Due to ongoing precautions surrounding COVID-19, the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance has made the difficult decision to convert the 2021 Oregon Bach Festival to a series of virtual events — offering audiences around the country and abroad the opportunity to enjoy the OBF season in the comfort and safety of their…
High Desert Chamber Music (HDCM) has been awarded a grant from the James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation toward general operating support. The independent and private foundation was established in 2002 to enhance the quality of life of Oregonians through support of the Arts and Education. High Desert Chamber Music has also received a…
On Thursday, February 18, from 7:30-8:30pm via Zoom, the Sunriver Music Festival will provide an update on its plans for 2021. Hear from the Festival’s young artists and orchestra members, get a sneak preview of the 2021 Summer Festival and receive an overview from the Festival’s Board of Trustees. Click Here to receive your Zoom…
(Photo | Courtesy of Sunriver Music Festival) This is the third in a series of previews of the upcoming 44th Season of the Sunriver Music Festival. You can view all stories online at: sunrivermusic.org. With 2020 behind us and COVID vaccines rolling out, everyone is looking forward to the return of live music to Central…
(Chris Thomas | Photo courtesy of Central Oregon Symphony Association) It is award season, and local composer Chris Thomas came home with the prize! He won the prestigious Hollywood Music in Media Award for Outstanding Original Score for the short film, Imagine Symphony Live. Imagine Symphony Live is a short film and composition set in…
(A pre-COVID Sisters Folk Festival performance. The 2021 Festival is tentatively scheduled for October | Photo courtesy of the Oregon Arts Commission) Awards totaling $910,568 have been distributed to 150 Oregon arts organizations through the Oregon Arts Commission’s fiscal year 2021 Operating Support Program, including five from Central Oregon. There are 12 more recipients than…
(Photo by cottonbro of Pexels) Let’s Do It, the first single from John Harvey’s debut EP Someday, will be released Friday, February 12. His first single is a high-energy dance number with a country swing two-step beat, a modern twist on a classic outlaw country vibe. Lyrically, the song speaks to the excitement of a…
(Photo | Courtesy of Sisters Folk Festival) The Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is moving from the second weekend in September to the first weekend of October each year, beginning in 2021. The new dates for SFF will be October 1-3, 2021. The board and staff of SFF made this decision based on a history forest…
(Photos | Courtesy of Sisters Folk Festival) The virtual My Own Two Hands fundraiser art auction is scheduled for May 10-15. Sisters Folk Festival staff and board are thrilled to announce this year’s theme, encouraging all of us by “Holding Hope” for better days ahead and a closer connection to community in our near future….
(Photo | Courtesy of Sisters Folk Festival) Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) has a new session of winter classes and workshops starting this week and next, all designed to take place virtually for both adults and youth during COVID-19. Registration is now open for Dynamics in Performance, Fundamentals of Bluegrass Guitar, Americana Song Share and Sisters…
