Concerts
Visions and Voyages
Cascadia Composers is excited to announce the sixth concert of its 2022-23 season:
Visions & Voyages
Transits and transformations through songs with and without words
Saturday, May 6th, 2023 @ 7:30 pm (PDT), doors open at 7:00 pm
Lincoln Hall Room 75
1620 SW Park Ave Portland OR
Imagine setting sail at night, coming ashore in France, or Japan, or China. Witness visions and passions arising from climate anxiety, the loss of a loved one, even from the casual grace of a soaring red-tailed hawk. These evocations and more will take you on a sonic voyage around the planet, as the music inspires your own visions and passions.
This exciting concert of new music will include works of Cascadia Composers: Carla K. Bartlett, Adam Eason, Brian T. Field, Zhengtao Pan, Paul Safar, Alex Shapira, Dawn Lenore Sonntag, Mark Vigil, Kirsten Volness, and Jeff Winslow. Performers will include: Colleen Adent, Diane Chaplin, Sarah Maines, Ben Milstein, Andrew Rose, Rebecca Stager, Luna Thompson-Aue, Lucie Zalesakova.
Watch from anywhere in the world! There will be a livestream of this concert available for $10.
Tickets are $20 for general admission, $10 for seniors and working artists, $5 for students, free for children under 12. Tickets will be also be available at the door.
Songs and Sonatas
Cascadia Composers is excited to announce the Portland debut performance of dynamic composer, French hornist, and singer David A. Jones, joined by pianist Rebecca Stager.
Songs and Sonatas: A Recital of New Music for Voice, Horn, and Piano
Saturday, March 25th, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.
Lincoln Recital Hall (Room 75) at Portland State University
1620 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201 (use Broadway entrance)
Come join us for an evening of new vocal and instrumental music by Cascadia Composer members! The program will feature the world premiere of Jones’s Isang Punongkahoy (“A Tree”) for voice and piano, with text by Filipino poet Huseng Batute (José Corazón de Jesús). Jones will also present his Sonata for Horn and Piano and works by Ken Davies, Ryan M. Hare, Lisa Neher, and Walter Saul.
Tickets are available now! $20 for general admission, $10 for seniors and working artists, and $5 for students. Click the button below or buy at the door.
Melodious Late Autumn After…
Dear Friends of Piano & Song: Cascadia Composers presents a Melodious Late Autumn After of Musicosyncratic Quirks, Crotchets, Maggots & Mood Slides from the Inextricable ’New Perplexity’: a recital of art songs and piano works by Gary Lloyd Noland featuring world premieres of his settings for soprano and piano of poems by acclaimed novelist/poet/essayist Alexander Theroux and several virtuosic solo piano works. Gary and Cascadia Composers gratefully acknowledge Ronni Lacroute for her generous, enabling donation to this production.
Sunday, December 4th, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
Lincoln Recital Hall (Room 075) at Portland State University
1620 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201 (use Broadway entrance)
The Alexander Theroux settings will be performed by soprano Hsin Yi Lin and pianist Asya Gulua. Three solo piano works, spanning almost fifty years, one of which (Golden Gate Rag) is a “live” world premiere, will be performed by pianist Myrna Setiawan, and another work (Tabloid) not heard in almost thirty years will be performed by Kaori Katayama Noland. The composer will be performing a new work (composed for Belgian pianist Lukas Huisman) for improvised piano & electronics titled James Webb Space Telescope Photo Montage. We look forward to seeing you there!
Please take note of the Parental Advisory the composer’s conscience compels him to include as a caveat, due to a single strong one-syllable word employed in one of the poems by Alexander Theroux. Rest assured, no other word in the English language (a word that composer/diarist Ned Rorem advises all writers to use sparingly for maximum effect) could have been used to express the sentiment conveyed in the poem at issue. Its employment is for naught but strictly artistic/expressive purposes. That said, please don’t fail to bear in mind H.L. Mencken’s famous definition of “puritanism,” namely: “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy!” — Gary Lloyd Noland
Tickets are available now!
Prices are $20 for general admission, $10 for seniors and working artists, $5 for students.
The Concert
Cascadia Composers is excited to bring you an event celebrating the multifarious creations of Kevin Bryant Lay and friends:
The Concert — a video release and live concert… and more!
Friday, November 4th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
The Hallowed Halls
4420 SE 64th Ave, Portland, OR 97206
Cascadia Composers presents an elegant evening of artsong, contemporary classical, and theater, with a sprinkling of jazz… featuring the video release of “The Concert — a song cycle of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay” performed by soprano Gabrielle Widman and pianist Sequoia, showcasing the many sides of Millay, herself an avid concert-goer and woman-ahead-of-her-time. Click here for an 80-second preview / teaser!
Gabrielle and Sequoia will be on hand in person, and following the video, will perform various works of their choice live — by Charles Ives, Geoff Smith, and more by Kevin. Kate Petak and Gabrielle will perform three songs with harp, and Kate will also perform a fascinating work arranged by Kevin for lever harp. And that’s not all…
If you’re not so much for surprises, or just want to find out more in advance, check out Kevin’s deep dive on his website.
Tickets are available now!
Prices are $20 for general admission, $30 for reserved seating, $10 for the livestream.
Last Tango in Portland!
Cascadia Composers is honored to present a concert devoted to the music of two of its founders, including four world premieres:
Last Tango in Portland! — an 80th birthday year new music celebration
Saturday, October 1st, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Lincoln Recital Hall (Room 075) at Portland State University
1620 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201
Come join in an 80th birthday year celebration featuring the music of composers David S. Bernstein and Greg A Steinke for voice, strings, piano, winds and percussion, featuring outstanding performers from the Portland area all the way to guest baritone Andrew White from Nebraska. Among those joining us to perform will be Casey Bozell and Danielle Bristow, violins; Dana Rokosny, viola; Diane Chaplin, violoncello; Colleen Adent and Sequoia, piano; Catherine Lee, oboe and English horn; Amelia Lukas, alto flute, flute and piccolo; Alexander Dyer and Ian Charlton, percussion. Among the several works that are premieres will be one featuring the paintings of local Portland artist, Robert Coronado.
Tickets are available now!
Prices are $20 for general admission, $10 for seniors and working artists, $5 for students, free for children under 12. Plus, streaming tickets are available (for $10), with the link emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.
Crossing Paths 2022
Cascadia Composers is excited to announce the first concert of its 2022-23 season:
Crossing Paths 2022: A Summer Celebration of New Music in the Garden
Sunday, August 28th, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
Leach Botanical Garden
6704 SE 122nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97236-5037
The program will include works of Cascadia Composers: Adrienne Albert, William Ashworth, Daria Baiocchi, David S. Bernstein, John G. Bilotta, Antonio Celaya, Ted Clifford, Ken Davies, David Jones, Lisa Ann Marsh, Jan Mittelstaedt, Carolyn Quick, Christina Rusnak, Greg A Steinke, Tomas Svoboda, and Linda Woody.
Featured musicians include the Rose City Brass Quintet (Logan Thane Brown, Lars Campbell, JáTtik Clark, Joseph Klause, and Daniel Partridge), Dunja Jennings Marcum (clarinet), Daniel Partridge (horn), and Brett EE Paschal, Wanyue Ye, and Davi Martinelli de Lira (percussion).
Gate opens at 4pm when guests may explore the garden grounds and experience an electronic sound installation by Daniel Brugh, Mei-ling Lee, Timothy Arliss O’Brien, Jennifer Wright, and Nicholas Yandell. Guests are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs and may pack in a picnic to enjoy on the garden grounds. Alcoholic beverages may not be brought onto the grounds, but beer and wine will be sold on-site.
The Rose City Brass Quintet set begins at 5 pm. The other performances will follow at different locations around the garden with the performances repeated so that concert guests may experience the music at each of the locations in any order they choose.
We hope you can share in this exciting concert of new music from Cascadia Composer members!
Tickets are $25 for general admission, $15 for seniors and working artists, $10 for students, free for children under 12. Tickets can be purchased at the link below or at the door and include admission to the garden.
In Good Hands 2022
Cascadia Composers Presents:
The annual In Good Hands Concert featuring students performing Cascadia Composers’ works!
Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 2:30 and 4:00 p.m. for one of Cascadia Composers favorite yearly traditions, the In Good Hands recital. Talented student performers from the Portland area will play new music written by Cascadia Composers members.
Live Performance at Portland State University – Lincoln Hall – Recital Room 75 – 1620 SW Park Ave. Portland, Oregon
And, don’t forget the Youtube video Premiere of six more performances on Saturday, July 16 at 4:00PM (PDT)! Clicking on this link will take you there, or copy and paste into your browser: https://youtu.be/l8vg9YDrk7A
In Good Hands 2022 will feature piano, violin, and vocal works by Adrienne Albert, Dr. David Bernstein and Maria Chobin, Elizabeth Blachly-Dyson, Arthur Breur, Ted Clifford, Ally Czyzewicz, Dianne Davies, Lauretta DeForge, John DeRuntz, Timothy Arliss OBrien, Carolyn Quick, Christina Rusnak, Paul Safar, Dr. Walter Saul, Drew Swatosh, Linda Woody, Amy Fairchild, Jan Mittelstaedt, Liz Nedela, Dr. Lisa Neher, and Nicholas Yandell. Check out the complete concert program by clicking here.
In Good Hands 2021
Cascadia Composers is not about to let summertime slide into fall without a real, bonafide encore presentation of our beloved summer tradition In Good Hands on September 11th, 18th, and 25th at 3p.m. on YouTube. Join us in celebrating talented student performers from across Oregon and Washington playing brand new music written by Cascadia Composer members…
NACUSA 2021 Virtual New Music Festival
April 17 — May 2, 2021 Cascadia Composers, the Northwest chapter of the National Association of Composers USA (NACUSA), in partnership with Lewis & Clark College, will host NACUSA’s biennial conference as a virtual experience with all events held online for the very first time in the organization’s 87 year history…
In This Together
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One… Two… Delgani! (streaming concert)
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Del Sol String Quartet Livestream
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2020 OMTA Composer of the Year — Nicholas Yandell
Enjoy this video of Nicholas Yandell presenting his visual art, poem, and musical piece A Quiet Place in the Rain, commissioned by the Oregon Music Teachers Association honoring Nicholas as their Composer of the Year 2020. Nicholas has this to say about A...
In Good Hands 2020 Concert (virtual concert)
Cascadia Streams presents: The 10th annual In Good Hands Concert featuring student performers playing Cascadia Composers works! Tune in for the concert video of one of Cascadia Composers' favorite yearly traditions, the In Good Hands recital. Talented...
New Music Gathering 2020
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Forward With Cascadia!
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Paul Safar Remote Piano Recital Fundraiser for Cascadia Composers
On Monday, May 4th at 4 pm (Pacific Time), I will present my third remote solo piano recital from my home studio in Eugene. This will be a livestream at 4 pm sharp directly on my facebook page (Paul Safar). This time, I am encouraging audience members to...