All Classical Portland: ACP Arts partner

Gesture and Journey is a concert of extremes. Delgani begins with three gestural works from the 20th Century: Four Bagatelles by American composer Alan Hohvaness whose lyricism is often reminiscent of east-Asian and eastern-European folk melodies, Stravinsky’s Three Pieces, a trio of stylistically eclectic miniatures, which features minimalist, ecclesiastical, and folk-like melodies, and Webern’s economical Five Pieces, written with diverse techniques including pizzicato, col legno (using the wood of the bow), and ponticello (playing on the bridge).

After intermission, sink your ears into Schubert’s expansive cello quintet. Written just two months before his early death, this piece features conversational themes between the two violins and the two cellos, as well as a reflective second movement. This piece will transport the listeners on a journey, offering the time and space to reflect upon the events of the year.

Ticket holders will be able to watch the program live on either Sunday or Tuesday. In addition, four pre-concert lecture videos and two guest artist interviews will drop in the two weeks leading up to the livestreamed performances.

Sunday January 24 @ 3 pm PST
Tuesday January 26 @ 7:30 pm PST
Available to all ticket holders at www.delgani.org/live/

Through her powerful music and mentorship of students, Joan Tower has been among the most influential American composers for the last 50 years. In addition to her many orchestral and chamber works, she has written an unusual number of pieces for solo single-voice instruments such as the violin, viola, flute, and clarinet. In this Musical Conversation, Chamber Music Northwest Co-Artistic Director Soovin Kim speaks with Joan Tower about the potent expression inherent in a solitary voice.

Online Virtual Musical Conversation
Premieres Tuesday, 1/26/21 • 6:00 pm PT • Tune in LIVE HERE or watch the recording!

Gesture and Journey is a concert of extremes. Delgani begins with three gestural works from the 20th Century: Four Bagatelles by American composer Alan Hohvaness whose lyricism is often reminiscent of east-Asian and eastern-European folk melodies, Stravinsky’s Three Pieces, a trio of stylistically eclectic miniatures, which features minimalist, ecclesiastical, and folk-like melodies, and Webern’s economical Five Pieces, written with diverse techniques including pizzicato, col legno (using the wood of the bow), and ponticello (playing on the bridge).

After intermission, sink your ears into Schubert’s expansive cello quintet. Written just two months before his early death, this piece features conversational themes between the two violins and the two cellos, as well as a reflective second movement. This piece will transport the listeners on a journey, offering the time and space to reflect upon the events of the year.

Ticket holders will be able to watch the program live on either Sunday or Tuesday. In addition, four pre-concert lecture videos and two guest artist interviews will drop in the two weeks leading up to the livestreamed performances.

Sunday January 24 @ 3 pm PST
Tuesday January 26 @ 7:30 pm PST
Available to all ticket holders at www.delgani.org/live/

This series of videos celebrates Resonance’s hometown of Portland, Oregon, and the space it provides for Resonance artists to continue to create. Starting in the summer of 2020, singers and spoken word artists met in acoustic spaces around the city – six feet apart, masked, and yet together. Viewers will experience music performed in these gritty, hauntingly beautiful spaces.

Available to view for free starting at 3 PM on Wednesday January 27th our website, as well as YouTube and Facebook

Performed by Resonance artists, and in collaboration with Oh! Creative and Portland filmmaker Kenton Waltz, the series celebrates the city of Portland with featured local artists, musicians, and famous Portland Bridges.

Derrick McDuffy & Kingdom Sound are a group of skilled singers, soloists, and minstrels that bring a refreshing sound to the Portland, Oregon area and around the world.
The mission of Kingdom Sound is to release a sound that reflects the sound of heaven, that leaves their audience with hands raised; worshipping, and dancing.

This anointed group has shared stages with Josh Groban, JJ Hairston, Judith McAllister, Steven Lawrence, and many other gospel artists. Their music is sure to bless your life.

On Wednesday January 27th from 3 pm to 4 pm, join Jeff Burton, Pat Alvarado, and Kenneth Helphand in a discussion exploring the purpose and impact of cultural landscapes and objects created in the War Relocation Authority’s internment camps. Japanese gardens created in these camps served a need beyond just a beautiful landscape in desolate grounds – they helped internees preserve their dignity, forge community bonds, and strengthened their will to survive. This conversation will be moderated by Portland Japanese Garden’s Sadafumi Uchiyama and Aki Nakanishi.

In connection with the exhibition, Healing Nature: Gardens and Art of Manzanar, Portland Japanese Garden offers a series of virtual panel discussions that explore the significance and impact of gardens. With a special focus on gardens created by Japanese American internees at Manzanar and other camps during World War II, these discussions question and dive into why and how humanity seeks connection to nature through gardens, particularly during a time of civil injustice.

The bundled ticket price includes access to 2 live Zoom virtual events and videos of the recorded footage. If you cannot attend the live virtual event during the scheduled date/time, you will receive the video recordings for the price of the ticket. Video recordings of the two events will be sent via email by January 31. Virtual events should be attended by the ticket holder only and not shared with or forwarded to anyone else.

Language Matters: There is no universal agreement on what we call the camps or the process that created them — ‘incarceration,’ ‘internment,’ and ‘concentration’ are a few of the terms that were interchangeably used. While some might find ‘concentration’ misleading because these were not extermination camps, the term predates the Holocaust and is by definition a place where large numbers of people are detained or confined under armed guard. We believe that awareness of the historical import of these words, as well as care in using them, is an important way to respect the collective memory of the victims and grants us greater power to confront injustice and cultivate peace.

“A concentration camp is a place where people are imprisoned, not because of the crimes they committed, but simply because of who they are. During World War II, America’s concentration camps were clearly distinguishable from Nazi Germany’s. Despite the difference, all had one thing in common: that people in power removed a minority group from the general population and the rest of society let it happen.” – Joint Statement by Japanese-American National Museum and the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors at the 1994 exhibition, America’s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience

Portland Opera is thrilled to continue the resident artist program this year, including recitals featuring the 20/21 Portland Opera Resident Artists. Traditionally held at Portland Art Museum, the series this year will be broadcast live from the Hampton Opera Center. Each performance will feature two or more Portland Opera Resident Artists, sharing solo pieces, duets, and ensembles, along with new Resident Artist Coach and collaborative pianist Joseph Williams.

ACCESSING THE SERIES
This series will be available for free on our Portland Opera Vimeo and YouTube channels. It is only available online, and there is no need to RSVP or register.

Approximately 60 minutes, without an intermission.

Thursday, January 28 | 7 PM
Soprano Lynnesha Crump
Tenor David Morgans Sanchez
Pianist Joseph Williams

Thursday, February 11 | 7 PM
Bass Edwin Jhamal Davis
Ensemble including all Portland Opera Resident Artists
Pianist Joseph Williams

Thursday, February 25 | 7 PM
Bass Edwin Jhamal Davis
Ensemble including all Portland Opera Resident Artists
Pianist Joseph Williams

Portland Opera is delighted to announce the five artists joining the company’s Resident Artist program for the 2020/21 season: soprano Lynnesha Crump, mezzo-soprano Jasmine Johnson, tenor David Morgans Sanchez, baritone Michael Parham, and bass Edwin Jhamal Davis. Portland Opera established the Resident Artist Program in 2005 and each year, 4-6 singers join the company for a rigorous residency and training program. Since its inception, more than 35 artists have participated in the program. More than 50% of the artists who have completed the program in the last 10 years are now singing professionally, and program alumni work with opera companies nationally and internationally.

The 2020/21 Portland Opera Resident Artists (PORA) will work with numerous faculty members in voice lessons, musical coaching, language classes, drama and role study, and movement instruction. These faculty members include Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor Nicholas Fox, PORA Coach Joseph William,  Teaching Artist in Residence and voice teacher Daniel Mobbs, Italian teacher Angela Zagarella, and yoga teacher Alison Wesley. The artists will also work with additional guest faculty throughout the season, including Portland Opera Artistic Advisors Damien Geter and Karen Slack, and will be featured in various performance activities.

Portland Opera takes the health and wellbeing of the resident artists and their collaborators seriously. Testing and protocols are in place to launch and sustain the adapted 20/21 resident artist program. As part of the company’s commitment to the health and wellbeing of the staff, artists, company, and audience members, Portland Opera has engaged a team of medical advisors to work with staff members to review all safety procedures and protocols on an ongoing basis during the pandemic.

“Technically flawless and deeply expressive” (The New York Times), Alisa Weilerstein makes the cello sing as if it were her own voice. A 2011 MacArthur “genius grant” winner, Weilerstein is known for her commanding performances of the classics of the cello repertoire as well as new music. This intimate solo performance will feature the first of Bach’s celebrated Cello Suites as well as modern and contemporary works by Kodály, Britten, and living composer Osvaldo Golijov.

Online Virtual Concert
Premieres Saturday, 1/30 • 7:00 pm PT
Available through Saturday, 2/6 • 11:59 pm PT

Watch all of our 2020-21 Season concerts!
Get your $99 All-Access Pass for all our winter and spring events today
Single Concert Passes ($20) available 30 days prior to the concert.

Takeshi Nagayasu
Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 4 PM

Scriabin and Hindemith, plus a world premiere by Jake Safirstein

BRITTEN Twelve Variations on a Theme for Solo Piano (1931)
HINDEMITH Sonata No. 3 (1936)
TAKESHI NAGAYASU Prelude and Variation
JAKE SAFIRSTEIN Springtime in Portland (world premiere)
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 4, Op. 30
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 5, Op. 53

About Soundboard:
The soundboard of a piano is that all-important element that amplifies, mellows, and projects the music we all love. It’s the soul of the piano. From sonata to invention to concerti – even boogie-woogie – the soundboard gives us the music and the life we all crave right now.

So, we’ve given the name THE SOUNDBOARD to our project to bring you special programming in this curious time when we can’t be together for live concerts. We plan to…

• Amplify – by expanding your acquaintance with the rising generation of exceptional young pianists through our ongoing Rising Stars series, now all-digital

• Mellow – by giving you all our programs live in initial broadcast, but then available for weeks after, so you can listen in your own mellow time

• Project – by offering you a whole bundled set of recitals, piano history classes, piano news from around the world, and even a concerto competition all for just $100!

Subscribe today! We think that you won’t want to miss a moment.

With a title borrowed from Nina Simone’s yearning ballad, Tomorrow Is My Turn offers a small glimpse into the breadth and depth of phenomenal music being created by Black artists across the nation.
All virtual Mini Concerts are FREE (donations encouraged). Concerts are available for live viewing on Youtube during the premiere broadcast, and for 48 hours thereafter. RSVP here!

Mini Concert 2: James Shields
Monday, February 1, 2021
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Multi-talented presenter, performer and composer James Shields offers a program of unique works for clarinet and bass clarinet.

Derek Douglas Carter: A Bite of Chocolate Milk for solo bass clarinet
Ed Bland: For Clarinet
Nicole Mitchell: Exploration #1

The Cathedral is currently closed to the public until further notice.
All events will only be livestreamed until further notice; plans may shift as the season progresses.
Livestreams can be viewed at facebook.com/trinitymusicpdx/live or youtube.com/trinitycathpdx/live

Organists from around the globe play the Trinity Rosales on the first Sundays of the month at 4:30pm.

• 3 January | Keith Weber (Houston)
• 7 February | Chase Loomer (Indiana University)
• 7 March | Matthew Gerhardt (St. Louis)
• NO recital in April: Easter Day
• 2 May | Alicia Chapman (North Carolina), oboe,
  and Bruce Neswick, organ
• 6 June | Kai Krakenberg (Husum, Germany)

Portland Opera is thrilled to continue the resident artist program this year, including recitals featuring the 20/21 Portland Opera Resident Artists. Traditionally held at Portland Art Museum, the series this year will be broadcast live from the Hampton Opera Center. Each performance will feature two or more Portland Opera Resident Artists, sharing solo pieces, duets, and ensembles, along with new Resident Artist Coach and collaborative pianist Joseph Williams.

ACCESSING THE SERIES
This series will be available for free on our Portland Opera Vimeo and YouTube channels. It is only available online, and there is no need to RSVP or register.

Approximately 60 minutes, without an intermission.

Thursday, January 28 | 7 PM
Soprano Lynnesha Crump
Tenor David Morgans Sanchez
Pianist Joseph Williams

Thursday, February 11 | 7 PM
Bass Edwin Jhamal Davis
Ensemble including all Portland Opera Resident Artists
Pianist Joseph Williams

Thursday, February 25 | 7 PM
Bass Edwin Jhamal Davis
Ensemble including all Portland Opera Resident Artists
Pianist Joseph Williams

Portland Opera is delighted to announce the five artists joining the company’s Resident Artist program for the 2020/21 season: soprano Lynnesha Crump, mezzo-soprano Jasmine Johnson, tenor David Morgans Sanchez, baritone Michael Parham, and bass Edwin Jhamal Davis. Portland Opera established the Resident Artist Program in 2005 and each year, 4-6 singers join the company for a rigorous residency and training program. Since its inception, more than 35 artists have participated in the program. More than 50% of the artists who have completed the program in the last 10 years are now singing professionally, and program alumni work with opera companies nationally and internationally.

The 2020/21 Portland Opera Resident Artists (PORA) will work with numerous faculty members in voice lessons, musical coaching, language classes, drama and role study, and movement instruction. These faculty members include Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor Nicholas Fox, PORA Coach Joseph William,  Teaching Artist in Residence and voice teacher Daniel Mobbs, Italian teacher Angela Zagarella, and yoga teacher Alison Wesley. The artists will also work with additional guest faculty throughout the season, including Portland Opera Artistic Advisors Damien Geter and Karen Slack, and will be featured in various performance activities.

Portland Opera takes the health and wellbeing of the resident artists and their collaborators seriously. Testing and protocols are in place to launch and sustain the adapted 20/21 resident artist program. As part of the company’s commitment to the health and wellbeing of the staff, artists, company, and audience members, Portland Opera has engaged a team of medical advisors to work with staff members to review all safety procedures and protocols on an ongoing basis during the pandemic.

The Catalyst Quartet combines a serious commitment to diversity, education, and contemporary works with virtuosic playing “reminiscent of great quartets of the past such as the Guarneri and Budapest” (Richmond Times). The quartet was founded by the Sphinx Organization, a social justice organization dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. In this concert, celebrate the music of important black composers Coleridge-Taylor, Price, and Perkinson with selections from the quartet’s upcoming CD release Uncovered, which strives to highlight works by classical composers previously overlooked because of their race or gender.

Online Virtual Concert
Premieres Saturday, 2/13 • 7:00 pm PT
Available through Saturday, 2/20 • 12:54 pm PT

Watch all of our 2020-21 Season concerts!
Get your All-Access Pass today
Single Concert Passes ($20) available 30 days prior to the concert.

Join us as we celebrate the spirit of Mardi Gras to benefit the mission and future of Portland Columbia Symphony! The hour-long virtual event includes a musical celebration, auction, and special appeal.

Purchase a Party Package and you’ll get a delicious NOLA-style meal, fine wine, and festive décor delivered directly to your door before the show! You can even host a virtual table, with Party Packages for eight, so that you can invite your friends to celebrate Portland Columbia Symphony with you.

Gala RSVP and Party Package Reservation by February 4, join us virtually at 6 pm on February 20th, 2021!

Get the party started with a Party Package
Fresh from the Exuberance Catering kitchen, each Party Package includes the perfect plate for one, inspired by classic New Orleans flavors.

Appetizers (choose two)
Bleu Cheese Gougères
Praline Bacon
Grillades on Grits
Bourbon Glazed Steak Bites

Entrées (choose one)
-Jambalaya Pasta Shrimp, chicken, and Louisiana hot sausage simmered in a rich Creole tomato sauce and tossed with penne pasta, accompanied by a vegetable medley, salad greens, a roll, and butter.
-Hurricane Chicken Inspired by the popular cocktail, a tender chicken breast poached in passion fruit and orange juice, with a rum, lime and passion fruit glaze. Served with Cajun rice and seasonal vegetables, plus salad greens, a roll, and butter.
-Stuffed Peppers NOLA (v) Green bell peppers stuffed with tangy soy chorizo, spicy rice, onion, garlic, and tomatoes. Accompanied by seasonal vegetables and potatoes dauphinoise, as well as salad greens, a roll, and butter.

Desserts (choose one)
Bread Pudding Bananas Foster
Praline Cheesecake

Wine
Each delivery comes with a bottle of red or white wine. Table hosts and sponsors receive four bottles with their order.

Reserve your Party Packages today here!

The theme of our gala, Over the Rainbow, provides an opportunity for Oregon Repertory Singers to share our hopes and dreams for a day when we can return to the stage. We are eager to bring our voices back to our community and provide joy and comfort to those who need healing after enduring such a difficult chapter in our history.

The Oregon Repertory Singers virtual gala event will include numerous performances by ORS members pre-show and throughout the evening, special guest speakers, a celebration of Ethan Sperry’s 10th Anniversary as Artistic Director, catering by Vibrant Table, and an opportunity to support Oregon Repertory Singers through a special appeal to surpass our goal of $50,000.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
6:00 pm Pre-Show Performances by members of ORS (solos, duets)
6:30 pm Event Start including performances, special guest speakers, and special appeal

No ticket required. The link to access the live stream gala event will be posted in February 2021.

Portland Opera is thrilled to continue the resident artist program this year, including recitals featuring the 20/21 Portland Opera Resident Artists. Traditionally held at Portland Art Museum, the series this year will be broadcast live from the Hampton Opera Center. Each performance will feature two or more Portland Opera Resident Artists, sharing solo pieces, duets, and ensembles, along with new Resident Artist Coach and collaborative pianist Joseph Williams.

ACCESSING THE SERIES
This series will be available for free on our Portland Opera Vimeo and YouTube channels. It is only available online, and there is no need to RSVP or register.

Approximately 60 minutes, without an intermission.

Thursday, January 28 | 7 PM
Soprano Lynnesha Crump
Tenor David Morgans Sanchez
Pianist Joseph Williams

Thursday, February 11 | 7 PM
Bass Edwin Jhamal Davis
Ensemble including all Portland Opera Resident Artists
Pianist Joseph Williams

Thursday, February 25 | 7 PM
Bass Edwin Jhamal Davis
Ensemble including all Portland Opera Resident Artists
Pianist Joseph Williams

Portland Opera is delighted to announce the five artists joining the company’s Resident Artist program for the 2020/21 season: soprano Lynnesha Crump, mezzo-soprano Jasmine Johnson, tenor David Morgans Sanchez, baritone Michael Parham, and bass Edwin Jhamal Davis. Portland Opera established the Resident Artist Program in 2005 and each year, 4-6 singers join the company for a rigorous residency and training program. Since its inception, more than 35 artists have participated in the program. More than 50% of the artists who have completed the program in the last 10 years are now singing professionally, and program alumni work with opera companies nationally and internationally.

The 2020/21 Portland Opera Resident Artists (PORA) will work with numerous faculty members in voice lessons, musical coaching, language classes, drama and role study, and movement instruction. These faculty members include Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor Nicholas Fox, PORA Coach Joseph William,  Teaching Artist in Residence and voice teacher Daniel Mobbs, Italian teacher Angela Zagarella, and yoga teacher Alison Wesley. The artists will also work with additional guest faculty throughout the season, including Portland Opera Artistic Advisors Damien Geter and Karen Slack, and will be featured in various performance activities.

Portland Opera takes the health and wellbeing of the resident artists and their collaborators seriously. Testing and protocols are in place to launch and sustain the adapted 20/21 resident artist program. As part of the company’s commitment to the health and wellbeing of the staff, artists, company, and audience members, Portland Opera has engaged a team of medical advisors to work with staff members to review all safety procedures and protocols on an ongoing basis during the pandemic.

Winter Concert with the Severin Sisters

Praised as a “charismatic star” by the Boston Globe, mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron is the winner of Tanglewood Festival’s 2016 Jackson Prize, awarded to one outstanding young vocalist each year. “A collaborator gifted with sensitive phrasing and insight” (The New York Times), internationally-renowned pianist Julius Drake is the perfect accompaniment to Barron’s “thrillingly dark and rich-veined mezzo” (Seen and Heard International). Experience this unique presentation of Schubert’s Winterreise – a lieder traditionally performed by a tenor – sung by the mesmerizing Barron.

Online Virtual Concert
Premieres Saturday, 2/27 • 7:00 pm PT
Available through Saturday, 3/6 • 11:59 pm PT

Watch all of our 2020-21 Season concerts!
Get your All-Access Pass today
Single Concert Passes ($20) available 30 days prior to the concert.

Winter Concert with the Severin Sisters

With a title borrowed from Nina Simone’s yearning ballad, Tomorrow Is My Turn offers a small glimpse into the breadth and depth of phenomenal music being created by Black artists across the nation.

All virtual Mini Concerts are FREE (donations encouraged). Concerts are available for live viewing on Youtube during the premiere broadcast, and for 48 hours thereafter. RSVP here!

Mini Concert 3: Amelia Lukas
Monday, March 1, 2021
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Flutist Amelia Lukas, known for her pure tone, flexible technique, and passionate, committed performances, performs a program of gorgeously lush and hauntingly beautiful works:

Valerie Coleman: Danza de la Mariposa
Carlos Simon: Move It
Allison Loggins-Hull: Homeland
Joshua Mallard: Perennial

Through a kaleidoscope of individual movements, Delgani explores the rich diversity of music by American composers since the dawn of the 20th century. From the folk-like simplicity of George Chadwick and Amy Beach to the experimental ingenuity of Ruth Crawford Seeger and Elliot Carter, and from the mesmerizing pulsations of John Adams to the vibrancy of millennial Caroline Shaw, join us as we explore 130 years of American music.

Sunday March 7 @ 3 pm PST
Tuesday March 9 @ 7:30 pm PST
Available to all ticket holders at www.delgani.org/live/

The Cathedral is currently closed to the public until further notice.
All events will only be livestreamed until further notice; plans may shift as the season progresses.
Livestreams can be viewed at facebook.com/trinitymusicpdx/live or youtube.com/trinitycathpdx/live

Organists from around the globe play the Trinity Rosales on the first Sundays of the month at 4:30pm.

• 3 January | Keith Weber (Houston)
• 7 February | Chase Loomer (Indiana University)
• 7 March | Matthew Gerhardt (St. Louis)
• NO recital in April: Easter Day
• 2 May | Alicia Chapman (North Carolina), oboe,
  and Bruce Neswick, organ
• 6 June | Kai Krakenberg (Husum, Germany)

Through a kaleidoscope of individual movements, Delgani explores the rich diversity of music by American composers since the dawn of the 20th century. From the folk-like simplicity of George Chadwick and Amy Beach to the experimental ingenuity of Ruth Crawford Seeger and Elliot Carter, and from the mesmerizing pulsations of John Adams to the vibrancy of millennial Caroline Shaw, join us as we explore 130 years of American music.

Sunday March 7 @ 3 pm PST
Tuesday March 9 @ 7:30 pm PST
Available to all ticket holders at www.delgani.org/live/

Martha Griffith is a third-generation professional harpist in Oregon, and has been the NSO’s principal harpist for many years. In addition to taking us into the complex workings of the modern and magnificent symphonic chromatic harp, she will demonstrate her unusual collection of other harps, sharing secrets of this most magical of instruments. Martha attained a Bachelor of Arts in music performance from university of Oregon, and a master of science from Pacific University.

Friday March 12, 2021 at 6:30pm

About Musician’s Living Room:
Interactive, online evenings will take you into the living rooms of NSO stars who will share their fascinating collections of instruments, perform, and share their lives as musicians in Newport and beyond. YOU will share conversations with them and Adam Flatt as they welcome you into their homes and lives. (BYOB!)

Hailed as one of the most exciting young string quartets in the world, the Goldmund Quartet’s exquisitely refined playing has been awarded prizes at major competitions such as the Wigmore, Melbourne, and ARD Munich. They are the Rising Stars of the European Concert Hall Organisation leading to debut recitals at the Philharmonie de Paris, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and the Vienna Konzerthaus. In this concert, hear the Goldmund perform dramatic chamber works written by Puccini, Strauss, and Schubert on their historic set of Stradivari instruments once owned by the great virtuoso Niccolò Paganini.

Online Virtual Concert
Premieres Saturday, 3/20 • 7:00 pm PT
Available through Saturday, 3/27 • 11:59 pm PT

Watch all of our 2020-21 Season concerts!
Get your All-Access Pass today
Single Concert Passes ($20) available 30 days prior to the concert.

ABOUT OUR PRODUCTION
Sung in English and Spanish with captions.
Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes, with one intermission.

“Viva la vida!”

A celebration of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, Frida is vibrant, and infused with artistic imagery—all brought to life by the beautiful music of Mexican American composer Robert Xavier Rodríguez.

In two poetic acts, we follow moments from Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s life—the traffic accident that changes her physical abilities, her turbulent relationship with Diego Rivera, the men and women that she loves, and the art that she makes. We enter the imagination of an iconic artist and heroine as she changes the world with her story and legacy.

Featuring Catalina Cuervo as Frida and Bernardo Bermudez as Diego, with the 20/21 Portland Opera Resident Artists, and a score that celebrates the beauty of Mexican folk and art song. The libretto shines with lyrics written by award-winning playwright Migdalia Cruz and book by Hilary Blecher, directed by Andreas Mitisek (As One, 2018/19).

Digital access will be available for 45 days, starting on March 20, 2021 on our digital channel, Portland Opera Onscreen.

It’s Bach’s Birthday – Join us and sing some of Bach’s favorite movements from the B Minor Mass, Jesu Meine Freude, and other well-known Bach works.

About the Bach Cantata Choir:
The Bach Cantata Choir’s mission is to sing the entire set of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach over a period of 30 years (view cantatas performed to date). We are a choir of about 50 members plus an orchestra of between 8 to 15 members depending upon the concert.

Learn more at www.bachcantatachoir.org

Reed Tetzloff
Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 4 PM
Program to be determined, plus a world premiere by Sylvan Talavera

About Soundboard:
The soundboard of a piano is that all-important element that amplifies, mellows, and projects the music we all love. It’s the soul of the piano. From sonata to invention to concerti – even boogie-woogie – the soundboard gives us the music and the life we all crave right now.

So, we’ve given the name THE SOUNDBOARD to our project to bring you special programming in this curious time when we can’t be together for live concerts. We plan to…

• Amplify – by expanding your acquaintance with the rising generation of exceptional young pianists through our ongoing Rising Stars series, now all-digital

• Mellow – by giving you all our programs live in initial broadcast, but then available for weeks after, so you can listen in your own mellow time

• Project – by offering you a whole bundled set of recitals, piano history classes, piano news from around the world, and even a concerto competition all for just $100!

Subscribe today! We think that you won’t want to miss a moment.

Sing-a-long to a virtual performance of Bach’s Cantata #4 – as recorded by the Bach Cantata Choir in 2017.

About the Bach Cantata Choir:
The Bach Cantata Choir’s mission is to sing the entire set of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach over a period of 30 years (view cantatas performed to date). We are a choir of about 50 members plus an orchestra of between 8 to 15 members depending upon the concert.

Learn more at www.bachcantatachoir.org

With a title borrowed from Nina Simone’s yearning ballad, Tomorrow Is My Turn offers a small glimpse into the breadth and depth of phenomenal music being created by Black artists across the nation.

All virtual Mini Concerts are FREE (donations encouraged). Concerts are available for live viewing on Youtube during the premiere broadcast, and for 48 hours thereafter. RSVP here!

Monday, April 5, 2021
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
“A pianist of chameleon abilities,” (The Boston Globe) Jeff Payne offers a chance to hear these tremendously moving works for solo piano:

Courtney Bryan: A Presence
Margaret Bonds: Troubled Waters
Quinn Mason: The Never-Ending Ocean of Identity

ABOUT OUR PRODUCTION
Sung in English with English captions.
Approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, no intermission.

Featuring Portland Opera’s Resident Artists—Lynnesha Crump, Jasmine Johnson, David Morgans Sanchez, Michael Parham, and Edwin Jhamal Davis; with limited instrumentation featuring members of the Portland Opera Orchestra, and members of the Portland Opera Chorus.

Digital access will be available for 45 days, starting on April 16, 2021 on our digital channel, Portland Opera Onscreen.

The Talk: Instructions for Black Children
When They Interact With the Police
words and music by Damien Geter

Songs of Love and Justice
by Dr. Adolphus Hailstork; text by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Night Trip
composed by Carlos Simon, libretto by Sandra Seaton

Two Black Churches
composed by Shawn Okpebholo
“Ballad of Birmingham” text by Dudley Randall | “The Rain” text by Marcus Amaker

“Your Daddy’s Son” from Ragtime
music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, book by Terrence McNally

Songs for the African Violet
words and music by Jasmine Barnes

These compositions are about love, justice, and experiences of being a Black American. We witness moments of generational grief: a coming-of-age conversation that is a matter of life and death in The Talk; and a desperate mother’s song to her baby in “Your Daddy’s Son.” In Two Black Churches we grieve with communities generations apart—both facing the aftermath of murder and hate crimes perpetrated by white supremacists. In Night Trip we stop at a gas station with a Black family on a road trip in Jim Crow America, and witness the lack of dignity that welcomes them. Then too, we celebrate the activism of choosing love, with the words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Songs of Love and Justice); and the resilience that is demanded of Black women finding joy (Songs for the African Violet).

The Cathedral is currently closed to the public until further notice.
All events will only be livestreamed until further notice; plans may shift as the season progresses.
Livestreams can be viewed at facebook.com/trinitymusicpdx/live or youtube.com/trinitycathpdx/live

Friday, 23 April | 7 pm
Catharine Crozier Recital
Stephen Buzard (St. James Episcopal Cathedral, Chicago)

Tickets: trinity-episcopal.org/music-series

Inspiring performances, luminous sound, and exceptional musicianship are the hallmarks of the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet. Renowned for its dynamic interpretations and polished, expansive colors, the group has rapidly distinguished itself as one of the preeminent ensembles of its generation, dedicated purely to the sound and depth of their music. In this concert, the Parker Quartet will apply their “exceptional virtuosity [and] imaginative interpretation” (The Washington Post) to compositions by three masterful composers representing the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries including Beethoven’s spiritual Heiliger Dankgesang string quartet.

Online Virtual Concert
Premieres Saturday, 4/24 • 7:00 pm PT
Available through Saturday, 5/1 • 11:59 pm PT

Watch all of our 2020-21 Season concerts!
Get your All-Access Pass today
Single Concert Passes ($20) available 30 days prior to the concert.

With a title borrowed from Nina Simone’s yearning ballad, Tomorrow Is My Turn offers a small glimpse into the breadth and depth of phenomenal music being created by Black artists across the nation.

Concerts are available for live viewing on Youtube during the premiere broadcast, and for 48 hours thereafter.
Tickets: $25 General Admission; $10 Students & Seniors. Purchase tickets here! 

Headliner Concert
Monday, April 26, 2021
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Fear No Music’s season headliner features All-Star musicians Inés Voglar-Belgique (violin), Nancy Ives (cello), Michael Roberts (percussion), and musicians from BRAVO! Youth Orchestras in performance broadcast from The Old Church. Program includes:

Jessie Montgomery: Rhapsody no. 1 for solo violin
Marcos Balter: Descarga for solo percussion
James Lee III: Abraham’s Sons (In Memoriam: Trayvon Martin) for solo cello
BRAVO! Composition Collective: NEW WORK composed in response to the Black Lives Matter movement
Daniel Bernard Roumain: Hip Hop Studies and Etudes (selections)

This series of videos celebrates Resonance’s hometown of Portland, Oregon, and the space it provides for Resonance artists to continue to create. Starting in the summer of 2020, singers and spoken word artists met in acoustic spaces around the city – six feet apart, masked, and yet together. Viewers will experience music performed in these gritty, hauntingly beautiful spaces. Resonance will produce four episodes beginning this October, free of charge and available for the whole world to enjoy.

Available to view for free starting at 3 PM on Wednesday April 28th on our website, as well as YouTube and Facebook

Performed by Resonance artists, and in collaboration with Oh! Creative and Portland filmmaker Kenton Waltz, the series celebrates the city of Portland with featured local artists, musicians, and famous Portland Bridges.

Third Angle’s mission is to perform and record the masterworks of the twenty-first century while commissioning new works from regional and nationally recognized composers. Its bold and innovative programming, high artistic standards, and tireless efforts to bring music of the 20th and 21st centuries to a diverse audience have earned it abundant critical acclaim.

With the organization’s focus on creating a soundtrack for our time, Third Angle has created and presented more than 125 programs of contemporary music, commissioned more than 66 new works, and released 12 recordings to critical acclaim. Sound of the Five: the chamber music of Chen Yi, was named a top 10 recording for 2009 by National Public Radio.

Third Angle’s roguish programming crafts experiences that are mind-altering by design, including concerts created to work in harmony or dissonance with their environment, wildly divergent repertoire, and a blending of the arts that redefines the genre. At a Third Angle performance, you never know quite what will happen next, but one thing is certain:

Third Angle New Music is anything but ordinary.

Sacred Choral Music at the Abbey

The Cathedral is currently closed to the public until further notice.
All events will only be livestreamed until further notice; plans may shift as the season progresses.
Livestreams can be viewed at facebook.com/trinitymusicpdx/live or youtube.com/trinitycathpdx/live

Organists from around the globe play the Trinity Rosales on the first Sundays of the month at 4:30pm.

• 3 January | Keith Weber (Houston)
• 7 February | Chase Loomer (Indiana University)
• 7 March | Matthew Gerhardt (St. Louis)
• NO recital in April: Easter Day
• 2 May | Alicia Chapman (North Carolina), oboe,
  and Bruce Neswick, organ
• 6 June | Kai Krakenberg (Husum, Germany)

The Cathedral is currently closed to the public until further notice.
All events will only be livestreamed until further notice; plans may shift as the season progresses.
Livestreams can be viewed at facebook.com/trinitymusicpdx/live or youtube.com/trinitycathpdx/live

Sunday, 2 May | 5 pm
Three Choirs’ Festival Evensong
Trinity Cathedral Choir, plus the choirs of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco,
and St. Paul’s, Burlingame

Fred Teardo, guest conductor

ABOUT OUR PRODUCTION
Sung in Italian with English captions.
Exact run time to be determined.

A tour de force. A mother is burned at the stake as a witch. A horrifying act of revenge by her daughter is made worse by mistaken identity. Vengeance festers in cold blood for years—until a duel, a curse, a love triangle, and an execution reveal the terrible truth.

In this semi-staged concert production, we’ll focus on the show-stopping music the defines this unrelenting drama, in a landscape created with video projections by filmmaker Greg Emetaz.

Digital access will be available for 45 days, starting on May 7, 2021 on our digital channel, Portland Opera Onscreen. Live outdoor performances dates and details to be announced.

The Cathedral is currently closed to the public until further notice.
All events will only be livestreamed until further notice; plans may shift as the season progresses.
Livestreams can be viewed at facebook.com/trinitymusicpdx/live or youtube.com/trinitycathpdx/live

Saturday, 8 May | 7 pm
Spring Fireworks
with the Cathedral Choir and Portland Baroque Orchestra
G.F. Handel Coronation Anthems
Henry Purcell Te Deum laudamus and Jubilate Deo
Michele Kennedy, soprano
Daniel Moody, counter-tenor
Kyle Stegall, tenor
Dashon Barton, bass
Dana Marsh, guest conductor

Tickets: https://www.trinity-episcopal.org/music-series

Tetiana Shafran
Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 4 PM
Program to be determined, plus a world premiere by Katie Palka

About Soundboard:
The soundboard of a piano is that all-important element that amplifies, mellows, and projects the music we all love. It’s the soul of the piano. From sonata to invention to concerti – even boogie-woogie – the soundboard gives us the music and the life we all crave right now.

So, we’ve given the name THE SOUNDBOARD to our project to bring you special programming in this curious time when we can’t be together for live concerts. We plan to…

• Amplify – by expanding your acquaintance with the rising generation of exceptional young pianists through our ongoing Rising Stars series, now all-digital

• Mellow – by giving you all our programs live in initial broadcast, but then available for weeks after, so you can listen in your own mellow time

• Project – by offering you a whole bundled set of recitals, piano history classes, piano news from around the world, and even a concerto competition all for just $100!

Subscribe today! We think that you won’t want to miss a moment.

Out of concern for the health of our audience and orchestra members, this event was cancelled in 2020. The winners of last year’s competition will perform with the orchestra at this concert.

Friday, May 14, 2021 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 3:00pm

Join Music Director Travis Hatton 30 minutes before each performance for a fun and enlightening conversation about the music we will be performing. You’ll learn something new, we promise!

Young Artists: The Young Artist Concerto Competition winners appear on stage with the BSO like a breath of fresh air, full of promise like spring itself. The BSO is proud to sponsor this annual performance showcase and scholarship opportunity for the best young musicians in Washington County, made possible in part by a grant from the Cultural Coalition of Washington County. The winners perform as soloists with the orchestra.

Location: VBC Grand Auditorium at Village Baptist Church
330 SW Murray Blvd, Beaverton OR

Applauded for their “flat-out amazing” performances and “stunning virtuosity” (Cleveland Classical), the Kenari Quartet’s larger-than-life personalities pop off the stage. The unique style and flair of this Protégé Project alumni all-saxophone ensemble electrified Chamber Music Northwest audiences in 2018. Their triumphant return to the CMNW stage will feature modern and contemporary work plus improvisation.

Online Virtual Concert
Premieres Saturday, 5/15 • 7:00 pm PT
Available through Saturday, 5/22 • 11:59 pm PT

Watch all of our 2020-21 Season concerts!
Get your All-Access Pass today
Single Concert Passes ($20) available 30 days prior to the concert.

Out of concern for the health of our audience and orchestra members, this event was cancelled in 2020. The winners of last year’s competition will perform with the orchestra at this concert.

Friday, May 14, 2021 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 3:00pm

Join Music Director Travis Hatton 30 minutes before each performance for a fun and enlightening conversation about the music we will be performing. You’ll learn something new, we promise!

Young Artists: The Young Artist Concerto Competition winners appear on stage with the BSO like a breath of fresh air, full of promise like spring itself. The BSO is proud to sponsor this annual performance showcase and scholarship opportunity for the best young musicians in Washington County, made possible in part by a grant from the Cultural Coalition of Washington County. The winners perform as soloists with the orchestra.

Location: VBC Grand Auditorium at Village Baptist Church
330 SW Murray Blvd, Beaverton OR

Sacred Choral Music at the Abbey

Oregon favorite Asya Gulua returns for another performance with Delgani, now featured in Shostakovich’s powerful Piano Quintet, a work clearly in the composer’s unique language yet looking back to tradition in its form. Included on this program is Dvořák’s ninth quartet and Tomáš Svoboda’s tenth quartet, a work Delgani first performed for the Portland-based composer’s 80th birthday in 2019.

Sunday May 23 @ 3 pm PST
Tuesday May 25 @ 7:30 pm PST
Available to all ticket holders at www.delgani.org/live/

Oregon favorite Asya Gulua returns for another performance with Delgani, now featured in Shostakovich’s powerful Piano Quintet, a work clearly in the composer’s unique language yet looking back to tradition in its form. Included on this program is Dvořák’s ninth quartet and Tomáš Svoboda’s tenth quartet, a work Delgani first performed for the Portland-based composer’s 80th birthday in 2019.

Sunday May 23 @ 3 pm PST
Tuesday May 25 @ 7:30 pm PST
Available to all ticket holders at www.delgani.org/live/

This series of videos celebrates Resonance’s hometown of Portland, Oregon, and the space it provides for Resonance artists to continue to create. Starting in the summer of 2020, singers and spoken word artists met in acoustic spaces around the city – six feet apart, masked, and yet together. Viewers will experience music performed in these gritty, hauntingly beautiful spaces. Resonance will produce four episodes beginning this October, free of charge and available for the whole world to enjoy.

On Thursday, May 27 at 3:00 PM, Resonance will release its fifth and final episode of the series, featuring the world premiere of a new commission by Damien Geter for a Resonance octet, to be performed under the Tillikum Crossing Bridge.

Available to view for free on our website, as well as YouTube and Facebook

Performed by Resonance artists, and in collaboration with Oh! Creative and Portland filmmaker Kenton Waltz, the series celebrates the city of Portland with featured local artists, musicians, and famous Portland Bridges.