(Graphic | Sunriver Music Festival) This is the 5th in a series of 44th Season previews of Sunriver Music Festival. Read all stories here: sunrivermusic.org. Can musical talent be inherited? Concertmaster Ruth Lenz makes a case for it. Lenz hails from what has been called Reno’s ‘first family’ of music. Ruth’s parents were early members…
(Photo | Courtesy of Bend Concerts) It’s our first new concert announcement of the year! Indie folk rockers Lord Huron will make their Les Schwab Amphitheater debut on Sunday, September 26 with special guest Allison Ponthier. General on sale for tickets starts Friday, May 7 at 10am in person at the Ticket Mill in the…
The Oregon Music Hall of Fame is pleased to remind all of you that applications for our college scholarship program are available with a final deadline of May 15. Each applicant should be a student studying music and graduating spring 2021 from an Oregon high school and continuing to college in the fall of 2021…
(Trampled by Turtles | Photo by David McClister) Mt. Joy and Trampled by Turtles are co-headlining a show at the Les Schwab Amphitheater on Friday, August 13. A local presale started today, Wednesday, May 5 at 10am here: bit.ly/MtJoyTbTBendOR. Password = local. The general onsale starts Thursday, May 6 at 10am in person at the…
(Jason Vieaux | Photo courtesy of Chamber Music Northwest) For the final performance of its streaming, nine-concert 2020-21 season, Chamber Music Northwest will present the Grammy Award-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux. Premiering Saturday, May 15 at 7pm PT, Jason Vieaux: Eloquent & Eclectic will be available to stream through Saturday, May 22 on CMNW.org. This…
The Rising Star and Fortissimo Awards are for students who have been nominated by their teachers for showing talent, effort, achievement and great promise as musicians due to perseverance and commitment to their craft. Fortissimo Will Mowry Cheerful and hardworking, Will Mowry (age 13), studying piano with Becky Smith, has got a lot going for…
(Jason Vieaux | Photo courtesy of Chamber Music Northwest) For the final performance of its streaming, nine-concert 2020-21 season, Chamber Music Northwest will present the Grammy Award-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux. Premiering Saturday, May 15 at 7pm PT, Jason Vieaux: Eloquent & Eclectic will be available to stream through Saturday, May 22 on CMNW.org. This…
(Photo by Pexels) Second Chances, the debut five-song EP from John Harvey, is set to release on all digital platforms for streaming and download on May 7. Earlier this year, Harvey released two singles from the EP Your Truck My Trailer and Let’s Do iT. Where the singles have an alt-country/folk-rock feel with present guitars,…
(The HDCM Educational Outreach hanging flower basket program helps fund educational outreach efforts | Photo courtesy of High Desert Chamber Music) High Desert Chamber Music (HDCM) is offering hanging flower baskets to fund Educational Outreach efforts. Grown in the valley, orders will be taken until mid-May, with delivery of these beautiful baskets to the HDCM…
(The KPOV staff | Photo courtesy of KPOV) KPOV, like the rest of Central Oregon, is emerging this Spring safely, realistically and optimistically from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the only nonprofit, community radio station broadcasting from Bend will hold its Spring 2021 Membership Drive at 88.9 fm and kpov.org from Friday, April 16-April…
