Welcome to the Classical Currents podcast, I’m Charles Noble. Today I’m talking with the members of a fantastic and exciting new violin duo called Fifth Mirror. Those two violinists are Portland natives Hannah Tate and Lucia Atkinson. Between

Ep 010 - Beaverton Symphony - Travis Hatton

Jun 9th, 2021 21m 58s

Today we’re talking with Travis Hatton, the music director of the Beaverton Symphony, about that ensemble’s upcoming live stream concert that will close out their 2020-2021 season, entitled “Almost Summer”. The concert will stream on Friday, Ju

Ep 009 - Classical Up Close 2021 With Sarah Kwak And Nancy Ives

May 30th, 2021 31m 2s

We talk with two of Classical Up Close's founders - Oregon Symphony Concertmaster Sarah Kwak, and Principal cellist Nancy Ives about the beginnings of the festival and what's on tap for this year's festival, which begins on June 1st, 2021. Sh

Ep 008 - 45th Parallel Universe - Greg Ewer And Ron Blessinger

May 16th, 2021 49m 22s

Today we’re talking with two very important members of the Portland-based musical collective 45th Parallel Universe. We’re joined by the group’s founder, violinist Greg Ewer; and the group’s current Executive Director, violinist Ron Blessinger.

Ep 007 - AllClassical Radio On-Air Host Christa Wessel

May 7th, 2021 47m 5s

This episode, we’re talking with beloved classical radio host Christa Wessel. She’s been part of the on-air staff at AllClassical in Portland since 2007, has created the On Deck With Young Musicians Series, and been host and producer of AllClas

Ep 006 - NACUSA - Cascadia Composers - Jeff Winslow - Linda Woody

Apr 16th, 2021 29m 12s

We're joined by composers Linda Woody and Jeff Winslow, both members of Cascadia Composers, a chapter of the National Association of Composers USA (NACUSA), and organizers of the 2021 Festival, hosted virtually from Portland, Oregon. We talk ab

Ep 005 - PYPFEST Vol. 2 - David Hattner, Tatev Amiryan, and Jonathan Bingham

Apr 10th, 2021 32m 20s

This week we talk with Portland Youth Philharmonic musical director David Hattner, and two young composers who have been commissioned by PYP for their PYPFEST, Vol. 2 concert: Tatev Armiryan, and Jonathan Bingham. @jonathanbinghammusic @tatev-a

Ep 004 - Fear No Music - Jeff Payne, pianist

Apr 2nd, 2021 32m 20s

Pianist and co-founder of Portland ensemble Fear No Music joins us to talk about his mini-recital of works by Courtney Bryan, Margaret Bonds, and Quinn Mason. https://soundcloud.com/courtneybryanmusichttps://soundcloud.com/quinnmasoncomposer

Ep 003 - Resonance Ensemble, Third Angle New Music, Damien Geter, and Darrell Grant

Mar 26th, 2021 35m 31s

Resonance Ensemble Artistic Director Katherine FitzGibbon and Third Angle New Music Artistic Director Sarah Tiedemann join me with singer/composer Damien Geter and pianist/composer Darrell Grant to discuss the intersection of arts organizations

Ep 002 - One Voice Project Micro Opera Festival - Lisa Neher & Kendra Leonard

Mar 19th, 2021 34m 13s

We talk with composer/singer Lisa Neher and librettist Kendra Leonard about their Micro Opera Festival, which premieres a new five-minute opera each day starting March 22, 2021. Find the show notes for this episode here: https://www.classical

Ep 001 - Violist Kimberlee Uwate Of The Delgani Quartet

Mar 5th, 2021 31m 23s

Violist Kimberlee Uwate of the Delgani Quartet joins us to talk about the quartet and their upcoming concert 'Pieces of America'.Show Notes: https://www.classicalcurrents.com/episode001

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