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Northwest Classical Music Destination: Rimsky-Korsakoffee House
Guests are treated to classical performances on a regular basis at the Rimsky-Korsakoffee house. Credit Andrew Jacobs The Rimsky-Korsakoffee House in Portland, OR recently… Continue Reading Northwest Classical Music Destination: Rimsky-Korsakoffee House
Julia Wolfe’s Oratorio: A Win For Women Composers
Composer Julia Wolfe has won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for music for Anthracite Fields, an oratorio about coal miners and their families. CREDIT PETER… Continue Reading Julia Wolfe’s Oratorio: A Win For Women Composers
Angela Meade: From the Northwest to Opera Stardom
Angela Meade: From the Northwest to Opera Stardom This month, the Northwest native Angela Meade will grace the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in… Continue Reading Angela Meade: From the Northwest to Opera Stardom
Seymour Bernstein: Music Makes You Able to Listen to Other People
Seymour Bernstein and Ethan Hawke in Hawke’s Seymour: An Introduction. CREDIT RAMSEY FENDALL / RISK LOVE LLC When actor-director Ethan Hawke (star of Boyhood) found… Continue Reading Seymour Bernstein: Music Makes You Able to Listen to Other People
Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O’Riley Take The Tiny Desk
Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley performing for Tiny Desk Concerts. CREDIT NPR / NPR.ORG The host of your Sunday noontime show “From the Top,”… Continue Reading Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O’Riley Take The Tiny Desk
Tiny Desk Concert Showcases A Guitar Quartet
A screenshot of the Dublin Guitar Quartet’s Tiny Desk Concert at NPR. CREDIT TINY DESK CONCERTS / NPR We know you love guitar music.… Continue Reading Tiny Desk Concert Showcases A Guitar Quartet
Musicians, Critics, Composers: Walla Walla’s Bauer Sisters
Susan Pickett’s Marion and Emilie Frances Bauer: From the Wild West to American Musical Modernism delivers exactly what the title suggests: adventures of two women… Continue Reading Musicians, Critics, Composers: Walla Walla’s Bauer Sisters
The Power Of Storytelling
The Dallas Street Choir dressed in one of their performing outfits. CREDIT MARK MULLANEY. What stories do you tell? What stories could you be telling?… Continue Reading The Power Of Storytelling
Deborah Voigt On Opera, Theater, And Body Image
Deborah Voigt performing “Annie Get Your Gun” in 2011. Credit CSUF Photos / Flickr You know that old saying, “The show isn’t over til… Continue Reading Deborah Voigt On Opera, Theater, And Body Image
“Classical Style” Proves Classical Music Can Be Funny, Too
Zankel Hall, where “The Classical Style” was performed. Credit Jeff Goldberg / Esto Share a good laugh when you read this New York Times… Continue Reading “Classical Style” Proves Classical Music Can Be Funny, Too
2014 Thanksgiving Specials
Credit Stuart Monk /iStockphoto.com Let Northwest Public Radio be part of your Thanksgiving celebration with these special programs this Thursday: Lynne Rossetto-Kasper and a wonderful lineup… Continue Reading 2014 Thanksgiving Specials
Royal Shakespeare Company Opens Its Music Vault
What’s the right music for a Shakespeare play? Depends on what century you’re in. In the 400 years since the plays were new, generations of… Continue Reading Royal Shakespeare Company Opens Its Music Vault
