Cultural Events: Cultural Events

Set in the Scottish Highlands during the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the new musical Loch Lomond brings to life a legend behind the famous lyrics, “You take the high road and I’ll take the low road…” Cast into an English prison with no hope of escape, brothers Lyle and James confront the hopes, lies, losses, and loves that led them to this point, remember the women they left behind, and reckon with the ultimate choice that will carry them home.

Traditional Scottish folk ballads and Celtic-inspired contemporary music infuse this gripping, intimate story of love and sacrifice during one of history’s most infamous rebellions.

“Loch Lomond” is suitable for most theatregoers over the age of 13. The show contains mild profanity and topics of war, sacrifice, pregnancy loss, and death.

Hear a group of renowned musicians discuss the importance of arts and culture during the pandemic, survival of arts now and long term, and other topics related to the arts.

Panelists include:

Zuill Bailey, Grammy award winning cello virtuoso, entrepreneur, artistic director of several major music festivals in the U.S. and a professor of cello at the University of Texas at El Paso

Pedro Díaz, internationally renowned principal solo English horn for the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra in New York City.

Igal Kesselman, internationally renowned piano educator, director of Lucy Moses School in New York City, music director of Special Music School and artistic director of Kaufman Music Center International Piano Competition

Free and open to all. Please note that masks are required for in-person attendance.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 –1741)
The Four Seasons. Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “Autumn” (L’autunno)

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Selection of pieces

Set in the Scottish Highlands during the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the new musical Loch Lomond brings to life a legend behind the famous lyrics, “You take the high road and I’ll take the low road…” Cast into an English prison with no hope of escape, brothers Lyle and James confront the hopes, lies, losses, and loves that led them to this point, remember the women they left behind, and reckon with the ultimate choice that will carry them home.

Traditional Scottish folk ballads and Celtic-inspired contemporary music infuse this gripping, intimate story of love and sacrifice during one of history’s most infamous rebellions.

“Loch Lomond” is suitable for most theatregoers over the age of 13. The show contains mild profanity and topics of war, sacrifice, pregnancy loss, and death.

Simon Trpčeski makes his Oregon Symphony debut performing Tchaikovsky’s passionate Piano Concerto No. 1. Also on the program is Jean Sibelius’ rarely performed Symphony No. 3, which resounds with the Nordic spirit of his native Finland.

Program:
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3

Artists:
David Zinman, Conductor
Simon Trpčeski, Piano
This concert is part of Classical Series B

Learn more and buy tickets

Simon Trpčeski makes his Oregon Symphony debut performing Tchaikovsky’s passionate Piano Concerto No. 1. Also on the program is Jean Sibelius’ rarely performed Symphony No. 3, which resounds with the Nordic spirit of his native Finland.

Program:
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3

Artists:
David Zinman, Conductor
Simon Trpčeski, Piano
This concert is part of Classical Series B

Learn more and buy tickets

Set in the Scottish Highlands during the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the new musical Loch Lomond brings to life a legend behind the famous lyrics, “You take the high road and I’ll take the low road…” Cast into an English prison with no hope of escape, brothers Lyle and James confront the hopes, lies, losses, and loves that led them to this point, remember the women they left behind, and reckon with the ultimate choice that will carry them home.

Traditional Scottish folk ballads and Celtic-inspired contemporary music infuse this gripping, intimate story of love and sacrifice during one of history’s most infamous rebellions.

“Loch Lomond” is suitable for most theatregoers over the age of 13. The show contains mild profanity and topics of war, sacrifice, pregnancy loss, and death.

Simon Trpčeski makes his Oregon Symphony debut performing Tchaikovsky’s passionate Piano Concerto No. 1. Also on the program is Jean Sibelius’ rarely performed Symphony No. 3, which resounds with the Nordic spirit of his native Finland.

Program:
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3

Artists:
David Zinman, Conductor
Simon Trpčeski, Piano
This concert is part of Classical Series B

Learn more and buy tickets

Set in the Scottish Highlands during the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the new musical Loch Lomond brings to life a legend behind the famous lyrics, “You take the high road and I’ll take the low road…” Cast into an English prison with no hope of escape, brothers Lyle and James confront the hopes, lies, losses, and loves that led them to this point, remember the women they left behind, and reckon with the ultimate choice that will carry them home.

Traditional Scottish folk ballads and Celtic-inspired contemporary music infuse this gripping, intimate story of love and sacrifice during one of history’s most infamous rebellions.

“Loch Lomond” is suitable for most theatregoers over the age of 13. The show contains mild profanity and topics of war, sacrifice, pregnancy loss, and death.

Set in the Scottish Highlands during the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the new musical Loch Lomond brings to life a legend behind the famous lyrics, “You take the high road and I’ll take the low road…” Cast into an English prison with no hope of escape, brothers Lyle and James confront the hopes, lies, losses, and loves that led them to this point, remember the women they left behind, and reckon with the ultimate choice that will carry them home.

Traditional Scottish folk ballads and Celtic-inspired contemporary music infuse this gripping, intimate story of love and sacrifice during one of history’s most infamous rebellions.

“Loch Lomond” is suitable for most theatregoers over the age of 13. The show contains mild profanity and topics of war, sacrifice, pregnancy loss, and death.

Guy Davis
Friday, October 22 | 7:30 pm | $16 advance/$20 day of show
Original Blues, American Roots

Grammy-nominated Guy Davis has spent his musical life carrying his message of blues around the world, from the Equator to the Arctic Circle, earning him the title “An Ambassador of the Blues.” Influenced by such artists as Blind Willie Mc Tell, Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Babatunde Olatunji, and the legendary Sonny Terry, his reverence for the music of the blues masters who’ve gone before him is evident in every album and concert he’s performed. His career spans 27 years and with his newest release and 14th album, Be Ready When I Call You, Davis brings his blend of blues and Americana to bear the stories of life in our world today with poignant reflections on conflict, prejudice, heartbreak, and separation expertly woven through lyric and melody. Join us for an evening with this critically acclaimed songwriter and musical storyteller whose well-traveled voice moves and inspires the spirit and soul. GuyDavis.com

Parkrose Marketplace is a monthly community market. It’s a Saturday and Sunday outdoor market open from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM with over 60 vendors, live music, great food, and treasures of all kinds to be found. Art, craft, clothing, jewelry, handmade soaps and lotions, spices and sauces, and much, much more to be discovered – and purchased! Leashed and picked-up-after dogs are always welcomed. A family friendly beverage garden for you to have lunch and a beverage. Our great vendors Level Beer, Catman Cellars wine and Wild Roots distillery are here to serve. You’ll love the diversity of our vendors and shoppers!

Set in the Scottish Highlands during the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the new musical Loch Lomond brings to life a legend behind the famous lyrics, “You take the high road and I’ll take the low road…” Cast into an English prison with no hope of escape, brothers Lyle and James confront the hopes, lies, losses, and loves that led them to this point, remember the women they left behind, and reckon with the ultimate choice that will carry them home.

Traditional Scottish folk ballads and Celtic-inspired contemporary music infuse this gripping, intimate story of love and sacrifice during one of history’s most infamous rebellions.

“Loch Lomond” is suitable for most theatregoers over the age of 13. The show contains mild profanity and topics of war, sacrifice, pregnancy loss, and death.

Please join us for our joyous return to the concert hall in October.

The Promise of Living is the final chorus from Aaron Copland’s opera The Tender Land which was based on the pictures and stories of American resilience in the wake of the Great Depression. In our first live concert since the Covid-era began, Oregon Repertory Singers invites you to hear music that affirms the resilience of the human spirit. We will also present the Portland premieres of Norwegian composer Kim Andre Arnesen’s Infinity and Filipino-American composer Matthew Lyon Hazzard’s The Prow, alongside favorites by Northwest composers Morten Lauridsen, Naomi LaViolette, and Stacey Philipps and classics by Carlos Guastavino and, of course, Aaron Copland.

Concerts are 1 hour; No intermission
Seating is limited to 50% occupancy.

Travel the world through music! In this musical tour of Europe this selection of symphonic gems will delight all audiences.

Saturday, October 23 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, October 24 at 3 p.m.

Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess
Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite
Debussy Petite Suite
Kodály Dances of Galánta

Please note: The VSO is requiring all audience members to be masked regardless of vaccination status. Additionally, you will be asked to show proof of vaccnation or a negative COVID test dated within 72 hours before entrance to the performance space.

Set in the Scottish Highlands during the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the new musical Loch Lomond brings to life a legend behind the famous lyrics, “You take the high road and I’ll take the low road…” Cast into an English prison with no hope of escape, brothers Lyle and James confront the hopes, lies, losses, and loves that led them to this point, remember the women they left behind, and reckon with the ultimate choice that will carry them home.

Traditional Scottish folk ballads and Celtic-inspired contemporary music infuse this gripping, intimate story of love and sacrifice during one of history’s most infamous rebellions.

“Loch Lomond” is suitable for most theatregoers over the age of 13. The show contains mild profanity and topics of war, sacrifice, pregnancy loss, and death.

Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Feature film with Oregon Symphony

Tim Burton’s fantastical tale of the Pumpkin King, Oogie Boogie, and Sandy Claws comes to life on our big screen, complete with Danny Elfman’s film score performed live to picture. Costumes encouraged, it’s the perfect outing to celebrate Halloween.

Artists:
Norman Huynh, Conductor
Oregon Symphony
This concert is part of the Popcorn Package

Learn more and buy tickets

Parkrose Marketplace is a monthly community market. It’s a Saturday and Sunday outdoor market open from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM with over 60 vendors, live music, great food, and treasures of all kinds to be found. Art, craft, clothing, jewelry, handmade soaps and lotions, spices and sauces, and much, much more to be discovered – and purchased! Leashed and picked-up-after dogs are always welcomed. A family friendly beverage garden for you to have lunch and a beverage. Our great vendors Level Beer, Catman Cellars wine and Wild Roots distillery are here to serve. You’ll love the diversity of our vendors and shoppers!

Set in the Scottish Highlands during the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the new musical Loch Lomond brings to life a legend behind the famous lyrics, “You take the high road and I’ll take the low road…” Cast into an English prison with no hope of escape, brothers Lyle and James confront the hopes, lies, losses, and loves that led them to this point, remember the women they left behind, and reckon with the ultimate choice that will carry them home.

Traditional Scottish folk ballads and Celtic-inspired contemporary music infuse this gripping, intimate story of love and sacrifice during one of history’s most infamous rebellions.

“Loch Lomond” is suitable for most theatregoers over the age of 13. The show contains mild profanity and topics of war, sacrifice, pregnancy loss, and death.

Please join us for our joyous return to the concert hall in October.

The Promise of Living is the final chorus from Aaron Copland’s opera The Tender Land which was based on the pictures and stories of American resilience in the wake of the Great Depression. In our first live concert since the Covid-era began, Oregon Repertory Singers invites you to hear music that affirms the resilience of the human spirit. We will also present the Portland premieres of Norwegian composer Kim Andre Arnesen’s Infinity and Filipino-American composer Matthew Lyon Hazzard’s The Prow, alongside favorites by Northwest composers Morten Lauridsen, Naomi LaViolette, and Stacey Philipps and classics by Carlos Guastavino and, of course, Aaron Copland.

Concerts are 1 hour; No intermission
Seating is limited to 50% occupancy.

Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Feature film with Oregon Symphony

Tim Burton’s fantastical tale of the Pumpkin King, Oogie Boogie, and Sandy Claws comes to life on our big screen, complete with Danny Elfman’s film score performed live to picture. Costumes encouraged, it’s the perfect outing to celebrate Halloween.

Artists:
Norman Huynh, Conductor
Oregon Symphony
This concert is part of the Popcorn Package

Learn more and buy tickets

Celebration Works Concert Series presents
Migration: a chamber concert

Join us in person or stream the concert online at https://www.firstpresportland.org/music…/celebration-works.
All Celebration Works concerts are FREE!

Chamber trio Meadowlark (flutist Janet Bebb, oboist Ann van Bever, and cellist Betsy Goy) will be joined by pianist Susan McDaniel and violist Ben Neubauer in music for unusual combinations of instruments, sometimes “migrating” from the original instrumentation. This program will include the premiere of a quartet by Sara Carina Graef inspired by the seven species of meadowlarks.

Our Community Spotlight is Albina Vision Trust. https://albinavision.org/our-work/

Travel the world through music! In this musical tour of Europe this selection of symphonic gems will delight all audiences.

Saturday, October 23 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, October 24 at 3 p.m.

Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess
Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite
Debussy Petite Suite
Kodály Dances of Galánta

Please note: The VSO is requiring all audience members to be masked regardless of vaccination status. Additionally, you will be asked to show proof of vaccnation or a negative COVID test dated within 72 hours before entrance to the performance space.

Please join us for our joyous return to the concert hall in October.

The Promise of Living is the final chorus from Aaron Copland’s opera The Tender Land which was based on the pictures and stories of American resilience in the wake of the Great Depression. In our first live concert since the Covid-era began, Oregon Repertory Singers invites you to hear music that affirms the resilience of the human spirit. We will also present the Portland premieres of Norwegian composer Kim Andre Arnesen’s Infinity and Filipino-American composer Matthew Lyon Hazzard’s The Prow, alongside favorites by Northwest composers Morten Lauridsen, Naomi LaViolette, and Stacey Philipps and classics by Carlos Guastavino and, of course, Aaron Copland.

Concerts are 1 hour; No intermission
Seating is limited to 50% occupancy.

Hear Cappella Romana perform Robert Kyr’s A Time for Life before a tour to present the oratorio before His All Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, who inspired this work. One performance only.

BodyVox, Portland’s world-renowned artistic performance company, is bringing its electric and frightful Halloween tradition ‘BloodyVox’ to live audiences next month. In its first live production to return to the stage since before the pandemic, ‘BloodyVox’ is a comical treat made for the season, bloody full of entertaining tricks for all ages.

Running Oct. 28-31, 2021 at the BodyVox dance center, ‘BloodyVox’ is a dance theater experience that explores cinema, folklore and our collective nightmares to resurrect the spirits of All Hallows Eve. A true celebration of the movement and creative endurance of the human body and spirit. Welcoming back audience members for the first time in more than 18 months, this delightfully eerie show uses dance to dazzle our eyes, tap into our feeling of togetherness and turn our deepest fears into feature performances. It is a must-see live event for the entire family.

Adults: $35, Senior: $30, Student: $24, Child: $18
Oct. 28 – 30, 2021
Thu, Fri, Sat: 7:30pm
Sat Matinee: 2pm

BodyVox, Portland’s world-renowned artistic performance company, is bringing its electric and frightful Halloween tradition ‘BloodyVox’ to live audiences next month. In its first live production to return to the stage since before the pandemic, ‘BloodyVox’ is a comical treat made for the season, bloody full of entertaining tricks for all ages.

Running Oct. 28-31, 2021 at the BodyVox dance center, ‘BloodyVox’ is a dance theater experience that explores cinema, folklore and our collective nightmares to resurrect the spirits of All Hallows Eve. A true celebration of the movement and creative endurance of the human body and spirit. Welcoming back audience members for the first time in more than 18 months, this delightfully eerie show uses dance to dazzle our eyes, tap into our feeling of togetherness and turn our deepest fears into feature performances. It is a must-see live event for the entire family.

Adults: $35, Senior: $30, Student: $24, Child: $18
Oct. 28 – 30, 2021
Thu, Fri, Sat: 7:30pm
Sat Matinee: 2pm

BodyVox, Portland’s world-renowned artistic performance company, is bringing its electric and frightful Halloween tradition ‘BloodyVox’ to live audiences next month. In its first live production to return to the stage since before the pandemic, ‘BloodyVox’ is a comical treat made for the season, bloody full of entertaining tricks for all ages.

Running Oct. 28-31, 2021 at the BodyVox dance center, ‘BloodyVox’ is a dance theater experience that explores cinema, folklore and our collective nightmares to resurrect the spirits of All Hallows Eve. A true celebration of the movement and creative endurance of the human body and spirit. Welcoming back audience members for the first time in more than 18 months, this delightfully eerie show uses dance to dazzle our eyes, tap into our feeling of togetherness and turn our deepest fears into feature performances. It is a must-see live event for the entire family.

Adults: $35, Senior: $30, Student: $24, Child: $18
Oct. 28 – 30, 2021
Thu, Fri, Sat: 7:30pm
Sat Matinee: 2pm

BodyVox, Portland’s world-renowned artistic performance company, is bringing its electric and frightful Halloween tradition ‘BloodyVox’ to live audiences next month. In its first live production to return to the stage since before the pandemic, ‘BloodyVox’ is a comical treat made for the season, bloody full of entertaining tricks for all ages.

Running Oct. 28-31, 2021 at the BodyVox dance center, ‘BloodyVox’ is a dance theater experience that explores cinema, folklore and our collective nightmares to resurrect the spirits of All Hallows Eve. A true celebration of the movement and creative endurance of the human body and spirit. Welcoming back audience members for the first time in more than 18 months, this delightfully eerie show uses dance to dazzle our eyes, tap into our feeling of togetherness and turn our deepest fears into feature performances. It is a must-see live event for the entire family.

Adults: $35, Senior: $30, Student: $24, Child: $18
Oct. 28 – 30, 2021
Thu, Fri, Sat: 7:30pm
Sat Matinee: 2pm

From the land of the Blue Danube comes a program of Austrian favorites. Haydn’s “Surprise” Symphony is among the great Classical Era symphonies, while Johann Strauss II radiates 19th-century charm. And, just in time for Halloween, living composer HK Gruber will lead the festivities in his amusing Frankenstein!!

Program:
J.S. Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 94, “Surprise”
HK Gruber: Frankenstein!!
J. Strauss II: Emperor Waltz

Artists:
David Danzmayr, Conductor
HK Gruber, Chansonnier
Martin Hébert, Oboe
Sarah Kwak, Violin

This concert is part of Classical Series C

Learn more and buy tickets

From the land of the Blue Danube comes a program of Austrian favorites. Haydn’s “Surprise” Symphony is among the great Classical Era symphonies, while Johann Strauss II radiates 19th-century charm. And, just in time for Halloween, living composer HK Gruber will lead the festivities in his amusing Frankenstein!!

Program:
J.S. Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 94, “Surprise”
HK Gruber: Frankenstein!!
J. Strauss II: Emperor Waltz

Artists:
David Danzmayr, Conductor
HK Gruber, Chansonnier
Martin Hébert, Oboe
Sarah Kwak, Violin

This concert is part of Classical Series C

Learn more and buy tickets

From the land of the Blue Danube comes a program of Austrian favorites. Haydn’s “Surprise” Symphony is among the great Classical Era symphonies, while Johann Strauss II radiates 19th-century charm. And, just in time for Halloween, living composer HK Gruber will lead the festivities in his amusing Frankenstein!!

Program:
J.S. Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 94, “Surprise”
HK Gruber: Frankenstein!!
J. Strauss II: Emperor Waltz

Artists:
David Danzmayr, Conductor
HK Gruber, Chansonnier
Martin Hébert, Oboe
Sarah Kwak, Violin

This concert is part of Classical Series C

Learn more and buy tickets

Our season begins with an homage to the human voice, featuring folksong-inspired works from around the world. A set of Antonín Dvořák’s Cypresses, opens the program, which continues with a quartet by Reza Vali, a composer dubbed the “Iranian Bartók” for his use of Persian microtonal scales. The program concludes with folksongs by African-American composer Florence Price and Sergei Prokofiev’s quartet inspired by Kabardinian Themes.

Antonín Dvořák Cypresses
Reza Vali String Quartet No. 3 (2001)
Florence Price Folksongs in Counterpoint
Sergei Prokofiev String Quartet No. 2, “On Kabardinian Themes”

World renowned operatic and concert tenor Thomas Young brings his versatile artistry to Newport, singing American popular song and European classical music, and narrating the stirring words of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. This is an evening not to be missed.

William Grant Still: Festive Overture
Cole Porter: Two Medleys, arranged by Bill Holcombe – Selected songs, including “I’ve Got You Under my Skin,” “Let’s Fall In Love,” and more
Felix Mendelssohn: “Be thou faithful unto death” from St. Paul
Joseph Schwantner:  New Morning for the World, “Daybreak of freedom” (texts from the works of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Grammy Award-winning pianist Yefim Bronfman brings his brilliance and power to Rachmaninoff’s dazzling Third Piano Concerto. The amusing misadventures of a German folk hero come to life through music in Richard Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, an orchestral tour-de-force and an audience favorite.

Program:
Mussorgsky: Introduction to Khovanshchina
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

Artists:
Jun Märkl, Conductor
Yefim Bronfman, Piano

This concert is part of Classical Series A

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World renowned operatic and concert tenor Thomas Young brings his versatile artistry to Newport, singing American popular song and European classical music, and narrating the stirring words of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. This is an evening not to be missed.

William Grant Still: Festive Overture
Cole Porter: Two Medleys, arranged by Bill Holcombe – Selected songs, including “I’ve Got You Under my Skin,” “Let’s Fall In Love,” and more
Felix Mendelssohn: “Be thou faithful unto death” from St. Paul
Joseph Schwantner:  New Morning for the World, “Daybreak of freedom” (texts from the works of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Grammy Award-winning pianist Yefim Bronfman brings his brilliance and power to Rachmaninoff’s dazzling Third Piano Concerto. The amusing misadventures of a German folk hero come to life through music in Richard Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, an orchestral tour-de-force and an audience favorite.

Program:
Mussorgsky: Introduction to Khovanshchina
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

Artists:
Jun Märkl, Conductor
Yefim Bronfman, Piano

This concert is part of Classical Series A

Learn more and buy tickets

Grammy Award-winning pianist Yefim Bronfman brings his brilliance and power to Rachmaninoff’s dazzling Third Piano Concerto. The amusing misadventures of a German folk hero come to life through music in Richard Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, an orchestral tour-de-force and an audience favorite.

Program:
Mussorgsky: Introduction to Khovanshchina
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

Artists:
Jun Märkl, Conductor
Yefim Bronfman, Piano

This concert is part of Classical Series A

Learn more and buy tickets

Shaun Keylock Company returns to the stage with “ROMP!,” a new show honoring the incomparable lineage of Portland’s modern dance history, premiering November 12-13, 2021 at Portland State University’s Lincoln Performance Hall.

The production features a retrospective of eight original dances created by resident choreographer Gregg Bielemeier between 1993 and 2002. Shaun Keylock Company is the first dance company to perform these works after more than 20 years!

This 90-minute performance with one intermission includes set and lighting design by Jenessa Raabe, costumes restored by fashion designer Adam Arnold, and music by 3 Leg Torso.

ROMP! is presented by Shaun Keylock Company, sponsored by Ronni Lacroute, R Scott Gill & Bill Stegeman, with funding support in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Council and the Oregon Arts Commission.

Shaun Keylock Company returns to the stage with “ROMP!,” a new show honoring the incomparable lineage of Portland’s modern dance history, premiering November 12-13, 2021 at Portland State University’s Lincoln Performance Hall.

The production features a retrospective of eight original dances created by resident choreographer Gregg Bielemeier between 1993 and 2002. Shaun Keylock Company is the first dance company to perform these works after more than 20 years!

This 90-minute performance with one intermission includes set and lighting design by Jenessa Raabe, costumes restored by fashion designer Adam Arnold, and music by 3 Leg Torso.

ROMP! is presented by Shaun Keylock Company, sponsored by Ronni Lacroute, R Scott Gill & Bill Stegeman, with funding support in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Council and the Oregon Arts Commission.

Shaun Keylock Company returns to the stage with “ROMP!,” a new show honoring the incomparable lineage of Portland’s modern dance history, premiering November 12-13, 2021 at Portland State University’s Lincoln Performance Hall.

The production features a retrospective of eight original dances created by resident choreographer Gregg Bielemeier between 1993 and 2002. Shaun Keylock Company is the first dance company to perform these works after more than 20 years!

This 90-minute performance with one intermission includes set and lighting design by Jenessa Raabe, costumes restored by fashion designer Adam Arnold, and music by 3 Leg Torso.

ROMP! is presented by Shaun Keylock Company, sponsored by Ronni Lacroute, R Scott Gill & Bill Stegeman, with funding support in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Council and the Oregon Arts Commission.

• Theme and Variations on “Subwoofer Lullaby,” from the video game Minecraft soundtrack, arranged by Haladar Wright, Kara Taylor, Elaina Stuppler and Joseph Young. All four young musicians are part of The Authentic Voice commissioning program in partnership with Fear No Music’s Young Composers Project.

• Symphony No. 5 in D Major by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827). The German composer and pianist is considered one of the most brilliant Western composers of all time, and a crucial transitional figure connecting the Classical and Romantic ages of Western music. His fifth symphony is one of the best-known compositions in classical music and it is widely considered one of the cornerstones of Western music.

Project Chamber Music: Willamette Valley makes a triumphant return to Salem’s Elsinore Theatre, celebrating five years of world-class chamber music in Salem, and steadfast support for the Salem-Keizer Public School orchestra programs.

Audience favorite, the Aeolus Quartet will return to the stage, alongside Co-Artistic Directors of Chamber Music Northwest and international sensations Soovin Kim, violin and Gloria Chien, piano. Of the upcoming concert, Project Chamber Music Artistic Director and Salem native Caitlin Lynch shares “When I was little, Chamber Music Northwest presented in Salem the very first professional string quartet concert I ever heard. I was forever changed after that concert – unbelievably inspired by this deeply magical, intimate form of expression that would eventually become not only my profession, but my passion. To have the opportunity, years later, to welcome the Co-Artistic Directors of this storied organization to Salem, to share the stage with them in all their remarkable artistry, and to expose Salem’s next generation of classical musicians to their music-making is an extraordinary honor.”

To date, $16,000 in Project Chamber Music ticket sale proceeds have provided private instrumental lessons for local students for whom the cost would be otherwise prohibitive. As is tradition, 100% of ticket sale proceeds from this concert will be donated for this purpose.

Concert admission for Salem-Keizer Public School students with valid ID is free.

Imagine you’d had the chance to experience musical prodigies like illustrious composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, celebrated violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, and renowned opera singer Leontyne Price perform before they became legends.

You’ll have the opportunity to hear breathtaking young classical musicians showcase their talents alongside members of the Oregon Symphony and Oregon Ballet Theatre orchestras at the 26th & 27th Young Artists Debut! Van Buren Concerto Concert.

Due to ongoing precautions and COVID-19 restrictions, we have had to reschedule the June 4th 26th YAD! Concert. The artists will be performing November 19th. These extraordinary instrumentalists and vocalists distinguished themselves from a group of over 20 semi-finalists through a series of rigorous auditions for the chance to appear at this unique annual concert dedicated to promoting the performance of classical music by young people in our region.

Past performers have gone on to win international recognition and perform with some of the most prestigious symphonies and opera companies around the world.

Hear legends in the making!
Friday, November 19, 2021, 7:30pm PT
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Come hear acclaimed classical pianist María García present an evening of beautiful Nordic and French piano works featuring Grieg, Helmich Roman, Sæverud and Mélanie Bonis. María recently recorded Bonis Femme de Légendes (Women of Legend) for worldwide distribution as part of All Classical’s Recording Inclusivity Initiative.

Doors open at 6 pm; there we will be a no host bar serving select Oregon wines and beers along with non-alcoholic beverages. Broder Söder provides a select food menu.

About the Musician, Maria Garcia:

Maria began piano studies in her native Puerto Rico at the age of four.  At the age of ten she made her debut with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra.  She received a Bachelor of Music with Distinction in Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music.  Graduate studies followed at SUNY Stony Brook where she received a full merit scholarship and completed a master’s degree in Music as well as Doctoral Studies. Her principal teachers have been Luz M. Hutchinson, Victor Rosenbaum and Gilbert Kalish.

A passionate teacher and musical coach, she has served on the faculties of many prestigious schools and organizations. A recent transplant to Portland she is a sought-after collaborator, coach, and teacher. She performs locally with groups like Third Angle Ensemble, 45th Parallel and is part of the Award Winning highly praised 20 Digitus Piano Duo with pianist Momoko Muramatsu. She runs a private teaching studio out of her home in NE Portland and is part of OMTA/MTNA.