Cascadia Composers - Upcoming Events

	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." Past Portland International Piano Festival, Wednesday, July 14, 5p, Forestry Center's Miller Hall, Portland. All piano works by Cascadia Composers. See program. Past NACUSA National Festival, Portland, Oregon March 10-12, 2010
Monday, December 8, 2008 PAST 7pm, free at Waterhouse Studio	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 PAST 7pm, free at Waterhouse Studio	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 PAST 7pm, free at Waterhouse Studio	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 PAST 7pm, free at Waterhouse Studio	Lecture-Workshop IV: presented by Cascadia Composer Tomas Svoboda. The artist will talk about and present examples of his work.
Friday, March 13, 2009 PAST 8pm, Buy Ticket at The Old Church, Portland	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 PAST 7:30pm, free at Waterhouse Studio	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 PAST 7:30pm, free at Waterhouse Studio	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.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 PAST 8pm at First Congregational	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 PAST 6-9pm at Waterhouse Studio	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 PAST 7:30pm, free, at Portland State University	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.
Friday, October 30, 2009 PAST 8pm, free, at The Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church	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
Monday, December 7, 2009 PAST 7:00pm, free, at Portland State University	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."
Monday, January 10, 2010 PAST 7:00pm, free at Waterhouse Studio	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 Past 7:00pm, free at Waterhouse Studio	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.