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If you’re looking for something different this weekend, the acclaimed Imani Winds will be playing as part of Chamber Music Northwest’s Encore Series this Saturday night, February 20th at 7:30 at Kaul Auditorium on the Reed College campus. The program and instrumentation are a definite departure from the usual string-heavy fare that most chamber music [...]
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As we edge our way into November, and I reflect on what’s going on in the classical music scene here in Portland, I’m finding it remarkable what all has happened already, and what’s about to happen. At the Oregon Symphony, we’ve just completed our third Classical series concerts. The Vancouver Symphony opened its [...]
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I’m starting to actually get used to the idea that another season is coming and I’d better get going on thinking about it! So, I’ll give a few of the upcoming highlights for some of the various musical organizations around Portland that I have information for as I get myself oriented for the upcoming season [...]
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Jun Iwasaki
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If you’re interested in hearing the performance of Mendelssohn’s great Octet for strings from Chamber Music Northwest last week, you can now hear the performance available online for streaming over the internet at InstantEncore.com. The performance features Oregon Symphony concertmaster Jun Iwasaki along with an all-star cast of CMNW regulars. Check it [...]
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I just got an email a couple days ago from Susan Franklin, who along with former OSO concertmaster Amy Schwarz Moretti, has founded the Portland Summer Ensembles program at Reed College. Here’s a bit of what she had to say about the program and its genesis:
Amy and I started talking about having a chamber music [...]
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James Bash, one of the nicest guys you could ever hope to meet, met up with a patron at a recent Chamber Music Northwest concert who contributed in a significant way to his concert experience – by vomiting all over his back! Yech!
Maybe CMNW should have air sick bags tucked into their seats for upcoming [...]
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Yesterday, thanks to the generosity of Chamber Music Northwest, my string quartet [the Arnica Quartet] got the opportunity to get a two-hour coaching with an internationally-renowned chamber musician – Steven Tenenbom of the Orion Quartet and Opus One piano quartet. It was a great experience for us to get some high-level feedback on our work [...]
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David Stabler offers an excellent compendium of links and photos that relate to the upcoming weekend’s Carter/Messiaen Project concerts by Chamber Music Northwest.
Don’t forget, if you are or know of a full-time college student who might like the Carter/Messiaen concerts, they can get free student passes online.
Stabler also highlights this Thursday’s (01/24) lieder recital by [...]
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Chamber Music Northwest is offering free tickets to college students from around Oregon and SW Washington for their upcoming Carter-Messiaen Project concerts, coming up this January 25 – 27, 2008 at Kaul Auditorum at Reed College. For additional info, check the CMNW website or call their ticket office at 503-294-6400.
Interested full-time college students should [...]
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