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JOIN US FOR OUR UPCOMING CONCERTS! WinterSong! A lways a favorite with local audiences; bring your nearest and dearest to celebrate the sounds of the season. Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 7:30pm, Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 1:30pm • St. Mary’s Cathedral, Portland, Oregon Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony & Britten’s Ballad of Heroes Carlos Kalmar conducts the Oregon Symphony and the Portland Symphonic Choir. This program pairs the powerful Ninth with Benjamin Britten’s Ballad of Heroes, a stirring work of three short movements for tenor soloist, choir, and orchestra. Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 7:30pm Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 2:00pm Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:00pm Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon Encore! Steven Zopfi celebrates his 10th anniversary as Artistic Director by conducting the Choir in this very special concert featuring favorites selected by our audiences, friends, and choir members. Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 7:30pm Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 1:30pm St. Mary’s Cathedral, Portland, Oregon Visit www.pschoir.org for ticket information, or call 503.223.1217
About the Portland Symphonic Choir Established in 1945, the Portland Symphonic Choir is the city’s oldest and largest independent choral organization. Singers selected for membership in this largely volunteer ensemble come from all over the Portland Metro area and from all walks of life. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Steven Zopfi since 2002, the Choir has achieved a reputation of excellence and dedication to creating powerful, accessible choral experiences for music enthusiasts and the wider community. In addition to performing major works as the official chorus of the Oregon Symphony, the Choir regularly commissions and premieres choral works by composers from the Northwest and across the US, including such notable artists as Jacob Avshalomov, Morten Lauridsen, Tomas Svoboda, and Bryan Johanson. Several recent concerts have celebrated American music and its rich history of song. Each summer, singers are invited to sing along with the Symphonic Choir at Summer Sings! The Choir also teams with Oregon Mentors and Providence ElderPlace to bring both young and old to concerts for low cost or for free. For this performance, the Choir is donating 200 tickets to Creative Arts Network, a regional arts education advocacy group. About the Oregon Symphony Led by Music Director Carlos Kalmar, the 76-member Oregon Symphony plays a full September-May schedule of 70 concerts spanning the musical spectrum with Classical, Pops, and Special concerts. In addition to its avid audiences in the 2,780-seat Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, the orchestra conducts a vigorous educational outreach program, sharing the power of music with the next generation and bringing its total annual audience to nearly a quarter of a million people. Now in its 117th season, it’s the oldest orchestra west of the Mississippi. In 2011, the Oregon Symphony was invited to Carnegie Hall where it won rave reviews from The New York Times and The New Yorker, who praised its performance as “one of the most gripping events of the current season.” The music on that program was recorded for the PentaTone label, and the CD, Music for a Time of War, hit the classical Billboard charts and won international accolades. Its next CD, This England— featuring works by Britten, Elgar, and Vaughan Williams—is set for release this coming November. This season, the orchestra has been invited back to Carnegie Hall in May, 2013 and will make its debut at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall. Cover art – Photo of Oregon Coast Sunset – © Deb White • Graphic design courtesy of Lodestar Studio, Inc. The Portland Symphonic Choir is supported in part by grants from the following organizations: 2012–2013 Season Media sponsors: Sponsored by: Portland Symphonic Choir • Mail: PO Box 1517, Portland, Oregon, 97207 • Telephone: 503-223-1217 • Website: www.pschoir.org
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