Oregon ArtsWatch Highlights ICAN & RII
Posted on May 25, 2021
In the article “Radio Rejuvenation,” Brett Campbell highlights All Classical Portland’s programs and initiatives that strive to bring classical music to a wider, more diverse audience.
ICAN
“I think All Classical Portland has seized the opportunity to influence the future,” shared All Classical Portland’s President & CEO Suzanne Nance. “We want to make sure children feel like they have a home in classical music, a place in the concert hall. All our initiatives are aimed at amplifying young voices and encouraging them to tell stories of their communities.”
RII
All Classical Portland’s newest initiative seeks to address the gap of classical music composers and musicians from underrepresented communities that make it into the concert hall and onto the airwaves: “The Recording Inclusivity Initiative will elevate and amplify underrepresented composers and their music through the new recordings we p
6 things to do this week: Portland Youth Philharmonic’s ‘Cushion Concert,’ children’s theater, Polaris dance performance
Updated May 19, 2021;
Oboist Catherine Lee
This May, oboist and improviser Catherine Lee released her second solo album, “Remote Together.” In it, Lee offers a range of genres and styles that take the listener on an evolutionary journey responding to pandemic culture. Audiences can listen to Lee’s work during a streamed concert moderated by All Classical Portland’s Robert McBride.
5 p.m. Friday, May 21; streaming on the
; free.
The Portland Youth Philharmonic in a file photo from 2011. (Heidi Hoffman For The Oregonian) LC- Heidi Hoffman For The Oregon
Thursdays @ Three: 20 Digitus Duo
Posted on May 19, 2021
This week on Thursday’s @ Three, Christa Wessel welcomes 20 Digitus Duo. Selected by Artslandia magazine as one of their top 50 favorite artists, pianists Maria Garcia and Momoko Muramatsu (Puertorrican and Japanese by way of El Salvador respectively) of 20 Digitus Duo have had successful individual careers that have taken them around the world and to festivals like the Aspen, Tanglewood, Bergen and Casals festivals, as well as performing with groups like the Mark Morris Dance Group amongst others.
As your virtual concert hall, All Classical Portland will continue to offer our Thursdays @ Three weekly concert to listeners around the world.
After careful consideration of over 75 nominations by our community, it is with great enthusiasm that we announce All Classical Portland’s Recording Inclusivity Initiative (RII) recipients! The final five composers have been selected, and recordings of their works will begin soon at Bodecker Foundation’s state-of-the-art recording studios here in Portland. Awardees include: Contemporary composers (all.
On this encore edition of Thursday’s @ Three, Christa Wessel welcomes concert pianist George Lopez, the Robert Beckwith Artist-in-Residence at Bowdoin College. As your virtual concert hall, All Classical Portland will continue to offer our Thursdays @ Three weekly concert to listeners around the world. About the Artist: George Lopez has been a dynamic performer.