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Oregon Symphony’s Carin Miller Packwood discusses the crazy reed-making process for bassoons

Using specialized instruments, Miller Packwood spends hours making the perfect reed for upcoming performances.



Bach Cantata Choir will sing works by Byrd, Purcell, Bach, Altnickol, and Thompson on Sunday afternoon

This final concert of the choir’s season will feature soloists and a chamber orchestra in two of the pieces that will be performed.


Portland Symphonic Girlchoir to present five vocal ensembles in season finale

The ambitious choir will conclude their 23rd season with a concert on Saturday evening. Next year will include plans to travel to New Orleans and China.


Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau passes

The German baritone was 86.


Oregon Symphony covers wide swath with music by Britten, Sibelius, and Dvořák, and Tchaikovsky

Britten’s Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia were recorded for the orchestra’s next release on the Pentatone label.


Portland Opera closes season with evocative Candide

Jonathan Boyd, Rachele Gilmore, Robert Orth, and company team up to deliver strong performance’s of Bernstein’s operatic hybrid.


Portland Symphonic Choir masters a variety of chorale gems

The choir excels with a varied program of choral classics under Steven Zopfi and Kathryn Lehmann.


Super-talented youth sparkle in From the Top program

Portland’s All Classical 89.9 FM KQAC will broadcast the show at 5 pm on Saturday, June 30th.


Portland Columbia Symphony makes final concert with Edwards memorable

Soloist Angie Zhang excels in Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concert.


Diane Syrcle moves from OBT to the Oregon Symphony

Portland Opera’s Candide, Jonathan Boyd, talks about his career, including his audition from hell

I always knew that I would be some kind of performer. My parents always said that if the refrigerator light came on, I wanted to perform.


Photos: From The Top at Newmark Theater on 5/6/12
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Portland Columbia Symphony concert to be a grand finale for Huw Edwards

Edwards will continue to direct the Olympia Symphony and will become the conductor of the orchestra at the University of Puget Sound.


Dynamic performances by Salerno-Sonnenbergs, Chen, and orchestra energize packed house at Oregon Symphony concert

Salerno-Sonnenberg smokes the violin during her performance of “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.”


45th Parallel concert to go on a violin bender

Burke is considered one of the world’s greatest Irish fiddlers, and he happens to live in Portland.


Conductor and educator Roger O. Doyle passes

Doyle suffered from ALS. He was 72 years old.


Portland Youth Philharmonic to perform Higdon, Bloch, Revueltas, and Brahms this Sunday

Ernest Bloch’s “Suite Hébraïque” will feature violist Samuel Zacharia who won the orchestra’s solo competition


Insanely wonderful performances by Olson and Webster accent Northwest New Music concert

Outstanding contributions by instrumentalists and a virtuoso super-soft performance on percussion by Florian Conzetti made this concert a hit.


PSU Opera makes powerful statement with Dialogues of the Carmélites

This opera, which tells the story of a group of nuns who were executed for their religious beliefs during the French Revolution, received a gripping performance.


Young, talented Ruta Kuzmickas to play on NPR’s From the Top this Sunday in Portland

Kuzmickas will play Chopin’s Grande Valse Brilliante on national radio and attend the Aspen Music Festival this summer.