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Performing & Fine Arts

UP Wind Symphony Concert, Nov. 16: “The Legend of Maracaibo”

The Wind Symphony will celebrate the music of Spain, Portugal, and Mexico in a free concert, “The Legend of Maracaibo,” at 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 16, in Buckley Center Auditorium (this is a venue change from the original location of Roosevelt High School). The Wind Symphony is conducted by Patrick Murphy, performing and fine arts, and undergraduate conducting associates Mike Cleary and Bianca Salazar.

Jazz Faculty Recital, Nov. 15

Members of the University of Portland jazz faculty will present a recital on Friday, November 15, at 5 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. The program will feature original compositions by the faculty as well as jazz standards, with Don Norton on saxophone, Ryan Meagher on guitar, Bill Athen on bass, Tyson Stubelek on drums, and Dan Harvey on piano. This event is free and open to the public.

For ADA accommodations or other questions, please contact the PFA office at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Music at Midweek: Carl Dupont and Gregory Thompson

The next Music at Midweek performance will feature bass-baritone Carl Dupont and pianist Gregory Thompson (pictured) on Wednesday, Oct0ber 23, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Dupont and Gregory will present a recital of songs by African-American composers. They will also perform a concert that night in Mago Hunt at 7 p.m. Both are free and open to all.

 

 

 

“The Reaction” Featuring Carl DuPont, Oct. 23

In this second performance of the Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., Memorial Concert Series, widely celebrated bass-baritone Carl DuPont of the Peabody Conservatory, whose research focuses on transformative inclusion in higher music education, offers a free recital of African-American art song, accompanied by pianist Gregory Thompson. The concert is Wednesday, October 23, at 7 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall.

Co-sponsored by performing and fine arts and the Garaventa Center. For ADA accommodations or more information contact PFA at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Music at Midweek: Andreas Klein, Oct. 9

This week’s Music at Midweek performance will feature renowned pianist Andreas Klein, who will present “Bach, Beethoven, and Beyond” on Monday, October 9, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Music at Midweek is free and open to all.

Klein will present a master class at 12:30 and a recital later that evening at 7 p.m. His recital will be the first Fr. Claude Pomerleau Memorial Concert.

Andreas Klein is widely admired as a pianist of rare sensitivity and musicality. The Washington Post has praised his “articulate and flowing pianism” while the New York Times called him “a pianist who makes silences sound like music.”

For more information contact PFA at x7228 or pfa@up.edu, or visit https://www.andreasklein.com/

Fr. Claude Pomerleau Memorial Concert with Andreas Klein, Oct. 9

The performing and fine arts department is honoring Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., with a memorial concert series beginning with globally acclaimed pianist Andreas Klein on Wednesday, October 9, at 7 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Klein will offer a recital entitled “Bach, Beethoven and Beyond. The concert series if co-sponsored by PFA and the Garaventa Center.

For ADA accommodations or more information contact PFA at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Music at Midweek: Rhythmic Workshop

The next Music at Midweek event will feature TaKeTiNa, a rhythmic workshop with Mary Kogen (pictured) and Jacob Stein, on Wednesday, October 2, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. All are welcome to attend.

According to Kogen’s website, “TaKeTiNa invites everyone to be a beginner again. It lets people re-experience the resilience , perseverance, and joy of a baby learning to walk. TaKeTiNa begins with the voice speaking rhythmic syllables and the drum is added to establish the beat. We then add steps to those syllables. Soon everyone is moving and stepping, some to the beat, some not. Tensions ease and the atmosphere lightens as we explore how our bodies move in and out of rhythm. We often share our thoughts as we solidify our steps. As the drum  continues, we add a more complicated polyrhythmic clap, and then eventually a call and response of singing.”

For more information contact PFA at pfa@up.edu or go to marykogen.com/ or peaceinrhythm.com/.

 

 

Music at Midweek: The Alexander Technique, Sept. 25

The September 25 Music at Midweek event will be “Introduction to Alexander Technique,” with Rebecca Robbins, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. The event is free and open to all.

Robbins will speak on the Alexander Technique, invented by Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869-1955). An account of Alexander’s self-experimentation and discovery is related in his book, The Use of the Self, which describes his groundbreaking work in changing movement techniques in everyday life. According to alexandertechnique.com:

“The Alexander Technique is a way of learning to move mindfully through life. The Alexander process shines a light on inefficient habits of movement and patterns of accumulated tension, which interferes with our innate ability to move easily and according to how we are designed. It’s a simple yet powerful approach that offers the opportunity to take charge of one’s own learning and healing process, because it’s not a series of passive treatments but an active exploration that changes the way one thinks and responds in activity. It produces a skill set that can be applied in every situation. Lessons leave one feeling lighter, freer, and more grounded.”

For more information contact PFA at x7228 or pfa@up.edu. Also find out more at http://www.oregonalexander.com/

University Singers, Bel Canto Concert: “Stars I Shall Find,” Sept. 29

The University of Portland Singers and Bel Canto will present a concert, “Stars I Shall Find,” featuring the choral music of Clara Schumann, Elaine Hagenberg, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Daniel Elder and others, on Sunday, September 29, at 3 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to all. Conductors will be David De Lyser and Kathryn Briggs, performing and fine arts.

For more information contact PFA at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.