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Ewer, Always On My Mind
Lisa Lipton recently interviewed Greg Ewer, founder of 45th Parallel and member of the Pyxis Quartet, about the Friends of…
Anatomy of a Concert
“Check out this amazing piece by Andy Akiho!” I can’t remember who sent that text to me, though it was probably one my fellow music geek buddies…
Lisa Interviews Geologist Dr. Scott Burns
Executive Director Lisa Lipton met with Dr. Scott Burns, Professor Emeritus at…
The Key to Akiho
There are a several ‘uns’ involved in the music of Andy Akiho. Unwavering. Unflagging. Unequivocal. Uncompromising. If you’ve met Andy, you know that he can…
Prospects for a Visionary and Cool Show
I’ve had the privilege of working with Brad Johnson over many years, starting in…
Four Questions for Sergio Carreno
On March 5th, award winning composer (and PDX resident) Andy Akiho will join Sergio Carreno and the virtuosos of…
Listen To This
I hate ‘classical music:’ not the thing but the name. It traps a tenaciously living art in a theme park of the past. It cancels out the possibility that music in the spirit of…
Romantique
Our November concert features three magnificent works for winds and piano, all composed in the late romantic style. When we think of “romantic” music, we think of…
Harvesting Harmonious Hues
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…
Da Capo
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…
Paradigm Shift
Wow… what a year it’s been. In our first real return to live concerts post-pandemic, we accomplished a lot…
Destroying the Proscenium
Julius Eastman’s Femenine is an ecstatic musical journey, an exercise in collective music making that NPR described as…