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2015-2016 Season

September 3:
 



September 11, 12, 13:
 

 
October 10, 11:
 
 

November 4: 
  



November 8:
 
 

November 21, 22 and December 3: 




December 31:
 


January 9:

  

January 10:



January 22, 23:



January 29, 30, 31:



February 12, 13, 14:



March 4, 5:

 
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March 12, 13:



March 19, 20:



March 25:
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​April 3:



April 16, 17:



April 21:




May 15:

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May 21:




​May 22:




​​May 25-28:



June 2:




​June 4:





June 10:



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July 22, 24m, 27, 29, 31m
and August 4, 6:

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Annual Waterfront Concert
Oregon Symphony with Guest Artists from Portland Opera 
​Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Portland, OR

Rachmaninoff Vespers
Cappella Romana
Seattle, WA and Portland, OR

English Ayres and Madrigals
The Ensemble
Eugene, OR and Portland, OR

University of Portland Faculty Recital 
with mezzo-soprano Valery Saul and pianist Kira Whiting
Mago Hunt Recital Hall, University of Portland
Portland, OR

Fauré Requiem
St. Mary's Cathedral Choir
Portland, OR

Northwest Art Song presents:
Bach to Bernstein: Duets Extravaganza and Launch Party 

with soprano Arwen Myers
Friends of Chamber Music/Trinity Episcopal Cathedral/Classical 89.9
Portland, OR

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral New Year's Concert
Duets with Arwen Myers and Madrigals with The Ensemble
Portland, OR

La Nativité
Trinity Chamber Singers
Portland, OR

Bach Weinachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Part V
St. James Lutheran: Bach Cantata Vespers
Portland, OR

Purcell's Dido & Aeneas
The Ensemble
Eugene, OR and Portland, OR

Music of Tomas Luis de Victoria
The Ensemble
Tour of Washington and Oregon

Maximilian Steinberg's Passion Week
Cappella Romana
Seattle, WA and Portland, OR

Music of Tomas Luis de Victoria in Portland and at NWACDA
The Ensemble
Portland, OR and Seattle, WA
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The Old School: Music of J.S. Bach, J.C. Bach, and Telemann
Portland Baroque Orchestra
Portland, OR

Music of Arvo Pärt
The Ensemble
Eugene, OR and Portland, OR

Bach St. John Passion (selections)
St. James Lutheran: Bach Cantata Vespers
​Portland, OR
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Evensong, featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams' Magnificat 
Trinity Chamber Singers
Portland, OR

Bach B Minor Mass
The Ensemble
Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR

All-Britten Faculty Recital 
with Les Green, tenor, Jean-David Coen, piano, and Mike Hettwer, horn
Willamette University
Salem, OR 

Spring Concert, featuring Corigliano's Fern Hill 
Linfield College Choir and Orchestra
McMinnville, OR

Thoreson Studio Voice Recital (1:00pm)
Reception immediately following
Trinity Lutheran Church
​Vancouver, WA

Bach BWV 37: Wer da gläubet und getauft wird
Bach Cantata Choir and Orchestra
Rose City Park Presbyterian Church
​Portland, OR

Recording Session at University of Notre Dame 
New Concert Works by J.J. Wright
South Bend, IN

​Northwest Art Song on All-Classical 89.9's Thursdays at Three
with Arwen Myers, soprano, Les Green, tenor, Kate Petak, harp, and Susan McDaniel, piano
3:00pm, 89.9FM
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Northwest Art Song presents: Britten-palooza!
with Arwen Myers, soprano, Les Green, tenor, Kate Petak, harp, and Susan McDaniel, piano
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Portland, OR

Northwest Art Song at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Friends of Music 
​Donor Reception

with Arwen Myers, soprano, and Susan McDaniel, piano
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Portland, OR

Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri
Portland Opera
Portland, OR
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2012

Bach St. John Passion
Indiana University Pro Arte Singers
Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN


Recital at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.


Bernstein Candide (Old Lady)
IU Opera Theatre
Musical Arts Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN


Festival Artist with Utah Festival Opera
Bach St. Matthew Passion (cover)
A Tribute to Judy Garland


Aguava New Music Studio
Vocal Concertist-in-Residence
Conference of Sacred Music at Notre Dame University


Bach Magnificat
Portland Baroque Orchestra
Trinity Cathedral, Portland, OR
February 3, 4:




March 6:


April 6, 14:




May 29-Aug 12:




September  13-15:




December 1, 2:

2013

Haydn Lord Nelson Mass
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH


Philip Glass' Akhnaten (Nefertiti)
Indianapolis Opera and Indiana University Opera Theatre
Musical Arts Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, and 
Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN


Bach St. John Passion
The Kammerbach Ensemble
York Performance Hall, Anderson University, Anderson, IN


Mozart Vespers and Bach Magnificat
Incendio Music Ensemble and Gonzaga University Choir
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Spokane, WA


Soloist and Ensemble Member with vocal consort Prometheus
Iowa and Missouri


"Rule Britten-ia" with Resonance Ensemble
Soloist and Ensemble Member
Portland, OR


Purcell Thy Word is a Lantern
Bach Cantata Choir and Orchestra
Portland, OR


Handel Messiah
San Juan Symphony Orchestra 
Durango, CO and Farmington, NM


Vivaldi Gloria
Bach Cantata Choir and Orchestra
Portland, OR


"A Spotless Rose: Christmas with The Ensemble" with The Ensemble
Soloist and Ensemble Member
Portland, OR

promo shots by jenica lemmons
thoreson voice studio logo by al short

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