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In addition to the listed events, The Old Church presents free Sack Lunch Concerts, every Wednesday at noon.



Tuesday, July 7
7:00pm		On July 7th, Elizabeth Lyon will speak to Willamette Writers.  Elizabeth is the author of Manuscript Makeover. She has helped dozens of local authors get published. Elizabeth will offer writers techniques for both fiction and non-fiction.

Meeting starts at 7 pm; doors open, 6:30. $10 for non-members, free to members of WW and students.
Friday, July 10
7:30pm		The Portland Jazz Composers' Ensemble, directed by local pianist and composer Andrew Oliver and PSU Masters' graduate Gus Slayton, will perform its summer 2009 concert on Friday, July 10 at the historic Old Church. 

This concert follows the 14-piece group's last performance at the Old Church in February during the Portland Jazz Festival.  The PJCE, which was formed in late 2007, completed a its debut season in 2008 and has been very successful in its goal of promoting new music by composers in Portland's jazz community.  So far, the ensemble has premiered more than 25 new compositions by local and national composers.

This concert will feature new compositions by Portlanders Andrew Oliver, Gus Slayton, Reed Wallsmith, Eric Allen, Levis Dragulin, and Jon Roberts as well as new music by Seattle-based composer Mike Owcharuk and Boston-based Seattle native Stephen Connolly.

This performance will feature some of Portland's finest and most unique instrumentalists: Joel Griffith, Levis Dragulin, and Tree Palmedo on trumpets, John Moak, Dave Bryan, and Doug Peebles on trombones, Mary-Sue Tobin, Willie Matheis, Gus Slayton, and Lee Elderton on saxophones, Andrew Oliver on piano, Kyle Williams on guitar, Bill Athens on bass, and Kevin Van Geem on drums. 

Press:

“Portland teems with young jazz talent, and this promising 14-member group deserves to become a permanent local music institution.” – Willamette Week

“There was no system for making the kind of music they wanted to make, so they built one—a group explicitly conceived to perform original large-ensemble works by local jazz composers.”
– Portland Mercury

“Many of the songs were impressively inventive at times […] It was great fun to see so many composers experimenting this broadly […] It must have been daunting to face this much different music and make sense of it all, and they gave it a good ride, all the way through.”
- Oregonlive.com

$10 to the general public, $8 to students.
Saturday, July 11
6:30pm		"Songs and Sounds of Joy and Sorrow": A cello recital by James Waldo, featuring pianist Janet Coleman.  Free admission, donations gladly accepted.
James Waldo playing the cello in Chicago's Union Station.
Saturday's program will feature music for the cello from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, including a solo cello suite by J.S. Bach and one by Benjamin Britten. Inspired by Bach, Mtsislav Rostropovich, eminent cellist and friend of Britten's, asked the composer to write six suites for the cello, as Bach had. Britten reluctantly obliged, realizing that he was treading in the footsteps of a giant. We are very fortunate today to have three fantastic suites for solo cello by Britten, who was unable to finish the comission before his death.

James Waldo has been drawn to the cello since the age of seven because of its rich and powerful beauty, and because of the many diverse musical experiences it invites. James is currently pursuing his Master's degree at Mannes College of Music in Manhattan, where he studies with Timothy Eddy. As an undergraduate, James received his Bachelor's of Music from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied with cellist and Feldenkrais Method Practitioner Uri Vardi. in 2005, James was winner of the University of Wisconsin Concerto Competition, and in 2006, he was winner of the Menomonee Falls Concerto Competition. He has received high praise as a soloist, orchestral player, and a chamber musician. Earlier this spring, James placed as a finalist for the Mannes Concerto Competition, where he performed Samuel Barber's cello concerto. As a chamber musician, James has had made appearances at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This summer, James will be touring along the west coast with contemporary folk ensemble Spirits of the Red City, and performing as solo recitalist at a diverse spread of venues, from churches to prisons.
Monday, December 14
7:30pm		Celebrate the joy of Christmas with Bronn and Katherine Journey at their 28th Annual Christmas (and more!) Concert. Bronn will delight you with the shimmering sounds of the harp, the instrument of the angels perfectly, suited for playing the songs of Christmas.

Bronn’s friendly and folksy style is sure to make you feel comfortably at home. Katherine will charm her way into you heart as she sings the captivating classics of Christmas such as “O Holy Night,” or the gentle standards such as "Silent Night."  Join the Journeys! Be prepared to thoroughly enjoy the warmth of this special event that combines harp, humor and song. Admission is $18 at the door.  www.bronnjourney.com
 
 

——Sack Lunch Concerts——

Free Concerts every Wednesday, at noon. Come, relax, and enjoy an hour of fine music performed by local artists.
July 1Andreas Ehrlich, Canadian classical guitarist, has performed at the Old Church in years past as part of Early Voices with his late partner Carol Unger. Here he performs his first solo recital for us.
July 8Shannon Jones, soprano, in recital.
July 15Fleur de Lys Trio in concert.
July 22Solveig Nyberg, soprano, and Richard Bower on piano in recital.
July 29Unitarian Musicians Network perform as part of their Portland Conference.
Aug 5Portland State All-Stars, featuring Christopher Wickham, bassoon, Angela Niederloh and Keith Falkenberg, singers, and others in an extra-special reunion concert.
Aug 12David Rothman, concert pianist, in the first of a series of four recitals.
Aug 19Jim Norman, flautist, with Michael Barnes, piano.
Aug 26Gianni Schicci, a one-act comedy opera by Puccini, will be presented by singers from Eugene, Oregon.
Sept 2Max Fuller, baroque cellist and viola da gambist, with Bonnie Garrett, harpsichordist, return for "Bach to Bach", featuring the music of J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, and Tobias Hume.
Sept 9David Rothman, concert pianist, in the second of a series of four recitals.
Sept 16Cheryl Lynn Miller (piano) and Marion Van Namen (cello) will perform works by Antonio Vivaldi, Joseph Haydn, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Frederique Chopin and Paul Hindemith.
Sept 23La Stella Baroque, featuring the artistry of Mary Rowell, violin, Zoe Tokar, recorder, Hideki Yamaya, theorbo, and Max Fuller, cello, in a program of Italian greats including Castello, Vivaldi, Pandolfi and Rossi.
Sept 30David Rothman, concert pianist, in the third of a series of four recitals.
Oct 7Carol Adrianne, Coloratura Soprano with Richard Bower, pianist.
Oct 14Maria Olaya - guitarist from Bogota, Colombia, and Marion Van Namen - cellist from The Netherlands, in a recital of music for those instruments.
Oct 21David Rothman, concert pianist, in the final recital of a series of four.
Oct 28Tapestry Strings perform Piano Quartets.  Catherine Noll and Janet George, violins, Peggy Swafford, viola, Gayle Budd O'Grady.
Nov 4Sarah Kim in recital.
Nov 11Evanee Terrall in a piano recital.
Nov 18Dr. Beverly Serra-Brooks, pianist and Marylhurst piano professor, and friends, perform a chamber music concert.

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