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December 2020
VSO Holiday Pops
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra continues its 2020/21 season with live-streamed performances of its highly anticipated Holiday Pops concert featuring audience-favorite holiday classics as well as famous arrangements highlighting guest soloists clarinetist Ken Peplowski and jazz vocalist Clairdee. The orchestra will be led by award-winning conductor Maestro Ken Selden. The program will include Leroy Andersons Suite of Carols, Sleigh Ride, Strauss Pizzicato Polka, Benny Goodman Medley, Charlie Brown Christmas Waltz, and such songs as Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Count…
Find out more »Festa Italiana and Portland Opera present virtual “Christmas in Italy”
Portland Opera and Festa Italiana Portland team up for “Christmas in Italy” at 7 p.m. Dec. 12, featuring performances by Portland Opera Resident Artists soprano Lynnesha Crump, mezzo-soprano Jasmine Johnson, tenor David Morgans Sanchez, baritone Michael Parham, and bass Edwin Jhamal Davis. The program celebrates the best of Italian opera with pieces from Tosti, Donaudy, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Puccini, and Mozart. Watch this program on Festa Italiana's YouTube channel or Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Festa-Italiana-Portland-326715011859/. For more about this event, visit Festa Italiana's…
Find out more »VSO Holiday Pops
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra continues its 2020/21 season with live-streamed performances of its highly anticipated Holiday Pops concert featuring audience-favorite holiday classics as well as famous arrangements highlighting guest soloists clarinetist Ken Peplowski and jazz vocalist Clairdee. The orchestra will be led by award-winning conductor Maestro Ken Selden. The program will include Leroy Andersons Suite of Carols, Sleigh Ride, Strauss Pizzicato Polka, Benny Goodman Medley, Charlie Brown Christmas Waltz, and such songs as Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Count…
Find out more »CANCELED/SUSPENDED – Irish Session at Kennedy Violins
CANCELED/SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19. Kennedy Violins is hosting monthly Irish sessions. This free event is open to instrumentalists of all abilities to learn some new tunes and meet other musicians. Tunes that might be featured include "Swallowtail Jig," "Road to Lisdoonvarna," "Irish Washerwoman," "Red-Haired Boy," "Wind that Shakes the Barley" and "Drowsy Maggie."
Find out more »CANCELED/SUSPENDED – Sammuel Murry-Hawkins and the Ne Plus Ultra Jass Orchestra
CANCELED/SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19. Vancouver's homage to the dance bands of a bygone era, the Ne Plus Ultra Jass Orchestra, hosts monthly dances at Portland's Village Ballroom. The 11-piece ensemble painstakingly recreates the sounds of the society dance bands of the 1920s and 30s that performed on ocean liners and in grand Art Deco ballrooms. Fronted by Sammuel Murry-Hawkins, band leader and vocalist, the ensemble frequently presents guest musicians representing the region's top jazz talent. The ensemble performs every third…
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