“Bring it on, Makrokosmos Project”

Oregon Arts Watch, July 20, 2017

“It was American Berserk at its best, making a glorious noise in the world”

Oregon Arts Watch, July 11, 2016

“One of 2015’s peak Oregon musical moments”

Oregon Arts Watch, October 18, 2015

“It was standing room only.  Kudos to all the players and sponsors who made it happen”.

Rhonda Rizzo, Writer and Pianist, August 9, 2015

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RECENT EVENTS

World premiere of Trackings by Kenji Bunch!
Oregon premiere of Bounce by Adam Schoenberg!

Thursday, June 29, 2023, 5pm-10pm

Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA)
15 NE Hancock Street, Portland, OR 97212

 

Music by John Luther Adams, Toru Takemitsu, Meredith Monk, Adam Schoenberg, Karen Tanaka, Ian Gottlieb, Tomas Svoboda, Kirsten Volness, George Crumb, Michael Johanson, Bonnie Miksch, and Kenji Bunch
Performed by Portland Percussion Group, Stephen Kehner, Susan Smith, DUO Stephanie & Saar, Jeff Payne, Amelia Lukas, Niel DePonte, Maria Garcia, Yoko Greeney, and Pyxis Quartet

 

5pm: Dawn of Time
John Luther Adams: Drums of Winter
Portland Percussion Group
George Crumb: Processional
Stephanie Ho, piano

 

6pm: Not all who wander are lost
Meredith Monk: Trekking
DUO Stephanie and Saar
Kirsten Volness: Ghosts of Cascadia (MP 2022 Commission; Oregon Premiere)
DUO Stephanie and Saar
Kirsten Volness: Not all who wander are lost
Saar Ahuvia, piano
Adam Schoenberg: Olive Orchard
Stephanie Ho, piano
Adam Schoenberg: Bounce (Oregon Premiere)
DUO Stephanie and Saar

 

7pm: An Idyll for the Misbegotten
Toru Takemitsu: Towards the Sea
Amelia Lukas, flute
Stephen Kehner, percussion
Ian Gottlieb: Forever, My Grace
Chris Whyte, percussion
Garrett Arney, percussion
George Crumb: An Idyll for the Misbegotten
Amelia Lukas, flute
Portland Percussion Group

 

8pm: Manifest Destiny
Tomáš Svoboda: Suite for Piano Four-Hands, Op. 124
Jeff Payne, piano
Susan Smith, piano
Karen Tanaka: Three Water Dances
Yoko Greeney, piano
Tomáš Svoboda: Sonata No. 3, Op. 184
Susan Smith, piano
Michael Johanson: Catalyst
Yoko Greeney, piano
Susan Smith, piano

 

9:15pm: Alpenglow
Bonnie Miksch: I found this flower
Pyxis Quartet
Kenji Bunch: Trackings (commissioned by Niel DePonte; World Premiere)
Niel DePonte, percussion
Maria Garcia, piano
Pyxis Quartet

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MAKROKOSMOS PROJECT 9: GHOSTS OF CASCADIA

Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), June 29, 2023, Photo & video by Alan Nieven
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