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Cascadia Composers Upcoming Events (Cascadia Facebook) Cascadia Composers is a new organization formed under the aegis of the NACUSA, the National Association of Composers, USA, in the fall of 2008. Its mission is to "promote the composition and performance of contemporary classical music by regional composers, stimulate national and international awareness of this music, and gather composers to disseminate information pertinent to its members and the community." Next BANG ON A CANON! A concert featuring the world premiere of Tomas Svoboda's Two Canons for Fourteen Pianos plus new works by Dan Brugh, Jan Mittelstaedt, Gary Noland, Dan Senn and Greg Steinke. Saturday, January 21st with shows at 3pm and 7pm at Sherman-Clay Moe 's Piano, 131 NW 13th Aveenue, Portland, OR 97209. $5 students, $10 Cascadia members and seniors, $15 working artists, $20 regular. Info: (503) 235-3714 (map) (press release and program) (poster) (buy tickets). Past Double Entendre, Compositions by Art Resnick at the Portland Community Center, 3350 SE Francis St, Portland, 8p, Saturday, November 19, 2011 (map) (program) (program notes). |
Monday, December 8, 2008 |
Lecture-Workshop
I: presented by Cascadia Composers, David
Bernstein and Jeff Winslow. The artists will talk about and
present examples of their work. |
Monday, January 5, 2009 |
Lecture-Workshop
II: presented by Cascadia Composers, Greg
Steinke and Dan
Senn. The artists will talk about and present examples of
their work. |
Monday, February 9, 2009 |
Lecture-Workshop
III: presented by Cascadia Composers, Jack
Gabel and Gary
Noland. The artists will talk about and present examples
of their work. |
Monday, March 2, 2009 |
Lecture-Workshop
IV: presented by Cascadia Composer Tomas
Svoboda. The artist will talk about and present examples
of his work. |
Friday, March 13, 2009 |
Concert featuring the music of the
founding members by the Fear
No Music ensemble. $20 general admission; $15 Seniors; $5
students. Children under 13, free. Press
Release, Program
(pdf), Poster
(pdf) |
Monday, April 6, 2009 |
Lecture-Workshop V:
presented by Cascadia Composer David
Bernstein. The artist will talk about his Musical-Historical
Historical Tragedy for Television called A
Sun Before a Summer Rain. |
Monday, May 4, 2009 |
Lecture-Workshop
VI: presented by Cascadia Composer Rick
Crittenden where the artist will talk about his current work.
Monday, May 4, 2009, 7:30pm, free, at Waterhouse
Studio. |
| Monday, June 1 , 2009 Past 7:00pm, free Jan Mittelstaedt's |
A presentation of recent work by Jan Mittelstaedt's
at Jan Mittelstaedt's, 4485 NW 187 Avenue, Portland (map),
on Monday, 7pm, June 1, 2009. Free. |
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 |
Performance:
Wed, June 3rd, 8pm, First Congregational, 1126 S.W. Park Ave.
Living in Japan at the time of the 1989 Tienamen Square Massacre,
American composer Jack Gabel responded by composing In the
Land of Wu. This is 1 of 4 works presented by the Portland
Vocal Consort, and the Dickson String Quartet, with soprano Nancy
Wood and pianist Jeff Winslow. Program also includes Shostakovich's
String Quartet No. 8, and Derek Healey's The Silvered
Lute: A Wang Wei Song Album. |
Thursday, July 16, 2009 |
Garden Party for Sylvia
Smith and Stuart Saunders Smith on Thursday, July 16, from 6-9pm, at Waterhouse
Studio in Beaverton, Oregon. Sylvia
Smith is the owner and publisher of Smith Publications of
Baltimore, one of the premiere music publishers of American Contemporary
Music. Stuart
Saunders Smith is a well known composer of contemporary classical
music and Professor of Music Composition at the University of
Maryland, Baltimore Campus. |
Monday, October 5, 2009 |
A presentation of recent compositions
by Bonnie Miksch
at Portland State University, Monday, October 5, 2009. Held in
room 101 in the Extended Studies Building (temporary housing
for the Music Department) at Portland State University. Free.
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Friday, October 30, 2009 |
Cascadia's
Autumn Concert will
feature new music, electronic and acoustic, by John McKinnon,
Elizabeth Dyson, Jay Derderian, Daniel Brugh, Paul Safar, Bonnie
Miksch, Arun Chandra, Jan Mittelstaedt and Matthew Steele. $20
general admission; $15 Seniors; $5 students. Children under 13,
free. Poster
Program
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Monday, December 7, 2009 |
A presentation of recent compositions by Michael Johanson at Portland
State University, 7pm. Monday, December 7, 2009. Free. Held in
room 101 in the Extended Studies Buildingat Portland State University.
Michael will present three of his works "focusing on the
importance of program and place as found in these compositions."
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Monday, January 10, 2010 |
A presentation on contemporary Opera by David
Bernstein at Waterhouse
Studio, 7pm. Monday, January 4, 2010. Free. David will present
one of his three one-act operas, a comic opera based on a story
by Edgar Allan Poe. |
Monday, January 10, 2010 |
A presentation of compositions by Art
Resnick at Waterhouse
Studio, 7pm, Monday, February 1, 2010. Free. |
| Monday,
April 5, 2010 Past 7:00pm, free Portland State University |
A presentation of compositions by Mary Wright
in room 101 in the Extended Studies Building (temporary housing
for the Music Department) at Portland State University. 7pm,
Monday, April 5, 2010. Free. |
| Monday, Setember 7, 2010 Past 7:00pm, free at Waterhouse Studio |
Lecture-presentation by Tomas Svoboda, Tuesday,
September 7, 2010, 7pm, at Tomas' home. The presentation will
cover his orchestral work "Vortex" recently commissioned
by the Oregon Symphony. |
| Monday, October 4, 2010 Past 7:00pm, free at Waterhouse Studio |
A presentation of recent compositions by Denis
Floyd (bio)
at Waterhouse
Studio, Monday, October 4, 2010. Free. |
Fri-Sat, October 28-29, 2010 |
Cascadia
Composers Autumn Concerts, 1) Friday,
8pm, October 29th, Walters
Cultural Art Center, Hillsboro (buy
tickets) (map),
2) Saturday, 8pm, October 30, Colonial
Heights Presbyterian Church, 2828 SE Stephens, Portland (buy
tickets) (map).
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| Monday, November 1 , 2010 Past 7:00pm, free Jan Mittelstaedt's |
A presentation of recent compositions by Greg Steinke at Jan Mittelstaedt's,
4485 NW 187 Avenue, Portland (map),
on Monday, 7pm, November 1, 2010. Free. |
| Friday,
November 5, 2010 Past 7:30pm in Eugene, OR |
In
collaboration with Cascadia Composers, Cherry
Blossom Musical Arts presents "Art Music Live in
the 21st Century", Friday, 7:30pm, November 5, Central Lutheran
Church, 1857 Potter Street, Eugene (map)
(press
release). |
| Monday, December 6, 2010 Past 7:30pm in Vancouver, WA |
A presentation by Carol Phillips (composer-singer)
with Jeff Winslow at the piano. A 10-string King David's harp
will also be demonstrated. Monday, December 6, 2010 at 15509
NE 41st St., Vancouver, WA 98682 (map).
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| Monday, January 3, 2011 Past 7:00pm, free at Waterhouse Studio |
A presentation by composer John Paul from Marylhurst
University at 7pm on Monday, January 11, 2011 at Waterhouse Studio,
990 NW 161st Terrace, Beaverton, OR 97006 (map).
Free. A general membership meeting will take place after the
presentation. |
| Saturday, January 8, 2011 Past 3:00pm at Sherman-Clay Piano |
Tomas
Svoboda will introduce and perform works for solo piano at
Sherman-Clay Moes Piano, 131 NW 13th Avenue, Portland, Saturday,
3pm, January 8th, $5 students, $10 Cascadia members, $15 Seniors/Artists,
$20 patrons (map)
(postcard
jpg) (postcard
pdf) (program). |
| Monday,
Feb 7, 2011 Past 7:00pm, free Portland State University |
A
presentation by composer Gary Noland who will share scores and
recordings of various works of his covering a time span of about
30 years," at 7pm on Monday, February 7, 2011 at Portland
State University, Lincoln Hall, Room 211 (map).
Free. |
| Monday, February 28, 2011 Past 7:00pm, free at Waterhouse Studio |
A presentation by composer Paul Safar from Eugene at Waterhouse Studio, 7pm. Monday, February 28, 2011. Free. |
| Monday, April 4, 2011 Past 7:00pm, free Jan Mittelstaedt's |
A presentation of recent work by Mark Vigil at Jan Mittelstaedt's, 4485 NW 187 Avenue, Portland (map), on Monday, 7pm, April 4, 2011. Free. |
| Monday, February 26, 2011 Past 3:00pm, free at Sherman-Clay Piano |
Winter Light, a CC fundraising event featuring the music of Jeff Winslow, Art Resnick, Bonnie Miksch, Carol Phillips, Paul Safar, Elizabeth Dyson, Cynthia Gerdes, Greg Steinke at Sherman-Clay Moes Piano, 131 NW 13th Avenue, Portland, Saturday, 3pm, February 26th, $5 students, $10 Cascadia members/Seniors, $15 Artists, $20 general (map) (program) (postcard jpg). |
| Monday, February 26, 2011 Past 3:00pm, free Portland State University |
"In Just Spring..." Friday, 8pm, Saturday 3pm & 8pm, March 18-19 (Includes NACUSA National Concert) at Portland State University, Lincoln Hall, Rm 75. $5 students, $10 Cascadia members/Seniors, $15 Artists, $20 general. (program) (map) (press release) (postcard jpg) (postcard pdf) (poster pdf) (review). |
| Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Past 7:00pm, free at Waterhouse Studio |
Seventh Species: Fin-de-siecle A-go-go, a fundaising concert of new and unuaual works by Korngold, Messiaen, Noland, Priest, and Wergeland. Sherman-Clay Moes Piano, 131 NW 13th Avenue, Portland, Wednesday, 8pm, March 23th, $5 students, $10 Cascadia members/Seniors, $15 Artists, $20 general (map). |
| Monday, May 2, 2011 Past 7:00pm, free at Portland State University |
A presentation by composer by Elizabeth Dyson on Monday, 7pm, May 2nd at Portland State University, Lincoln Hall, Rm 225. Free. |
| Monday, June 6, 2011 Past 7:00pm, free at Tomas Svoboda's |
Lecture-presentation by Tomas Svoboda, Monday, June 6, 2011, 7pm, at Tomas' home. Tomas will specially prepare pieces for his presentation. |
| Monday, September 12, 2011 Past 7:00pm, free at Waterhouse Studio |
Lecture-Demonstration by Susan Alexander, 7pm,
Monday, September 12th, Waterhouse
Studio, 990 NW 161st Terrace, Beaverton |
| Saturday, September 17, 2011 Past 3:00pm at Sherman-Clay Piano |
Falling
Colors, 3pm, Saturday, September 17th, Sherman-Clay Moes Piano,
131 NW 13th Avenue, Portland, Saturday, 3pm, February 26th, 2011
(program)
(map) |
| Friday, September 23, 2011 Past 7:30pm, free Portland State University |
Crazy
Jane: New Works by Women Composers of Cascadia, 7:30pm,
Friday, September 23rd, Portland State University, Lincoln Hall,
LH75, $5 students, $10 Cascadia members/Seniors, $15 Artists,
$20 general (map) (program) (program pdf)
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| Wednesday, October 3, 2011 Past 7:00pm, free at Waterhouse Studio |
Lecture-Demonstration by David S. Bernstein, 7pm,
Monday, October 3rd, 2011 at Waterhouse
Studio, 990 NW 161st Terrace, Beaverton.
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| Monday, November 7, 2011 Past 7:00pm, free at Jan Mittelstadt's |
Jan Mittelstaedt's piano students will present a program of her music. At Jan's studio,
4485 NW 187 Avenue, Portland (map),
on Monday, 7pm, November 7, 2011. The program will start at 7pm sharp! Free. Here is the program.
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| Saturday, October 29, 2011 Past 8:00pm Colonial Heights Presbyterian |
Sighs & Spirits,
New music by Jeff Winslow, Tomas Svoboda, Greg Steinke, Gary Noland,
Liz Nedela, Bonnie Miksch, Jack Gabel, Ted Clifford and David
Bernstein, 8pm, Saturday, October 29th, 2011 at Colonial Heights
Presbyterian, 2828 SE Stephens Street, Portland (map) (press release, program, poster).
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| Saturday, November 19, 2011 Past 8:00pm, free Portland Community Center |
Double Entendre, Compositions by Art Resnick at the Portland Community Center, 3350 SE Francis St, Portland, 8:00pm, Saturday, November 19, 2011 (map) (program) (program notes). |
| Monday, December 5, 2011 Past 7:00pm in Vancouver, WA |
A presentation of recent work by Brent Weaver
at Carol Phillip's home, 7pm, Monday, December 5, 2011 at 15509
NE 41st St., Vancouver, WA 98682 (map). Free.
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