Well, if you’ve been wanting to hear the Oregon Symphony featured in some high-octane orchestral showpieces in the months following our Carnegie Hall concert last May, then you’re in for a treat – and the best news is that this concert will be affordable for all! Here’s the program: Walton: Scapino, A Comedy Overture Franck: The Accursed
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I’ve been at the Sunriver Music Festival for the past 11 years or so, and this year is one for the history books. Our long time and beloved music director Lawrence Leighton Smith (or simply “Larry”, as he’s known to everyone here) has had to bow out of participating in the festival due to a
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The the Arnica String Quartet will be presenting the first of a new annual series of concerts entitled Parallels, which will explore the works of two related (or perhaps seemingly unrelated) composers in various instrumentations, but all based upon the instruments found in the string quartet (plus a few friends). The first of these concerts
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No extended reporting for today, but here are photos from the first couple weeks of the festival in Eugene, Ore.
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I’m just entering my first weekend of the Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene, Oregon, and there’s a lot going on at the southern end of the Willamette Valley. The OBF is starting its search for a successor to the festival’s co-founder and artistic director for the past 41 years, Helmuth Rilling. Two of the front-runners
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This week’s issue of the New Yorker has music critic and arts writer Alex Ross’ thoughts on the Spring for Music Festival and the Oregon Symphony’s program and performance at Carnegie Hall earlier this month. The verdict? He liked it. A lot. Here’s an excerpt from the article: ….”Great programs create a kind of
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Saturday, Heather and I were on the road with Pink Martini – playing as part of the expanded string section that’s been known as the Harvey Rosenkrantz Orchestra. The concert was a new sort of experience for me. Rather than the usual Pink Martini routine of arriving at the venue and having an extended sound
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It’s easy to forget, but we live on a pretty lonely planet – let’s do our part to keep it habitable.
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If you know a young string player or pianist (ages 10-18) who would like to do some fun and challenging chamber music studies this summer, then tell them about Portland Summer Ensembles. The application deadline is March 1st, so time is short. The faculty includes pianist Susan Dewitt Smith, Oregon Symphony concertmaster Jun Iwasaki, Oregon
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Here are some photos from the ride that Heather and I did this morning – lots of fun, and no rain!!
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