Colin Meloy is the frontman and songwriter for The Decemberists and an author. The Decemberists formed in Portland, OR in 2000. Since that time, the Grammy-nominated band have released eight albums including their latest, I’ll Be Your Girl, which was released in March 2018 on Capitol Records. Meloy has also recorded and toured as a solo artist. In…
In this wide-ranging meditation on the liquid we can’t live without, Handel’s irresistibly buoyant Water Music becomes a foil for five contemporary works that draw inspiration from water—three of them written by composers nominated for 2022 GRAMMY Awards—at a time when the planet is increasingly imperiled.
Gabriel Kahane – Magnificent Bird with the Oregon Symphony Oregon Symphony joins Patricia Reser Center for the Arts’ Grand Opening Spring Season with the orchestral world premiere of Gabriel Kahane’s Magnificent Bird, a new song cycle written in the final month of a year-long, complete hiatus from the internet. At once intimate and ambitious, Kahane’s latest work toggles between…
Multiple award-winning actress and singer Lea Salonga brings her unmistakable voice to The Reser. Celebrated for her powerful performances and perfect pitch, Salonga’s big break came when she snagged the role of Kim in the megahit musical Miss Saigon, for which she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
PDX Jazz Presents Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita Suba Trio ft. Gustavo Ovalles The Atlantic Ocean separates Cuba and Senegal, the respective birthplaces of piano virtuoso Omar Sosa and kora master Seckou Keita, a distance diminished by their shared ancestral connection to Africa. Recorded during lockdown and released in October 2021, Sosa and Keita’s second…
No rehearsals. A sealed envelope. A new actor at every performance. And a few surprises. From the creator of the Off-Broadway smash White Rabbit, Red Rabbit comes NASSIM, an innovative new play that explores the power of language and friendship.
Join us for an engaging, educational, and thoughtful evening with Alex Dang, an internationally performing poet, TEDx speaker, and slam poetry champion. Alex’s has performed in 30 states and six countries, and his work has been featured on HuffPost, UpWorthy, and Everyday Feminism. The evening will include a thought-provoking performance followed by reflection and dialogue on…
White Bird is immensely proud to be among the first companies to launch the new state-of-the-art Patricia Reser Center for the Arts.
Kalakendra Presents an Evening of Indian Classical Instrumental Music TRIVENI with ZAKIR HUSSAIN, Jayanthi Kumaresh and Kala Ramnath. Zakir Hussain, Kala Ramnath, and Jayanthi Kumaresh have come together for the first time as a trio for the 2022 TRIVENI tour. Leading Indian classical exponents of their respective instruments—tabla, violin, and Saraswati veena—each is also renowned…
PGMC’s spring concert explores the ways in which we might feel held down and need a release.
Join Portland Baroque Orchestra as they celebrate J. S. Bach’s 337th birthday with a series of 17th and 18th century cantatas by Bach, Pachelbel, and others, led by Jonathan Woody.
Chamber Music Northwest and BodyVox, with the Akropolis Reed Quintet, collaborate to premiere NINETEEN*TWENTY, an exploration deep into the heart and soul of the 1920s at the newly opened Patricia Reser Center for the Arts.