CMNW2025

What do I like about this? Caroline Shaw discusses the influence of Baroque music on her “Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings”

The composer reflects on the playfulness of Bach, Corelli, and Vivaldi–and their impact on her recent concerto, performed at Oregon Bach Festival and Chamber Music Northwest this summer.

More brilliantly shines the beauty: The “Brandenburg Concertos” in Oregon

Shunske Sato, violinist and master of Historically Informed Practice, led a wonderfully fresh rendition of Bach’s “six concertos for several instruments” in a collaboration between Chamber Music Northwest and Oregon Bach Festival.

Washes of color: The “Brandenburg All-Stars” at Chamber Music Northwest

CMNW co-directors Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien, mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron, violinist Shunske Sato, harpsichordist Kit Armstrong, and other stellar musicians joined forces to perform Bach, Mendelssohn, and Mahler.

Happy little clusters: Chamber Music Northwest’s Young Artist Institute

This year’s string of concerts featuring young string players and pianists culminates in two free events this weekend.

A little retro and thoroughly modern: Chamber Music Northwest 2025 pairs Baroque and contemporary composers

This year’s festival, “Echoes of Bach,” features a bevy of familiar performers and composers, including several Protégé Project alums, in five weeks of programs that range from Bach and Bottesini to Kian Ravaei and Ethan Soledad.

MusicWatch Monthly: Summer of feasts

Britt Music & Arts Festival, In A Landscape, Oregon Bach Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, Makrokosmos Project–plus “Celilo Falls,” esperanza spalding, two from Cascadia Composers, and the return of “Bird Songs of Opera.”