Friday, May 23, 2025 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
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$36.50 ($26 senior/student)

Nina ShekharQuirkhead
Various — Selected works

To celebrate and bring more awareness to Mental Health Awareness Month, this show focuses on highlighting different journeys people have within mental wellness, and how struggles can manifest in unexpected ways. Anna Schaum, musician and mental health specialist, joins the mousai REMIX quartet in unpacking these themes and creating dialogue on what mental health care can look like, what it can mean, and how it can change the world.

About mousai REMIX

Formed in the fall of 2011, mousai REMIX assembled out of a passion to study and perform the great string quartet literature for our beloved community. We've used our concert series to bring awareness to and raise funds for local music education non-profits, including the Oregon Symphony, James DePreist Community Engagement Fund, Portland Summer Ensembles, and the Community Music Center. mousai REMIX takes its name from the ancient Greek Mousai, the muses inspiring the arts and sciences.

Emily Cole, violin |
Shin-young Kwon, violin |
Jennifer Arnold, viola |
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello

https://mousairemix.instantencore.com/web/home.aspx

About Emily Cole, violin

Emily Cole joined the Oregon Symphony in 2011. An avid chamber musician, Emily is a member of the Mousai Remix string quartet with fellow Oregon Symphony musicians Shin-Young Kwon, Jennifer Arnold, and Marilyn de Oliveira. She has also performed locally with Third Angle Ensemble, fEARnoMUSIC, 45th Parallel, and Northwest New Music. During the summer months, Emily has performed with the Oregon Bach Festival, the Seattle Opera, and the Apollo Music Festival. Emily is on the faculty at Lewis & Clark College; she also coaches chamber musicians with Portland Summer Ensembles and Seattleā€™s Music Northwest.

Emily earned her M.M. from the University of North Texas, where she held a teaching fellowship and studied with Emanuel Borok. She received her B.M. from the University of Texas at Austin, studying with Brian Lewis. A native of Seattle, Emily was also a longtime student of former Seattle Symphony concertmaster Ilkka Talvi.

https://www.orsymphony.org/discover/orchestra/strings/emily-cole/