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Byron Schenkman & Friends: Schumann Fairy Tales & Fantasies

April 24, 2022 @ 7:00 pm

Virtual Concert

Free Donations accepted.

The Romantic imagination comes to life in Robert Schumann’s “Pictures from the East” for piano duet, “Fantasy Pieces” for clarinet and piano, and “Fairy Tales” for clarinet, viola, and piano, plus works by Max Bruch and Elisabeth von Saxe Meiningen.

Program


R. Schumann:
Pictures from the East, op. 66, for piano, four hands

Elisabeth von Saxe-Meiningen:
Romance for clarinet and piano

R. Schumann:
Fantasy Pieces, op. 73, for clarinet and piano

R. Schumann:
Fairy Tales for clarinet, viola, and piano

Max Bruch:
Romanian melody and Song of the Night for clarinet, viola, and piano

Thomas Carroll, CLARINET
Jason Fisher, VIOLA
Byron Schenkman, PIANO
Joseph Williams, PIANO

Premieres on the BS&F YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mnMZDyEDfM

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Portland Opera Resident Artist Series II

FREE

February 11, 2021 @ 7:00 pm

Portland Opera is thrilled to continue the resident artist program this year, including recitals featuring the 20/21 Portland Opera Resident Artists. Traditionally held at Portland Art Museum, the series this year will be broadcast live from the Hampton Opera Center. Each performance will feature two or more Portland Opera Resident Artists, sharing solo pieces, duets, and ensembles, along with new Resident Artist Coach and collaborative pianist Joseph Williams.

Mezzo-soprano Jasmine JohnsonBaritone Michael Parham
Pianist Joseph Williams

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Jasmine Johnson, mezzo-soprano, made her professional debut with Opera Parallèle in the world premiere of their original opera, Amazing Grace, in 2015. Committed to new music, Johnson has also collaborated with Festival Opera on developing Wang Jie’s opera, Rated R for Rat (an eco-opera). Johnson received her Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and postgraduate diploma from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.


Prior to joining the Resident Artist program, baritone Michael Parham has performed with City Lyric Opera, Opera Las Vegas, Voccalis Repertory Company, and the South Florida Symphony. Parham was a 2019-20 New York district winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a 2019 Semi-Finalist in the Premiere Opera Foundation Competition, and a 2017 Finalist in the Meistersinger Competition in Graz, Austria. He is also a member of the American Spiritual Ensemble. Originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Parham holds a master’s degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and completed his undergraduate work at Oakwood University.

View this virtual concert on Portland Opera’s Vimeo or YouTube pages.

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Portland Opera Resident Artist Series I

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January 28, 2021 @ 7:00 pm

Portland Opera is thrilled to continue the resident artist program this season, including recitals featuring the 20/21 Portland Opera Resident Artists. Traditionally held at Portland Art Museum, the series this year will be broadcast live on YouTube and Vimeo from the Hampton Opera Center. Each performance will feature two or more Portland Opera Resident Artists, sharing solo pieces, duets, and ensembles, along with new Resident Artist Coach and collaborative pianist Joseph Williams. 

Each hour-long performance will be broadcast live from the Hampton Opera Center, Portland Opera’s home in Southeast Portland, where artists can follow health and distance protocols, reviewed by the company’s medical advisors, to ensure safe performance practices without an in-person audience. 

January 28th Artists:

Lynnesha Crump, soprano; David Morgans Sanchez, tenor; with Joseph Williams, piano 

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