Press Coverage
Willamette Week: All Classical Portland Has Changed Its Name to All Classical Radio
August 21, 2023
By Bennett Campbell Ferguson for Willamette Week
For more than four decades, All Classical Portland has provided an alternately soothing and rousing soundtrack for Portland life. That hasn’t changed, but All Classical has adopted a (slightly) different designation: All Classical Radio, a rebrand embraced as part of the beloved independent radio network’s 40th anniversary festivities this month.
Willamette Week: All Classical Portland Announces Amir Avsker as Its 2023 Young Artist in Residence
March 7, 2023
By Bennett Campbell Ferguson for Willamette Week
All Classical Portland has announced 16-year-old pianist, violinist and composer Amir Avsker as its 2023 young artist in residence, in addition to extending the residency of pianist María García.
Christa Wessel on KPTV
January 16, 2023
Thank you to KPTV Fox 12 Oregon host Tony Martinez for having All Classical Portland radio host Christa Wessel on Show and Tell with Tony, during Good Day Oregon! The interview was filmed at All Classical Portland’s station. It features Christa sharing her French horn, which sparked her passion for music at an early age. …
ICAN on KOIN-TV’s Everyday Northwest
January 7, 2023
Thank you to KOIN-TV 6 and Portland’s CW host Ashley Howard for welcoming International Children’s Arts Network (ICAN) host Sarah Zwinklis and Metropolitan Youth Symphony (MYS) Music Director and All Classical Portland host Raúl Gómez-Rojas on Everyday Northwest. Sarah and Raúl talked about The Magic of Eric Carle, a collaborative concert event on January 8, …
RII & AMPLIFY on KGW-TV’s Hello, Rose City!
October 25, 2022
Thank you to KGW-TV host Lacey Evans and the entire Hello, Rose City! team for welcoming All Classical Portland President & CEO Suzanne Nance and Recording Inclusivity Initiative Chair Adam Eccleston on their program to discuss RII and our first-ever album AMPLIFY! The groundbreaking album is now available to purchase in the All Classical Portland Gift Shop, and available to stream and download on your favorite …
Willamette Week: All Classical Portland Announces Its First-Ever Recording Inclusivity Initiative Album
September 20, 2022
By Bennett Campbell Ferguson for Willamette Week
All Classical Portland has announced that Navona Records and PARMA Recordings will release AMPLIFY, the first album in All Classical’s Inaugural Recording Diversity Initiative (RII), on Oct. 28. The organization has described RII as “a response to the classical music industry’s longtime need for greater diversity, with the purpose of increasing awareness and opportunity for previously marginalized artistic communities.”
Willamette Week: Pianist María García Named All Classical Portland’s 2022 Artist in Residence
January 26, 2022
By Bennett Campbell Ferguson for Willamette Week
Twenty-four-hour radio station All Classical Portland has selected pianist and educator María García as its 2022 artist in residence.
Our 2019 Artist in Residence Hunter Noack on CBS This Morning
August 19, 2021
All Classical Portland’s 2019 Artist in Residence Hunter Noack continues to reimagine the concert hall by taking music to the great outdoors through his series In A Landscape. He brings a 9-foot Steinway grand piano on a flatbed trailer to National Parks, urban greenspaces, working ranches, farms, and historical sites for classical music concerts that …
