Oregon Music Education Association

Oregon Jazz Festival
2026-01-23 - 2026-01-24 | University of Oregon School of Music and Dance, 1225 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403

OMEA District 3 Middle & High School Honor Choir
2026-01-23 08:00 - 2026-01-24 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Forest Grove High School, 1401 Nichols Ln, Forest Grove, Oregon, 97116

Portland State University- Music @ Midday: On the Horizon: New Trombone Works from Asian Composers
2026-01-23 12:15 - 13:15 | Lincoln Hall, 1620 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97201

Oregon Symphony- DIVAS: Jimmie Herrod Salutes Jazz
2026-01-24 19:30 - 21:30 | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon, 97205

Oregon Symphony- DIVAS: Jimmie Herrod Salutes Jazz
2026-01-24 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-01-25 14:00 - 16:00 | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon, 97205
America’s Got Talent superstar vocalist Jimmie Herrod is teaming up with the Oregon Symphony for a concert filled with your favorite jazz, pop, & R&B! Channel your inner diva and immerse yourself in some of the greatest music of our time. Led by Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik, this concert will grace your ears with stunning vocals and unmatched orchestral playing for the ages.

OMEA Winter Board Meeting
2026-01-25 09:00 - 13:00 | Online

NWAPA Education Committee Meeting
2026-01-25 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom

Pacific Lutheran University- Guest Artist Recital: Timothy McAllister, Saxophone & Liz Ames, Piano
2026-01-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Lagerquist Concert Hall, 868 Wheeler Street S, Tacoma, Washington, 98444

Portland State University: Lecture-Recital on Brazilian Repertoire for Solo Trumpet
2026-01-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Lincoln Hall, 1620 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97201

OMEA District 12 North Region Choral Festival Concert
2026-01-28 19:00 - 21:00 | North Eugene High School, 250 Silver Lane, Eugene, Oregon, 97404

Portland State University: Lecture: The Effects of Physical Training and Lumbopelvic Stabilization on Solo Trumpet Performance
2026-01-29 12:30 - 13:30 | Lincoln Hall, 1620 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97201

Chamber Music Northwest: Steven Banks & Xak Bjerken
2026-01-29 19:30 - 21:30 | The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97201

Oregon Symphony- Sibelius & Grieg
2026-01-29 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-01-31 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-02-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon, 97205
Grieg’s beloved and unabashedly Romantic Piano Concerto, performed by Joyce Yang, dances and dazzles and reflects a time of personal happiness in the composer’s life. A combination of beguiling melodies and bravura fire, it found inspiration in the rhythmic patterns of Norwegian folk dances. Maestro Danzmayr also leads Stenhammar’s Second Symphony, a Romantic Swedish jewel not heard nearly often enough. Plus, Sibelius’ stirring The Swan of Tuonela joins this Nordic musical banquet, inspired by scenes from Finnish mythology.

Portland State University- Music @ Midday: Winds and Reeds
2026-01-30 12:15 - 13:15 | Lincoln Hall, 1620 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97201

Oregon Symphony- Sibelius & Grieg
2026-01-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Smith Auditorium, 900 State Street, Salem, Oregon, 97301

Southern Oregon University- Baltimore Consort
2026-01-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
“The Baltimore Consort is one of the best period instrument ensembles around…distinguished by the absolute joyous mastery of their instruments to the degree that they can improvise at will…” Times Union, NY

Chamber Music Concerts (CMC) presents the Baltimore Consort early music ensemble on Friday, January 30th at 7:30pm at the Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, 450 S Mountain Ave, Ashland, OR. Purchase tickets at ChamberMusicConcerts.org or call 541-552-6154.

Founded in 1980, the Baltimore Consort has toured the U.S. and abroad, and often performs on such syndicated radio broadcasts as St. Paul Sunday, Performance Today, Harmonia and the CBC’s OnStage.

The “rambunctious sextet” (Washington Post), known for their lively renditions of Renaissance tunes, presents “The Food of Love: Songs, Dance and Fancies for Shakespeare.” This program features their core repertory — music of the Elizabethan era — with songs and consort music from Shakespeare’s plays. Ethereal soprano Danielle Svonavec performs some of the greatest hits from the Bard’s songbook, such as It Was a Lover and his Lass, Where the Bee Sucks, Full Fathom Five, and The Willow Song. The Consort instrumentalists play sparkling arrangements of dances and consort music with their exquisite consort of instruments: lute, cittern, viols, and flute.

Tickets are $49/59, with $5 tickets available for full-time students, $10 tickets for SOU employees, and $5 tickets for Oregon Trail Card holders. Purchase online at ChamberMusicConcerts.org or by calling 541-552-6154. Don’t miss the pre-concert lecture at 6:30pm.

User Activity

NAfME Webinar: Music In Our Schools Month® for General Music Teachers
2026-02-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Join us for a Town Hall for Music In Our Schools Month®.  The General Music Council members will share a wide range of curated resources made available by NAfME. Topics and resources will include:

Advocacy for music education

Early childhood music

Upper elementary instruction

Classroom instruments

Lesson planning ideas

World music resources

Strategies for working with English Language Learners

Folk dance

Classroom management

Multi-language learners

Whether you’re looking for fresh ideas, support materials, or ways to strengthen your program, this Town Hall will provide meaningful resources for you.  We hope you’ll join us for this informative and collaborative event!

OMEA District 7 Instrumental Jazz Festival
2026-02-04 | Brookings-Harbor High School, 8293, 625 Pioneer Rd, Brookings, OR, 97415

OMEA District 10 Honor Band
2026-02-04 | Douglas High School, 1381 NW Douglas Boulevard, Winston, Oregon

Pacific Conference League Jazz Contest
2026-02-04 | Newberg High School, 2400 Douglas Ave, Newberg, Oregon, 97132

OMEA District 5 High School Honor Orchestra
2026-02-04 - 2026-02-05 | Caldera High School, 60925 SE 15th St, Bend, Oregon, 97702

NAfME Webinar: A Music IS Education Advocacy Webinar
2026-02-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Online

Beaverton School District Honor Bands
2026-02-06 - 2026-02-07 | Westview High School, 4200 NW 185th Ave, Portland, Oregon, 97229

Hillsboro School District Honor Band
2026-02-06 - 2026-02-07 | Liberty High School, 7445 NE Wagon Drive, Hillsboro, Oregon, 97124

Portland State University: Music @ Midday: PSU Theater Arts Winter Musical Ensemble Sings
2026-02-06 12:15 - 13:15 | Lincoln Hall, 1620 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97201
The upcoming PSU Theater Arts’ main stage winter production is the riveting Broadway rock musical Spring Awakening with music by Duncan Sheik. This Music @ Midday concert features members of the Spring Awakening production performing songs from a medley of Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals, including several from Spring Awakening. This teaser performance is sure to send you whistling and humming through the rest of the day, and eager to purchase tickets for the uncensored main stage show.

Oregon Symphony: Naked Classics- Pictures at an Exhibition
2026-02-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon, 97205
Want to win at musical Trivial Pursuit? Not embarrassed to be called a classical music geek? The Oregon Symphony is here to lend a hand with a new series, “Naked Classics.” (Not to worry—everyone involved will be fully clothed!) We’ll do our first deep dive into one of the most popular, most requested pieces in the repertoire: Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Join us for a 60-minute exploration with Paul Rissmann, a presenter with impressive creds. He’ll do “live” program notes from the stage, the orchestra will play excerpts as he breaks down the composition into component parts, and then he’ll put it all back together again. The icing on this musical cake: a complete performance of Pictures that you’ll now hear with “brand-new ears.” Getting the inside scoop on classical music has never been so much fun.

Portland State University: The Love of Music with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Winds and Brass conducted by PSU's Ken Selden
2026-02-06 19:00 - 21:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Vancouver, 4300 Main Street, Vancouver, Washington, 98663
You are invited to an unforgettable evening of wind and brass music on February 6 with VSO Winds and Brass, led by Maestro Ken Selden, Director of Orchestral Studies at PSU School of Music & Theater, and featuring PSU music professors Daniel Partridge and Barbara Heilmair. The Love of Music celebrates the brilliance, charm, and expressive range of the wind and brass repertoire, performed by some of the region’s finest musicians.
The program opens with Rossini’s sparkling Overture to The Barber of Seville (arr. Sedlak), followed by the elegant lyricism of Gounod’s Petite Symphonie. After intermission, enjoy the radiant warmth of Richard Strauss’s Serenade, and a powerful finale with Louis Spohr’s Nonet, a masterwork of Romantic expression and virtuosic interplay.
