Seattle: Electronics Feature in Björnsson Premiere

May 2 marks the world premiere of Gulli Björnsson’s ljósíd (light), performed by members of the Seattle Symphony, featuring JIJI on electroacoustic guitar & electronics with visuals by Björnsson. This […]

Women’s Lamentations at Oregon Bach

Cappella Artemesia, an all-female vocal and instrumental ensemble, presents laments and lamentations from 16th- and 17th-century Italy as they might have been heard in that most exclusively female environment: the […]

Tan Dun Conducts Own Works in Seattle

Conductor and composer Tan Dun conducts the Seattle Symphony in a program featuring two of his works on May 15-16. The first is Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women, […]

Muhly’s ‘Dark Sisters’ in Eugene

Eugene Opera will present Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters on May 30-31. Dark Sisters follows one woman’s dangerous attempt to escape her life as a member of the FLDS Church (Fundamentalist Latter […]

McGill Introduces Seattle to New Flute Concerto

Principal flute Demarre McGill performs the West Coast premiere of Allison Loggins-Hull’s Flute Concerto with the Seattle Symphony on June 12-22. Conductor emeritus Ludovic Morlot will also lead two beloved […]

Oregon: Recreating An 1800 Beethoven Concert

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Oregon Bach Festival’s Berwick Academy for Historically Informed Performance, the festival will recreate a benefit concert held by Beethoven in 1800. “Beethoven’s First […]

Youth Choir Ponders Social Issues in Oregon

Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy, a training program for the nation’s most talented high school choral singers, will present a program of socially-conscious works at Oregon Bach Festival. Led by […]

Oregon Bach: Jazz Meets Baroque in Oratorio

Jeff Scott’s Grammy-winning oratorio, Passion for Bach and Coltrane, is full of inspiration from two giants of music – Johann Sebastian Bach and John Coltrane, along with the spoken-word poetry […]

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