Events

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!…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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,…