February 6, 2025: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Resonance Ensemble’s treble singers joined by the Ringdown duo and composer Cecille Elliott; and violinist Sunmi Chang to All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall.
Resonance Ensemble shares an exclusive preview of their CHOIR GRRL concert, featuring music by Caroline Shaw, Renée Favand-See, Cecille Elliott, and more.
Then, meet violinist Sunmi Chang, Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Oregon School of Music & Dance. She’s accompanied by pianist Brian Hsu.
Join us Thursday at 3:00 PM PT at 89.9 FM in Portland, OR or from anywhere in the world via the live player on our website.
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Resonance Ensemble’s award-winning programming takes a radically collaborative approach, developing concerts in conversation with community partners. Resonance commissions and champions new works by composers and poets whose stories have been underrepresented on the concert stage. These programs have brought the work of activists, photographers, filmmakers, and other community partners into conversation with the programmed music and texts.
Learn more at resonancechoral.org.
Ringdown is an “electronic cinematic pop duo” featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw and “dynamite” multi-instrumentalist Danni Lee. Lee was recently described by Oregon ArtsWatch as “a perfect complement to Shaw” and they are “a definite ‘peanut butter and chocolate’ situation.” Together, they bring a recently Grammy-nominated blend of artistry, innovation, and collaboration to the stage, creating an unforgettable musical experience that invites the audience into new sonic landscapes.
As the laureate of the 2007 International Markneukirchen Violin Competition, and the 2007 Sion-Valais International Violin Competition, Sunmi Chang has performed widely and to acclaim throughout North America and Europe as a solo artist and chamber musician. In 2008, she was the soloist of the Asian Tour to Seoul, Beijing, and Shanghai with the Yale Philharmonia, performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto.
Sunmi is current the Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Oregon School of Music & Dance. She also serves as the artistic director of Summit Chamber Music Series, which aspires to bring joy, peace, comfort and encouragement to Morgantown, WV by presenting world-class chamber music performances throughout the season.
Keep reading at musicanddance.uoregon.edu.