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In C-ommunity
A year ago, we set out to prove to ourselves that we could safely maintain our creative lives during the pandemic. On May 7th, we’ll celebrate the one-year…
M is for March and Music
Returning to normal. I’m hearing that a lot lately, hopeful bits of optimism that are perhaps spurred by the feeling that spring is just around the corner…
Evocations
The music of great artists like Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Florence Beatrice Price belongs in the same conversation as Brahms and Dvorak, and the only reason…
Bach Sweets
The subject of food is never far away while discussing music, thus our performers found themselves sharing recipes whilst preparing for this week’s concert…
My Dinner With Danny
Danny Rosenberg is an inventor, technological genius, dear friend, ultimate frisbee afficionado, and genuine PDX treasure…
30
I’ll never forget the day last March when our orchestra went dark. We were in the middle of rehearsals for what would have been a spectacular performance…
Cool Yule
As members of the Oregon Symphony and, by extension, the cultural community of greater Portland, we look forward every Holiday Season to sharing the joy…
It’s Not You, It’s Me
When thinking about what I wanted to say for this week’s 45th Parallel Universe blog, I was tempted to write a rather salty take discussing classical musicians’… let’s call…
Amy Beach, American Badass
Shortly after Antonin Dvorak arrived in the United States in 1892, he remarked to a Boston newspaper, “Here all the ladies…
Keep Calm and Cell-out
“Why are you sabotaging your career?” That was the question one of my closest friends asked me just weeks before Trevor and I got married. “You’ve worked your…
#LVB250
Before the onset of the global pandemic, much of the news in the classical music sphere was concerned with the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig…
Me and Mr. Reich
The first time I heard Different Trains, I knew that Steve Reich was my kind of composer. I had the same reaction when I heard Bach for the first time.