July

Gorge Music Festival Concerts

Our first concerts of the summer take place at a new music festival started by former Oregon Repertory Singers director Gil Seeley in the Columbia River Gorge in White Salmon, Washington, and Hood River, Oregon on July 22 & 23, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.

• News story from the White Salmon Enterprise – link.

Program:

• Schubert – Fantasie in F minor for four hands piano
• Piazzolla – Le Grand Tango for cello and piano
• Piazzolla – Four, for Tango for string quartet
• Schumann – Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44

Additional artists: pianist Karen Eddelman and Ron Potts.

July 22 venue: Bethel Congregational Church, 480 East Jewett Blvd. White Salmon, WA
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July 23 venue: Riverside Community Church, 4th & State Streets, Hood River, Ore.
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September

Parallels: Music of Daniel Ott & Benjamin Britten

On Friday, September 30th, we’ll be presenting a concert at the Community Music Center exploring the parallels between two wonderful composers who have had similar courses in their early careers: the great British composer Benjamin Britten, and rising star American composer Daniel Ott.

Program (subject to change):

• Daniel Ott – String Quartet No. 1
• Benjamin Britten – Phantasy for oboe and string trio
• Daniel Ott – Camera Obscura for oboe and string trio
• Benjamin Britten – String Quartet No. 1

Additional artists: Erin Gustafson, oboe, and Daniel Ott, composer-in-residence.

March

March Music Moderne

We join Bob Priest’s modern music circus in March (March 23rd at 7:30 pm., to be exact) at the Community Music Center, for a second year in a row, and we’ll be presenting some wonderful works for strings.

Program (subject to change):

• Sergei Prokofiev – String Quartet No. 1 in B minor (1930)
• Claude Debussy – Sonata for cello and piano (1915)
• Osvaldo Golijov – Tenebrae for string quartet (2003)
• Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in F major, Op. 135 (1826)

We’ve got two three concerts already on the books for the upcoming 09-10 season – here’s some preliminary information:

OHSU Concert Series
Program TBA
October 28, 2009 @ 12 Noon
Oregon Health Sciences University Auditorium
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd
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French Program with pianist Cary Lewis
Ravel – Sonata for Violin and Cello
Debussy – Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Franck – Piano Quintet

December 19, 2009 @ 7:00 p.m.
Newport Performing Arts Center
777 West Olive, Newport, Oregon
www.newportsymphony.org

Camerata Musica Salem
Program TBA
March 21, 2010 @ 2:30 p.m.
Salem Public Library, Loucks Auditorium
www.cameratamusica.org