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This week, in addition to the Higdon Percussion Concerto, we’re doing Rodion Shchedrin’s remarkable arrangement of a suite from Bizet’s opera Carmen for strings and percussion. Instruments take up the vocal lines in addition to the full complement of orchestral lines, so the strings and percussion do find themselves very busy. The arrangement was made
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Bob Hicks (a.k.a. Mr. Scatter) has a review of the Oregon Ballet Theater’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which featured the return of the OBT orchestra after being absent due to budget cuts for all of the 2009-2010 season. Here’s the portion of the review that deals with the orchestra: Welcome back, orchestra. After
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If you want live music with your ballet this holiday season, there’s only one place to go: Portland Ballet. They’re collaborating with the PSU Symphony Orchestra to put on a production of Rossini’s La Boutique Fantasque – a holiday company tradition.
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I’m guessing that Oregon Ballet Theatre is doing very well with their ticket sales for their Emerald Retrospective this week – I tried to buy tickets to their Friday night performance and the only tickets available were over $100 each – too rich for my blood! I’m glad that the less expensive seats are selling
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Oregon Ballet Theatre has surpassed its $750K goal by over $100,000 as of today. That’s great news! So, how are they going to continue past the next season, and will that involve a live orchestra? Not sure. But Bob Hicks has an excellent post at Artscatter concerning the current dilemmae for Portland’s major arts organizations,
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Dance United was an unqualified success, and if what I’m hearing through the grapevine is true, then the $750,000 bridge goal has been met and perhaps exceeded by some modest amount has nearly been met [as of June 15th OBT reports $710,000 raised so far]. So, good – we have OBT for one more season,
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The word “wow!” just about covers it. Â What an incredible evening of artistry and generosity on the part of 50 of the finest dancers in North America, the stagehands and administration of Keller Auditorium, all of whom donated their services. I’ve read the phrase “they danced their hearts out” but until now, I’d never fully
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You can find the complete program here – it will be an amazing evening of dance to both honor and raise desperately needed funds for OBT. Seats are going fast…
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As of 1pm this afternoon, Oregon Ballet Theatre has raised $524,800 – not too shabby with 30 days to go until the end of the fiscal year… Keep digging deep, people, and tell your friends, too!
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OBT is just past the halfway mark in reaching their critical $750K goal. Please give if you are able, or buy tickets to DANCE UNITED. Sorry, the $50 seats are all gone, however.
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My wife and I attended the Sunday matinee of Oregon Ballet Theatre‘s final performance of the 08-09 season. It was an amazing show all around. First of all, the sets and lighting were phenomenal. The orchestra, under music director Niel DePonte, sounded as good as I’ve ever heard them, which was especially gratifying as the
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As a casual observer of the arts scene (and perhaps even an avid supporter and attendee of concerts) you might not be able to see through all of the raging arguments in online forums surrounding the ailing arts organization. Barry Johnson over at the Oregonian has written a very thoughtful column about the facts surrounding
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A great comment, submitted to Portland Arts Watch blog by Jamey Hampton of BodyVox – I’ll repost it here in its entirety: There are a few key measurable that define a vibrant, thriving and desirable community. A government structure that attracts and facilitates business growth; a variety of spectator and individual sports and recreation opportunities;
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If you’re a supporter of the arts in Portland (either as a loyal audience member or as a donor), you owe it to yourself to attend their extraordinarily important benefit DANCE UNITED. The benefit takes place on June 12, 2009 at 7:30pm Keller Auditorium. Performances will be given by members of the New York City
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