Cultural Events Calendar

Join us for “Still, Rise!” a concert offered in solidarity with Dr. Rosephanye Powell as she strives for personal justice and clarifies the standard for the treatment of Black and women artists. Our program, comprised entirely of Dr. Powell’s choral compositions, includes The Cry of Jeremiah, a magnificent four-movement work with organ accompaniment.

Performed at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in NW Portland, “Still, Rise!” is free for all to attend. Donations are tax-deductible and gratefully accepted online at anotionascream.org/events or at the concert by cash, check, or card. Half of all concert proceeds will go to affirm and support the work of Prismid Sanctuary, “a place in Portland, OR for Indigenous, Black & all POC artists and cultural workers to convene, rest, and heal.” For more information please contact info@anotionascream.org.

A Notion A Scream is an accessible and inclusive community choir ensemble committed to raising our voices against white supremacy culture and oppressions of any kind. The music we make and the making of it aims to prove the best of humanity, centering equity and inclusion, connection and care, beauty and joy.

Our annual Young Artist Showcase program opens with an exciting 2011 work by Mason Bates, his techno-inspired Mothership. We then feature the three winners of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition. Pianist Wilson Liu plays the opening movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20. Alto saxophonist Jacob Peizner plays Jacques Ibert’s Concertino da camera. Hana Gottesman plays Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane. The program also includes, as always, music that showcases the VSO itself, a pair of colorful works by Richard Strauss, the suite from the opera Der Rosenkavalier, and his symphonic poem Till Eulenspeigel’s Merry Pranks.

Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026 at 7 p.m. & Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026 at 3 p.m.
Price: $50 – $63; $15 (Student); $20 (Livestream)

Livestream link: https://mediacampus.com/live/vso/

Artists:
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA
Salvador Brotons, Music Director and Conductor
Hana Gottesman, violin
Jacob Peizner, alto saxophone
Wilson Liu, piano

A most heart-stirring concert awaits you, portraying vastly different approaches to grief and memory. In the “Eroica,” grief turns into fury, when the original dedicatee, Napoleon, crowns himself emperor and the enraged Beethoven now celebrates only “the memory of a great man.” From two bolts-out-of-the-blue chords to exhilarating finale, the Symphony’s majesty and drama, extraordinary scope, and bold harmonies all proclaim a new era in music. Turning his grief into sorrow, Berg inscribes his heartbreaking Concerto, sensitively performed by our concertmaster, “To the memory of an angel”—a vivacious 18-year-old girl struck down by polio. He paints her portrait in the first movement, and, in the emotional heart of the Concerto, incorporates Bach’s chorale, “It is enough; Lord, if it pleases you/Unshackle me.”

For more information about tickets and pricing, visit www.orsymphony.org

Rachel Barton Pine, violin*

January 17th, 2026, Pre-concert chat with Maestro Adam Flatt at 6:45pm

This unparalleled concert event starts with Spanish Dance No. 1 by de Falla from his opera, La vida breve or “Life is Short”. The opera tells the story of Salud, a gypsy girl who is passionately in love with a wealthy man named Paco. He is engaged to be married to someone else and has kept this secret from her. Once the truth is known, Salud and her uncle crash the wedding party and confront the man and his new bride. Paco rejects Salud and in grand opera fashion, she dies of broken heart and collapses at his feet. We promise, the Spanish Dance No. 1 his a happy rollicking event that will absolutely please your ears.

Moving from the opera to the ballet we next feature Stravinsky’s suite from Pulcinella. Stravinsky had a good brain for musical trends and where the money could be made. Like today, the best dollars in music are earned by retaining writing and publishing rights. Stravinsky would often take the music he was commissioned to write for the ballet and re-edit them into suites. Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Petrushka, and Pulcinella all have stunning orchestral suites that are standards in the orchestral repertoire. This little suite beautifully retains the playfulness of Pulcinella and his friends as they fall in and out of love. It’s a wonderful piece of music you are guaranteed to enjoy.

From the ballet, we return again to the opera and this time, it’s from the 1987 hit, Nixon in China by American composer, John Adams. As is implicit in the title, this piece was inspired by Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to China. While not an obvious choice for an operatic subject, this works extraordinarily well. This piece is a foxtrot from Act III. Madame Mao gate-crashes the presidential banquet performs a seductive dance. Chairman Mao comes down from his portrait and the pair dance a foxtrot back in time. Listen closely and you can hear a gramophone winding down and the piece comes to an end.

The program this evening closes with Alexander Glazunov’s Violin Concerto performed by the truly brilliant Rachel Barton Pine. The New York Times describe her as “striking and charismatic”, and the Washington Post says she “displays a power and confidence that puts her in the top echelon.” The acclaimed American concert violinist thrills international audiences with her dazzling technique, lustrous tone, and emotional honesty. She has performed with the world’s top orchestras including Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Camerata Salzburg, the Chicago Symphony, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Detroit Symphony and many more. The Glazunov concerto highlights the composer’s technically brilliant style and will showcase our guest violinist wonderfully. While the piece has 3 or 4 movements, depending upon which musicologist you talk to, there are no pauses or numbers sections that are typical in concerti. Even so, you’ll be absolutely stunned by the beauty and passion of the piece.

This concert is not to be missed!

For tickets and more information, visit newportsymphony.org

Rachel Barton Pine, violin*

January 17th, 2026, Pre-concert chat with Maestro Adam Flatt at 6:45pm

This unparalleled concert event starts with Spanish Dance No. 1 by de Falla from his opera, La vida breve or “Life is Short”. The opera tells the story of Salud, a gypsy girl who is passionately in love with a wealthy man named Paco. He is engaged to be married to someone else and has kept this secret from her. Once the truth is known, Salud and her uncle crash the wedding party and confront the man and his new bride. Paco rejects Salud and in grand opera fashion, she dies of broken heart and collapses at his feet. We promise, the Spanish Dance No. 1 his a happy rollicking event that will absolutely please your ears.

Moving from the opera to the ballet we next feature Stravinsky’s suite from Pulcinella. Stravinsky had a good brain for musical trends and where the money could be made. Like today, the best dollars in music are earned by retaining writing and publishing rights. Stravinsky would often take the music he was commissioned to write for the ballet and re-edit them into suites. Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Petrushka, and Pulcinella all have stunning orchestral suites that are standards in the orchestral repertoire. This little suite beautifully retains the playfulness of Pulcinella and his friends as they fall in and out of love. It’s a wonderful piece of music you are guaranteed to enjoy.

From the ballet, we return again to the opera and this time, it’s from the 1987 hit, Nixon in China by American composer, John Adams. As is implicit in the title, this piece was inspired by Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to China. While not an obvious choice for an operatic subject, this works extraordinarily well. This piece is a foxtrot from Act III. Madame Mao gate-crashes the presidential banquet performs a seductive dance. Chairman Mao comes down from his portrait and the pair dance a foxtrot back in time. Listen closely and you can hear a gramophone winding down and the piece comes to an end.

The program this evening closes with Alexander Glazunov’s Violin Concerto performed by the truly brilliant Rachel Barton Pine. The New York Times describe her as “striking and charismatic”, and the Washington Post says she “displays a power and confidence that puts her in the top echelon.” The acclaimed American concert violinist thrills international audiences with her dazzling technique, lustrous tone, and emotional honesty. She has performed with the world’s top orchestras including Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Camerata Salzburg, the Chicago Symphony, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Detroit Symphony and many more. The Glazunov concerto highlights the composer’s technically brilliant style and will showcase our guest violinist wonderfully. While the piece has 3 or 4 movements, depending upon which musicologist you talk to, there are no pauses or numbers sections that are typical in concerti. Even so, you’ll be absolutely stunned by the beauty and passion of the piece.

This concert is not to be missed!

For tickets and more information, visit newportsymphony.org

A most heart-stirring concert awaits you, portraying vastly different approaches to grief and memory. In the “Eroica,” grief turns into fury, when the original dedicatee, Napoleon, crowns himself emperor and the enraged Beethoven now celebrates only “the memory of a great man.” From two bolts-out-of-the-blue chords to exhilarating finale, the Symphony’s majesty and drama, extraordinary scope, and bold harmonies all proclaim a new era in music. Turning his grief into sorrow, Berg inscribes his heartbreaking Concerto, sensitively performed by our concertmaster, “To the memory of an angel”—a vivacious 18-year-old girl struck down by polio. He paints her portrait in the first movement, and, in the emotional heart of the Concerto, incorporates Bach’s chorale, “It is enough; Lord, if it pleases you/Unshackle me.”

For more information about tickets and pricing, visit www.orsymphony.org

Our annual Young Artist Showcase program opens with an exciting 2011 work by Mason Bates, his techno-inspired Mothership. We then feature the three winners of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition. Pianist Wilson Liu plays the opening movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20. Alto saxophonist Jacob Peizner plays Jacques Ibert’s Concertino da camera. Hana Gottesman plays Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane. The program also includes, as always, music that showcases the VSO itself, a pair of colorful works by Richard Strauss, the suite from the opera Der Rosenkavalier, and his symphonic poem Till Eulenspeigel’s Merry Pranks.

Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026 at 7 p.m. & Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026 at 3 p.m.
Price: $50 – $63; $15 (Student); $20 (Livestream)

Livestream link: https://mediacampus.com/live/vso/

Artists:
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA
Salvador Brotons, Music Director and Conductor
Hana Gottesman, violin
Jacob Peizner, alto saxophone
Wilson Liu, piano

On Sunday, January 18, 2026, the Oregon Sinfonietta performs Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy and Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 3 “Pastoral.” In addition, one of this season’s young Concerto Competition winners, Mia Hale, will perform Ponchielli’s Capriccio for Oboe and Orchestra, Op. 80. The concert begins at 3:00 at the Sunnyside Seventh-day Adventist Church in Portland. Although donations are always welcome, there is no charge to attend.

The award-winning Oregon Sinfonietta, now in its 53rd season and conducted by Dr. Donald L. Appert, is a full symphony orchestra of roughly 70 members that draws together community musicians from the greater Portland metro area. The Sinfonietta offers four free concerts per season.

Price: Free

Albert and Jennifer Chen were at the pinnacle of academic achievement. But now they suck at adult life. So they do what any reasonable egghead brother and sister would do: go on an Asian Freedom Tour! From California to Shenzhen, TIGER STYLE! examines the successes and failures of tiger parenting from the point of view of a playwright who’s actually been through it.

“A sharply observed comedy…about the vexing and infinitely complicated business of wrestling with one’s heritage.” —Boston Globe

This production is held at:
The Ellyn Bye Studio in The Armory, 128 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97209

Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage beams the most iconic Star Trek footage of both film and television to the big screen with a live symphony orchestra performing the franchise’s most groundbreaking musical achievements live to picture. Music lovers, film enthusiasts, science fiction fans, and adventure seekers can boldly go on a unique voyage the whole family can enjoy!

For more information about tickets and pricing, visit www.orsymphony.org

Blast off through the solar system as the Beaverton Symphony Orchestra performs Gustav Holst’s The Planets with vivid storytelling narrated by All Classical Radio’s Christa Wessel. The Planets… and Beyond! tells the story of humanity’s millennia-long fascination with our solar system’s wandering celestial bodies with thrilling music and never-before-seen dazzling projected imagery.

It doesn’t end there! With pre-concert activities including an instrument petting zoo, story time, sweet treats, and more, this concert event is the perfect family outing for music fans of all ages. Don’t forget to wear your favorite space-themed costume, too!

As part of the symphony’s continuing partnership with Beaverton School District, select high school students have been invited to play side-by-side with the orchestra for a portion of the concert, and—funded by BSO’s summer internship program—Portland State University music education students developed an elementary concert curriculum to guide area students through this performance.

As always, children are free to attend! But this season the Beaverton Symphony Orchestra is debuting a new pricing system: Pay What You Can! with a suggested ticket price of $20. The BSO wants to ensure that ticket price is not a barrier for anyone in the community to enjoy beautiful orchestral music.

Marvel at the mystery of the solar system with the Beaverton Symphony Orchestra, Oregon Chorale, students of Beaverton and surrounding school districts for the family event of the year!

Albert and Jennifer Chen were at the pinnacle of academic achievement. But now they suck at adult life. So they do what any reasonable egghead brother and sister would do: go on an Asian Freedom Tour! From California to Shenzhen, TIGER STYLE! examines the successes and failures of tiger parenting from the point of view of a playwright who’s actually been through it.

“A sharply observed comedy…about the vexing and infinitely complicated business of wrestling with one’s heritage.” —Boston Globe

This production is held at:
The Ellyn Bye Studio in The Armory, 128 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97209

Albert and Jennifer Chen were at the pinnacle of academic achievement. But now they suck at adult life. So they do what any reasonable egghead brother and sister would do: go on an Asian Freedom Tour! From California to Shenzhen, TIGER STYLE! examines the successes and failures of tiger parenting from the point of view of a playwright who’s actually been through it.

“A sharply observed comedy…about the vexing and infinitely complicated business of wrestling with one’s heritage.” —Boston Globe

This production is held at:
The Ellyn Bye Studio in The Armory, 128 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97209

America’s Got Talent superstar vocalist Jimmie Herrod is teaming up with the Oregon Symphony for a concert filled with your favorite jazz, pop, & R&B! Channel your inner diva and immerse yourself in some of the greatest music of our time. Led by Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik, this concert will grace your ears with stunning vocals and unmatched orchestral playing for the ages.

For more information about tickets and pricing, visit www.orsymphony.org

A Pan-American Celebration!

ONN’s signature January special event celebration honoring Ashley Roland and Jamey Hampton. Introducing Cognizart young artists and featuring a new flute concerto by Portland composer Giancarlo D’Addona Castro, performed by Adam Eccleston, alongside festive works by Freddy Vilches and others in a vibrant celebration of Pan-American voices.

Joyful. Exuberant. Unforgettable.

More information coming soon, stay tuned!

Albert and Jennifer Chen were at the pinnacle of academic achievement. But now they suck at adult life. So they do what any reasonable egghead brother and sister would do: go on an Asian Freedom Tour! From California to Shenzhen, TIGER STYLE! examines the successes and failures of tiger parenting from the point of view of a playwright who’s actually been through it.

“A sharply observed comedy…about the vexing and infinitely complicated business of wrestling with one’s heritage.” —Boston Globe

This production is held at:
The Ellyn Bye Studio in The Armory, 128 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97209

America’s Got Talent superstar vocalist Jimmie Herrod is teaming up with the Oregon Symphony for a concert filled with your favorite jazz, pop, & R&B! Channel your inner diva and immerse yourself in some of the greatest music of our time. Led by Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik, this concert will grace your ears with stunning vocals and unmatched orchestral playing for the ages.

For more information about tickets and pricing, visit www.orsymphony.org

Winter can be cold and dark, but the Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association has a number of upcoming performances guaranteed to warm your heart and lift your spirits. Join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary season of CGOA!

The winter season of performances begins on Sunday, January 25 with the Annual Chamber Music Concert, taking place at 2 PM at Hood River Valley Christian Church, 975 Indian Creek Road, Hood River. This concert has become a tradition, featuring local musicians playing intimate and exciting music for small ensembles and solo performers. The concert is free with donations accepted.

About the Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association:
The Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting high-quality musical performances throughout the Columbia River Gorge. With a commitment to artistic excellence and community engagement, CGOA brings the joy of music to audiences of all ages.