Blog

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…