Chamber music inspiring 30,000 people in Portland

Chamber Music Northwest opened its 2017-18 season on a sparkling note with the American Brass performing on October 6^th.  Best known for our annual Summer Festival, we also feature 17 concerts throughout our “wet season” (as we call it) during the fall, winter and spring. 

2017 Concerts included:

Dracula: The Music and Film with Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet – Oct. 25, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Andrew Hsu and Angelo Yu play Brahms’s Complete Violin Sonatas—Oct. 29, The Old Church

Hsu & Yu in Recital – Oct. 30, Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro

Bach’s Complete Solo Violin Works with Christian Tetzlaff- Dec. 16, Lewis & Clark College

2018 Concerts:

WINTER FESTIVAL

Chamber Concertos – Jan. 26, Reed College

Mozart Concertos – Jan. 27, Reed College

Baroque Concertos – Jan. 28, Portland State University

Concerto Evolution – Jan. 29, Portland State University

Miró Quartet with Jeffrey Kahane – Feb. 21, Newmark Theatre

Curtis on Tour: Bernstein’s 100^th Birthday Celebration – Mar. 9, Alberta Rose Theatre

The April 18-25 concerts will all feature our Artists-in-Residence, the Imani Winds. We are incredibly lucky to have this talented ensemble spend considerable time in the Portland area, starting last July during the Summer Festival, a week in April, and two weeks in summer 2018. This April, their activities will include two concerts in the OMSI planetarium featuring their “Under the Stars” program (including Holst’s The Planets); a special concert in Hillsboro; “Picnic with the Imani Winds”, a concert benefiting CMNW education programs; and two programs with BodyVox at Revolution Hall. In addition to their many concerts, the Imani Winds will spend time in our community, working with students and community partners throughout the Portland metro area.

In addition to the concerts and education activities, CMNW will present a number of Chamber Parties, many of which are held in private homes, for a chance to meet the artists up-close-and-personal. Chamber Party experiences this fall/winter include:

• Verona in Winter-Jan. 23 Verona Quartet house concert
• Miró Quartet–Feb. 20 house concert
• Sax and the City—June 29 Kenari Saxophone Quartet
• Jazz on the 4^th of July- Jazz trio Alex Brown, piano; Neal Smith, drums, Zach Brown, bass
• Dinner at the Chinese Garden—July 20 following concert at the same location
• Verona in Summer—July 27 garden concert

Your support, through GlobalGiving, helps bring these outstanding artists to Oregon, and spend time with music-lovers of all ages in our community.  Thank you for your gifts, which are making great music accessible to all!  

Links:

• CMNW Artistic Director David Shifrin receives national award