Thursdays at Three Episodes

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…

April 20, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes the Portland State University Opera to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. PSU Opera will preview their upcoming production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Baritone Dr. Harry Baechtel, Associate Professor of Voice at Portland State University, was originally scheduled to perform unpublished works by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel with pianist Chuck Dillard.…

April 13, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Catalyst Quartet and Classical Up Close to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. The Catalyst Quartet is presented by our friends at Chamber Music Northwest and will preview their upcoming series Remarkable Women Composers, including music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Jessie Montgomery, Joan Tower, and Angélica Negrón. Classical Up Close is celebrating their…

April 6, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Portland Opera and the Pacific University Chamber Singers to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Portland Opera will preview their upcoming production of Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka (or ‘the Mermaid Opera’). In this centuries-old lyrical folktale with roots in Slavic mythology, a mermaid falls in love with a prince. ABOUT Portland Opera‘s…

March 9, 2023: This week on Thursdays @ Three, host Christa Wessel welcomes flutist Brian Dunbar to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Brian will preview his upcoming performance with the Portland Columbia Symphony, including the West coast premiere of Movements for Flute and Orchestra, a new work by trailblazing composer Carlos Simon. ABOUT Dr. Brian Dunbar,…

March 2, 2023: This week on Thursdays @ Three, host Christa Wessel welcomes Portland Opera and Arnaud Ghillebaert‘s Elsewhere Ensemble (featuring Grammy-winning baritone Kenneth Overton) to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Portland Opera will share a preview of their upcoming production of Thumbprint, composed by Kamala Sankaram. Thumbprint is inspired by the true story of Mukhtar…

UPDATE: Due to icy roads and record snow levels in Portland and for the safety of the performers, hosts, and staff, today’s Thursdays @ Three will now feature a mix of new interviews and historic performances from the T@T archives. Join us for an extended episode with past and never-before-heard performances by Chanticleer, Duo Stephanie…