45th Parallel Universe: Currents

October 19, 2021 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PDT

$20 – $25

We open our season with Gemini Project’s epic collaboration with PDX filmmaker Scott Ballard and BodyVox to present Shostakovich’s final symphony, arranged for sextet.

The program also features PDX animator Zak Margolis’ gorgeous film Andante, accompanied by the Pyxis Quartet.

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Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141 (arranged for sextet)

Ruby Chen, violin
Kevin Kunkel, cello
Yoko Greeney, piano
Michael Roberts, percussion
Sergio Carreno, percussion
Jon Greeney, percussion

Scott Ballard, filmmaker

Florence Price: String Quartet No. 1 in G major (Andante)

Greg Ewer, violin
Ron Blessinger, violin
Charles Noble, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello

Zak Margolis, animation

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Fridays with 45th Parallel: Adoration

February 26, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

Virtual Concert

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“I got probably more publicity nationwide than perhaps any other Pulitzer Prize winner. But not a single orchestra approached me about doing the piece or any piece. It materialized in nothing.”
— George Walker

Fridays with 45^th Parallel presents the Arcturus Quintet’s performance of Adoration, in honor of Black History Month, featuring brilliant music by Florence Price, Ed Bland, Valerie Coleman, George Walker, Justinian Tamusuza, William Grant Still, and Adolphus Hailstork.

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