Open Rehearsal: Mendelssohn Concerto for Piano, Violin & Strings

Get an eyeful and an earful of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Gloria Chien (piano) & Soovin Kim (violin).

Every Wednesday during the 2021 Summer Festival patrons are invited to go behind the scenes and observe CMNW’s world-class musicians working together to put the finishing touches on music for upcoming performances. An informal Q&A follows the rehearsal.

Reservations for each Open Rehearsal will be available one week prior to the event. Please check back on Wednesdays to secure your spot.

Please select only one open rehearsal to attend so others have the opportunity to participate this summer. Advance ticket reservation is required. Patrons without reservations will not be admitted.

Masks and social distancing protocols are enforced.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Wednesday, 6/30 • 11:00 am PT

Opening Night with East Coast Chamber Orchestra

After a year without live concerts, Chamber Music Northwest’s Summer Festival roars back into the concert hall with a jubilant celebration of music! The captivating energy of the conductorless East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) has made them audience favorites wherever they play. Joined by new CMNW Artistic Directors Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim, ECCO kicks off the festival with an evening of exhilarating chamber orchestra masterpieces by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Thursday, 7/1 • 7:30 pm PT
Friday, 7/2 • 7:30 pm PT

Opening Night with East Coast Chamber Orchestra

After a year without live concerts, Chamber Music Northwest’s Summer Festival roars back into the concert hall with a jubilant celebration of music! The captivating energy of the conductorless East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) has made them audience favorites wherever they play. Joined by new CMNW Artistic Directors Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim, ECCO kicks off the festival with an evening of exhilarating chamber orchestra masterpieces by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Thursday, 7/1 • 7:30 pm PT
Friday, 7/2 • 7:30 pm PT

The Exuberance of ECCO & Jupiter Quartet

The lush and powerful tone of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) is featured in these colorful works never before performed at CMNW. The ensemble’s versatility is on full display in the wide range of compositional styles on this program. The Jupiter String Quartet joins as soloists in Jessie Montgomery’s scintillating Banner for quartet and orchestra.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Saturday, 7/3 • 7:30 pm PT
Sunday, 7/4 • 4:00 pm PT

The Exuberance of ECCO & Jupiter Quartet

The lush and powerful tone of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) is featured in these colorful works never before performed at CMNW. The ensemble’s versatility is on full display in the wide range of compositional styles on this program. The Jupiter String Quartet joins as soloists in Jessie Montgomery’s scintillating Banner for quartet and orchestra.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Saturday, 7/3 • 7:30 pm PT
Sunday, 7/4 • 4:00 pm PT

Open Rehearsal: Valerie Coleman & Jeff Scott Wind Quintets

Tara Helen O’Connor (flute), Monica Ellis (bassoon), William Purvis (French horn), and Oregon Symphony musicians James Shields (clarinet) and Martin Hébert (oboe) rehearse two inspiring works.

Every Wednesday during the 2021 Summer Festival patrons are invited to go behind the scenes and observe CMNW’s world-class musicians working together to put the finishing touches on music for upcoming performances. An informal Q&A follows the rehearsal.

Reservations for each Open Rehearsal will be available one week prior to the event. Please check back on Wednesdays to secure your spot. Please select only one open rehearsal to attend so others have the opportunity to participate this summer. Advance ticket reservation is required. Patrons without reservations will not be admitted.

Masks and social distancing protocols are enforced.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Wednesday, 7/7 • 11:00 am PT

Sounds of Brilliance & Unity

Artistic Director Emeritus and luminary clarinetist David Shifrin opens the concert with Weber’s show-stopping Clarinet Quintet. Some of CMNW’s and Oregon’s most beloved musicians perform Jeff Scott’s rag Startin’ Sumthin’, Valerie Coleman’s uplifting Umoja (Unity), and Aaron Copland’s sublime Appalachian Spring suite to complete the ebullient evening.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Thursday, 7/8 • 7:30 pm PT
Friday, 7/9 • 7:30 pm PT

Sounds of Brilliance & Unity

Artistic Director Emeritus and luminary clarinetist David Shifrin opens the concert with Weber’s show-stopping Clarinet Quintet. Some of CMNW’s and Oregon’s most beloved musicians perform Jeff Scott’s rag Startin’ Sumthin’, Valerie Coleman’s uplifting Umoja (Unity), and Aaron Copland’s sublime Appalachian Spring suite to complete the ebullient evening.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Thursday, 7/8 • 7:30 pm PT
Friday, 7/9 • 7:30 pm PT

Premiering Vesper Flight & Les Adieux

In a program of captivating works, a host of magnificent musicians present world premieres by two leading composers: Kenji Bunch’s beautiful Vesper Flight for flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, and the much-anticipated premiere of David Ludwig’s Les Adieux concerto, commissioned by CMNW to honor Artistic Director Emeritus, David Shifrin. The celebratory week concludes with the irrepressible joy of Mozart’s Viola Quintet in C Major.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Saturday, 7/10 • 7:30 pm PT
Sunday, 7/11 • 4:00 pm PT

Premiering Vesper Flight & Les Adieux

In a program of captivating works, a host of magnificent musicians present world premieres by two leading composers: Kenji Bunch’s beautiful Vesper Flight for flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, and the much-anticipated premiere of David Ludwig’s Les Adieux concerto, commissioned by CMNW to honor Artistic Director Emeritus, David Shifrin. The celebratory week concludes with the irrepressible joy of Mozart’s Viola Quintet in C Major.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Saturday, 7/10 • 7:30 pm PT
Sunday, 7/11 • 4:00 pm PT

Open Rehearsal: Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion

A lively rehearsal to take in with musicians Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Gloria Chien (piano), Ayano Kataoka (percussion), and Ian Rosenbaum (percussion).

Every Wednesday during the 2021 Summer Festival patrons are invited to go behind the scenes and observe CMNW’s world-class musicians working together to put the finishing touches on music for upcoming performances. An informal Q&A follows the rehearsal.

Reservations for each Open Rehearsal will be available one week prior to the event. Please check back on Wednesdays to secure your spot. Please select only one open rehearsal to attend so others have the opportunity to participate this summer. Advance ticket reservation is required. Patrons without reservations will not be admitted.

Masks and social distancing protocols are enforced.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Wednesday, 7/14 • 11:00 am PT

Visionary Quintets Revealed

The Dover Quartet, former Protégés and one of the CMNW audience’s favorite ensembles, returns for thrilling works with two of the world’s great virtuoso pianists: Marc-André Hamelin and Matan Porat. Porat premieres his own CMNW-commissioned quintet, and Hamelin illuminates Leo Ornstein’s monumental quintet.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Thursday, 7/15 • 7:30 pm PT
Friday, 7/16 • 7:30 pm PT

Visionary Quintets Revealed

The Dover Quartet, former Protégés and one of the CMNW audience’s favorite ensembles, returns for thrilling works with two of the world’s great virtuoso pianists: Marc-André Hamelin and Matan Porat. Porat premieres his own CMNW-commissioned quintet, and Hamelin illuminates Leo Ornstein’s monumental quintet.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Thursday, 7/15 • 7:30 pm PT
Friday, 7/16 • 7:30 pm PT

Sonic Kaleidoscope: Sax, Guitar & Percussion

Two Grammy Award winners, saxophonist Branford Marsalis and guitarist Jason Vieaux, team up for their Summer Festival debuts performing the world premiere of an exciting CMNW commission by American composer Pierre Jalbert. The folk idiom of Béla Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, the most dramatic work of this summer festival, caps this memorable program full of wide-ranging instrumental colors and ensembles.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Saturday, 7/17 • 7:30 pm PT
Sunday, 7/18 • 4:00 pm PT

Sonic Kaleidoscope: Sax, Guitar & Percussion

Two Grammy Award winners, saxophonist Branford Marsalis and guitarist Jason Vieaux, team up for their Summer Festival debuts performing the world premiere of an exciting CMNW commission by American composer Pierre Jalbert. The folk idiom of Béla Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, the most dramatic work of this summer festival, caps this memorable program full of wide-ranging instrumental colors and ensembles.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Saturday, 7/17 • 7:30 pm PT
Sunday, 7/18 • 4:00 pm PT

Open Rehearsal: Brahms Piano Trio in C Major

Soak in the new Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio in this rehearsal with Gloria Chien (piano), Soovin Kim (violin), and Paul Watkins (cello).

Every Wednesday during the 2021 Summer Festival patrons are invited to go behind the scenes and observe CMNW’s world-class musicians working together to put the finishing touches on music for upcoming performances. An informal Q&A follows the rehearsal.

Reservations for each Open Rehearsal will be available one week prior to the event. Please check back on Wednesdays to secure your spot. Please select only one open rehearsal to attend so others have the opportunity to participate this summer. Advance ticket reservation is required. Patrons without reservations will not be admitted.

Masks and social distancing protocols are enforced.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Wednesday, 7/21 • 11:00 am PT

Reflecting upon Classics

The internationally renowned Brentano String Quartet begin their tenure as CMNW’s 2021-22 Artists-in-Residence merging their “luxuriously warm sound and yearning lyricism” (The New York Times) with the dark expression of Haydn and Barber on the first half of this program. The Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio, consisting of CMNW Artistic Directors Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim, and Paul Watkins of the Emerson Quartet, makes its CMNW debut with Brahms’s glorious C major piano trio.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Thursday, 7/22 • 7:30 pm PT
Friday, 7/23 • 7:30 pm PT

Reflecting upon Classics

The internationally renowned Brentano String Quartet begin their tenure as CMNW’s 2021-22 Artists-in-Residence merging their “luxuriously warm sound and yearning lyricism” (The New York Times) with the dark expression of Haydn and Barber on the first half of this program. The Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio, consisting of CMNW Artistic Directors Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim, and Paul Watkins of the Emerson Quartet, makes its CMNW debut with Brahms’s glorious C major piano trio.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Thursday, 7/22 • 7:30 pm PT
Friday, 7/23 • 7:30 pm PT

Festival Finale: A Journey Into the Light

Our 2021 Festival Finale is a fitting testament to the trials and tribulations of the past 18 months, a collective journey of reflection — and now rejoicing. Bass-baritone Davóne Tines performs his groundbreaking exploration of the Mass woven through Western European, African American, and 21st-century traditions. As the grand finale, the Brentano String Quartet and cellist Paul Watkins perform Schubert’s profound Cello Quintet — one of the most inspiring chamber works ever composed.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Saturday, 7/24 • 7:30 pm PT
Sunday, 7/25 • 4:00 pm PT

Festival Finale: A Journey Into the Light

Our 2021 Festival Finale is a fitting testament to the trials and tribulations of the past 18 months, a collective journey of reflection — and now rejoicing. Bass-baritone Davóne Tines performs his groundbreaking exploration of the Mass woven through Western European, African American, and 21st-century traditions. As the grand finale, the Brentano String Quartet and cellist Paul Watkins perform Schubert’s profound Cello Quintet — one of the most inspiring chamber works ever composed.

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Saturday, 7/24 • 7:30 pm PT
Sunday, 7/25 • 4:00 pm PT