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August 20 (Tuesday), 2024
Summer Strings Workshop Brown Bag Recital, Fellowship Hall, First Congregational Church United Church of Christ, 494 E Main St., Hillsboro, OR. 97123. Free! In the Round. 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM. On the program: I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue, from Suite for Strings, John Rutter; Air, from An English Suite for Strings, Sir Hubert Parry; 4th movement from St. Paul's Suite for Strings, The Dargason, Gustav Holst; Water Music, Suite No. 2, HWV 349, George Frederic Handel: Overture, Hornpipe, Minuet, Lentement & Bourrée. Bring your favorite snack!
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December 11 (Wednesday), 2024
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents A Christmas Awakening, First Congregational Church United Church of Christ, 494 E Main St., Hillsboro, OR. 97123. ‘Free,’ donations accepted, 7:30 PM. Program: Good King Wenceslas, Gould; Fantasia on We Three Kings, arr. Balmages; Christmas Concerto, Op. 6, No. 8, Adagio-Allegro-Adagio, Arcangelo Corelli; Ukrainian Bell Carol, Leontovych, arr. Heinecke; Three Noels, Grundman; This Heavenly Boy, Dr. Terrence Johnson; Angles We Have Heard on High, arr. Forrest; The Awakening, Joseph M. Martin; We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Brubaker.
Special Guests: Liberty High School Concert Choirs.
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December 14 (Saturday), 2024
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $15 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Program: Christmas Time in Germany, arr. Lloyd Conley; Trépak, from The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: Character Dances, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Sandra Dackow; Arab Dance, from The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky, arr. for strings by Jeff Manookian; Valse from Serenade for Strings, Op. 48, Tchaikovsky, revised A. Walter Kramer; Symphony in Bb, Op.21, No.3, Johann Christian Bach, arr. Adam Carse; plus sing-a-longs, including Good King Wenceslas, traditional; and Go Tell It On the Mountain, spiritual. Enjoy a festive Christmas reception afterwards.
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December 18 (Wednesday), 2024
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents A Christmas Awakening, Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. Special Guests: Liberty High School Concert Choirs.
Run-out concert repertoire of December 11 concert above.
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March 22 (Saturday), 2025
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $15 available at the door, 7:30 pm.
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May 2 (Friday), 2025
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents Invitation to the Dance, Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. Program: Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65, Carl Maria von Weber; Norwegian Dances, Op. 35, Edvard Grieg; Danzas Españolas, Enrique Granados, arr. Grignon; Lakmé - Airs Des Danse, Leo Delibes. Special Guests: Liberty High School Concert Choirs.
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May 9 (Friday), 2025
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents Invitation to the Dance, First Congregational Church United Church of Christ, 494 E Main St., Hillsboro, OR. 97123. ‘Free,’ donations accepted, 7:30 PM. Special Guests: Liberty High School Concert Choirs. Run-out concert repertoire of May 2 concert above.
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June 14 (Saturday), 2025
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $15 available at the door, 7:30 pm.
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June 23 (Sunday), 2024
Members of the Oregon Arts Orchestra, Chamber Concert featuring: The Arigon Wind Quintet, with music by Paul Hindemith, L.L. Woody Norvell, Graham Cohen, and Scott Joplin.
June 22 (Saturday), 2024
Oregon Arts Orchestra, Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, Edinburgh, EH12QQ, Scotland. With special guests: St. Andrew Orchestra. Run out of June 17 above, with a combined orchestra for Felix Mendelssohn’s Die Hebriden (Fingal’s Cave), Op. 26.
June 20 (Thursday), 2024
Oregon Arts Orchestra, The Cathedral Church of St. Anne (Belfast Cathedral), Donegall St., Belfast BT1 4DT, North Ireland, United Kingdom. With special guests: Belfast Celtic Trio. Run out of June 17 above.
June 17 (Monday), 2024
Oregon Arts Orchestra, Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch Place, Dublin 8, Ireland, 7:30 PM. Joint concert with the New Dublin Voices. On the program for the OAO: Festival Prelude, by Alfred Reed; Symphony No. 1, Glencree, by Ina Boyle; Suite for Strings, by Joan Trimble; Duke Ellington, arr. Calvin Custer; Donegal to Down, arr. Thomas Quigley and Die Hebriden (Fingal’s Cave), Op. 26, Felix Mendelssohn.
June 6 (‘Thursday’), 2024
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $15 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Program includes:
Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 9, Arcangelo Corelli; Cello Concerto, RV413, Largo, Antonio Vivaldi, Sydney Pederson, soloist; Entr’Acte, Intermezzo to Act III of Carmen, Georges Bizet, Kira Spencer, soloist; A Birch Bay Celebration, Richard Meyer; Palladio concerto grosso, Largo, Allegretto, Brian Anderson & Selma Curtis, soloists. Reception following!
May 10 (Friday), 2024
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents Celebrating Women Composers, First Congregational Church United Church of Christ, 494 E Main St., Hillsboro, OR. 97123. ‘Free,’ donations accepted, 7:30 PM. Run-out concert repertoire of May 3 concert above.
May 3 (Friday), 2024
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents Celebrating Women Composers, Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. Callirhoë Suite, I. Prelude, Cecille Chaminade; Gaelic Sym., III mov, Amy Beach; The Big Blue Marble (from Symphony No. 6), Julie Giroux; Juba Dance (from Symphony No. 1, in e minor), Florence Price, The Old Boatman, Florence Price; Wreckers Overture,
Ethel Smyth.
March 23 (Saturday), 2024
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $15 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Program includes: Little Symphony in F Major, Op. 1, No. 5, Karl Friedrich Abel; Suite of Six,
by Brent Hakanson; Intermezzo, from L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2, Georges Bizet; & Suite for Strings, by John Rutter. Reception following!
December 15 (Friday), 2023
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents See Amid the Winter’s Snow, Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. Special Guests: Liberty High School Concert Choirs. Run-out concert repertoire of Dec. 13 concert above.
December 13 (Wednesday), 2023
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents See Amid the Winter’s Snow, First Congregational Church United Church of Christ, 494 E Main St., Hillsboro, OR. 97123. ‘Free,’ donations accepted, 7:30 PM. Program: Christmas Fantasy, Goeller; Somerset Overture, Robert W. Parker; 3 movements from The Holberg Suite, Edvard Grieg; Thankful, arr. Mark Hayes; Magnificat, Randall Stroope; Eight Days of Light, Judith Clurman & David Chase; See Amid the Winter's Snow, Dan Forrest; Christmas Sing-a-Long, arr. Bob Cerulli. Special Guests: Liberty High School Concert Choirs.
December 9 (Saturday), 2023
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $15 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Program includes:
Champagner Galopp, Op. 8, Johann Strauss Sr.; Three Divertimento Movements, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Allegretto (K.131), Andante (K.252), Presto (K.205); Brazilian Sleigh Bells, Percy Faith; Sussex Mummers’, Percy Aldridge Grainger; Three Christmas Quartets, Barrie Carson Turner; and Sing-A-Longs for everyone!
Reception following.
August 5 (Saturday), 2023
Outdoor concert! Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Vancouver USA Arts & Music Festival, W. 7th St. & Main St., Vancouver, WA. 98660, 7th Street Stage, (close to Turtle Plaza), 1:00 PM. Music by Donald Coakly, Arcangelo Corelli, Henry Purcell, William Boyce, Carrie Gruselle, Leroy Anderson, Kate Bush & Joseph Hayden.
June 17 (Saturday), 2023
Live, in person concert! Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $15 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Program: Symphony No. 2, William Boyce; Six Hungarian Folksongs, Béla Bartók, arr. Gábor Darvas; Flower Duet, from Lakmé, Leo Delibes, arr. Douglas Stroud; Hill Country Rhapsody, Richard E. Brown; Simple Symphony, Benjamin Britten. Reception following!
May 12 (Friday), 2023
Live, in person concert! Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents
“Americana, Wide Open Spaces ,” Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. Run-out concert repertoire of May 5 concert below.
May 5 (Friday), 2023
Live, in person concert! Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents
“Americana, Wide Open Spaces ,” First Congregational Church United Church of Christ, 494 E Main St., Hillsboro, OR. 97123. ‘Free,’ donations accepted. On board for our program: Mark O’Connor, Americana Symphony: I. Wide Open Spaces, III. Different Paths Toward Home, VI. Splendid Horizons; Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid Waltz and Prairie Night & Celebration; Bruce Broughton, O Pioneers!; John Keltonic, Our Wings Have Caught the Wind.
March 25 (Saturday), 2023
Live, in person concert! Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Prebyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $15 available at the door, 7:30 PM. Program: Dance Episode, Donald Coakley; Chaconne, Jean-Baptiste Lully, ed. Edvard Fendler; Symphony No. 25, C Major, Finale Presto, Franz Joseph Haydn; Andante Cantabile, Roman Hoffstetter, formerly attr. Franz Joseph Haydn; Cloudbusting, Kat Bush; arr. Paul Burnell. Reception following!
December 3 (Saturday), 2022
Live, in person concert! Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Program: The Sailor's Dance from Dido and Aeneas, Henry Purcell; Sarabande from Les Sentiments, François Couperin; Giga, Arcangelo Corelli; Christmas Toys on Parade, Victor Herbert & Leon Jessel; Minuetto & Finale from Toy Symphony, Leopold Mozart, arr. Richard Rigg; Winter Milky Way, Yukiko Nishimura; Sweet Petite Winter Suite, Brian Balmages; plus sing-a-longs! Reception following!
December 7 (Wednesday), 2022
Live, in person concert! Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents
“Masters In This Hall ,” Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. On board our program: Fantasia on Greensleeves, Ralph Vaughn Williams; He is Born Away In A Manger and Angels We Have Heard On High with O Come All Ye Faithful, Dan Goeller; Canadian Brass Christmas, Calvin Custer (arr.); premier: Hanukkah Lights, Holiday Medley, arr. Jeffrey Olenick; Miracle on 34th Street Overture, Bruce Broughton; Do You Hear What I Hear, arr. Emily Crocker & John Moss; Silent Night, arr. Dan Forrest; and Masters in this Hall, arr, Mark Hayes. Guests: Liberty High School Concert Choirs. Reception following!
December 14 (Wednesday), 2022
Live, in person concert! Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents
“Masters In This Hall ,” First Congregational Church United Church of Christ,
494 E Main St., Hillsboro, OR. 97123. ‘Free,’ donations accepted. Run-out concert repertoire of Dec. 7 concert above.
June 18 (Saturday), 2022
Live, in person concert! Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. All patrons please wear appropriate Covid masks and verify vaccination or recent negative test result at the door. Program includes:
Overture to Rodelinda, G. F. Handel, arr. Philip Clark; Vilia, the Merry Widow, Franz Lehár, arr. William Ryden; Tarare, Minuetto (from Acte III: Scène 4), Antonio Salieri, trans. Quinto Maganini; Three Modern Folk Songs, Rupert Kirby; Brookside Haven, Lennie Niehaus; and Concerto for 2 Oboes in C Major, Op. 6, No. 2, Tomaso Albinoni, with soloists Skye Heiles & Sophie LeBard.
Reception following!
May 26 (Friday), 2022
Live, in person concert! Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents
“The Traveler, Part II,” First Congregational Church United Church of Christ,
494 E Main St., Hillsboro, OR. 97123. ‘Free,’ donations accepted. All patrons please wear appropriate Covid masks and verify vaccination or recent negative test result at the door. On board our program of a 2nd fanciful cruise: Summon the Heroes - John Williams; Suite in A, Op. 98b, mov. 2 - Antonin Dvorák; L’Arlésienne Suite #2, Pastorale - Georges Bizet; Mlada, mov. 3, Lithuanian Dance - Rimsky-Korsakov; Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Nimrod - Edward Elgar and Reinzi Overture - Richard Wagner. Closing with special USA encore of the premier of The Traveler by Viking River Cruises composer Debbie Wiseman, with soloist Mark Iven, violin. Reception TBA due to Covid-19.
December 15 (Wednesday), 2021
Live, in person concert! Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents
“A Christmas Carol,” First Congregational Church United Church of Christ,
494 E Main St., Hillsboro, OR. 97123. ‘Free,’ donations accepted. All patrons please wear appropriate Covid masks and verify vaccination or recent negative test result at the door. No reception following due to Covid-19. On our program: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Polonaise from Christmas Eve Suite; Mikola Leonovich & Peter Wilhousky - Carol of the Bells, arr. Richard Hayman; Alan Silvestri & Glen Ballard - God Bless Us Everyone; John Williams - Prayer for Peace & Hatikva; and several pieces by Dan Goeller - A Christmas Festival of Carols, Fiesta de Navidad, Christmas Rhapsody, & a good old fashioned Christmas Carol Sing-Along. With special guests Tony Peterson, tenor, and members of the Liberty High School Choir.
December 4 (Saturday), 2021
Live, in person concert! Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. All patrons please wear appropriate Covid masks and verify vaccination or recent negative test result at the door. No reception following due to Covid-19. Program includes: Adirondack Sleighride - Richard A. Stephan; Three Spanish Christmas Carols - arr. Mark Hellem; Snowfall & Sleighride - Percy Hall; Concerto grosso in g minor, Op. 8 No. 6 ‘Weinachtskonzert - Giuseppe Torelli; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Johann Sebastian Bach; It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - Richard Storrs Willis, poem by Edmund Sears; and We Wish You A Merry Christmas, traditional.
July 10 (Saturday), 2021
Live, in person concert! Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Program includes: Acrobats - Richard Meyer, Minuet - Luigi Boccherini, B-Suite - Carrie Lane Gruselle, La Mormette, Op. 52, No. 7 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Selections from Water Music Suite No. 1 in F, HWV 348 - George Frederick Handel. Reception following.
Postponed: June 20 (Saturday), 2020
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Reception following
Postponed: May 8 (Friday), 2020
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents “The Traveler, Part II,” Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. Presenting special USA encore premier of The Traveler by Viking River Cruises composer Debbie Wiseman, with soloist Mark Iven, violin. Also on board:
Suite in A, Op. 98b, mov. 2 - Antonin Dvorák; L’Arlésienne Suite #2 ,Pastorale - Georges Bizet; Mlada, mov. 3, Lithuanian Dance - Rimsky-Korsakov; Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Nimrod - Edward Elgar & Reinzi Overture - Richard Wagner. Reception following concert immediately after our second fanciful cruise.
Postponed: April 19 (Sunday), ‘2020 Premier’
The Recorder Orchestra of Oregon (ROO), in concert, 3:00 PM, venue TBA. Premiering “Reminiscences” for Recorder Orchestra, by Collin Heade. Repeat of the April 18 concert listed below.
Postponed: April 18 (Saturday), ‘2020 Premier’
The Recorder Orchestra of Oregon (ROO), in concert, 7:00 PM at St. David of Wales, 2800 SE Harrison St., Portland, OR. 97214. Premiering “Reminiscences” for Recorder Orchestra. Each of the four movements are prefaced by a poem written by the composer, Collin Heade, representing Joy, Contemplation, Lamentation & Gaiety. The concert is family friendly and free will offering accepted.
Postponed: March 21 (Saturday), 2020
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 PM. Reception following.
Program: Acrobats - Richard Meyer; Minuet - Luigi Boccherini; Bagatelle - Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. Finno; B-Suite - Carrie Lane Gruselle; La Marmotte - Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. McCarrick; Water Music Suite I in F major, George Frederick Handel.
March 7 (Saturday), ‘2020 Premier’
MYSfits, of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, in concert, 7:00 PM at Jackson Middle School, 10625 SW 35th Ave., Portland, OR. 97219. $10 Adults/$5 Students. Premiering “Expressions” for String Orchestra, Maestoso, Scherzo & Allegretto capriccioso, by Collin Heade.
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December 18 (Wednesday), 2019
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents “Home for the Holidays,” with special guests: the Liberty High School Concert Choir, Volare Blue Womens Choir & The Stoller Sounds youth choir. Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. On the celebration program:
Christmas Fantasy, The Wexford Carol, Appalachian Carol & Petite Carol Suite - arr. Dan Goeller; Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Julie Styne, arr. Mark Hayes;
Do You hear What I Hear - Noel Regney, arr. Harry Simeone; & Home Alone: Three Holiday Songs - John Williams. Reception following concert.
December 14 (Saturday), 2019
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Program includes String a Song of Christmas, arr. Edmund Siennicki; Winter Music, Russell Peck; A Celtic Christmas, arr. Bob Mathews; George Frederic Handel’s Julius Caesar Overture; and a string of holiday sing-a-longs. Seasonal reception following.
June 22 (Saturday), 2019
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Reception following. Program includes: Scarlatti - Capriccio, from Sonata No. 380/L23; Three Corelli Dances; Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 BWV 1047; Rau - Variations; Solitude sur la montagne and Bizet - L'Arlésienne Suite #2, Intermezzo.
May 3 (Friday), 2019
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents “The Traveler, Part 1,” presenting special introductory piece by Viking River Cruises composer Debbie Wiseman, with soloist Mark Iven, violin; Symphony No. 3, mov. 5, “Rhenish,” Schumann; In the Steppes of Central Asia, Borodin; Hungarian Dance No. 7, Brahms; Caucasian Sketches, Op. 10, No. 1, “In A Mountain Pass,” Ippolitov-Ivanov; Finlandia, Sibelius. Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. Reception following concert immediately after our first fanciful cruise. (Bring your own life jackets.)
March 23 (Saturday), 2019
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Reception following. Concert includes: Ballet Music I from “Rosamond,” Schubert; Nimm Sie Hin!, Polka Francaise, Op. 358, Strauss Jr.; Shepherd’s Hey, Grainger; “Brindisi” (Drinking Song), from La Traviata, Verdi; and First Suite in Eb, Op.28, No.1, Holst. Golly this sounds fun!
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December 19 (Wednesday), 2018
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents “An Old Fashioned Christmas,” with special guests: the Liberty High School Choir with soloists Anna Rikli, soprano; Heather Peterson, alto; Efrain Manases Golnalez Salazar, tenor & Tony Peterson, baritone. Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. On the celebration program: Procession of the Nobles, Nicolai Rimsky Korsakov; Sleigh Ride, Frederick Delius; Miracle On 34th Street Overture, Bruce Broughton; Gesu Bambino, Yon Pietro; Angels We Have Heard On High; Pacem Noel, Larry Clark & Rae Moses; Gabriel’s Message & Magnificat, Dan Goeller & David Huntsinger; Amen, Collin Heade (World Premiere); & Christmas Day, Gustav Holst. Reception following concert.
December 8 (Saturday), 2018
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Come join this special Christmas concert: Christmas Time in Germany, arr. Lloyd Conley; Christmas Toys on Parade, Victor Herbert and Leon Jessel, arr. Mark Weston, orchestrated Douglas E. Wagner; Carol of the Bells, Ukrainian Christmas Carol, Mykola Leontovych, arr. for JSV, Collin Heade; Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol, Percy Grainger, arr. Douglas E. Wagner; Festival Music, Overtures & Dances (from Alcina), George Frideric Handel.
Seasonal reception following.
June 16 (Saturday), 2018
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Program includes: Dance Episode, Donald Coakley; Sonata No. 10 in F Major, Op. 5, Arcangelo Corelli; Lullaby, George Gershwin; and An English Suite, Sir Hubert Parry. Reception following. Come join the last concert of this special season.
May 4 (Friday), 2018
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents “O Pioneers!,” Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. In the program: St. Andrew Bay, Paul Whear; River Songs, Douglas Wagner;
Prairiesong, Carl Strommen; Suite in A, Op.98b “American” Suite, 1st & 5th mov., Antonin Dvořák; Our Town, Aaron Copland and O Pioneers!, by Bruce Broughton. Hollywood film composer Bruce Broughton’s composition, O Pioneers!, was rejuvenated for this specific concert, hence creating a World Premiere of sorts for this new adaptation. Reception following concert.
March 17 (Saturday), 2018
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, St. Patrick’s Day Concert, featuring Irish Fantasy, Miriam Overholt; Overture, David Mullikin; Irish Tune from County Derry, Percy Grainger and A Celtic Set, Paul Whear. Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Irish reception following. Come join in the fun.
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December 6 (Wednesday), 2017
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents “Before the Frost,” Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. Program includes: Before the Frost (The Last Rose of Summer), William Camphouse; Around the World at Christmas Time, arr. Bruce Chase; Winterfest, Victor Lopez; Arlesienne Suite No. 2, 4th mov., Farandole (The March of the Kings), Georges Bizet; Variations On A Shaker Melody, Aaron Copland; Jerusalem (And did those feet in ancient times), Charles Hubert Parry; Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Ralph Vaughn Williams & Old Scottish Melody, Auld Lang Syne. With Special Guests:
Tony Peterson - baritone, and The Liberty High School Choir.
December 2 (Saturday), 2017
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Come join the fun! Program includes: Henry Purcell’s Air, Minuet & Rondo from “Abdelazer,” Percy Faith’s Brazilian Sleigh Bells, Richard Stephan’s Adirondack Sleighride, Percy Hall’s Snowfall & Sleighride, Michel Rondeau’s Symphony No. 55 “Christmas Pastorale,” and your favorite sing-a-longs. Reception following.
June 17 (Saturday), 2017
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Domenico Scarlatti, Capriccio for String Orchestra, transcribed from Sonata K308/L23/P483 by Elaine Fine; G.F. Handel, Concerto in G minor for Oboe and Strings; Giuseppe Sammartini, Concerto Grosso, Op.11, No. 2; Hill County Rhapsody, by Richard E. Brown; and Variation, by Julius Rau. Reception following. Come join in the fun.
May 5 (Friday), 2017
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents “Wand of Youth,” Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. Program includes: Appalachian Morning, Robert Sheldon;
The Wand of Youth, Suite 1, Op. 1a, Overture, Minuet, Fairies & Giants, Edward Elgar; Down a Country Lane, Aaron Copland; Highlights from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, John Williams, arr. Michael Story; Music from Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Gregson-Williams, arr. Stephen Bulla; Symphony No. 25, 1st movement, Amadeus Mozart; Country Gardens, Percy Grainger; and The Typewriter, by Leroy Anderson.
April 9 (Sunday), 2017
Willamette Falls Symphony, Oregon City United Methodist Church, 18955 South End Road, Oregon City, OR. $12 adults $10 Student & Seniors, 3:00 pm, Don Sticksel’s Legions Overture (world premiere), Concertos featuring winners of the WFS youth concerto competition: Elvin Choi, Saint-Saens Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor op. 33, 3rd mov., Allegro Molto; Ian Song, violin, Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21. 1st mov., Allegro non troppo; and Renee & Randy Zhang, violin and viola, Max Bruch Double Concerto in E minor, op. 88, 1st mov., Andante con moto. Also: Antonin Dvorák’s Symphony No. 8, Op.88. Collin Heade conducting.
March 25 (Saturday), 2017
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Reception following.
Come join in the fun. On the menu: Suite, Concerto for Orchestra in D major, C.P.E. Bach; Overture to Rodelinda, G.F. Handel, arr. Clark; Romanian Folk Dances, Béla Bartók, arr. Monday; Rákóczi March, Hector Berlioz, arr. Leó Weiner; Franz Joseph Haydn’s Trio No. 9 in G major, Hob.IV:9, Scherzo & Presto; and Mozart’s Divertimento No. 8, KV 213.
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December 10 (Saturday), 2016
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Cascades Presbyterian Church, 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA 98662. $10 available at the door, 7:30 pm. Reception following.
Come join in the fun. Program includes: Handel’s Overture to The Messiah; Pachabel’s Canon, arr. for JSV by Collin Heade; Haydn’s Andante Cantabile from String Quartet in F major, Op.3, No.5; “White Jade,” by Clifford Vaughan; “Holiday Jazz,” arr. by Jon Grier; “Three Spanish Christmas Carols,” arr. Mark Hellem; “An 18th Century Christmas,” arr. James ‘Red’ McLeod; and some of your favorite sing-a-longs!
December 7 (Wednesday), 2016
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents “A Handel Christmas,” Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. Special guests: Anna Rikli, soprano; Heather Peterson, contralto; Tony Peterson, bass; and The Liberty High School Choir. Program includes: Vaughn Williams Christmas; A Holst Christmas, arr. Wagner, Douglas E.; Chestnuts Roasting on an Openfire, Mel Torme, arr. Robert W. Lowden; Christmas Festival, Leroy Anderson; and Georg Friedrich Händel’s: And the Glory of the Lord, Thus Saith the Lord, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings, For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth, For Unto Us A Child Is Born, And The Angel Said Unto Them, And Suddenly There Was With The Angel, Glory To God, He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd, and the glorious Hallelujah Chorus.
December 6 (Tuesday), 2016
Nordia House Concert, 8800 SW Oleson Rd., Portland, OR. 97224. Presented by the Finnish Messiah Lutheran Church of Portland, the concert features Jennifer Pratt-Walter and Valerie Klemetti Bessley of Celtic Muse; Elisa Boynton and Carol Deumond of Violetta Duo; the Suspense Ensemble; Vessa and Saara Vihavainen Band; the Willamette Falls Symphony Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Collin Heade; and Ellen Gould, piano. Light refreshments included. Free and open to the public; donations appreciated.
May 6 (Friday), 2016
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents “Epic Oscar Legends,” Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. “And the nominations are:” Theme from E.T., John Williams, arr. James D. Ployhar; Apollo 13 Selections, James Horner, arr. John Moss; Forest Gump Suite, Alan Silvestri, arr. Calvin Custer; Selections from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, John Williams, arr. Victor Lopez; James Bond Medley, arr. Victor Lopez; The Magnificent Seven, Elmer Bernstein, arr. Roy Phillippe; Superman Returns, John Williams, arr. Victor Lopez; Star Wars Epic II Suite, John Williams, arr. Robert W. Smith; The Titanic Medley, James Horner, arr. John Moss.
March 21 & 28 (Monday’s), 2016
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, “Auditions!” By appointment only. Northside Baptist Church, 5201 NE Minnehaha St., Vancouver, WA 98661. 6:00 PM. Please visit the following site for more information: http://www.oregonchamberplayers.org/jsv/audition.html
March 20 (Sunday), 2016
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Northside Baptist Church, 5201 NE Minnehaha St., Vancouver, WA 98661. $10 available at the door, 3:00 pm. Reception following. Program includes music by Eybler, Liszt, John O’Reilly and Lehar.
January 11 & 18 (Monday’s), 2016
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, “Auditions!” By appointment only. Northside Baptist Church, 5201 NE Minnehaha St., Vancouver, WA 98661. 6:00 PM. Please visit the following site for more information: http://www.oregonchamberplayers.org/jsv/audition.html
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December 20 (Sunday), 2015
The combined choirs of Holy Family Catholic Parish in concert: Christmas Around the World Concert, 7:00 PM, Free, donations accepted. 3732 SE Knapp St., Portland, OR. 97202. Program includes: “Still, Still, Still” (Australian), “The Holly and the Ivy” (English), A Welsh Lullaby, “En Portal e Belen” (Peurto Rican), “Christmas Peace” (French), “Halina Hesus” (Filippino), “Silent Night” (German), “The Angel Gabriel” (Basque), “On That First Christmas Night” (Newfoundland), “Go Tell It On the Mountain” (American Spiritual).
December 13 (Sunday), 2015
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Northside Baptist Church, 5201 NE Minnehaha St., Vancouver, WA 98661. $10 available at the door, 3:00 pm. Reception following.
JSV presents their Holiday Concert.
December 11 (Friday), 2015
Come join the Sunset Choir as they present their annual Christmas Concert! With a mix of holiday music that's classic and new, this concert is sure to please people of all ages. This is a free, family-friendly event with a small dessert reception to follow. Bring your friends and neighbors as we celebrate the true meaning of Christmas through song and cheer. Program includes segments from Vivaldi’s “Gloria,” RV 589. 7:00 PM, Sunset Presbyterian Church, 14986 NW Cornell Rd, Portland, OR 97229.
December 9 (Wednesday), 2015
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, presents “The Bells of Christmas,” Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR., 7:30 pm, ‘free,’ donations accepted. Gear up for: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, arr. Jerry Brubaker; The Bells of Christmas, arr. Bob Krogstad; People, Look East (Christmas Fantasy), Theldon Myers; Munich: Hatikva (The Hope), arr. John Williams; Canadian Brass Christmas, arr. Calvin Custer; music from Frozen, arr. Johnnie Vinson; Fantasia on Greensleeves, Ralph Vaughn Williams, arr. David Stone; Sleigh Ride, Leroy Anderson. From Georg Friedrich Händel’s Messiah: Glory to God, For Unto Us a Child is Born & Hallelujah Chorus, with Special Guests: The Liberty High School Choir.
September 21 (Monday), 2015
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, “Auditions!” Northside Baptist Church, 5201 NE Minnehaha St., Vancouver, WA 98661. 6:00 PM. Please visit the following site for more information: http://www.oregonchamberplayers.org/jsv/audition.html
June 14, 2015
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Northside Baptist Church, 5201 NE Minnehaha St., Vancouver, WA 98661. JSV honors Flag Day with audience participation in singing The Star Spangled Banner & You’re A Grand Old Flag. The program also includes: Godard’s Suite of Three Pieces, Op. 116, featuring long time JSV flutist senior Kyla Pohl; Midburry Hilltop by Niehaus, and English, French & Italian Dances by Corelli, Locke, Couperin, Purcell, Vitali & Lully. $10 available at the door, 3:00 pm. Reception following.
June 1, 2015
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Open Dress Rehearsal, Kennedy Violins, 508 Southeast 117th Avenue, Vancouver, 7:00 PM. Please see program information above for June 14.
May 8, 2015
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, “4 Animals, 3 Insects & A Dragon,” with Happy Feet: The Story of Mumble by John Powell arr. Jack Bullock, The Japanese Cricket by John O’Neill, Carnival of the Animals: Introduction and Royal March of the Lions by Camille Saint-Saens arr. Michael Story, Ant Bully by John Debney arr. Victor Lopez, Mina by Edward Elgar, Wasps: March Past the Kitchen Utensils by Ralph Vaughn Williams arr. Steven Rosenhaus, The Waltzing Cat by Leroy Anderson and The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey, Suite by Howard Shore arr. Douglas E. Wagner. Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR. Free, donations accepted, 7:30 pm.
March 16, 2015
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, “Auditions!” Northside Baptist Church, 5201 NE Minnehaha St., Vancouver, WA 98661. 6:00 PM. Please visit the following site for more information: http://www.oregonchamberplayers.org/jsv/audition.html
March 15, 2015
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Northside Baptist Church, 5201 NE Minnehaha St., Vancouver, WA 98661. $10 available at the door, 3:00 pm. Program includes: Albinoni’s Sonata Op. 5, No. 9, Three Divertimenti by Mozart, “B-Suite” by Carrie Gruselle, and an arrangement of the traditional “Down to the River to Pray.” Reception following.
March 2, 2015
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Open Dress Rehearsal, Kennedy Violins, 508 Southeast 117th Avenue, Vancouver, 7:00 PM.
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September 2, 2014
The Lake Oswego Library is pleased to present the OCP Quartet in a Back-To-School Family FUN Concert at the Lake Oswego Library. Free! September 2, 7:00-8:30pm. 706 4th St., Lake Oswego, OR. 97034. Rebecca Olson, flute; Victoria Racz, oboe; Bev Gibson, viola & Collin Heade, cello.
October 10, 2014
Oregon State University welcomes back the OCP Quartet in a concert of light favorites, from a diverse group of composers, including Mica, Mozart, Krommer, Gershwin, Barry & Mancini . OSU, Memorial Union Lounge, 12:00 noon. Free! Lunches welcome. Rebecca Olson, flute; Victoria Racz, oboe; Bev Gibson, viola & Collin Heade, cello.
December 10, 2014
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra, “Sleigh Ride,” with Christmas at the Movies, arr. by Bob Krogstad, Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson, Stille Nacht (Mannheim Steamroller) arr. by Calvin Custer, We Wish You A Merry Christmas arr. by Jerry Brubaker, Fantasia on We Three Kings arr. by Brian Balmages and Georg Friedrich Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus with special guests The Intel Singers. Liberty High School Auditorium, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR. Free, donations accepted, 7:30 pm.
December 12 & 13, 2014
West Linn Community Chorus, “Snowscape, the Joyous & Gentle Sounds of Winter,” at Holy Names Chapel of Mary's Woods near Marylhurst, 17400 Holy Names Drive, Lake Oswego. Friday, December 12th, at 7:30 pm and Saturday, December 13th, at 3:00 pm. A holiday concert, performing in Festival Gloria, by Craig Courtney. Adults $12, Seniors $10, Students $6, Children 5 & under free.
December 14, 2014
Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Vancouver Water Resources Education Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver, WA. $10 available at the door, 3:00 pm. Reception following. Palmetto Suite, by William Hofeldt; Carol of the Bells; Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Op. 6, No. 8; Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol, by Percy Grainger, arr. by Douglas Wagner; plus sing alongs!
December 21, 2014
The combined choirs of Holy Family Catholic Parish, Christmas Concert, 6:00 PM, Free, donations accepted. 3732 SE Knapp St., Portland, OR. 97202. Program includes: Clark’s “Pacem Noel,” Erker’s arrangement of “The Sleep of the Infant Jesus,” “Hear the Angels Sing” by Pappelis, “The Little Drummer Boy” arranged by Althouse, “The Hands That First Held Mary’s Child” by Forrest/Troeger, “Breath of Heaven, Mary’s Song” by Eaton/Grant/Larson, “Lisbon Carol “ by Mayernik, and much more.
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