Improvisation – Past Concerts near Portland, OR

The Department of Music welcomes Mike Block to campus for a classical improv workshop on Monday, February 26, 2024 from 10:30am-12pm in Eva…

One concert stage. Acoustic instruments. Microphones. Electronic sound machines. Colorful lighting. And lots of things unfamiliar! Willamet…

Migration is as natural as life. Plants grow towards the sun. Blades of grass meet wind and become an undulating meadow. Children hop from …

Jehan Alain — Litanies, JA 119
Maurice Duruflé — Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op. 7
Johann Sebastian Bach — Selected works
Dietrich Buxtehude — Selected works
Mirjam Haag — Selected works (original improvisations)

Emily Lau — Selected works

The Old Church invites you to be part of a series that celebrates intentional healing through sound, and creative visuals, and presence of …

Bask in the contemplative, exhilarating wonders of the Indian sitar with internationally acclaimed Arjun K. Verma.

Joined by other musician…

Richard Wagner — Overture to Rienzi, WWV 49
Gabriela Montero — Babel (Gabriela Montero, piano)
Gabriela Montero — Selected works (solo improvisations; Gabriela Montero, piano)
Vilém Tauský — Coventry
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 "Reformation"

Richard Wagner — Overture to Rienzi, WWV 49
Gabriela Montero — Babel (Gabriela Montero, piano)
Gabriela Montero — Selected works (solo improvisations; Gabriela Montero, piano)
Vilém Tauský — Coventry
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 "Reformation"

Richard Wagner — Overture to Rienzi, WWV 49
Gabriela Montero — Babel (Gabriela Montero, piano)
Gabriela Montero — Selected works (solo improvisations; Gabriela Montero, piano)
Vilém Tauský — Coventry
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 "Reformation"

Richard Wagner — Overture to Rienzi, WWV 49
Gabriela Montero — Babel (Gabriela Montero, piano)
Gabriela Montero — Selected works (solo improvisations; Gabriela Montero, piano)
Vilém Tauský — Coventry
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 "Reformation"

Philip Corner — Lecture from Sunday Performance
Philip Corner — Heraclitus 2
Philip Corner — Lesson from the East: Perfection is Not Exactness
Philip Corner — Just Another 12-Tone Piece
Philip Corner — Sang-Teh ("Situations")

Hiromi Uehara — Silver Lining Suite

Andy Akiho — Prospects for a Misplaced Year
Gabriella Smith — Carrot Revolution

Since retiring his project Dirty Beaches, Zhang has been focusing on explorations of improvised music, free jazz, and his new role as a com…

Pianist/composer Matan Porat improvises live, on-the-fly soundtrack performances for Buster Keaton’s classic silent films, The Playhouse & Sherlock Jr.. Outdoor seating.