Central Oregon Mastersingers and Bach Cantata Choir prepare for tour; Oregon Repertory Singers premieres Hazzard’s “Finding Light”; Choral Arts Ensemble performs Sydney Guillaume, Brian Holmes, Dawn Sonntag, Tomáš Svoboda, Patrick Vu.
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.
Choral music in February and March, from Ashland to Tacoma.
Carols old and new, Gospels and Winterfests, Bach and Menotti, and more.
Choirs throughout Oregon’s midsection, from Corvallis to Ashland.
Choral seasons draw to a close with spring premieres and commissioned works; Requiems in various moods; music in Greek, Ukrainian, and Spanish; and more.
Oregon’s youth choirs raise their voices in this year’s Music In Our Schools Month theme, “Music is all of us.”
The final weekend in February offers two grand choral works with orchestra, a contemporary Mass collaboration, and a dozen guys whose visits audiences cherish each year.
“Messiahs,” holiday traditions, Bach, Dickens, and more, performed by Oregon’s finest choral ensembles.
Soweto Gospel Choir brings their “Hope” to Portland; a collaborative barbershop concert in close harmony; a salon in Eugene; the Yuletide concert season begins, from Jenkins’s “Miserere” to Geter’s “Requiem” to Britten’s “Saint Nicolas Cantata” to Rutter’s “Gloria.”
Choirs around Oregon prepare their fall concerts, featuring single-composer premieres, newly-scored old movies, and more.
Listening back to Oregon’s return to live choral concerts.
Area choirs collaborate on Ukraine benefit concert; the Tallis Scholars sing Antoine Brumel, David Lang, and Tomás Luis de Victoria; ISing brings “Stuck in the Americas” to The Reser; Willamette Master Chorus gives thanks to educators.
A busy February as choirs return to the stage, some in preparation for upcoming NWACDA conference.
Listening ahead to the region’s upcoming concerts and live streams
Theatrical barbecue, skeleton piano, down on the sheep farm, Troubles in Belfast, schools & Congress, bustle of books, a galaxy far far away.
Carrying on a tradition launched 17 years ago, the Salem choir opens its 37th season with a salute.
Our most excellent wrap of November music classical, new, jazzy, and hybrids in between.
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