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Portlanders will have the rare opportunity to hear Louis Thomas Hardin’s, better known as Moondog, ode to the saxophone at the Alberta Rose Theatre. Portland’s all-women saxophone quartet, The Quadraphonnes, has a 20-year track record of championing their instrument’s family, and Moondog’s Sax Pax for a Sax features the four members of the Quadraphonnes, Mieke Bruggeman, Chelsea Luker, Michelle Medler and Mary-Sue Tobin, and seven additional saxophonists playing the full range of the instrument from soprano to contrabass complimented by piano, percussion, and four vocalists. The March 7th performance will include the performance of Moondog’s composition, which decouples the saxophone from its intended military use in pursuit of peace, as well as readings of his poetry. Tickets for the 8 pm show are available from albertarosetheatre.com.

Cost: $30 Advance, $40 day of, purchase here.

Winner of the 2020 Rome Prize at the American Academy, Katherine Balch is a composer of uncanny expressive and technical prowess whose work has been heard from London to Tokyo to Los Angeles and beyond.

This performance takes place at Alberta Rose Theatre.

For tickets and more information, visit orsymphony.org. 

Artists
Katherine Balch, Composer
Gabriel Kahane, Host
Members of the Oregon Symphony