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Two of the newest members of the music faculty, Susan DeWitt Smith, piano, and Gregory Ewer, violin, join Miriam English Ward, viola, Dorien de León, cello, and Jason Schooler, bass to perform a program of the Piano Quartet in E-flat Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioacchino Rossini's the Duo for cello and bass and the Piano Quintet in A Major The Trout by Franz Schubert. Free Admission. At Evans Auditorium on the campus of Lewis and Clark College, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road, Portland.

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The Warner Wind Ensemble of Warner Pacific College is holding auditions in September for Community Musicians who would like to join the ensemble. This ensemble is a Concert Band, meeting weekly on Thursday evenings from 6-8pm. For more information or to set up an audition please contact James Cameron at jdcameron@warnerpacific.edu. At McGuire Auditorium on the campus of Warner Pacific College, SE 68th and Division.

Expect the unexpected when internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter and opera composer Rufus Wainwright shares the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall stage with Music Director Carlos Kalmar and sopranos Janis Kelly and Megan Hart. It's a two-part program featuring excerpts from Wainwright's controversial new opera Prima Donna, performed by British soprano Janis Kelly, and selections from Berlioz's song cycle Les Nuits d'ete, tunes from his widely celebrated recent re-creation of Judy Garland's legendary 1961 Carnegie Hall concert.
One performance only! Note early start time for this concert.

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The Portland Chamber Orchestra, in collaboration with the Portland Festival Ballet, presents a concert to celebrate the music of Frederic Chopin in the beloved composer’s 200th anniversary year. The first half of the concert features solo piano works performed by Mei-Ting Sun — with choreography by John Magnus, artistic director of the PFB — followed by the world premiere of a commissioned orchestral ballet suite, Homage to Chopin, by young local composer, Katerina Kramarchuck. The work is inspired by Chopin’s musical language. The heartfelt Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E minor will conclude what promises to be a memorable event. At the Venetian Theatre, 253 East Main Street, Hillsboro.

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Classically trained but influenced by world music, the members of this quartet combine stringing and singing. A potluck reception precedes the concert at 6:30 pm. Requested donation $15. For more information, visit the link below or email abbiew@froggie.com. Concert will take place in a Southeast Portland home.

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The Geminus Guitar Duo will present a concert with original instruments and music of Haydn and Mertz from the 1800s as well as duos with 10-string guitar with music of Cimarosa and Mompou, and Greek music of Argiris Kounadis. Call 503-615-3485 for Tickets: $15 in advance / $17 day of show. At Walters Cultural Arts Center 527 East Main Street, Hillsboro.

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The Geminus Guitar Duo will perform music of the 1800s on a number of original instruments from that period and duets with 10-string guitar. Music of Haydn, Mertz, Cimarosa, Mompou, Kounadis. For additional information call 541-766-6793. Event is free to the public. At Corvallis-Benton Public Library 645 NW Monroe, Corvallis.

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A spectacular all day marathon of Chopin’s music on Sept. 11th will create an exciting opening of the PCO’s 2010/2011 season. Chopiniade features free recitals by many young Portland musicians at Reed College’s Kaul Auditorium, along with a Master Class coached by the brilliant young virtuoso and National Chopin Piano Competition gold medal winner, pianist Mei-Ting Sun.

See September 10th entry for details of tonight's performance. At Kaul Auditorium, on the campus of Reed College.

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Imagine experiencing music as Mozart might have presented it 225 years ago. No electric lighting – all candlelit. No electronic amplification – all acoustic. No printed program – rather, a surprising and enchanting program with a warm, spontaneous feel. Now imagine hearing not only the dulcet sounds of Mozart’s era, but also an eclectic mix of crossover, jazz, folk and pop pieces from the 21st Century – many of them original, even a didgeridoo or two. All presented by some of the most accomplished musicians, teachers and composers in the Portland area today. Performers Zach Zaitlin, songwriter; Michael Hagmeier, didgeridoo composer; Portland Peace Choir; Bill Crane, piano; Christy Kuiken, marimba; ShickyG, country folk; Valery Saul, mezzo soprano; Joel Kleinbaum, bassoon; Dan Fitzmaurice, piano; Scott Belleri, violin; Beth Karp, piano. General admission is a $10 donation, $7 for students and seniors. At St. David of Wales Episcopal Church, 2800 SE Harrison Street (between Division and Hawthorne on 28th Avenue), Portland

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This fingerstyle guitar trio features Grammy winners Doug Smith, Mark Hanson and Terry Robb. For tickets and more information, call 503-654-0082 or visit the link below. At First Congregational Church, 1126 S.W. Park Avenue.

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Salem Chamber Orchestra’s 26th season features talented musicians right here in Oregon, as well as repertoire by beloved composers. Today's concert is an American-themed program featuring SCO concertmaster Dr. Daniel Rouslin in a performance of Samuel Barber’s beautiful Concerto for Violin, in honor of the composer’s 100th birthday. The program also includes Gershwin’s beloved Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Victor Steinhardt, and Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Michael Gesme, music director of Central Oregon Symphony (Bend) and Linfield Chamber Orchestra (McMinnville) will conduct the program in Hudson Hall, Willamette University Salem OR.

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Hideki Yamaya is a guitarist and lutenist active as a performer and teacher for over 15 years. Based in Portland, Oregon, his concerts and teaching cover the West Coast. In 1981 Foti Lycouridis started his music education at the University of Portland, Oregon. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Classical Guitar Performance and a Master of Music in Music Theory. Foti Lycouridus and Hideki Yamaya perform transcriptions and works composed for guitar by F.J. Haydn, Johan Kaspar Mertz, Domenico Cimarosa, Federico Mompou, and Arigirs Koundadis. Suggested donation $10. at St. Stephen's Parish, 1432 S.W. 13th Avenue.

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She’s still big. It’s the pictures that got small. Norma Desmond gets the full star treatment in this blow out season opening musical (our first by Andrew Lloyd Webber) about the fading silent film star whose obsession with the revitalization of her career and a young man named Joe might just succeed… or it might end in the kind of tragedy only a legend can inspire. Based on the classic Hollywood movie, this Broadway blockbuster is the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Shows run through October 17th. Visit link below for play dates and times, as well as to purchase tickets or call 503-445-3700. In the Gerding Theater at the Armory on the Main Stage, 128 NW 11th Avenue.

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The Tigard Public Library’s free outdoor summer concert series concludes with Hawaiian slack-key guitarist Mark Nelson. Hawaiian Slack-key guitar is a unique style of tuning achieved by loosening or slackening the guitar keys. The bass sound is played on the lower register while the melody is played on the higher register at the same time. This unique blending of sounds results in an intricate, rich and soulful harmony. For more information about this concert or other events at the Library, call 503-718-2517 or visit the link below. Seating will be provided in the Library's courtyard. In case of rain, the concert will be held in the Library Community Room. At the Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd.

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Violin superstar Joshua Bell joins Carlos Kalmar and the Oregon Symphony on the Schnitzer Concert Hall stage for one performance only.

He'll play Edouard Lalo's Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra on his famous 1713 Stradivarius, and the orchestra also plays the Overture to Nielsen's Maskarade, the Suite from Aaron Copland's The Tender Land and George Enescu's Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1.
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