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I love this time of year. For a sports nut like me, this is heaven: the World Series is around the corner, football season is in…

Italy is on my mind. My wife Ann and I were blessed to be able to travel to Italy this summer. Hiking in the incredible Dolomites, followed by time in the Puglia…

Wow… what a year it’s been. In our first real return to live concerts post-pandemic, we accomplished a lot…

Julius Eastman’s Femenine is an ecstatic musical journey, an exercise in collective music making that NPR described as…

On March 23rd, James leads Team 45^th Parallel in Illuminations. The program…

“We must respect the judgement of history.” This is something I’ve said jokingly at my day job as an orchestral musician, after we play an unfamiliar piece from the past…

Sometimes projects come along that are just too cool to pass up. On the surface…

This February promises to be one of tremendous transitions. From winter to spring, pandemic to endemic, this will be…

On March 11, 2020, the National Basketball Association shocked millions with the announcement that it was…

I’ve always loved October. Summer is really over, baseball playoffs and football seasons are in full swing, the Trail Blazers are getting started, and we Portlanders…

Our new season is upon us, and we are super excited to be returning to live performances this fall after this most interesting year.

“How will the artists respond to this moment?” This was the question posed to me from a patron when the pandemic hit last year…