Oregon Music Education Association

Oregon Symphony: Ravel & Saint-Saëns
2026-04-12 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon, 97205
A bracing whack from the percussionist’s “slap stick” launches Ravel’s Concerto on an effervescent romp, evoking the Harlem jazz clubs he visited with Gershwin. Riffs from the brasses and piano fireworks make for a breathless dash to the finish. Ravel’s lush Daphnis et Chloé opens with a radiant sunrise—golden strings, shimmering harps, bird calls—and ends with an orgiastic paean to love.

Southern Oregon University: Master Voices Series: American Masterpieces
2026-04-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
The SOU Concert, Chamber, and Alumni Choirs are proud to be combining forces again with the Rogue Valley Chorale to present the Master Voices Series, an annual concert series designed to bring the very best of the choral-orchestral masterworks canon to Rogue Valley audiences. For the second annual series, “American Masterpieces,” over 170 musicians will fill the SOU Recital Hall stage to perform Randall Thompson’s Frostiana, set of texts by poet Robert Frost; Elaine Hagenberg’s Illuminare, a new choral work alternating between contemporary English and traditional Latin texts; and R. Nathaniel Dett’s The Chariot Jubilee, a choral cantata blending influences from African American spiritual traditions with Western Classical Music and will include special guest artists Dr. Roderick George from the University of Montevallo as tenor soloist and organist Dr. J. Murphy-Mancini from Pacific Lutheran University.

OMEA District 5 High School Choir Festival
2026-04-13 | Ridgeview High School, 4555 SW Elkhorn Avenue, Redmond, Oregon

Oregon ACDA Middle School Choir Festival
2026-04-14 | Rex Putnam High School, 4950 SE Roethe Road, Portland, Oregon, 97267
The Oregon ACDA Middle School Choir Festival will be held on Tuesday, April 14, at Rex Putnam High School. We are thrilled to welcome our outstanding clinicians and look forward to a wonderful day of music-making together!

Please use the link below to register. Space is limited, and the registration deadline is March 13.

Register here

If you have any questions, please contact our OR-ACDA Middle School R&R Co-Chairs:

Jennifer Kercher – kercher_jennifer@salkeiz.k12.or.us

Angela Hjertstedt – hjertstedta@nclack.k12.or.us

We hope to see you there!

OMEA District 5 Middle School Choir Festival
2026-04-14 | Ridgeview High School, 4555 SW Elkhorn Avenue, Redmond, Oregon

OMEA District 7 High School Band Festival
2026-04-15 | Marshfield High School, 972 Ingersoll Avenue, Coos Bay, Oregon, 97420

Basin Band Festival
2026-04-15 | Ross Ragland Theater, 218 N. 7th Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon, 97601

OMEA District 11 Jazz Festival
2026-04-15 | Albany Performing Arts Center, 2100 Elm Street SW, Albany, Oregon, 97321

OMEA District 1 Elementary Honor Choir
2026-04-15 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97205

COWAPA Choir Festival
2026-04-15 | Clatskanie High School, 471 SW Bel Air Drive, Clatskanie, Oregon, 97016

Mid-Western League High School Choir Festival
2026-04-15 | Springfield High School, 875 7th Street to, Springfield, Oregon, 97477

NAfME Webinar: Integrated Music Making: Tips & Strategies for Music Teachers to Connect Topics from the General Education Classroom
2026-04-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Music teachers constantly integrate facts and ideas from other subjects to enhance student understanding of a particular piece or genre of music. This session examines the inclusion of the elementary general classroom teacher into the conversation of integrated teaching and learning in music. Participants can expect to see examples of integrated lesson activities, engage in sample activities, and share ideas they have used in their own music classrooms.

Linfield University: Todd Hammes—Contemporary Percussionist
2026-04-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Delkin Recital Hall, 57 SW Keck Drive, McMinnville, Oregon, 97128
Percussionist, composer and improviser Todd Hammes performs unique contemporary music of the moment!

Oregon State University Middle School Band Festival
2026-04-16 | Oregon State University, 875 SW 26th Street, Corvallis, OR, 97331, United States

Central Oregon Band Festival
2026-04-16 | Ridgeview High School, 4555 SW Elkhorn Avenue, Redmond, Oregon

MWC League Band Festival
2026-04-16 | Silverton High School, 1456 Pine Street, Silverton, Oregon, 97381

NWOC League Band Contest
2026-04-16 | Hillsboro High School, 3285 SE Rood Bridge Road, Hillsboro, Oregon, 97123

PIL Choir Contest
2026-04-16 | Benson Polytechnic High School, 546 NE 12th Avenue, Portland, Oregon

OMEA District 5 High School Band Festival
2026-04-16 | Ridgeview High School, 4555 SW Elkhorn Avenue, Redmond, Oregon

Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival at Newport
2026-04-16 - 2026-04-19 | Newport, Oregon, 555 SW Coast Highway, Newport, Oregon, 97365

Portland State University: Music @ Midday: String Area
2026-04-17 12:15 - 13:15 | Lincoln Hall, 1620 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97201

Portland State University: Cosi Fan Tutte
2026-04-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Lincoln Hall, 1620 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97201

OMEA District 14 Middle School Vocal and Instrumental Solo & Ensemble Festival
2026-04-18 | Sherwood Middle School, 16956 SW Meinecke Road, Sherwood, Oregon, 97140

Beaverton School District 6th Grade Honor Band
2026-04-18 | Aloha High School, 18550 SW Kinnaman Road, Beaverton, Oregon, 97078

Portland Youth Philharmonic: Double Bass Class
2026-04-18 14:00 - 15:15 | Jackson Middle School, 10625 SW 35th Ave, 97219

University of Portland: University Singers, Bel Canto, and Chamber Choir Concert
2026-04-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Buckley Center Auditorium, 5000 N, Willamette Boulevard, Portland, Oregon, 97203

Southern Oregon University: Borromeo/Verona String Octet
2026-04-18 15:00 - 17:00 | Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Chamber Music Concerts Presents the Borromeo/Verona String Octet
Borromeo Quartet: “A remarkably accomplished string quartet, not simply for its high technical polish and refined tone, but more importantly for the searching musical insights it brings.” Chicago Tribune

Verona Quartet: “bold interpretive strength, robust characterization and commanding resonance.” Calgary Herald

Chamber Music Concerts (CMC) presents the Borromeo/Verona String Octet on Saturday, April 18 at 3pm at the Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, 450 S Mountain Ave, Ashland, OR. Purchase tickets at ChamberMusicConcerts.org or call 541-552-6154.

What a special opportunity: This concert combines two world-class string quartets to explore the masterpieces of the string octet repertoire. This is music rarely heard at this level of performance and is a can’t-miss event.

Each visionary performance of the award-winning Borromeo Quartet strengthens its reputation as one of the most important ensembles of our time. The quartet has received numerous awards throughout its illustrious 25-year career, including the Avery Fisher Career Grant and Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award. The ensemble has been hailed for its “edge-of-the- seat performances” by the Boston Globe, which called it “simply the best.” The BSQ has been ensemble-in-residence at the New England Conservatory and Taos School of Music, both for 25 years, and is quartet-in-residence at the Heifetz International Music Institute, where first violinist Nicholas Kitchen is Artistic Director. The quartet was also in residence and has worked extensively as performers and educators with the Library of Congress and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

The Verona Quartet has firmly established itself amongst the most distinguished ensembles on the chamber music scene today. The group’s singular sense of purpose earned them Chamber Music America’s coveted 2020 Cleveland Quartet Award, and they serve on the faculty of the Oberlin College and Conservatory as the Quartet-in-Residence at Nova Scotia’s Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance. The quartet has appeared across four continents, captivating audiences at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center (New York City), Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.), and many others.

The octet’s concert program for CMC features Dmitri Shostakovich’s Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11; George Enescu’s String Octet in C Major, Op. 7; and Felix Mendelssohn’s String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20.

Tickets are $39/49, with $5 tickets available for full-time students and $10 tickets for SOU employees. Purchase online at ChamberMusicConcerts.org or by calling 541-552-6154. Don’t miss the pre-concert lecture at 2pm.

Grants Pass Jazz Festival
2026-04-18 17:00 - 20:00 | Grants Pass High School, 830 NE 9th Street, Grants Pass, Oregon, 97526

Oregon Ambassadors of Music: First Rehearsal & Parent Meeting
2026-04-19 09:00 - 17:00 | Oregon State University, 875 SW 26th Street, Corvallis, OR, 97331, United States

Oregon Symphony: Ahoy! Melodies from the High Seas
2026-04-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon, 97205
Ahoy, mateys! Set sail on a swashbuckling adventure through the high seas with this pirate-themed show for young music lovers. Join a lively crew of musical buccaneers as they search for hidden treasure with rollicking pirate songs and interactive storytelling. Grab your map and prepare for an unforgettable voyage!
