Past Event
Friday, 24 April 2009, 8 p.m.
The Lewis & Clark College Cappella Nova Choir, Women’s Chorus, and Orchestra will present a major performance including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final masterpiece, the Requiem; the haunting Music for Women’s Chorus, Harp, and Two Horns by Johannes Brahms; and Gustav Mahler’s stirring Adagietto. A major collaboration between music majors and non-majors, the concert will include approximately 140 people.
The Requiem will be performed with professional vocal soloists Anna Haagenson, soprano; Angela Niederloh, mezzo-soprano; Carl Halvorsen, tenor; and Winston Jones, bass-baritone.
WHERE: Evans Music Building Auditorium
COST: $5 Students (advance student tickets free at the bookstore); $8 senior citizens, faculty, staff, and alumni; $10 general admission
CONTACT: Denise Gerhardt, 503-768-7461
Past Event
Friday, 6 March 2009, 8 p.m.
Having celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2006, the Alexander String Quartet has performed in the major music capitals of four continents, securing its standing among the world’s premier ensembles.
Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart, and Shostakovich, the quartet has also established itself as an important advocate of new music through over 25 commissions and numerous premiere performances.
The Alexander String Quartet concludes a three-day residency at Lewis & Clark College with an evening recital in Evans Auditorium. Their program includes: Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 3 “Emperor,” Ravel: String Quartet, Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Tickets are available at the College Bookstore and at the door: $15 general; $10 seniors and students from other institutions; Complimentary to Lewis & Clark community when picked up in advance at the College Bookstore; $5 Lewis & Clark community at the door.
Festival seating. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Contact the music department at 503-768-746, if you have any questions.
Past Event
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Tyva Kyzy is the one and only all-female Tuvan throat-singing and folk music ensemble. Their distinctive music and performance bring together female harmonic vocal techniques with the extraordinary sounds of throat-singing. The group performs with a wide range of traditional and legendary folk instruments such as igil, a horse headed fiddle, the cha-khomus, a bow and arrow mouth-harp which was recently revived from legend and their signature instrument the chadagan which resembles a hammered dulcimer. Their vividly textured songs and colorful performance fill audiences with energy and awe evoking the traditions and sonic landscapes of the Central Asian steppe. To this day throat-singing by women is still considered taboo and sometimes forbidden in Tuva. Nonetheless the group has made great strides both at home and around the world, they are valued for the originality of their repertoire and the excellence of their instrumentation. With humorous joy, nurturing sweetness and thundering power, Tyva Kyzy brings something new to the overtone rich melodies and natural rhythms of today’s Tuvan music.
“These rare women throat-singers go far beyond novelty and shock value. They are outstanding musicians.” Janos Gereben, SFVG
The concert will take place in Agnes Flanagan Chapel; it is free and open to the general public. Festival seating. On-campus parking is free after 7 p.m.
Past Event
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 6 p.m.
Kick off the new semester with a free rock concert in Watzek Library! The 5th annual Watzek Rocks! concert will feature Portland’s Chris Robley and the Fear of Heights and campus groups Trapped in the Submarine Thought Closet and YM.
Past Event
Friday, 21 November 2008
Friends of Rain, Lewis & Clark College’s Faculty Contemporary Music Ensemble, kicks off the 2008-2009 season with a concert of enchanting works written for smaller chamber groups. The performance takes place Friday, Nov. 21 at 8:00 p.m. in Evans Auditorium. The event is free, with a suggested donation of $15 at the door.
The program features Finnish composer Kalevi Aho’s lyrical, probing work, Seven Inventions and a Postlude, performed by Mitch Iimori and Dorien de León; György Kurtág’s dramatic and evocative Hommage á R.S., which pays homage to Robert Schumann, performed by Elizabeth Harcombe, Dunja Jennings, and Miriam English-Ward; Lowell Liebermann’s jazz-inflected Sonata for Flute and Piano, performed by Nancy Teskey and Carol Biel; Vincent Persichetti’s haunting and compelling Parable for Solo Horn, performed by William Stalnaker; the premiere of Lewis & Clark’s percussion faculty Brett Paschal’s Springwater Road for solo marimba; and Arvo Pärt’s lovely atmospheric work, Spiegel im Spiegel, performed by Elisa Boynton and Stephanie Thompson.
Past Event
Sunday, 26 October 2008, 7 p.m.
Amir ElSaffar and his sextet meld styles and seamlessly cross-pollinate the languages of ancient and modern, East and West. ElSaffar’s compositions are some of the first in the history of jazz to make use of Arabic modality and its non-western tunings.
The concert is co-sponsored by the Lewis & Clark College Department of Music, Portland State University Middle East Studies Center, and the Arab-American Cultural Center of Oregon.
Tickets, available at the door, are $10 for students and senior citizens, $15 for general admission. A limited number of free tickets are available to the Lewis & Clark community in the music department office.
The concert is in Evans Auditorium, at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 26.
Past Event
Thursday, 23 October 2008, 8 p.m.
This annual musical celebration, honoring James W. Rogers, showcases the College’s music department. Featuring performances by Lewis & Clark Cappella Nova and Women’s Chorus, the cast of Urinetown (Lewis & Clark’s fall main stage production), Lewis & Clark Chamber Orchestra, Lewis & Clark Wind Symphony, and faculty and student soloists and chamber ensembles.
The concert, which will be held in Evans Auditorium, is free and open to the public.
Past Event
Friday, 17 October 2008, 7 p.m.
David Trasoff has studied sarod performance and North Indian classical music under maestro Ali Akbar Khan, India’s ‘Living National Treasure,’ since 1972. He has also received guidance from Dr. Rajeev Taranath, renowned sarod performer and senior disciple of Ali Akbar Khan. Trasoff has appeared in concert in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and has made numerous performing tours in India. He teaches North Indian classical music and improvisation in the World Music program of the School of Music at the California Institute of the Arts.
Trasoff will perform in Agnes Flanagan Chapel. The admission price is $5, and all ticket revenue from the concert will be donated to NIRMAN in Varanasi, India, a non-governmental organization working for children and their families, for education, civic consciousness, the arts, and international exchange.
Past Event
Friday, 19 September 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Enjoy an evening of music by Finnish and Brazilian composers, performed by the Vaasa City Orchestra from Finland.
This fall, the orchestra is touring throughout the Pacific Northwest. This is the only appearance the orchestra will make in Portland.
The concert, which will take place in Evans Auditorium, is free for Lewis & Clark students; there is a $15 suggested donation for faculty and staff. General admission tickets are $15, and non-Lewis & Clark students will be charged $9 for admission.
Learn more about the orchestra online.
