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
Fearless, refreshing, commanding, captivating and delightful are just some of the descriptions of Jewish-American violinist Ilana Zaks, who will be performing at Falmouth Art Center on Tuesday, June 1.
The performance will take place at 4 PM outside in the back yard lawn of the Falmouth Art Center. Chairs will be provided out on the lawn.
Ms. Zaks has performed as a soloist with the Boston Civic Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, New England Philharmonic, and Pioneer Valley Symphony, among other groups. Her many honors include top prizes at concerto competitions and she was recently a featured performer on the National Public Radio program, âFrom the Top.â
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.
How we can entertain ourselves this summer is becoming clearer, as two more Cape Cod theaters, music festivals in Orleans and Provincetown, and a Martha s Vineyard book festival are among the latest groups releasing their plans for the season.
And this entertainment is all live, all in person. (Remember when that wasn’t even a question?) Some of the events are indoors, most outdoors. Take a look:
Provincetown Theater
Provincetown Theater patrons will spend late June through September outdoors, in the new “Playhouse in the Parking Lot.”
The season brings the theater alive after a 16-month hiatus, using a stage being set up in a fenced, park-inspired setting outside the 238 Bradford St. theater. The shows there will include two Cape Cod premieres and one American classic.
Verdi’s
Nabucco. Conductor: Marco Armiliato, director: Günter Krämer. With Plácido Domingo, Freddie De Tommaso, Riccardo Zanellato, Anna Pirozzi. Production from January 2021. Register for free and view here. 8 am ET: Wigmore Hall presents Timothy Ridout & Tom Poster. 2019 New Generation Artist Timothy Ridout joins Tom Poster from Wigmore Hall’s Associate Artists, the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, to bring the world première of Kurt Schwertsik’s
Haydn lived in Eisenstadt, written especially for this concert. This will be performed between two Brahms viola sonatas which were originally written for clarinet. Register, view here and on demand for 30 days. LIVE