Thursdays at Three Episodes

July 13, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes pianist Hunter Noack and Chamber Music Northwest to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. ABOUT Pianist Hunter Noack was All Classical Portland’s inaugural Artist in Residence in 2019. In June 2022, Heinz records released his debut album, “In a Landscape,” which in its first week went to the top of Billboard’s classical…

July 6, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Chamber Music Northwest and the Aquilon Music Festival to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. CMNW will preview their upcoming umama womama concert, featuring flutist Valerie Coleman, violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, and harpist Han Lash. The Aquilon Music Festival will share highlights from their upcoming events, including Mozart’s Don Giovanni and more. ABOUT Three…

June 29, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Chamber Music Northwest’s Young Artist Institute and the Corvallis Celtic Festival to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. CMNW’s Young Artist Institute will showcase young violinists, violists, and cellists selected for the YAI program. These musicians are among the top high school string players from North America and Asia. The 2023 students…

June 22, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Stephanie & Saar and the Chintimini Chamber Music Festival to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Stephanie & Saar will preview the upcoming Makrokosmos Project, a festival bringing cutting-edge contemporary American music to urban settings. The project includes a world premiere by Kenji Bunch, and an Oregon premiere by Adam…

June 15, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes pianist Lifia Teguh, plus Ben Tissell, baritone, and James Pick, piano, to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Lifia will be joined by cellist Jonah Thomas and vocalist Darren Raynald. Ben and James will share snippets from their recent celebration of English and American art songs event called…

June 1, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes pianist Alexander Korsantia and the In Medio Choir to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Alexander will preview his upcoming concerts with Portland Piano International, including music by Haydn, Beethoven, Stravinsky, and more. In Medio Choir will perform works about the sea from their upcoming series Sea Changes, exploring how we…

May 25, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes the Resonance Ensemble with cellist Nancy Ives, and Cascadia Composers, to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Resonance Ensemble will share a preview of their upcoming free arts and music festival, Earth’s Protection. Cellist Nancy Ives will perform original works memorializing Celilo Falls, a former tribal fishing area…

May 11, 2023: Guest host Warren Black welcomes In Mulieribus and Portland Youth Philharmonic‘s chamber orchestra and violinist Michelle Bushkova to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. In Mulieribus and PYP will preview their upcoming chamber series BECAUSE I WILL NOT DESPAIR, featuring the World Premiere of a brand new composition by Jessica Meyer, set to poems…

May 4, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Ronn McFarlane and Carolyn Surrick, and tuba player JáTtik Clark to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. ABOUT GRAMMY-nominated lutenist, Ronn McFarlane strives to bring the lute – the most popular instrument of the Renaissance – into today’s musical mainstream and make it accessible to a wider audience.  Since…

April 27, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Ping & Woof Opera to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. They will preview their upcoming production of Reverie – a celebration of live music and dance. In collaboration with Pathways Dance Company, Reverie features music by Chopin, Schubert, Debussy, Faure, Tchaikovsky, Schumann and more. ABOUT Reverie takes the…