer recently shone in Huang Ruo’s “Bound” with Seattle Opera and “Rusalka” with Portland Opera.
The Oregon composer organization blended works by its members with works by the mercurial Hungarian.
Festivals large and small with Resonance Ensemble, Makrokosmos Project, New Music Gathering, Chamber Music Northwest, Brittfest, and more.
Oregon choirs end their first full season in three years with Bach, Ešenvalds, Nancy Ives, Stacey Philipps, Judy Rose, and so much more.
This year’s symposium, in collaboration with the Oregon Bach Festival, features guest artists from Seoul as well as Japanese shakuhachi, Balinese gamelan, and western classical ensemble.
Talking Early and Modern music with the versatile prima soprano.
The vocal ensemble and youth orchestra performed women-centered works by Kareem Roustom and Jessica Meyer.
The Portland company presented a refreshingly inventive birdsong-themed outdoor program at Leach Botanical Garden.
The Portland-based ensemble performs Philip Glass’ science-fiction music drama under the Spruce Goose as the finale to its season exploring the human mind.
The story of Sacajawea glowed in a new, Indigenous-centered Opera Theater Oregon production.
Two Robert Shaws (Roberts Shaw?) are at the center of this month’s crossword puzzle. One was an actor, known for his roles in films such as ‘Jaws’ and ‘The Sting’; the other was a conductor, famous for his pristine interpretations of great choral works.
Conductor Deanna Tham, curator Gabriel Kahane, and a mixed-up mashup of modern and classical orchestral music at The Reser.
The pianist-composer and his touring bandmates performed an early set of new and recent tunes.
In which the Merry Month promises premieres, percussions, a plethora of Bandcamp Friday pickings, and plenty more.
Portland’s ambitious, forward-looking classical music radio station is expanding its scope, creating space for live performances, and relocating to downtown Portland.
PSU Opera produces an “enchanting” version of the beloved Mozart fantasy, with vibrant singing and some kids who almost steal the scene.
The Cuban-born keyboardist and Senegalese kora player returned to Oregon for another popular concert of high musical energy.
Who needs a giant concert hall to make the music zing? Classical Up Close brings great music to a small and happy audience in the cozy confines of a Tigard church.
Choral seasons draw to a close with spring premieres and commissioned works; Requiems in various moods; music in Greek, Ukrainian, and Spanish; and more.
How The Thesis became one of Portland’s premier live music showcases.
The Oregon Symphony series celebrates its 10th anniversary with a string of concerts throughout April and May.
From Fez to Spain to Oregon, a “transcendent” evening of Moroccan and flamenco music at The Reser: A photo essay.
An Oregon music legend passes, leaders of the state’s two top orchestras move on, and other news in Oregon music.
CQ concert for CMNW at The Old Church featured Fanny Mendelssohn, Germaine Tailleferre, and short works by several contemporary composers.
Oregon Symphony musical director David Danzmayr discusses the relationships and inner meanings of Mahler’s Fourth and Fifth Symphonies.
Put your operatic knowledge to the test with this pitch-perfect crossword puzzle.
Portland music ensemble’s unique education initiative celebrates its 25th anniversary with a concert on April 17 featuring new compositions by program alumni.
The Canadian jazz singer performed selections from her new album “Spark Bird” at the Portland jazz club.
The Oregon nonprofit organization’s event series “I Am An American Live” counters ignorance and fear with sounds and stories from Oregon immigrants.
Local flutist Amelia Lukas curated and performed a multi-media benefit concert celebrating Ukrainian heritage.
In which we present a selection of Fee Free Friday albums–and timely concerts–featuring Y La Bamba, Caroline Shaw, Shara Nova, Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Andy Akiho.
New music, new music, and other new music. Also: old music.
Upcoming multimedia concert with flutist Amelia Lukas probes the meaning of home on multiple levels.
As a pair of public tributes approach, longtime friend and collaborator Susan Banyas remembers the remarkable Portland musician, who died in November after performing in London.
Easter season concerts, youth choirs, and a celebration of life.
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