The University of Portland Orchestra will perform with Portland’s Bravo Youth Orchestra on Sunday, February 28, at 7 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to all. Bravo Youth Orchestra will open the concert and then be joined by the UPO string section for portions of Handel’s famed Water Music. The […]
Performing and Fine Arts
Music At Midweek, Feb. 24
This week’s Music at Midweek performance features music program faculty member Julia Hwakyu Lee on piano, presenting works of 20th Century composer George Crumb, on Wednesday, February 24, at 12:30 p.m., in Hunt Center Recital Hall. Music at Midweek performances are free and open to all. For more information contact performing and fine arts at […]
Music at Midweek: Tuba & Piano Recital, Feb. 17
The next Music at Midweek performance will feature San Francisco Orchestra tuba player Zachariah Spellman and Karen Hutchinson, San-Francisco-based pianist, as they come together for a most interesting recital of repertoire for piano and tuba on Wednesday, February 17, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center recital hall. The performance is free and open to […]
UP Singers Shine in Vocal Competition
The University of Portland hosted the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Cascade Classical Auditions on January 29-30. The annual vocal competition is for high school and college students from Oregon and Southwest Washington, with the largest categories comprising lower college women (freshmen and sophomores) and upper college women (juniors and seniors). The competition […]
Music at Midweek: Stephanie and Saar
The next Music at Midweek performance will feature New York-based pianists Stephanie Kai-Win Ho and Saar Ahuvia, who make up the duo of Stephanie and Saar, on Wednesday, February 10, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center recital hall. The performance is free and open to all. For more information contact performing and fine arts […]
Music At Midweek: Arnica String Quartet, Feb. 3
Members of the Oregon Symphony, including Charles Noble, performing and fine arts (pictured), will join together as the Arnica String Quartet to perform works by Beethoven and Shostokovich at this week’s Music at Midweek, performance, on Wednesday, February 3, at 12:30 p.m., in Hunt Center recital hall. All are welcome to this free performance. For […]
Music At Midweek
The Music at Midweek performers for Wednesday, January 27 are Marla Fogderud, soprano, and Susan McDaniel, piano. They will perform a lecture recital entitled, “The Golden Age of Norwegian Song.” Music at Midweek performances take place in Mago Hunt Center recital hall at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, and are free and open to all. For […]
Buster Keaton’s “The General” With Live Soundtrack, Jan. 23
The performing and fine arts department will present a screening of Buster Keaton’s classic silent film, “The General,” accompanied by a live soundtrack by the University Orchestra, on Saturday, January 23, in Buckley Center Auditorium. The soundtrack was written by student composer Dana Coppernoll-Houston. A pre-concert talk on film music will be presented by Edmund […]
Advent Concert Tickets Still Available
The Advent Concert is scheduled for Saturday, December 5, at 8 p.m., at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The Advent Concert is the highlight of the year for the University Singers, directed by Michael Connolly, and Women’s Chorale, directed by Kathryn Briggs. The featured composition is “A Ceremony of Carols” by Benjamin Britten, accompanied by UP faculty […]
“Mirror, Mirror” Performances in Mago Hunt, Nov. 18-22
The performing and fine arts department will present Sarah Treem’s “Mirror, Mirror” from Wednesday, November 18 to Sunday, November 22, at 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. Sunday) in Mago Hunt Center Theater. Treem’s “Mirror, Mirror” is a brooding and fanciful comedy deeply inspired by the classical tale of Snow White. Set in a far-off kingdom teeming […]