by Jeff Winslow | Sep 27, 2019 | concerts
Cascadia Composers explores the scope and nuances of human identity in the 2nd concert of this, our 11th season. With an impressive variety of music that reflects on the many facets of humankinds complex, emotional landscape (including tranquil bliss, desperate...
by Jeff Winslow | Aug 20, 2019 | concerts
Cascadia’s own David Bernstein is the Oregon Music Teachers’ Association Composer of the Year this year, and has written a big new work for the occasion, SUITE OF THE EARTH. The world premiere, which will be livestreamed on Facebook, is during the OMTA...
by Jeff Winslow | Feb 20, 2019 | concerts
Ten years ago this March, Portland audiences first experienced music from Cascadia Composers. Some folks loved it; others didn’t. One even stood up and lectured impromptu on what we should write instead. But despite controversy, we’ve prospered. Yes, the founders were...
by Texu Kim | Feb 27, 2018 | concerts
On March 25th, 1918, Claude Debussy died after a long illness, as German shells from the biggest artillery of World War I exploded in the streets of Paris around his home. 100 years to the day later, and much more quietly, ten Cascadia composers will pay musical...
by Jay Derderian | Apr 14, 2017 | concerts
On May 12th and 14th, the PCSO, directed by Steven Byess, will present the winner of the first annual PCSO/Cascadia Composers Competition, Gloriana by David Bernstein. The orchestra also performs evocative and powerful works by the French Impressionist composer Claude...
