For audiences craving a summertime live music experience, Third Angle New Music presents “Fresh Air Fest” an outdoor new music mini-festival located at the idyllic Topaz Farm, just 10-miles from downtown Portland on Sauvie Island. The fun all starts on Sunday, July 11 beginning at 3:30 pm and includes three one-hour sets (with breaks in…
In a program of captivating works, a host of magnificent musicians present world premieres by two leading composers: Kenji Bunch’s beautiful Vesper Flight for flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, and the much-anticipated premiere of David Ludwig’s Les Adieux concerto, commissioned by CMNW to honor Artistic Director Emeritus, David Shifrin. The celebratory week concludes with the irrepressible joy of Mozart’s Viola…
The Dover Quartet, former Protégés and one of the CMNW audience’s favorite ensembles, returns for thrilling works with two of the world’s great virtuoso pianists: Marc-André Hamelin and Matan Porat. Porat premieres his own CMNW-commissioned quintet, and Hamelin illuminates Leo Ornstein’s monumental quintet. MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No.1 in E-flat Major, Op. 12MATAN PORAT Piano Quintet (2021…
The Dover Quartet, former Protégés and one of the CMNW audience’s favorite ensembles, returns for thrilling works with two of the world’s great virtuoso pianists: Marc-André Hamelin and Matan Porat. Porat premieres his own CMNW-commissioned quintet, and Hamelin illuminates Leo Ornstein’s monumental quintet. MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No.1 in E-flat Major, Op. 12MATAN PORAT Piano Quintet (2021…
Join us in celebrating talented student performers from across Oregon and Washington playing brand new music written by Cascadia Composer members in this special outreach project of Cascadia and the next generation of musicians! The numbers show that this is our biggest In Good Hands concert yet with 17 teachers, 53 students ages 7 to…
Two Grammy Award-winners, saxophonist Timothy McAllister and guitarist Jason Vieaux team up for their Summer Festival debuts performing the world premiere of an exciting CMNW commission by American composer Pierre Jalbert. The folk idiom of Béla Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, the most dramatic work of this summer festival, caps this memorable program…
Two Grammy Award-winners, saxophonist Timothy McAllister and guitarist Jason Vieaux team up for their Summer Festival debuts performing the world premiere of an exciting CMNW commission by American composer Pierre Jalbert. The folk idiom of Béla Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, the most dramatic work of this summer festival, caps this memorable program…
The internationally renowned Brentano String Quartet begin their tenure as CMNW’s 2021-22 Artists-in-Residence merging their “luxuriously warm sound and yearning lyricism” (The New York Times) with the dark expression of Haydn and Barber on the first half of this program. The Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio, consisting of CMNW Artistic Directors Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim, and Paul…
The internationally renowned Brentano String Quartet begin their tenure as CMNW’s 2021-22 Artists-in-Residence merging their “luxuriously warm sound and yearning lyricism” (The New York Times) with the dark expression of Haydn and Barber on the first half of this program. The Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio, consisting of CMNW Artistic Directors Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim, and Paul…
Festival Faire is this community's premier fundraiser of the year! At this lively event, vital funds are raised for the Young Artists Scholarships and Sunriver Music Festival's world-class concerts. Come for a delightful time in the open air with live music, friendly fun, and multiple delicious dining options! $85 per person includes catered dinner and…
Our 2021 Festival Finale is a fitting testament to the trials and tribulations of the past 18 months, a collective journey of reflection — and now rejoicing. Bass-baritone Davóne Tines performs his groundbreaking exploration of the Mass woven through Western European, African American, and 21st-century traditions. As the grand finale, the Brentano String Quartet and…
Our 2021 Festival Finale is a fitting testament to the trials and tribulations of the past 18 months, a collective journey of reflection — and now rejoicing. Bass-baritone Davóne Tines performs his groundbreaking exploration of the Mass woven through Western European, African American, and 21st-century traditions. As the grand finale, the Brentano String Quartet and…