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In a pre-pandemic world, May 23rd would have been the day All Classical Portland broadcast the world premiere of Damien Geter’s
An African American Requiem live from the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon. This groundbreaking work, which was commissioned by Resonance Ensemble and to be co-presented with the Oregon Symphony, memorializes the Black lives lost to racial violence from the founding of our country, to Eric Garner’s death in 2014.
This is not political. This is human. All Classical Portland condemns racism in all forms and across all sectors of society. We believe that
Big News! NEA Recognizes All Classical Portland
Posted on February 4, 2021
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded All Classical Portland a grant in recognition of the station’s expanded efforts to support and highlight regional artists. We extend deep gratitude to the NEA for investing in this community service. Stay tuned, and read the NEA’s official announcement here.
Host Andrea Murray highlights local Portland pianist, composer, and educator Darrell Grant, and his project
Take Flight. His son’s teacher requested that Grant write a song that parents could sing to the children during their middle-school class promotion. As he wrote, he thought about the bittersweet nature of launching our children into the world. Everything shifted as the coronavirus descended on the world, traditional rites of passage for youth were suspended indefinitely, and nationwide protests began in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. In this challenging and painful time of re-evaluation and reckoning, Grant was moved by the emotional resilience of young people, by their courage in the face of the pandemic, and by their demands to end racism.
January is Sustainers Month!
Posted on January 1, 2021
Each January, All Classical Portland recognizes our Sustaining donors–a group of thousands of individuals whose ongoing financial support makes an incredible difference to this station. As we begin a new year together, you’ll hear stories on the air every day from monthly donors, sharing why they sustain this service.
Thank you, Sustainers, for your reliable support of All Classical Portland! Together, you contribute around 25% of the revenue needed to continue this service. We truly couldn’t do this without you.
About Sustaining Donors
A Sustaining donor is a contributor who makes a regular monthly gift, directly from their checking account or credit card. Sustaining donors never need to worry about renewing their gift. This reliable monthly support helps to reduce the number of days All Classical Portland must spending fundraising on the air, and ensures the station can plan for an exciting year ahead, filled with mo
Portland man revels in Liberace impersonation December 24 2020
Editor s note: This story about David Saffert, who s in Liberace & Liza show, ran in the Tribune five years ago.
Other than being from Wisconsin and playing piano, David Saffert doesn t know whether he has much in common with the late great Liberace.
But, once he dons the rings and the wig and the costumes and tickles the ivories and smiles, oh, does he ever give off reminders of one of the world s great show men.
Even Bo Ayars, Liberace s music director from 1973 to 1986 who has collaborated with Saffert on the impersonation act, noticed it.