Bird Songs of Opera is an outdoor recital that reimagines iconic opera arias as the songs of Northwest birds. Stroll the trails of Leach Botanical Garden, keeping your ears open for strains of Puccini, Mozart and Bizet and your eyes peeled for flashes of glamorous plumage. Afternoon garden performances are followed by indoor ADA accessible […]
Jake Runestad will join Oregon Repertory Singers to conduct many of his most powerful works, including "Come to the Woods," a choral work that explores the peace of the natural […]
Oregon Repertory Singers present "Come to the Woods," the group's season finale concert featuring the work of American composer Jake Runestad, who creates socially conscious works exploring emotions and experiences. […]
The Clark College Concert Band, directed by Dr. Doug Harris, presents its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. June 6 at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics Royal Durst Theatre, 3101 […]
Jim Messina will perform at Columbia Theatre, 1231 Vandercook Way, Longview, at 7:30 p.m. May 19. Tickets are $50 to $60, available at columbiatheatre.com/new-events/jim-messina.
Join Bells of the Cascades for performances of its spring concert, "From Sea to Skye," featuring a wide range of music including sea shanties, music from the critically acclaimed Studio Ghibli, folk songs and dances. Bells of the Cascades is an advanced nonprofit community handbell choir from the greater Portland area. Local performances are 7 […]
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA’s 2022/23 season finale on May 20 and 21 features the return of Grammy-winning cellist Zuill Bailey, who will perform Shostakovich’s "Cello Concerto No. 1." The program will also include the world premiere of Maestro Salvador Brotons’s "Symphony No. 4." Bailey has been featured with symphony orchestras worldwide and has been […]
Cappella Romana presents "A Ukrainian Wedding" at 8 p.m. May 20 at St. Mary's Cathedral, 1716 N.W. Davis St., Portland. Tickets range from $15 to $50, available at cappellaromana.org. Ukrainian American ethnomusicologist, folklorist, and singer Nadia Tarnawsky leads the women of Cappella Romana in village folk songs, sacred chants, and choral works for a Ukrainian […]
Performing music from classical to classic rock, the Southwest Washington Wind Symphony will showcase the clarinet virtuosity of Matthew Nelson from the University of Louisville at a concert titled "SoundScape" from 3 to 4:30 p.m. May 21 at Union High School's Performing Arts Center, 6201 N.W. Friberg-Strunk St., Camas. Under the baton of conductor Patrick […]
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA’s 2022/23 season finale on May 20 and 21 features the return of Grammy-winning cellist Zuill Bailey, who will perform Shostakovich’s "Cello Concerto No. 1." The program will also include the world premiere of Maestro Salvador Brotons’s "Symphony No. 4." Bailey has been featured with symphony orchestras worldwide and has been […]
45th Parellel Universe PDX presents "Franz and PDQ" from 7 to 8 p.m. May 25 at The Old Madeleine Church, 3124 N.E. 24th Ave., Portland. The concert features one sublime masterpiece of Romantic melodic genius and music by one hilarious black sheep of the musical family. Audiences will hear Franz Schubert's "Octet in F major, […]
The Portland Opera presents "Absence" from 8 to 10 p.m. May 26 at the Keller Auditorium with jazz great and celebrated opera composer Terence Blanchard ("Fire Shut Up in My Bones" and "Champion") and an incredible line-up to the Portland Opera stage for this one-night-only gala celebration. Hear from the E-Collective and Turtle Island Quartet. Karen […]
Friends of the Carpenter presents a two-hour solo concert by Nashville-based Richard Smith, National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 30 at 1600 W. 20th St., Vancouver. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Each $30 ticket includes refreshments and table seating. All profits will be donated to Friends of the Carpenter. Parking is […]
45th Parallel Universe PDX presents "Timber," composer Michael Gordon's maverick work of rythmic soundcapes performed on six 2x4s, from 7 to 8 p.m. June 1 at The Old Madeleine Church in Portland. Tickets are $20 to $30 at 45thparallelpdx.org/concerts/timber/.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Duran Duran are coming to Moda Center, 1 N. Center Court Street, Portland, on their Future Past tour, an evening spanning the band’s spectacular four-decade career. The concert is 7 p.m. June 1. Special guests include Bastille, Nile Rodgers and Chic. Tickets are $35 to $215, available at […]
Join Bells of the Cascades for performances of its spring concert, "From Sea to Skye," featuring a wide range of music including sea shanties, music from the critically acclaimed Studio Ghibli, folk songs and dances. Bells of the Cascades is an advanced nonprofit community handbell choir from the greater Portland area. Local performances are 7 […]
The Clark College Jazz Band under the direction of Dr. Doug Harris presents its Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. June 3 in the Gaiser Student Center on college campus at 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. Admission to the performance is free and it is open to the public. Donations to the Clark College Music Department […]
Cascadia Composers celebrates the centennial of the birth of Gyὂrgy Ligeti from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. June 4 at The Old Madeleine Church, 3123 N. 24th Ave., Portland. Tickets are $10 to $25 at cascadiacomposers.org. Film directors Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese used his stunning sounds in films such as "2001: A Space Odyssey," "The […]
The Clark College Treble Ensemble and Clark College Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Jacob Funk and accompanied by Dr. Jeongmi Yoon, present their Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. June 8 at First United Methodist Church, 401 E. 33rd St., Vancouver. The concert is open to the public and admission is free, though donations are […]
The Clark College Orchestra performs its Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. June 9 at VSAA Royal Durst Theatre, 3101 Main St., Vancouver. The program features mezzosoprano and Laura Beckel Thoreson soloing in Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah.” Ms. Thoreson is vocal faculty at Clark College. The orchestra also plays Ernst von Dohnanyi’s Suite for […]
