Press
“original music… inspired by our region’s natural beauty”
— The Oregonian
“the city’s most accomplished composers and most promising next-gen voices”
— Willamette Week
“making concerts more appealing beyond the classical chamber music crowd”
— The Oregonian
“terrific music being made right here and now”
— Oregon ArtsWatch
Cascadia Composers "opened the floodgates to richer, broader streams of sounds from composers of diverse ages, occupations, styles, and backgrounds, ranging from jazz-tinged sounds to electronica to classically influenced metal... From its original Portland base, the group attracted composers from throughout Oregon as well as Idaho, Illinois, and beyond."
— San Francisco Classical Voice
“an ideal opportunity… to hear locavore music inspired by our own environment”
— The Oregonian
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Cascadia Composers at ten
“terrific music being made right here and now”
— Oregon ArtsWatch
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Fresh Sounds From the Cascades
Cascadia Composers "opened the floodgates to richer, broader streams of sounds from composers of diverse ages, occupations, styles, and backgrounds”
— San Francisco Classical Voice
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Composers go on a musical journey from Oregon to Cuba and back
“an ideal opportunity… to hear locavore music inspired by our own environment”
— The Oregonian
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Remembering David Bernstein: composer, connector, visionary
“Bernstein… leaves an enduring institution, Cascadia Composers, that provides the state’s most valuable forum for contemporary music in the classical tradition.“
— Oregon ArtsWatch
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‘To build something, you have to knock something down’: Jennifer Wright’s ‘Body/Language’
“The music is not austere and inhuman, but rather full of joy… Wright’s music envisions a new, better future emerging from whatever chaos may come in the next decades.”
— Oregon ArtsWatch
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Cascadia Composers’ concert celebrates otherworldly music of Ligeti
“With its membership expanding nationally and even internationally, Cascadia Composers brings fresh ideas to the Pacific Northwest and aptly reflects [György] Ligeti’s quest for new sounds.”
— The Oregonian
“It felt like a Fluxus-style happening updated for the 21st century that even 20 somethings would have enjoyed.”
— Oregon ArtsWatch
"Composers and performers in the neighboring states have been sharing musical ideas and performances, thanks in part to... Cascadia Composers YouTube Channel... showcas[ing] diverse contemporary West Coast music — including a genuine American masterpiece — performed by members of Oregon’s finest chamber ensemble... Today, Cascadia Composers’ reach is extending into California, and tomorrow — now that its concerts are streaming — the world."
— San Francisco Classical Voice
“Locavore audiences get to hear how local artists interpret our shared time and place in original music. Not surprisingly, many compositions are inspired by the Northwest's natural beauty”
— The Oregonian
2018 concerts “demonstrated the rise in quality of performance and production”
— Oregon ArtsWatch