chamber music

Oregon Symphony: Be As Water

April 15, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm PDT

Inspiring * Exhilarating * Riveting

In this wide-ranging meditation on the liquid we can’t live without, Handel’s irresistibly buoyant Water Music becomes a foil for five contemporary works that draw inspiration from water—three of them written by composers nominated for 2022 GRAMMY Awards—at a time when the planet is increasingly imperiled. Bookended by an electrifying percussion quartet by local favorite Andy Akiho and Nico Muhly’s 2007 masterpiece The Only Tune—a radical re-imagining of the timeless folk song “Two Sisters” featuring London-based avant-folk star Sam Amidon—this concert, performed by the Oregon Symphony, will offer listeners an opportunity to hear Handel’s classic through fresh ears while experiencing cutting-edge new works from rising stars Timo Andres, Gabriella Smith, and inti figgis-vizueta.

Program

Andy Akiho: Empty Your Mind
Handel: Water Music, Suite 1,
Inti Figgis-Vizueta: Mayu (The Great River)
Handel: Water Music, Suite 1
Gabriella Smith: Maré
Handel: Water Music, Suite 1
Timo Andres: Tides and Currents
Handel: Water Music, Suite 1
Nico Muhly: The Only Tune

Artists

Jeffrey Kahane, Conductor
Gabriel Kahane, Host
Timo Andres, Piano
Sam Amidon, Vocals, Banjo, and Guitar
Members of the Oregon Symphony

Beaverton, OR

$29 – $55

Oregon Symphony

503-228-1353

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Patricia Reser Center for the Arts

12625 SW Crescent St
Beaverton, Oregon 97005 United States
971.501.7722
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Cascadia Composers Spring Concert

May 14, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm PDT

Collaborations 2022: Re/emergence

Strive… dream… wake… flourish! Our present moment in music, poetry, image & dance

Cascadia Composers Spring Concert showcases the variety and depth we are known for as we continue to artistically process the times will live in and

reemerge, revitalized and reenergized!
Please join us on Saturday, May 14th, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at Lincoln Hall,

Room 75 on the Portland State University Campus.

Enjoy new works from Cascadia Composers Daniel Brugh, I’Lana S. Cotton, Noam Faingold, Brian Field, Theresa Koon, Lisa Neher, Gary Lloyd Noland, Timothy Arliss O’Brien, Paul Safar, Greg A Steinke, Drew Swatosh, Kirsten Volness, Jennifer Wright and Nicholas Yandell.

A multitude of talented musicians including Onry, Diane Chaplin, Anthony Dyer, Maria Garcia, Asya Gulua, Ben Milstein, and Rebecca Stager as well as dancers Kiel Moton and Joshua Big SnubB Dudley join in this kaleidoscope of colorful collaborations.

Themes of struggle, recharging and awakening connect these timely works which are enhanced through video, painting, dance and actors. We hope you can share in this exciting concert of new music from Cascadia Composer members!

Lincoln Hall, Room 75
Portland State University
1620 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97201

$5 – $20

Cascadia Composers

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Lincoln Hall Rm 75

1620 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97201
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Rose City Brass Quintet – Disquiet Album Release Party & Concert

March 30, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm PDT

The Rose City Brass Quintet will host an album release party at The Old Church Concert Hall on Wednesday, March 30th for a limited number of guests. Composers Dana Reason and Lars Campbell will be in attendance. All Classical Portland radio host and Club Mod Founder Robert McBride (pictured right), known for his popular pre-concert conversations at the Oregon Symphony, will moderate a discussion exploring the thematic and musical content of the album with the composers and quintet members.

WHEN: Wednesday, March 30th, 7:30pm PT
WHERE: The Old Church Concert Hall and streaming on the Rose City Brass Company Youtube Channel
COST: In-person tickets: $20 adv / $30 dos / $10 students; Livestream by donation
TICKETS: events.humanitix.com/rose-city-brass-quintet

Preview the album in the Private Media Room: rosecitybrasscompany.com/media Bonus offerings with the advance release, available on the Rose City Brass Company Youtube Channel and social media channels:

  • March 11 – First single: Celebration 2020, Joyce Solomon Moorman
  • March 18 – Second single: Portland (SE), Joey Sellers
  • March 25 – Music video: Brass Quintet, Op. 112 (Presto), Tomáš Svoboda

The CD and digital download will be available for purchase on rosecitybrasscompany.com, CD Baby, & Bandcamp; digital download also available on streaming platforms, iTunes, & Amazon.

$10 – $30

Rose City Brass Quintet

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The Old Church Concert Hall

1422 SW 11th Ave
Portland, Oregon 97201
(503) 222-2031
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Tambuco Percussion Ensemble

April 24, 2022 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm PDT

Considered a national treasure in Mexico, four-time Grammy nominee Tambuco is one of the most dynamic and innovative chamber percussion ensembles today.

A dynamic and innovative program showcasing the limitless colors, voices, and expressive capabilities of percussion instruments, from the melodic strains of four marimbas to the rhythmic sounds of tapping stones.

“What mesmerizing creativity! A Tour de Force of subtle and forceful artistry. The members of Tambuco are chameleons on dozens of instruments.” Gramophone

$32 – $57 $5 student rush and Arts for All tickets (subject to availability)

Friends of Chamber Music

503.224.9842

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Patricia Reser Center for the Arts

12625 SW Crescent St
Beaverton, Oregon 97005 United States
971.501.7722
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Friends of Chamber Music – Pavel Haas Quartet

March 15, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm PDT

Since winning the Premio Paolo Borciani competition in Italy in 2005, the Pavel Haas Quartet has established itself as one of the great chamber ensembles of today, performing at the world’s most prestigious concert halls and recording five award-winning CDs.

Program: Monday – Haydn: Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1; Martinů: Quartet No. 7 “Concerto da Camera,” H. 314; Schubert: Quartet in G Major, Op. 161, D. 887

Tuesday – Suk: Meditation on an old Czech Hymn “St. Wenceslas,” Op. 35a; Korngold: Quartet in D Major, Op. 34; Dvořák: Quartet in G Major, Op. 106

Master Class: Members of the Pavel Haas Quartet will present a Master Class with Portland State University students on Tuesday, March 15, from 12:00 to 1:30 pm, in Lincoln Recital Hall (Room 75), PSU. Free and open to the public.

$32 – $57 $5 Student rush and Arts for All tickets (subject to availability).

Friends of Chamber Music

503.224.9842

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Lincoln Performance Hall

1620 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97201