ChatterPDX shows us how it’s done; Jennifer Wright echolocates; Pyxis Quartet takes Portland to school; New Wave Opera previews Caroline Louise Miller; Orchestra Nova Northwest revives Giancarlo Castro D’Addona’s flute concerto for Adam Eccleston; Jimmie Herrod dominates the Oregon Symphony.
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December 4, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
Holiday tidings, Christmas and otherwise, from ChatterPDX to Portland Baroque Orchestra’s “Messiah” to Christmas on the Oregon Coast and beyond.
November 6, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
In which we consider the problem of “overproduction of cultural goods” in the context of encouraging you to touch grass with Portugal. The Man, Ural Thomas and the Pain, Nasalrod, Madeline Ross, Oregon East Symphony, Metropolitan Youth Symphony, Wonderly, and the Low Bar Chorale.
October 16, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
The three week festival presents concerts featuring a wide variety of Portland musicians, from esperanza spalding to M. Ward to a long-awaited collaboration between Resonance Ensemble and Fear No Music.
October 2, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
Roselit Bone, Kalakendra, Okaidja Afroso, Cascadia Composers, and a season’s worth of symphony orchestras.
September 4, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
From Renegade Opera’s witch hunt through musical activism, late summer festivals, and a trio of symphonies – all just in time for the eternal return of Bandcamp’s Fee Free First Fridays.
August 1, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
From Oregon Hall of Fame inductees YOB and Quasi through Abronia and Agolloch to Montavilla Jazz Festival.
July 5, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
Enjoying music in the Late Anthropocene, from CMNW and OBF to Cascadia Composers.
June 5, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
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.”
May 1, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
Ringdown with Third Angle, Young Composers Project, Portland Youth Philharmonic, and a whole lot more of the finest in Oregon springtime music.
April 1, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
The new new from Ringdown, Nasalrod, Terry Longshore, All Classical Radio, Third Angle New Music, Deena Grossman, and more.
March 6, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
Mizmor’s new hot sauce; Gaytheist’s super gay new album; Quadraphonnes get Moondogalicious; Song Suffragettes PNW celebrate International Women’s Day; Cascadia Composers get all jazzy.
January 1, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
Digging the Society of Oregon Composers; toasting the Miller Foundation’s Spark Awards; representing the Lollipop Guild.
December 5, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
In praise of Christmas music, from Oregon Symphony to Portland Revels.
November 5, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
“The Raven,” Witch Mountain, Shaw vs. Shaw, 45th Parallel’s Angel, Hannah Penn’s “Shakespeare Songs,” Ginette DePreist at Oregon Historical Society, and plenty more.
October 24, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
Creepy bands and tribute bands, Saloon Ensemble’s “Nitemare B4 Xmas” returns, and Third Angle does Glass’ “Dracula.”
October 10, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
In which we consider the possibility that “without music, life would be a mistake.”
September 3, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
45th Parallel Universe’s Garden Parties, Renegade Opera’s “Batman,” Deena T. Grossman’s new album, Fear No Music’s Oregonic season, and orchestras all over the state.
August 1, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
Also: Fear No Music throws down the gauntlet, announcing an all-local composer season to come.
July 3, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
Tips for staying cool during yet another apocalyptic heat wave while enjoying the best in Oregon music.
June 6, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
Resonance Ensemble celebrates fifteen years, In Medio Choir sings Randall Thompson and Judy A. Rose, Oregon Symphony plays Beethoven’s Tenth, Britt Music & Arts Festival warms up, and In A Landscape gets rolling.
May 1, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
The 1905 continues to reopen; Eugene Symphony performs “Star Wars” and Mahler’s “Resurrection Symphony”; Major Tomboys do the Lazarus trick.
April 4, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
The big groups play the big names, from Beethoven to Dvořák to Tchaikovsky to Bach. Also: Renegade Opera at the Hampton Center, Kronos Quartet and Imani Winds at The Reser.
March 1, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
Percussion concerts with 45th Parallel and Third Angle; goth and punk and whathaveyou at Mississippi Studios; CMNW’s mini-festival of piano trios; neurologist Larry Sherman with Portland Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Brown Quartet plays “Blackstar.”
February 24, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
The Pulitzer-winning composer and Portland singer-songwriter’s new “electronic cinematic pop duo” Ringdown prepares for festival season with a concert in Northeast Portland; MYS performs two more Oregon composers and also Beethoven.
February 1, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
The pronk quartet returns to live music, Oregon Symphony celebrates the “Rhapsody” centennial, Grammy-winner Cann performans a recital of Black women composers for PPI, Eugene Concert Choir releases their “Black is Beautiful” CD, and the Albina Community Archive goes live.
January 4, 2024Matthew Neil Andrews
The new year takes flight with a festival of Portland bands, a local pop star, and a bevy of chittering contemporary classical music.
December 7, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
Doom metal in Eugene, orchestras young and old, all the Strauss you can handle, Beethoven’s Glorious Ninth, New Year’s Eve parties, a burlesque extravaganza, and more.
November 16, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
YOB is love; Eugene versus Corvallis; Renegade Opera and PSU Opera; twangy Indian music; and the one true “Messiah.”
November 2, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
Youth orchestras, Oregon poets, spiritual moments, and more.
