Raised on a grape farm in Fredonia, New York, singer/songwriter Ruthie Collins had already sharpened her craft in Boston and Texas before relocating to Nashville. Those diverse experiences are mirrored in her own music, whose blend of country, folk, and Americana is glued together by autobiographical lyrics and an achingly emotive voice. Collins introduced that sound with her self-titled, six-song EP in 2014, then expanded it with 2017’s Get Drunk and Cry and 2020’s Cold Comfort. When the Covid-19 pandemic brought her touring plans to a halt, she funneled her creativity into new recordings like “Hypocrite.” Packaged alongside homemade acoustic renditions of crowd favorites like “Joshua Tree” and “Hey Little Girl,” “Hypocrite” appeared on 2022’s Cold Comfort +, a deluxe reissue that added new layers to an already multi-dimensional album. Meanwhile, LA Times praised Collins’ “sunny demeanor,” Rolling Stone raved that “Collins’ voice has the fluttery nuances more common in Seventies Laurel Canyon than in modern country,” and Billboard praised her music’s “ethereal vocals alongside soaring string features, minimal piano parts, and delicate percussion.”

Come and hear Ruthie share some of her favorite songs on her Wish You Were Here Tour!

FRANCESCO LECCE-CHONG, conductor
JOSHUA ROMAN, cello

R. Strauss: Don Quixote
Elgar: “Enigma” Variations
Ravel: Bolero

To continue our C3 exploration of how music inspires creativity, connection, and community, we hear two depictions of true friendship — first, in Richard Strauss’s setting of Cervantes’ epic tale of an errant knight and his trusty sidekick, and then in Edward Elgar’s inspiring series of musical portraits honoring his family and friends. Then, we end with one of music’s most enduring and beguiling melodies, Maurice Ravel’s Bolero, complete with a video of our own Eugene Symphony musicians playing their instruments all across our beloved hometown.

Since 2016, The Ne Plus Ultra Jass Orchestra has been delighting audiences with the music of the roaring 20s and Depression era 30s.
Under the leadership of master showman Sammuel Murry-Hawkins, the ensemble transports audiences to the golden age of Hot Jazz and Sweet Dance Music, specializing in the tunes of Cab Calloway, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin.

Guaranteed to delight and put a pep in your step!

Come to dance or just to listen at the historic Village Ballroom, every third Friday of the month!

More information at historicmusic.org.
To make the event accessible to all,
ticket prices are set at $10, with $5 Arts For All tickets available at the door day of show with Quest/Oregon Trail card.
(Additional $0.50 service charge for CC payments at the door.)

Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling 360-989-6517 ($1 additional service charge for advance tickets).

• Symphony No. 4, op. 36 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893). Working during the Romantic Period, Tchaikovsky brought Russian music to unprecedented international popularity. He dedicated his Symphony No. 4 to his patroness, Nadezhda von Meck, affirming her as an equal partner in its creation.
• World premiere of a collaborative work by The Authentic Voice composer Koharu Sakiyama and Nevaeh Bray, a student leader and writer from the I Am M.O.R.E program, the award-winning youth leadership development program founded by S. Renee Mitchell.
• A performance by MYS’ Concerto Competition winner.

Two of Mozart’s best-known and most passionate works are featured in this exciting program. Following the mischievously jolly Overture from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro is the timeless Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, which showcases the orchestra’s robust emotional and dynamic range. These beloved masterpieces will be featured alongside Gabriella Smith’s new work, Riprap, performed by Principal Percussionist, Michael Roberts.

Program
Smith:  Riprap
Schumann:  Violin Concerto
Mozart:  Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

Artists
David Danzmayr, Conductor
Stefan Jackiw, Violin
Michael Roberts, Marimba

Friday, May 20 | 7:30 pm | $12 advance/$15 day of show
Classical Indian Dance

Described by The Oregonian as an “unforgettable night of visual splendor,” this troupe of Indian classical dancers is bound to amaze with an exceptional evening of the authentic cultural experience of this ancient land. From traditional costuming and music, along with Sanskrit chants and English poetry, the full-length production appeals to all ages and showcases the entire repertoire of Indian classical dance. All proceeds from the performance go to benefit this cultural and educational Hillsboro-based nonprofit with mission of promoting the performing arts of India locally.

Classical Up Close is a collective effort by members of the Oregon Symphony and friends to bring great classical music to the Portland metro community. We want as many people as possible to have access to this beautiful music, so we travel to neighborhoods and workplaces in order to perform outside of the usual downtown concert hall — and every event is free!​

No matter which of our performances you attend, you can expect an informal tone where you are free to do the things you would not normally do at a classical concert: take photos, tweet (#upclosepdx), text, clap between movements, sit onstage with the musicians, and ask them questions during the Question and Answer time. We look forward to getting up close with you!

May 21, 2:00 pm
Lake Music Store Parking Lot
15560 Boones Ferry Rd, Lake Oswego, 97035
   Rain date: May 27, 5 pm
Jeff Garza, Joe Berger, Graham Kingsbury, Alicia Waite, Matt Berliner, horn quintet

This is the chorus’s 26th Festival, featuring classics of sacred music and one song that is particularly appropriate for these times called “Prayer For Ukraine.” During the chorus’s tour of Eastern Ukraine in 2017 many friendships were formed. For that reason this year’s Festival is a benefit concert for aid efforts in Ukraine.

Tickets are free but required for seating purposes (simply go to OAMC‘s website)

Two programs are at 3:30 and 7:00 pm.

This is the chorus’s 26th Festival, featuring classics of sacred music and one song that is particularly appropriate for these times called “Prayer For Ukraine.” During the chorus’s tour of Eastern Ukraine in 2017 many friendships were formed. For that reason this year’s Festival is a benefit concert for aid efforts in Ukraine.

Tickets are free but required for seating purposes (simply go to OAMC‘s website)

Two programs are at 3:30 and 7:00 pm.

Two of Mozart’s best-known and most passionate works are featured in this  exciting program. Following the mischievously jolly Overture from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro is the timeless Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, which showcases the orchestra’s robust emotional and dynamic range. These beloved masterpieces will be featured alongside Gabriella Smith’s new work, Riprap, performed by Principal Percussionist, Michael Roberts.

Program
Smith:  Riprap
Schumann:  Violin Concerto
Mozart:  Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart:  Symphony No. 40, G minor

Artists
David Danzmayr, Conductor
Stefan Jackiw, Violin
Michael Roberts, Marimba

Two of Mozart’s best-known and most passionate works are featured in this  exciting program. Following the mischievously jolly Overture from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro is the timeless Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, which showcases the orchestra’s robust emotional and dynamic range. These beloved masterpieces will be featured alongside Gabriella Smith’s new work, Riprap, performed by Principal Percussionist, Michael Roberts.

Program
Smith:  Riprap
Schumann:  Violin Concerto
Mozart:  Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart:  Symphony No. 40, G minor

Artists
David Danzmayr, Conductor
Stefan Jackiw, Violin
Michael Roberts, Marimba

The award-winning Oregon Sinfonietta, now in its 49th season and conducted by Dr. Donald L. Appert, is a full symphony orchestra of roughly 70 members that draws together community musicians from the greater Portland metro area. The Sinfonietta offers four free concerts per season. On Sunday, May 22, 2022, the orchestra performs Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man and Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration. In addition, one of this season’s young Concerto Competition winners, Steven Wu, will perform Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2. The concert begins at 3:00 at the Sunnyside Seventh-day Adventist Church in Portland. Although donations are always welcome, there is no charge to attend.

A CONCERT OF JOY – Bravo! Concerts Northwest is presenting our first live concert since the mask mandates and COVID restrictions have finally been lifted in Oregon and Washington after two years of restrictions. HOORAY!

THE MUSIC – is about joy, love, and life. The concert includes a silent film with live orchestra, Broadway classics, and American love songs including:

A Dog’s Life – Charlie Chaplin’s 1918 silent film comedy with LIVE music performed by the Northwest Chamber Orchestra. A Dog’s Life blended comedy, drama, and loneliness into a brilliant film and launched Charlie Chaplin to international stardom.

The Music Man – songs from Meredith Wilson’s romantic Broadway show.

The Pirates Of Penzance – songs from this classic Gilbert and Sullivan musical.

George Gershwin – love songs by one of America’s greatest composers.

THE MUSICIANS – This concert features the Bravo! Northwest Chorale and Northwest Chamber Orchestra, pianist and conductor Maria Manzo, conductor Michael Kissinger, and soloists.

ADMISSION IS FREE! Lockdowns, closures, and cancellations have destroyed the sense of “community” shared by us all. So, we are turning the concept of a concert upside down! Rather than charging admission, we want to fill the concert space with great music and people of good will who value community and invite them to support the show.

DONATIONS: Please consider making a SUGGESTED DONATION of $30, $50, $100, or more online or at the concert. Your donation will help pay for this concert and support the music and education programs of Bravo! Concerts Northwest as we rebuild from the lockdowns and cancellations. Bravo! is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Donations are tax deductible.

Two of Mozart’s best-known and most passionate works are featured in this  exciting program. Following the mischievously jolly Overture from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro is the timeless Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, which showcases the orchestra’s robust emotional and dynamic range. These beloved masterpieces will be featured alongside Gabriella Smith’s new work, Riprap, performed by Principal Percussionist, Michael Roberts.

Program
Smith:  Riprap
Schumann:  Violin Concerto
Mozart:  Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart:  Symphony No. 40, G minor

Artists
David Danzmayr, Conductor
Stefan Jackiw, Violin
Michael Roberts, Marimba

Classical Up Close is a collective effort by members of the Oregon Symphony and friends to bring great classical music to the Portland metro community. We want as many people as possible to have access to this beautiful music, so we travel to neighborhoods and workplaces in order to perform outside of the usual downtown concert hall — and every event is free!​

No matter which of our performances you attend, you can expect an informal tone where you are free to do the things you would not normally do at a classical concert: take photos, tweet (#upclosepdx), text, clap between movements, sit onstage with the musicians, and ask them questions during the Question and Answer time. We look forward to getting up close with you!

May 24, 5:00 pm
Concert in the yard of one of our musicians
9516 SE Winsor Dr., Milwaukie 97222
   Rain date: May 25, 5 pm
Shin-young Kwon, Greg Ewer, Charles Noble, Trevor Fitzpatrick, string quartet

• Mahler Symphony #10

We are excited to present the 2021-2022 Concert Season, and we are committed to safeguarding the well-being of our musicians and audience members. Because of this, our concerts for the new season are subject to change based on the status of allowable group gatherings, which impacts our rehearsals as well as the concerts. As state requirements change and Oregon State University determines its policies, we will be re-evaluating the schedule for the current concert season and post updates as we have more information. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Classical Up Close is a collective effort by members of the Oregon Symphony and friends to bring great classical music to the Portland metro community. We want as many people as possible to have access to this beautiful music, so we travel to neighborhoods and workplaces in order to perform outside of the usual downtown concert hall — and every event is free!​

No matter which of our performances you attend, you can expect an informal tone where you are free to do the things you would not normally do at a classical concert: take photos, tweet (#upclosepdx), text, clap between movements, sit onstage with the musicians, and ask them questions during the Question and Answer time. We look forward to getting up close with you!

May 25, 5:00 pm
Concert in the yard of one of our musicians
4037 SW Iowa St, Portland, 97221
   Rain date: May 27, 5 pm
Rose City Brass Quintet

OREGON SYMPHONY JOINS ROSE FESTIVAL FOR A MEMORABLE EVENING

To launch the return of Portland’s Official Festival, Bank of America presents the Rose City Reunion Concert featuring the Oregon Symphony led by Associate Conductor Norman Huynh, Thursday, May 26 at 6:00 PM in the RoZone at CityFair. The Oregon Symphony, the oldest orchestra in the Western United States, celebrates its 125th anniversary in the 2021-22 season and joins forces with the Rose Festival for the first time since 2001.

The concert will feature the world premiere of “From One Rose,” an original song written by Rose Festival Board Member Ron Carr and arranged by Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award nominee composer Bruce Broughton.

The 2022 Rose Festival runs from May 27 through June 12. For more information, go to RoseFestival.org.

FRANCESCO LECCE-CHONG, conductor
DANIEL HSU, piano

Tan Dun: Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds
Matthew Browne: Symphony No. 1, “The Course of Empire” (Pacific Northwest Premiere, Eugene Symphony Co-Commission)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Join us for the first our C3 Series: three interlinked concerts that highlight how individual creativity creates connections between us, which then help forge a community. We open with audience participation during Chinese master Tan Dun’s short work that includes sounds of wind and birdsong that you’re invited to play from your phone while the orchestra plays onstage! Then, we debut our four-year “First Symphony Project” with the new work by Composer-in-Residence Matt Browne. As the grand finale, we hear Sergei Rachmaninov’s epic Second Piano Concerto, which brought him back from the brink of writer’s block that threatened his career.

Our season finale continues Delgani’s partnership with Boston composer Elena Ruehr, whose seventh quartet was commissioned and premiered by Delgani in 2020. In this program we feature Ruehr’s vibrant third quartet, which boasts an eclectic array of influences, from Hildegard von Bingen to African dance rhythms. Celebrated quartets by Haydn and Brahms open and close the program, concluding our season with joy in a post-pandemic world!

Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76/1
Elena Ruehr String Quartet No. 3 (2001)
Johannes Brahms String Quartet in Bb Major, Op. 67

The Tree People are celebrating the release of their 4th album, “The Return of The Tree People“, and a hardcover book of photos, drawings, lyrics, written music, and stories about the songs and The Tree People, with an album and book release concert, featuring a wonderful cast of musicians, including Stephen Cohen– voice, acoustic, cigar box and miniature guitar, a homemade ‘1 string thing” instrument and a 3-string musical sculpture; Rich Hinrichsen- double bass and voice; Maeve Stier- voice, accordion and kazoo; John Savage- flute and saxophone; Jen Harrison (of the Oregon Symphony)- French horn; and Ron Tuttle- drums.

Friday, May 27 | 7:30 pm | $18 advance/$22 day of show
Singer + Songwriter

A Walters’ favorite with a loyal Northwest following, Craig Carothers began his career in Portland before relocating to Nashville where he performs on such famous stages as the Bluebird Cafe and writes for artists such as Trisha Yearwood, Lorrie Morgan, Kathy Mattea, and Peter, Paul & Mary. This talented singer-songwriter delivers original music that is both heartbreakingly beautiful and scathingly funny, performed with a lively deadpan smile and a soulful, rich voice that’s downright swoony. His newly released album, 39 Pink Flamingos is his response to, “What did you do during the pandemic?” Discover why his performances have been described as “truly magical,” and experience the moving compositions of this home-grown talent with national appeal.