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Pyxis String Quartet

Pyxis Quartet: Carrot Revolution

May 19, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT

“The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.”
– Paul Cezanne

WORKS

Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
Andy Akiho: Prospects of a Misplaced Year

PERFORMERS

Ron Blessinger, violin
Gregory Ewer, violin
Maia Hoffman, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
Yoko Greeney, piano

$25 Student tickets: $20

45th Parallel Universe

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The Madeleine Parish Old Church

3123 NE 24th Ave
Portland, Oregon 97212
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Pyxis Quartet: In the Dark

April 14, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PDT

In String Quartet No. 3, G.F. Haas uses total darkness to evoke the night before Christ’s resurrection in this powerful work, performed by the Pyxis Quartet on Maundy Thursday.

WORKS

G.F. Haas: String Quartet No. 3, In iij Noct.

PERFORMERS

Gregory Ewer, violin
Emily Cole, violin
Ron Blessinger, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello

$25 Student tickets: $20

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PICA

15 NE Hancock St
Portland, Oregon 97212
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45th Parallel Universe Garden Concert – Pyxis Quartet

September 19, 2021 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PDT

$20 – $25 Seniors and students/Adults

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The Pyxis Quartet performs music of Oregon composers Kenji Bunch and Scott Unrein, along with Béla Bartók’s high energy finale from his 4th String Quartet. See concert page for address.

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WORKS

Scott Unrein: all the birds sing
Kenji Bunch: Apocryphal Dances
Danish Folk Tunes
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Mvmt V

PERFORMERS

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

45th Parallel Universe

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Fridays with 45th Parallel: Repercussions

March 19, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

Free Donations accepted.

Virtual Concert

For our 41st concert, we’ve invited Boston-based drummer Cristián Tamblay to join the Pyxis Quartet for a unique performance of the finale from Bartok’s String Quartet No. 4. The program also features Caroline Shaw’s brilliant Entr’acte, and the piece that inspired her to write it, Joseph Haydn’s marvelously eccentric Minuet and Trio from his String Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2.

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WORKS

Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte
Joseph Haydn: Minuet and Trio from String Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2
Bela Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Mvmt. 5

PERFORMERS

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

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Fridays with 45th Parallel: Voodoo Dolls

February 19, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

Virtual Concert

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“Music is my connection to the world. It guides me to understand my place in relation to others and challenges me to make clear the things I do not understand. I imagine that music is a meeting place at which all people can converse about their unique differences and common stories.”
   — Jessie Montgomery

Unique differences and common stories, music as meeting place for fellowship and conversation… this is what Fridays with 45th Parallel has become since our first broadcast last May. This Friday will be our 37th show, and features the Pyxis Quartet performing music of Carlos Simon, Jessie Montgomery, and Florence Price, in honor of Black History Month.

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WORKS

Carlos Simon: An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave
Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls
Florence Price: String Quartet No. 1 in G major

PERFORMERS

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

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