On March 11th, 2011, Third Angle Ensemble celebrates its 25th anniversary with Reich-analia, a concert of classics by the modern master, Steve Reich, in the spectacular Atrium at Montgomery Park. The concert begins at 8:00 pm. With advance purchase tickets are $30 for general admission, $25 for age 65 and older and $10 for students. At
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IMG_7122.JPG | Originally uploaded by nobleviola click photo to enlarge I’m playing with the Third Angle New Music Ensemble next week, in a concert centered around the music of New York ‘downtown’ composer David Lang, who is a member of the illustrious new music group Bang on a Can, and a member of the composition
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Portland’s Third Angle New Music Ensemble will be presenting the first concert of its 2010-2011 season on Thursday and Friday evening at PSU’s newly-renovated Lincoln Hall Room 75. Music of Tan Dun, Tomas Svoboda and George Crumb will be featured. [link] When: Thursday, November 11, 2010 – 7:30 PM Friday, November 12, 2010 – 7:30
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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 40th season
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Local new music ensemble Third Angle now has an app available (via InstantEncore.com) on the iTunes App Store. It works on either the iPhone or iPod Touch. You can get it here (link opens in iTunes).
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David Stabler’s best bets Oregon Symphony w/ John Kimura Parker Thomas Hampson, baritone Emerson String Quartet Philip Glass Orpheé @ Portland Opera Third Angle New Music Ensemble: China Music Now
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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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I’ll leave the reviews to the professionals, but last night’s Evening With Jennifer Higdon concert presented by the Third Angle New Music Ensemble was one of the most enjoyable evenings of music that I’ve been to in quite some time. It was great to have a few minutes to chat with Jennifer talk shop for
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I first met Jennifer when I was going to graduate school in Philadelphia in 1991. I was looking (with little success) for some freelance gigs when a composer friend (the composer/conductor Troy Peters) said that the Penn Orchestra was looking for ringers to fill out their viola section. I took the gig and showed up
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Photo: Bruce Forster Photography (click to enlarge) You really owe it to yourself to go to Third Angle New Music Ensemble’s Maximum Minimalism program this coming Friday, January 23 at 7:30 pm at Reed College Kaul Auditorium. For one, you’ll be hearing one of the great new music ensembles in town, featuring some of Portland’s
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Kudos to Ron Blessinger and his indefatigable fellow performers at Third Angle for what must have been a great spectacle on Sunday at the various Lawrence Halprin parks near Keller Auditorium (also known as the South Auditorium District). Here’s an excerpt of the first review: In the 1960s, people called them happenings, when artists broke
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Pettygrove Park Tuesday morning Heather and I went to Pettygrove Park, and small urban oasis set in a 70′s urban renewal zone largely characterized by monolithic, concrete apartment blocks. It is one of three plazas in the area designed by renowned landscape architect Lawrence Halprin, along with the Keller Fountain (formerly the Forecourt Fountain) and
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