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University Orchestra Concert, April 23

April 18, 2019

The University of Portland Orchestra will present a concert on Tuesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to all, and will feature winners of the UP Student Concerto/Aria competition. For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 04-22-2019, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, University Orchestra

University Orchestra Concert: Premier Performances, April 24

April 20, 2018

The University Orchestra will present Premier Performances on Tuesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Admission is free and all are welcome. The performance will feature debut guest soloist performances by UP seniors Catherine Jacobs, David Rogers, and Maddie Tran. Jacobs and Tran will sing arias by Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, and Bellini. Rogers […]

Filed Under: 04-16-2018, 04-23-2018, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, University Orchestra

University Orchestra Concert: “Cinematic Symphony,” Feb. 27

February 23, 2018

The University of Portland Orchestra presents “Cinematic Symphony: A Night at the Movies,” featuring orchestral music from “Star Wars,” “Lord of the Rings,” “Apollo 13,” “Pirates of the Caribbean” and more, on Tuesday, February 27, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to all. Come relive some of your favorite […]

Filed Under: 02-12-2018, 02-19-2018, 02-26-2018, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, University Orchestra

University Orchestra Concert, “Lament and Reformation,” Dec. 2

November 17, 2017

The University of Portland music program presents “Lament and Reformation,” at 7:30 p.m., on Saturday, December 2, in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert will showcase the University of Portland Orchestra, and is free and open to the public.  The program will feature faculty cello soloist Dieter Ratzlaf in Faure’s moving Elegie, Bach’s brilliant D Major Orchestral Suite (with the […]

Filed Under: 11-20-2017, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Dieter Ratzlaf, Performing and Fine Arts, University Orchestra

An Evening of Soloists with the UP Orchestra, April 19

April 15, 2016

The University Orchestra will present an evening of soloists on Tuesday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to all. The concert will feature UP’s violin professor, Kevin Lefohn, playing Vaughan Williams’ gorgeous “The Lark Ascending.” Student concerto competition winners Taylor Kendig (soprano) and Jonathan Liao (piano) […]

Filed Under: 04-18-2016, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: David De Lyser, Jonathan Liao, Kevin Lefohn, Performing and Fine Arts, Taylor Kendig, University Orchestra

Music for a Mid-Winter’s Eve, With Bravo Youth Orchestra

February 19, 2016

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 […]

Filed Under: 02-22-2016, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, University Orchestra

Buster Keaton’s “The General” With Live Soundtrack, Jan. 23

January 15, 2016

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 […]

Filed Under: 01-11-2016, 01-18-2016, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, The General, University Orchestra

UP Orchestra Concert: “The Snowman,” Nov. 22

November 13, 2015

The University of Portland Orchestra will present “The Snowman” on Sunday, November 22, at 3 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. All faculty, staff, students, and the public are welcome. As the performing and fine arts department’s all-English concert season continues, “The Snowman,” will be narrated by All Classical radio personality Edmund Stone, who also hosts […]

Filed Under: 11-16-2015, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: The Snowman, University Orchestra

University Wind Symphony, Orchestra Concert, Oct. 3

September 25, 2015

The University Wind Symphony and Orchestra will open the 2015-2016 concert season with a free performance on Saturday, October 3, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. All faculty, staff, students, and the public are welcome. The Wind Symphony features violin instructor Kevin Lefohn performing the American premiere of Peter Adams’ Concerto Burlesca for violin […]

Filed Under: 09-28-2015, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, University Orchestra, University Wind Symphony

Concerts A-Plenty: UP Orchestra, Women’s Chorale

April 20, 2015

The University of Portland Orchestra will present “American Voices,” a free concert on Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Faculty, staff, students, and the public are welcome. Highlighting works of American composers and performers, this concert will feature Aaron Copland’s stirring Lincoln Portrait, with narration by Edmund Stone of All Classical […]

Filed Under: 04-20-2015, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, University Orchestra, Women's Chorale

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