POV: Program Notes
Program notes take a deeper dive into the performances coming to our stages. Read prior to an event to learn more about the upcoming performance or after for greater understanding of the event you just attended.
Program Notes for Pacifica Quartet by Melissa Reardon
Notes on the Program By Melissa Reardon, Artistic Director of the Portland Chamber Music Festival LISTEN TO THESE NOTES ON
Program Notes for BANDALOOP by Aimée M. Petrin
Dear Friends Welcome. We could not think of a better way to kick off Portland Ovations’ 90th season than with
Program Notes for Fauré Quartett by Aimée M. Petrin
Dear Friends With 90 years of bringing the finest classical music to Portland-area audiences, who would ever have imagined we’d
Program Notes for globalFEST by Aimée M. Petrin
Dear Friends Each January when I go to NYC for the annual Association of Performing Arts Professionals conference, one event
Program Notes for the Fauré Quartett by Linda Russell
Pictures at an Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) Modest Mussorgsky received musical training as a child but made his livelihood as
Program Notes for “Samuel James Tells the Story of Tiny Bill McGraw” by Sarah Coleman
Friends, As I curate our programming geared towards young audiences it is important that it covers the three major genres
Program Notes for ‘Seeking Resonance: Toward Being Future Beings’ by Marcia Minter & Aimée M. Petrin
Dear Friends, The collaborative series Seeking Resonance is at the heart of Indigo Arts Alliance and Portland Ovations’ programming this
Program Notes for Step Afrika! by Sarah Coleman
Dear Friends, The first time I saw Step Afrika! I could not stay in my seat. The energy, the rhythm,
Program Notes for Paige and Friends! by Sarah Coleman
Dear Friends, Paige Hernandez returns to Portland Ovations! It just looks a lot different than 2012 when she performed
