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In this exciting program, Composer-in-Residence Andy Akiho presents a work that celebrates percussion and rhythm and displays his spellbinding artistry—and that of the Oregon Symphony’s stellar percussion section in the solo spotlight. Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony also thrills with the life-affirming sounds of timpani, bass drum, and cymbals and engages you with this passionate work, about which he confessed, “There is not… |
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Chamber Music Northwest is excited to welcome you to University of Portland’s Shipstad Field for a FREE outdoor performance by the talented students of our Young Artist Institute. You will be amazed by the incredible artistry of these young musicians as they perform their solo works. The mobile stage is provided by SoundsTruck NW, a nonprofit…
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We welcome you to join us for performance of SOU's best in jazz and wind. Hearts on Fire celebrates passion, energy and the spirit of music. Wind Ensemble:Ophiura for Reed Octet - Calypso/arr.Eide Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon - Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) Martin Bichinsky, conductor Piano Concerto No. 2, Mvmnt. 1 - Camille Saint-Saëns… |
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Collegiate NAfME members from Pacific University and their instructor, Kendra Kay Friar, share their personal connections to four curricular innovators from history: Nathaniel Clark Smith, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Belle Ortiz, and Lois Choksy. The presenters will connect their in-progress professional identity development to the pioneering work of historical role models. Repertoire and pedagogical suggestions pioneered…
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Watch the spring band concert with special guest composer Nicole Piunno. Being the last term for Josh Friesen, the graduate teaching assistant will conduct the University Band, and his own original composition will be performed by the Wind Symphony.Here is a sampling of the pieces to be played:UNIVERSITY BAND"Flashing Winds" - Jan Van der Roost"Safely… |
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Respighi, beloved magician of orchestral colors, pays tribute to the “Eternal City” in his richly imagined Pines of Rome, transporting you to famous pine stands around Rome…to a splendid estate, mournfully to a catacomb, to the moonlit Janiculum hill with the haunting song of a nightingale, and to the Appian Way, with blazing trumpets and the thunder…
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Come see the Spring Wind Ensemble Concert with Guest Ensemble the Chemeketa Community College Wind Ensemble and guest composer Nicole Piunno. The program includes "Sunflower Studies" by Nicole Piunno, "Come Sunday" by Omar Thomas, "Festive Overture, Op. 93" by Dmitri Shostakovich, and "Mayfly" composed by PSU's very own Juan Castañeda. |
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the concert hall…The original summer movie blockbuster, with an Academy Award®-winning score by composer John Williams, JAWS is an unforgettable film-with-live-orchestra experience!Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, JAWS set the standard for edge-of-your-seat suspense, quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and forever changing the movie industry. When the…
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Ritmo y Alma: A Latin Jazz Celebration brings together the PSU Vocal Collective and Jazz Band for their third annual collaborative concert. This program explores the rich traditions of Latin and Brazilian jazz, drawing repertoire from Cuba, Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico. Highlighting the rhythmic vitality, expressive depth, and cross-cultural influences that define these genres, the… |
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Respighi, beloved magician of orchestral colors, pays tribute to the “Eternal City” in his richly imagined Pines of Rome, transporting you to famous pine stands around Rome…to a splendid estate, mournfully to a catacomb, to the moonlit Janiculum hill with the haunting song of a nightingale, and to the Appian Way, with blazing trumpets and the thunder…
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Clarinet Ensembles of all sizes, from Quartet to fully-instrumented Clarinet Choir, gather for workshops and a shared concert. |
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Respighi, beloved magician of orchestral colors, pays tribute to the “Eternal City” in his richly imagined Pines of Rome, transporting you to famous pine stands around Rome…to a splendid estate, mournfully to a catacomb, to the moonlit Janiculum hill with the haunting song of a nightingale, and to the Appian Way, with blazing trumpets and the thunder…
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Join the PSU Orchestra and conductor Ken Selden in the intimate acoustics of Lincoln Recital Hall for masterpieces of Bach and Bruckner. This candlelight concert illuminates 2026 PSU Orchestra Concerto Competition winner Ayush Wynkoop in "Poem" (1918) by American composer Charles Griffes.The Program:J.S. BACH Instrumental Motet: Jesu, meine FreudeCHARLES GRIFFES PoemBRUCKNER Adagio in G-flat Major |
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From the creators of Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY and NieR:Orchestra Concert, The Music of SQUARE ENIX - Magic, Memories, and Melodies celebrates the unforgettable worlds and iconic soundtracks that have defined generations of video game storytelling and adventure. Under the direction of renowned conductor Eric Roth, this all-new symphonic concert production celebrates the music of CHRONO TRIGGER, FINAL FANTASY, KINGDOM HEARTS, Legend of Mana, NieR, Octopath Traveler, and… |
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Join Third Angle and PSU Percussion on the wooded banks of Henry Hagg lake for Steve Reich’s Drumming, an epic meditation on phasing inspired by Reich’s own studies with Ghanaian master drummers.Bring your own blankets, headphones, low lawn chairs, and drinks!ProgramSteve Reich / DrummingPerformersPSU Percussion Studio, directed by Chris WhyteSarah Tiedemann, piccoloKatherine FitzGibbon, voiceMadeline Ross, voice |
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Join us for a summer garden party on Thursday, June 18, featuring the world-class faculty of our 2026 Young Artist Institute. This special gathering brings together internationally acclaimed artists, including CMNW Artistic Director Soovin Kim (violin), Jessica Lee (violin), Dimitri Murrath (viola), and Peter Stumpf (cello), each celebrated for performances on leading stages and at…
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Deep Water is a post-apocalyptic fantasy opera that investigates rage, grief, play, & persistence in the face of gargantuan, destructive forces. Themes include the role of play in affirming our humanity, extending love & care to the non-human (animals, ecosystems etc.), impermanence/permanence, & legibility/obscurity. Deep Water will include devised theater elements.It is 400 years in the… |
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In 2022, CMNW launched the Young Artist Institute (YAI), a new intensive education program for 16 talented string players from around the world, ages 14-18. Each week, we invite you to watch and support these incredible students, who showcase their amazing virtuosity around the city for the Portland community to enjoy.This showcase will highlight the…
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Deep Water is a post-apocalyptic fantasy opera that investigates rage, grief, play, & persistence in the face of gargantuan, destructive forces. Themes include the role of play in affirming our humanity, extending love & care to the non-human (animals, ecosystems etc.), impermanence/permanence, & legibility/obscurity. Deep Water will include devised theater elements.It is 400 years in the… |
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Deep Water is a post-apocalyptic fantasy opera that investigates rage, grief, play, & persistence in the face of gargantuan, destructive forces. Themes include the role of play in affirming our humanity, extending love & care to the non-human (animals, ecosystems etc.), impermanence/permanence, & legibility/obscurity. Deep Water will include devised theater elements.It is 400 years in the… |
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Deep Water is a post-apocalyptic fantasy opera that investigates rage, grief, play, & persistence in the face of gargantuan, destructive forces. Themes include the role of play in affirming our humanity, extending love & care to the non-human (animals, ecosystems etc.), impermanence/permanence, & legibility/obscurity. Deep Water will include devised theater elements.It is 400 years in the… |
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Deeply committed to the mentoring and development of young musicians, Clive Greensmith has enjoyed a long and distinguished teaching career—don’t miss seeing him coach the four cellists of our Young Artist Institute to help them improve their skill and technique. Whether you are a cellist or enjoy learning more about how musicians learn and hone… |
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Pacific Lutheran University: Concert I: T-Town Chamber Music Festival at Pacific Lutheran University
Pacific Lutheran University: Concert I: T-Town Chamber Music Festival at Pacific Lutheran University
T-Town Chamber Music Festival at Pacific Lutheran University, Oksana Ejokina, Artistic DirectorConcert IWeigl, Three Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and String QuartetSchubert, String Quintet in C Major, D. 956Artists: Soon Cho, Korine Fujiwara, Rose Hashimoto, Blaise Magnière, David Requiro, Marie Wang, Meta WeissT-Town Chamber Music Festival and Institute at Pacific Lutheran University cordially invites you to this season's events!…
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Join us for the opening concert of our 56th Summer Festival as we celebrate some of our rich chamber music heritage! Aaron Copland’s quintessentially American Appalachian Spring is featured in its original 13-instrument chamber arrangement, alongside Leonard Bernstein’s jazz-influenced Songs from West Side Story. The evening also includes Bluegrass-crossover legend Mark O’Connor’s and other composers’ interpretations of American… |
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In 2022, CMNW launched the Young Artist Institute (YAI), a new intensive education program for 16 talented string players from around the world, ages 14-18. Each week, we invite you to watch and support these incredible students, who showcase their amazing virtuosity around the city for the Portland community to enjoy.This showcase will highlight the… |
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Join us for the opening concert of our 56th Summer Festival as we celebrate some of our rich chamber music heritage! Aaron Copland’s quintessentially American Appalachian Spring is featured in its original 13-instrument chamber arrangement, alongside Leonard Bernstein’s jazz-influenced Songs from West Side Story. The evening also includes Bluegrass-crossover legend Mark O’Connor’s and other composers’ interpretations of American…
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T-Town Chamber Music Festival at Pacific Lutheran University, Oksana Ejokina, Artistic DirectorConcert IIBridge, Three Songs for Mezzo-Soprano, Viola and PianoDvořák, String Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 51Arensky, Piano Trio in D Minor, op. 32Mozart, Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493Artists: T-Town Chamber Music Institute Young Artists, Oksana Ejokina, Rose HashimotoT-Town Chamber Music Festival and Institute at Pacific Lutheran… |
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America is, indeed, a musical confluence—a land of many traditions, cultures, and voices that merge to create something entirely new. From Dvořák’s “American” Quintet, influenced by his visit to North America, and our country’s grande dame of composers, Joan Tower’s Petroushskates, to groundbreaking works by the innovative Henry Cowell and Chickasaw American composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate,…
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T-Town Chamber Music Festival at Pacific Lutheran University, Oksana Ejokina, Artistic DirectorConcert IIIBeethoven, Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major, op. 69Puts, Ritual Protocol for Marimba and PianoRuth Crawford Seeger, Sonata for Violin and PianoRachmaninoff, Second Suite for Two Pianos, op. 17Artists: Christina Dahl, Oksana Ejokina, Benjamin Hegge*, Emely Phelps, Mikhail Shmidt, Meta Weiss*denotes a T-Town Chamber Music… |
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Don’t miss seeing Grammy Award-winning violist Jessica Bodner coach the four violists of our Young Artist Institute to help them improve their skill and technique. Whether you are a violist or enjoy learning more about how musicians learn and hone their skills, you’ll be inspired watching and hearing the growth that takes place in such…
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America is, indeed, a musical confluence—a land of many traditions, cultures, and voices that merge to create something entirely new. From Dvořák’s “American” Quintet, influenced by his visit to North America, and our country’s grande dame of composers, Joan Tower’s Petroushskates, to groundbreaking works by the innovative Henry Cowell and Chickasaw American composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate,… |
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