Digging the Society of Oregon Composers; toasting the Miller Foundation’s Spark Awards; representing the Lollipop Guild.
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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.
October 19, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
!mindparade, Saloli, Via Mardot, and all the synths; Yawa with her voice and her technologies; a tribute to Svoboda; Delgani plays Golijov and Reza Vali; an All Hallows’ Evening.
October 5, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
Xhurch and regular church; so many difficult Friday the 13th shows; LISTENing to Resonance; Prefontaine again; a new Machado Mijiga album.
September 28, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
Green shows in Ashland, Indian music in Portland, Gustav vs. Gabe, queer and femme.
September 4, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
Working hard with Renegade Opera, Jim Pepper Native Arts Festival, Cascadia Composers, Lose Yr Mind Fest, Ural Thomas, Amenta “Yawa” Abioto, and more.
August 2, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
Remembering David Bernstein, Tomáš Svoboda, and Metallica. A vinyl celebration of Roselit Bone, Spoon Benders, The Shivas, and Møtrick. Joe Kye sings about grandma.
July 6, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
In which we consider the meanings of music with a Fresh Air Fest, a Columbia Riverkeeper composer-in-residence, a pair of rowdy rock concerts, and a sampling of Chamber Music Northwest.
June 29, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
Hurtling into Fourth of July weekend and the height of summer with Waterfront Blues Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, Oregon Bach Festival, and The Thesis.
June 1, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
Festivals large and small with Resonance Ensemble, Makrokosmos Project, New Music Gathering, Chamber Music Northwest, Brittfest, and more.
May 4, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
In which the Merry Month promises premieres, percussions, a plethora of Bandcamp Friday pickings, and plenty more.
April 5, 2023Charles Rose
New music, new music, and other new music. Also: old music.
March 16, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
The Shivas and !mindparade shimmy into Doug Fir Lounge; 45th Parallel illuminates the Universe; Machado Mijiga’s new “Uncharted,” “Loss” and Third Angle; MF Zakir.
March 2, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
In which we discuss Baroque music, marching bands, protest songs, and other acts of resistance.