Recent moves and kudos about 45th Parallel Universe, Third Angle New Music, Friends of Chamber Music, Cappella Romana, Tomas Cotik, and other figures in Oregon classical and jazz music.
The passing of Cascadia founder David Bernstein, and other leadership transitions.
Portland’s ambitious, forward-looking classical music radio station is expanding its scope, creating space for live performances, and relocating to downtown Portland.
An Oregon music legend passes, leaders of the state’s two top orchestras move on, and other news in Oregon music.
New funding program benefits Portland new music organizations, and other news in Oregon music
Hatton had led the orchestra for a dozen years. Plus: A memorial concert for PSU’s Mary Hall Kogen, radio raves, more music news.
Celebrate the world premiere of Damien Geter’s ‘An African American Requiem’ with a crossword puzzle about Black music influencers, past and present.
In the vocal ensemble, the composer of this weekend’s African American Requiem found the ideal partner to make a musical milestone.
A Columbia Gorge haiku challenge. An interim leader for Portland Baroque Orchestra. Damien Geter and the Oregon Symphony go bicoastal. Classical jams. Oregon Fringe Festival.
The story of a long-lost Tony Award and how, with a little Oregon help, it finally got replaced. Plus big grants, awards, leadership shifts, and some “Slow Looking” at art.
Change in the air: Comings, goings, honors, and landmarks on Oregon’s music scene.
Looking back on a year of disruptions, passions, politics, cultural shifts, bright ideas, and fresh starts in Oregon arts.
Amid a year of cultural clashes over who belongs, artists in Oregon thought big, told untold stories, and spread the creative net wide.
ArtsWatch Weekly: A festival to remember, theater heats up, All Classical leaps forward, Chachalu steps up.
Portland’s All Classical Radio moves to bring more diverse music to more diverse audiences.
ArtsWatch Weekly: History moves into the forefront, a new series on Indigenous resilience, film fest time.
Fertile Ground 2021: In “Livin’ in the Light,” opera singer Onry seeks a space for a Black man to breathe.
The ups, downs, disasters, trends, outrages, and triumphs of Oregon arts & culture in a tortuous year.
When the pandemic struck it seemed music news would dry up. But musicians found new ways to connect.
Damien Geter’s “An African American Requiem”: Part Three of a three-part interview with the composer.
Damien Geter’s “An African American Requiem”: Part Two of a three-part interview with the composer.
Damien Geter’s “An African American Requiem”: Part One of a three-part interview with the composer.
Oregon musical performances may be suspended, but Oregon music plays on. Oregon classical musicians aren’t letting a little thing like a deadly pandemic and total cancellation of live performances stop them from bringing the sounds. Tonight, Friday May 8, at 10 pm,
Yamhill and Polk county residents will have clearer listening to the classical radio station beginning Thursday.
• Portland Opera has named Sue Dixon the company’s sixth general director, replacing Christopher Mattaliano, who departed in June after 16 years. She’s served the company in other capacities since 2014. PO also temporarily assigned Mattaliano’s artistic direction responsibilities to Palm Beach
Oregon’s leading classical music public radio station All Classical Portland has launched a brand-new second radio network, for children. The International Children’s Arts Network (ICAN) is a 24-hour radio service and, the station announcement says, is the first of its kind in
Today’s jazz is often about tributes to yesterday’s jazz, especially the post-bop through fusion music of the late 1950s through the ‘70s. It’s easy to understand why — that music is a pinnacle of human artistic achievement that still delights millions of
Portland’s classical music scene is experiencing a leadership transformation. This season, Third Angle New Music selected Sarah Tiedemann as its artistic director, replacing Ron Blessinger, who had moved over to 45th Parallel Universe as interim artistic director of the now collectively run
When making the transition to align their bodily appearance with their true identities, transgender women must learn to deal with the fact that their old voices don’t transition biologically, even with hormone treatment. One of them, New York composer Sarah Hennies, turned
• This Saturday, March 3, Portland musicians and fans of long time radio host Robert McBride will gather to celebrate the All Classical Portland announcer and composer’s retirement from the airwaves in a live concert that you can hear over the air
As a new year begins, here’s one of our periodic roundups of recent news in Oregon music. This is only a smattering, of course. Got more news about Oregon music? Let us know, or leave it in the comments section below. High Notes
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