Podcasts about Oregon Symphony

Sarah Viens is Principal Trumpet of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and Symphony Tacoma, and is an active performer in the Pacific Northwest. Sarah frequently performs with the Seattle Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Auburn Symphony, Oregon Ballet Theater, and the Seattle and Portland Operas. She is Second Trumpet with the Sunriver Music Festival, and has performed with the Britt Festival Orchestra, Chamber Music Northwest, and the Oregon Bach Festival.In this episode, we discuss the trappings of academic careers, orchestral careers, and orchestral economics! Tune in for part 2 with Sarah later this month!

In this episode of Bend Don't Break, host Aaron Switzer sits down with longtime arts advocate Cate O'Hagan to discuss the impact of public art in Central Oregon. Cate shares insights from her decades-long career in the cultural sector, from her work with the Portland Art Museum and Oregon Symphony to her leadership at Arts Central and beyond.

This broadcast is inspired by the Oregon Symphony's The Nature of Music live performances, happening February 12th in Salem and February 13th in Portland. The Oregon Symphony's Associate Conductor Deanna Tham and co-host Amir Avsker, All Classical Radio and ICAN's 2023 Young Artist in Residence, will guide you through an imaginative journey through rivers, forests, and gardens—all brought to life through the theater of the mind and classical masterpieces.

Elishiya Crain-Keddie is a senior at the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics and is in her third year at the Young Composers Project. She plays principal cello for both of her school's top orchestras and has been selected for the LCRMEA Honors Orchestra every year she has been eligible. Elishiya's compositions have been awarded by Luna Composition Lab and the Washington State MTA, and played by the Oregon Symphony, Metropolitan Youth Symphony, and the NYC-based contemporary ensemble Bang on A Can. Additionally, she participated in the NowBeat Project and composed a string duet performed by Juilliard students. In her free time, she enjoys doing math, drinking boba tea and travelling, especially to Disney parks.

Send us a textThis week the Portland-based duo, Wonderly stopped by to discuss their latest album Wolves/ We also talked about the Low Bar Chorale, A new German Opera, and so much more.********Wolves is the culmination of a creative partnership that dates back to 2016. Brunberg and Landsverk debuted Wonderly with a self-titled 2017 collection; the unit continued with the post-pandemic release Story We Tell in 2022 and the covers collection Appropriate 'til Death in 2023. Their film scores have been featured on the soundtracks for the independent films Last Ferry, At the Video Store and other independent features, while their music has been heard as the aforementioned theme song of the New York Times' podcast The Daily and writer Cheryl Strayed's Dear Sugar, as well as on Brunberg's award-winning podcast Roam Schooled.Jim Brunberg was a touring song and dance man for 12 years with the hugely successful rock/harmony/acoustic duo (and sometimes quintet) Box Set, touring with acts ranging from Dave Matthews to Huey Lewis, through the 90s. In 2000, Jim opened a recording studio, turning to the recording and composing world to satisfy his constant hunger for music. He produced and engineered dozens of records for many artists (Storm Large, Kristin Hersh, John Wesley Harding, and countless Portland-based bands) and released a few solo albums before converting the studios into a world-class music venue (Mississippi Studios). This spawned a few larger venues (Revolution Hall and Polaris Hall) where Jim personally built the stages, much of the seating and decor of a family of venues he still co-owns with his business partner Kevin Cradock. Currently, Jim is writing and recording/producing a tragic/comic German Opera, working with some of the classical musicians he has met over the past several years (mostly Oregon Symphony players). The work, "Das Blut" is a satirical, full-fledged production, entirely in German, that takes aim at the rise of a tyrant. It is a nuanced, but completely insurgent take on empathy, power, where our demons come from, and what they eat for dinner. He plans to debut this work, along with a new batch of songs, in 2025.Ben Landsverk is an American composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist, based in Portland, OR, whose work focuses on social change through music. Hailed as a “prominent Portland composer” (Bloomberg Magazine) and “a unique musical talent” (Willamette Week), he is best known for his work as one half of the duo Wonderly, with musical partner Jim Brunberg. An active session musician, Landsverk has worked with such musical luminaries as Father John Misty, Pink Martini, Smokey Robinson, Van Dyke Parks, Storm Large, and Ruby Friedman Orchestra. From 2003-2015, he was a collaborator and music director with avant-garde performance artist Holcombe Waller and performed at such festivals as Under The Radar (NYC), Festival de Teatro de Curitiba (Brazil), Queer Zagreb (Croatia), Brooklyn Academy of Music (NYC), and Centre Pompidou (Metz and Paris, France).  Landsverk is the founder and director of Portland's Low Bar Chorale and of Voices Unlimited, Portland's flagship choir for people with neurodiversity. He spent over 20 years as a professional choral director and singer, specializing in medieval, renaissance, and baroque music. Landsverk is currently working on his first solo album, scheduled for release in early 2025. *******If you would like to contact the show about being a guest please email us at Dauna@bettertopodcast.comFollow us on SocSupport the show

All Classical Radio's Program Director John Pitman recently caught up with Hollywood actor and classical musician John Malkovich. Hear their hilarious chat about Malkovich's The Music Critic, a new recording from a recent Oregon Symphony concert in June 2024. Keep reading on the All Classical Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-review-malkovich/

Welcome to the show. Today we're tackling a topic that sends chills down the spines of many: mastering auditions. Whether you're aiming for a spot in an orchestra, prepping for a college jury, or even gearing up for that pivotal job interview, the anxiety and fear of auditions is a universal experience.Auditions can feel like stepping into the unknown, a daunting challenge that tests not only your skills but also your nerves. But here's the good news: just like any other challenge, the more you familiarize yourself with the process, the less intimidating it becomes. Remember the first time you rode a bike or spoke in public? The fear melted away with practice and preparation, and auditions are no different.Our guest on this episode is Micah Wilkinson, principal trumpet with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Micah has been on both sides of the audition table and understands the nuances that can make or break a performance. Our hope is that by the end of this episode, you'll feel more confident and equipped to tackle your next big opportunity with ease. Let's turn those audition fears into triumphs!Episode Highlights:-Micah shares his musical background in the Atlanta area...02:25-"You have what it takes to be a principal player"; a mentor spurs on a promising career...06:06-Micah's personal experience with auditions (what worked, what didn't)...12:05-Success in certain roles requires a certain amount of "healthy arrogance"...17:25-Focus on the music vs. YOU and no one hardly notices the mistakes...23:19-How do you play "consistently"; and what does "consistency" even mean?...28:35-How a giant whiteboard and recording device can help you track progress on audition prep...32:00-"There's no doubt in my mind the person who won [the recent PSO audition] was more prepared than anyone else"...35:00-View articulation more as properly expressing the language of the music vs. tonguing or fingering with a certain technique...43:00-Plus whatever your discerning ears deem worthy of your time and interest...Episode Sponsor:MF Lip GripAbout the Guest:Micah Wilkinson has enjoyed a varied career as an orchestral musician, soloist, chamber artist, and teacher. He was appointed Principal Trumpet of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra by Music Director Manfred Honeck in September 2017. Wilkinson came to the Pittsburgh Symphony from the San Diego Symphony, where he served as Principal Trumpet for three years. He previously held positions with the Houston Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, and the Tucson Symphony. He recently performed in subscription programs as Guest Principal Trumpet with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, and the Seoul Philharmonic. In the summers, he performs as Principal Trumpet of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.As an educator, he strives to help the next generation of brass players to find their own unique voices as musical artists. He is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after instructors for trumpet in the United States and enjoys working privately with students at his home studio in Pittsburgh and online through virtual platforms. He is currently on the faculty at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and at the Chautauqua Institution School of Music. He has also taught at the Aspen Music Festival, Eastman Summer Music Institute, Round Top Festival Hill Institute, and the Brevard Music Center. He previously served on the faculties of the University of Houston and Portland State University, and has presented master classes and clinics for colleges and universities all over the United States, as well as Europe and Asia. Wilkinson grew up in Norcross, Georgia. A...

Explore the intersections of literature and music in these conversations between writers and members of both Oregon Symphony and 45th Parallel.

Portland musician Jimmie Herrod has sung in many different kinds of venues for a variety of performances. He’s been a guest vocalist with Portland-based Pink Martini since 2017. He was a finalist on "America's Got Talent" in 2021, and his past shows include performances with numerous symphonies, including the Oregon Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra. But his upcoming show with the Metropolitan Youth Symphony is a unique performance. The program consists of orchestral arrangements done in collaboration with youth composers for six of his original songs: Are You Lonely, Beautiful, I Love You, I Want To Run, Mouche, and Willow Bed. MYS trombone player and composer Elaina Stuppler arranged I Love You with only a rough recording Herrod made for her on his phone. Music Director Raúl Gómez-Rojas facilitated the unique project, which will be performed on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at the Newmark Theatre in Portland. He joins us in studio, along with Herrod and Stuppler, to talk about the creative process and bring us a sneak peak of the show.

Join Dr Greenthumb aka B-Real and the crew! Hanging with B-Real, BOBO, Steftone, Psycho Les, C-Minus, Cali Blaise, and the Tree House Crew is always a great time as they tell stories, jokes, and blaze of course. Roll one, smoke up, and enjoy THE HIGHEST SHOW IN THE WORLD!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 959, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Fine Food 1: At a raw bar, try the Lynnhaven type of this mollusk--it doesn't shuck. oysters. 2: Sushi lovers know a California roll contains this tree fruit aka the alligator pear. the avocado. 3: Sorbet is served to cleanse this, a term for a part of the mouth. the palate. 4: As you can see, this traditional roast beef accompaniment is not what we'd normally call a pudding. Yorkshire pudding. 5: Columbus was a fan of these, also a generic Italian term for cookies, because they resisted mold on voyages. biscotti. Round 2. Category: Treblemakers 1: Chien Tan of the Oregon Symphony is one of the few masters of the smaller treble type of this string instrument. the violin. 2: Treble recorders are also called this, also a 4-letter female singing voice. alto. 3: The reeds and keys controlling the treble on the piano type of this flexible instrument are on the right side. the accordion. 4: Any birdbrain knows this name for the part of a stereo speaker that produces treble sounds. the tweeter. 5: This word found after "treble" comes from the French for "key". clef. Round 3. Category: Silent Letter But Deadly 1: Proverbially, you go "under" it when you head into surgery. under the knife. 2: Mom might let you run with rock or paper, but never with these. scissors. 3: It's a tool and a deadly weapon in a game of Clue and can also mean to twist violently. a wrench. 4: This "d'etat", a sudden forced change in government, can get dangerous fast. a coup. 5: A silent "C" is the second letter of this agricultural implement, Death's symbolic tool of the trade. a scythe. Round 4. Category: Sporting Goods 1: Ecologically minded golfers can get these golf ball supporters that are biodegradable. tees. 2: Young kids don't need them; for older skiers their grips should be at a level with arms bent and out-stretched. poles. 3: In baseball, this player's mitt cannot have a circumference of more than 38". the catcher. 4: Kevlar, used in bulletproof vests, is used by Wilson to make these balls that you may kick or head. a soccer ball. 5: Montreal's 2002 Jr Powerlam is a 51" long one of these with a synthetic blade. a hockey stick. Round 5. Category: Catching Some ZS. With Z in quotes 1: Both NYC and Philadelphia claim the oldest of these in the U.S.. zoo. 2: It's the hairy-stemmed flower named for Johann Zinn. a Zinnia. 3: Ahura Mazda is not a model of car, but the 1 true god of this religion. Zoroastrianism. 4: Wahoo! This movie mogul was born in Wahoo, Nebraska in 1902. (Darryl) Zanuck. 5: 2-word term for the weightlessness experienced by astronauts in orbit. zero gravity. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Mariachi Tradicion, a band made up of students from Forest Grove High School, has played with the Oregon Symphony, in front of audiences at Pickathon music festival, and will now perform later this month at the Jack London Review. The band was founded seven years ago by Lesslie Nuñez as an afterschool club at the middle school. Now, it is the only band from the Pacific Northwest to attend the International Mariachi Conference in Tucson every year. Nuñez and the band join us for music and conversation. Band members include: Marc FernandezXochitl Gonzalez-Viveros Carlos Marquez VargasRaquel Lopez AndradeJesus Contreras AguileraCitlalli Tinoco AvalosEmilio GironDulceluna Cebrera GomezAaron Andrade Erik Bonilla-Vallejo Ashley Aguilera Hernandez Lizzly Izquierdo-Mendoza

Amy Andersson is an Internationally recognized, Grammy-winning conductor and producer. Named by British music critic Norman Lebrecht as “America's most watched Symphony Orchestra Conductor,” Andersson has been praised for her dynamic musicality, expressive technique and cross genre repertoire. She has toured to over twenty-two countries conducting concerts and recording sessions in symphonic, operatic, film, musical theatre and video game genres. She has appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, CBS Morning News, CBS Evening News and has garnered press coverage in the Wall Street Journal, Variety, Forbes, and Huffington Post. Andersson is founder and conductor of Orchestra Moderne NYC, which debuted at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and has won critical acclaim for her charismatic and visionary accomplishments as creator and conductor of Women Warriors: The Voices of Change, a live-to-picture symphony production and documentary film. Women Warriors has won over twenty-four international film and music awards including four Telly Awards, a Hollywood Music in Media Award, a GRAMMY in “Best Classical Compendium, a 2022 BMI “Impact Award,” a 2023 SCL “Jury Award” and has screened at film festivals in more than twelve countries, including the Fimucité International Film Music Festival in Tenerife. Known for her commitment to the music of living composers, she has conducted the works of composers Neal Acree, Elitsa Alexandrova, Peter Boyer, Nathalie Bonin, Jessica Curry, Miriam Cutler, Anne-Kathrin Dern, Greg Edmonson, Isolde Fair, Sharon Farber, Steve Jablonsky, Grant Kirkhope, Penka Kouneva, Bear McCreary, Martin O'Donnell, Kol Otani, Starr Parodi, Lolita Ritmanis, Garry Schyman, Yoko Shimomura, Jeremy Soule, George Strezov, Chance Thomas, Nobou Uematsu, Jack Wall, and Austin Wintory, among others, either on the concert stage or in recording sessions. Andersson has made guest appearances the St. Louis Symphony, Houston Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Spanish Philharmonic, Berliner Symphoniker, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Stockholm Concert Orchestra, Spanish National Youth Orchestra, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Classic FM Radio Orchestra of Bulgaria, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Neiderrheinsche Symphoniker, LOH Orchestra Sonderhausen, Giessen Philharmonic, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Macedonian Philharmonic, Monte Carlo Philharmonic, Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland, Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, National Orchestral of Mexico, and at free-lance orchestras in Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy and Ireland. Andersson regularly conducted opera productions in Germany at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, National Theater of Mannheim, Stadttheater Aachen, Weikersheim Opera Festival, Rheinsberg Chamber Opera, and Schlosstheater Schwetzinger. In 2017 Andersson completed a two year, world tour of the live-to-picture concert Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses. Andersson is a devoted teacher and educator and known also for her work with youth orchestras. She was adjunct conducting faculty at the Universität der Künste Berlin, music director of the famed CPE Bach High School of Performing Arts in Berlin, and adjunct faculty in Media and Film Scoring at Brooklyn College/Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. In Germany she conducted the Rheinberg Chamber Opera Festival and Weikersheim Opera Festival for four summer seasons of productions that featured rising opera singers and youth orchestras. She is currently conducting faculty at the USC Thornton in the Screen Scoring department, and the Hollywood Music Workshop in Baden, Austria. Current projects include Andersson as co-Executive Producer on the soon to be released film (2023)Tahlequah The Whale: A Dance of Grief, by filmmaker Daniel Kreizberg, featuring the music of Lolita Ritmanis. She is also conductor and co-producer of the soon to be released soundtrack.

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In the Artichoke Café again. Coming up in the next couple of weeks, Peter Dammann to tell us all about the lineup for the Waterfront Blues Fesival, Terry Robb, famed guitar slinger, and Jazz bassist Dennis Caizza. Today I'm very happy to welcome China Forbes of Pink Martini but not only Pink Martini, she has a new album of her own in the works and will be singing with the Oregon Symphony on Saturday, May 6. That's a lot to talk about. As I'm sure you know China has been with Pink Martini since circa 1995. It's something that's taken her all over the world. One thing I will ask is has she ever gotten tired of singing Brazil. Let's welcome China Forbes.

Mariachi Tradicion, a band made up of students from Forest Grove High School, has played with the Oregon Symphony, in front of audiences at Pickathon music festival, and will now perform later this month at the Jack London Review. The band was founded seven years ago by Lesslie Nuñez as an afterschool club at the middle school. Now, it is the only band from the Pacific Northwest to attend the International Mariachi Conference in Tucson every year. Nuñez and the band join us for music and conversation

In this episode I talk about the Oregon Symphony, with the Dandy Warhols, 33 years of marriage, The record release party with the Dandy Warhols. RockMaker, Communication and a few other things. This is a solo project, and I am going to be doing more of this so that I can get better at it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gary-fox2/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gary-fox2/support

In the fall of 2022, the Oregon Symphony hired Deanna Tham as their new associate conductor. Deanna is incredibly talented and she's an expert at drawing out rich sounds from large orchestras.  When she needs to let loose Deanna goes rock climbing. You might think that scaling rock faces has nothing to do with conducting an orchestra, but for Deanna, the two disciplines have a lot in common.Connect with Deanna: Instagram Oregon Symphony Instagram Oregon Symphony WebsiteResources: Check out REI's Fall 2022 Editor's Choice Awards

Singer Alonzo Chadwick on finding peace through music, his work with the Grammy-nominated Oregon Symphony, and managing BRAVO Youth Orchestras, a nonprofit that teaches children to play classical music with free violin, string, and choral classes.

Soren Cowell-Shah has been singing his whole life. Now a 17-year-old senior at Catlin Gabel, he joined Pacific Youth Choir when he was only five years old. In this episode of On Deck, Soren shares with Raúl Gómez-Rojas how he loves the breadth of music he gets to sing in PYC, as well as the additional opportunities like performing with the Oregon Symphony. A big fan of Broadway musicals, Soren has acted in all of his school's productions. Outside of music, he enjoys participating in Model UN, Science Bowl, and playing Dungeons & Dragons. He'll be attending Harvard University in the fall, where he plans to study linguistics or political science, and looks forward to singing with the school's a capella groups.

We continue our Black women in the Arts Series with the incomparable Jennifer Arnold. She was a delight to speak with. Her journey and story are remarkable. At a young age, she declared her path and embarked on the journey of a lifetime.Hearing her story left me in awe. The experiences she shared reminded me of a great movie filled with adventure and passion. Not only is she on the stage as a violist, but she uses her superpowers to help orchestras navigate diversity through the Black Orchestral Network of which she is a founding member. Join in my delight and enjoy our conversation on the Black Women Amplified Podcast. Monica, Black Women Amplified Please support the podcast with a purchase of merch. www.blackwomenamplified.com/shop. Send us a pic and we will post it on our socials. Jennifer Arnold, Viola Bio:Violist Jennifer Arnold is currently the Artistic Advisor to the Richmond Symphony, a freelance musician and arts consultant living abroad in Taiwan with her husband through the summer of 2024. She recently departed her position as Director of Artistic Planning and Orchestral Operations with the Richmond Symphony (VA) after helping to successfully lead the orchestra safely through the ongoing pandemic, allowing the orchestra to keep performing for the community. Jennifer is passionate about expanding the symphonic canon and focuses her artistic planning skills on creating opportunities for diverse voices to be publicly heard.Prior to her appointment in RVA, she enjoyed 15 seasons as a violist with the Oregon Symphony in addition to serving as Director of Artistic Operations for 45th Parallel Universe in Portland, OR. Jennifer performs as a member of the Gateways Festival Orchestra, Sphinx Symphony, Oregon Bach Festival, and with string quartet, mousai REMIX. A highlight of her career, Jennifer finds immense joy in teaching each summer at the Sphinx Performance Academy for young Black and brown musicians ages 12 – 17. She is a founding member of the Black Orchestral Network and holds memberships with ISBM, ASTA, SAA, AFM Local 99, and the Urban League. In her free time, Jennifer enjoys volunteering, mentoring, languages, traveling, kdrama, and karaoke.  Follow her on most platforms @24caratviolaThank you for listening! Please share with your tribe and leave us a great review. Appreciate it!Join our waitlist for the Power Story Formula. An incredible course designed to help you choose, build and monetize an impactful story. www.monicawisdomHQ.com to sign up. Join our private community. Women EmergedEnjoy your day, Monica Wisdom

Eric and Jon both have good Thanksgiving meals and breaks, Looney Tunes at the Oregon Symphony, and a recommendation for Glass Onion. iSpoof takedown in the UK, significant fines down under, and trusting your laptop to a repair shop may result in privacy violations. For fun we have a video teaching lockpicking to blind students, and Roal Road, an online portal for authors. 0:00 - Intro 13:00 - Glass Onion 14:39 - iSpoof No More 21:40 - That's not a Fine, this is a Fine 25:13 - Repair Shop Peeps 30:12 - Guelph in 72! 31:25 - Lockpicking Students 34:33 - Royal Road 36:40 - Path Of Ascension

Writer Karen Russell chats with Oregon Symphony's Gabriel Kahane in this conversation for 2022 #PDXBookFest.

Adam Aminé Daniel – better known by his stage name “Aminé” – is frequently heralded as one of the most successful hip-hop artists to come out of the Rose City. Since releasing the hit 2016 single “Caroline,” the Portland-born rapper has performed at Coachella, made political waves on “The Tonight Show,” earned a Grammy nomination and toured internationally. And on Nov. 9, he'll return to Portland to make his orchestral debut with the Oregon Symphony. Aminé joins host Dave Miller to talk about the upcoming performance and his career so far.

Amy Faust gets to know Ellie Kim, one of this year's six winners of Cognizart's Young Artist Debut competition. A junior at Westview High in Beaverton, Ellie has been playing violin since age 5. With her younger sister, Kristen Kim, also being recognized by Cognizart this year for her cello playing, it's surprising to hear that Ellie's parents aren't musicians themselves, but just wanted their daughters to find something to feel passionate about. Although Ellie normally prefers romantic-era compositions, she won her Cognizart slot performing Ernest Bloch's “Baal Shem”, a contemporary piece she connected to through her teacher Carol Sindell. Along with the other finalists Ellie will perform this piece live on November 18th at the Reser Center in Beaverton with members of the Oregon Symphony and the Oregon Ballet Orchestras.

Kicking off a banner season in 2022-23, Inbal Segev releases the fourth and last volume of her “20 for 2020” commissioning project on October 7, comprising world premiere works by Oscar Bettison, Camille El Bacha, Stewart Goodyear, Molly Joyce, and Immanuel Wilkins. All four volumes of the project, plus a bonus track by Segev herself. The cellist performs live this season in concerts around the world celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship, each anchored by Anna Clyne's DANCE, a cello concerto commissioned by Segev and recorded in 2020. She opens the Charlotte Symphony season, performing the Elgar concerto with conductor Andrew Grams; performs multiple concerts with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, on tour in Bogotá, Colombia, and at home in New York; and gives the world premiere performances of Vijay Iyer's Human Archipelago with the London Philharmonic Orchestra led by Edward Gardner, before performing the work with the co-commissioning Oregon Symphony and Boise Philharmonic. Segev is also pleased to announce her new partnership with Arabella Arts, which will now serve as her worldwide representation.Purchase the music (without talk) at:Inbal Segev IV (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

The early months of the pandemic forced performing arts organizations like the Oregon Symphony to pivot, shifting performances online and developing new digital content such as “Symphony Storytime.” Launched in July 2020, the series premiered its third season last month. Each episode is between 10 to 15 minutes long and features a narrator reading a classic children's story such as “The Snowy Day,” accompanied by a musical score inspired by the story and performed by a symphony musician. Several episodes in each season are also narrated in Spanish. Joining us are two classical musicians who have performed and narrated episodes of “Symphony Storytime.” Jeff Garza is is Principal French Horn at the Oregon Symphony and an adjunct Instructor of Horn at Oregon State University. Sergio Carreno is Assistant Principal Timpani and Percussion at the Oregon Symphony.

A conversation about adaptation and the creative process with composer Missy Mazzoli, writer Karen Russell, & Oregon Symphony's Gabriel Kahane.

Dorothy James is a Brooklyn based puppeteer and maker of tiny things. She has puppeteered for Wakka Wakka (Made in China, 59E59 Theaters, FigurTeatret i Nordland; The Immortal Jellyfish Girl, FigurTeatret), Nick Lehane and Derek Fordjour (SELF MUST DIE: Fly Away, Petzel Gallery), Basil Twist (Hansel & Gretel, Michigan Opera Theatre), Molly Smith (Snow Child, Arena Stage), AchesonWalsh & Radio City (The New York Spectacular…) Unknown Mortal Orchestra (“That Life”), BBC (Moon and Me), Amazon (Patriot), and Apple TV+ (Hello Tomorrow!). As a creator, Dorothy uses table top, shadow, rod, and paper cut puppetry to create otherworldly narratives that meld the grotesque with a sense of innocence. She is the co-creator of Bill's 44th, a wordless puppet show for adults which was named a New York Times Critic's Pick and has performed in NYC at Dixon Place and in Chicago at the Chopin Theater as a part of the 2022 Chicago International Puppetry Festival. Her paper cut stop-motion film Lethologica was an official selection of Chicago's Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Festival and the Upstate NY Horror Festival. Andy Manjuck is a Brooklyn-based artist. He is a company member of Wakka Wakka ("Baby Universe," "Saga," "Made in China," "The Immortal Jellyfish Girl"), and has worked with Robin Frohardt ("The Pigeoning," "The Plastic Bag Store"), Nick Lehane ("Chimpanzee," and "Fly Away" – a collaboration with Derek Fordjour's SELF MUST DIE exhibition, Petzel Gallery), Unknown Mortal Orchestra (“That Life,” Double Solitaire), Doug Fitch ("Petrushka" with the NY Philharmonic Orchestra, and Oregon Symphony), Apple TV+ ("Hello Tomorrow!"), BYUtv ("9 Years to Neptune"), and Betty Productions ("4th Islamic Solidarity Games Opening Ceremonies," Baku, Azerbaijan, "48th National Day Celebration," Abu Dhabi, UAE). He co-founded the arts collective Eat Drink Tell Your Friends ("Lectures," "Photo & Supply). He has also designed and taught at the Peabody Institute at John Hopkin's University. Andy's most recent work, "Bills 44th" was named a New York Times Critic's Pick and has performed at Dixon Place, St Ann's Warehouse, and at the Chopin Theater as part of The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival in 2022. In this episode we chat about landing on puppeteering as a career, valuing your creative family, keeping a creative project going through tough times, Andy and Dorothy's puppet show baby: Bills 44th, and the melding of luck and hard work. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ongoingness/support

The iconic celebration of civic pride, creative expression and just plain fun known as the Portland Rose Festival is back to its full itinerary this year. It's been a part of the cultural life of the area for more than a century. The festival had to be vastly scaled down in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic, but has only been canceled twice in its 115 year history. Events include three parades, the Spring Rose Show, fleet week and what's known as CityFair at the Tom McCall Waterfront park, with games, rides, concerts and more. The Rose Festival officially kicks off Friday, May 27. But several events are scheduled for Thursday, including free public performance by the Oregon Symphony. The Rose Festival officially runs through June 11, but many related events are scheduled throughout that month. We learn more about this iconic event from past president Leslie Goodlow, who has been attending and helping organize it since she first moved to the city as a child in the early 1970s.

A conversation about adaptation and the creative process with composer Missy Mazzoli, writer Karen Russell, & Oregon Symphony's Gabriel Kahane.

Synopsis The American composer and singer songwriter Gabriel Kahane claims someone once described one of his songs as having been from the wastepaper basket of Schubert – but, Kahane hastens to add, “I think he meant that as a compliment.” Certainly Kahane is a successful songwriter, and if not quite as prolific as the 19th century Viennese composer, is quite productive on a number of 21st century platforms and takes his inspiration from quintessential 21st century experiences. On today's date in 2018, for example, the Oregon Symphony premiered his “Emergency Shelter Intake Form,” a song-cycle or oratorio inspired by the questionnaire homeless people have to take to secure a shelter bed. “I live in Brooklyn,” said Kahane, “and I had volunteered at a shelter in Manhattan. I started thinking about the banality of going through that crushing bureaucracy on top of experiencing extreme poverty. That led to the intake form as a jumping-off point for the libretto. It is somewhere between found text and my own extrapolations that began with this sterile administrative form.” The Oregon Symphony's premiere performance of Gabriel Kahane's “Emergency Shelter Intake Form” was recorded, and, in equally quintessential 21st century fashion, is available as a download. Music Played in Today's Program Gabriel Kahane (b. 1981) – “What brings you here?” from “Emergency Shelter Intake Form” (Alicia Hall Moran, ms; Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, cond.) Digital download

I had the most enjoyable INTERPLAY Conversation In Music recently with the remarkable conductor CARLOS KALMAR. Longtime music director of the Oregon Symphony and Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra, Maestro Kalmar is now director of orchestral music at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He reveals his approach to the score, his background, and what he wishes to impart to his students. Endlessly fascinating! www.michaelshapiro.com

This weekend the Oregon Symphony presents a new piece called An African American Requiem by Portland composer Damien Geter. The piece features a choir singing traditional Latin Requiem texts, civil rights declarations, and poetry. We talk to Geter about his work, and his approach to writing a musical response to violence against African Americans in the U.S.

In this episode we had the immense pleasure of welcoming David Eby back to our podcast to delve deeper into the incredible work that he is doing in the music community. David has an inspiring and freeing approach to music making, and shares with us how we can cultivate a state of being that allows us to truly connect to the music and our audience from a place of joy and love. This episode left us both with warm open hearts. David Bio: David Eby received his Bachelor of Music degree and Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Paul Katz of the Cleveland Quartet. He went on to earn his Masters of Music degree from Indiana University where his principal teacher was Janos Starker. He is the founding cellist of Pink Martini and his recordings include Sympathique with Pink Martini, Mystic harp 2, Secrets of Love, Relax: Meditations for Flute and Cello, Song of the Nightingale and the Finding Happiness soundtrack for Hansa Productions.  In 2001 he became the Music Director at the Ananda Village in Northern California where he explored the realms of music, consciousness, inspiration, discovering the steps for achieving a consistently inspired performance. David is the cellist of the Bodhi trio, and performs with the Oregon Symphony and Portland Cello Project. He is on faculty at Lewis and Clark College, is a Teaching Artist for the BRAVO Youth Orchestra and is the director of the Advanced Strings at Oregon Episcopal School. He lives in Southwest Portland and teaches Workshops for the Inspired Musician. Show Notes: Princeton- Sound Journey Lewis and Clark  Bill Neill Autobiography of a Yogi Tedx Talk  David playing conceret with Speigle im Speigle  Brené Brown- Atlas of the Heart 

Acting bassoon/contrabassoon of the Oregon Symphony Kai Rocke shares his love for cooking and how a cuisine connects you to a person's culture and ancestry, just like music. Oregon Symphony www.orsymphony.org Support this podcast at www.patreon.com/haydnmusicstand and follow us on social media @haydnmusicstand Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1mJVam8s0zJ91JhhC7Dpd0?si=03f919267eaf4a11 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/haydnmusicstand/support

On this episode we discuss our favorite double reed references in the media! For our interview we welcome Carin Miller, principal bassoon of the Oregon Symphony! This podcast is brought to you by Chemical City Double Reeds (www.chemicalcityreeds.com), TheJoyousBassoon (https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheJoyousBassoon), Barton Cane (https://www.bartoncane.com/), and RDG Woodwinds Inc. (rdgwoodwinds.com)! Thank you to our wonderful sponsors!

James recently made a very thought provoking comment on his Facebook page: “ Just as we are getting back in the swing of things at the Oregon Symphony, I'm being visited by my first struggles with performance anxiety in several years. UGH. I've talked to enough folks about this topic over the years to know that a lot of people who you might not expect have had their struggles with performance anxiety - even if it can feel like you're the only one going through it. If anyone else out there is having a bumpier ride with performing these days than they'd like, you are not alone!” I decided to reach out to James to explore this idea of Performance Anxiety and hope that sharing our experiences can help other people going through similar things!

Get into the excitement of the Christmas with Peter Frajola from the Oregon Symphony. Peter talks with David about the special events they have coming up this season. https://www.orsymphony.org/ (The Oregon Symphony).

The first concert since the pandemic shut-down is happening soon. David listens to a violin solo from Peter Frajola, Associate Concert Master with the Oregon Symphony.

Saxophonist Idit Shner joins us to chat about moving between the classical and jazz worlds, her early love for baroque music as a young recorder player, and her thoughts on providing space for students to experience music-making across genres. Idit talks about the differences in the physical technique and the mental preparation for jazz vs. classical performance, and how this influences her approach to performing and recording. She shares her interest in exploring traditional Jewish and Zimbabwean musics, the internal grammar inherent in each piece, the role that her local musical community plays in inspiring her work, and how she hates the word fusion when blending the musics of multiple cultures. An active performer of both jazz and classical music, Idit has played in various distinguished venues in the United States and abroad, such as The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and Lincoln Center in New York. Currently, Shner plays with her jazz quartet in Eugene and Portland, Oregon. Her latest release of jazz originals, 9 Short Stories, garnered a 4 star review in Downbeat Magazine. Her jazz debut, Tuesday's Blues, features nursery rhymes and ancient melodies from the Jewish liturgy performed in a jazz setting. Tuesday's Blues got great reviews from JazzTimes, All Music Guide, and Jazz Review. Jazz festival performances include the Diet Coke Woman in Jazz Festival (NY), Bellayre Festival (NY), and New-Trier Jazz Festival (IL). Idit appears on Music from SEAMUS Vol. 16, a compilation CD of music for instruments and electronic sounds by members of the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States. As a classical saxophonist Idit has commissioned and recorded new music and performed solo recitals in the US and Israel. MINERVA is her latest classical release. Her third CD, Le Merle Noir, featuring music by Messiaen, Bozza, Partos, and Glass, was released on Origin Classics in August 2013. Her previous classical recording, FISSURES: 20th Century Music for saxophone and Harp with renowned harpist Yumiko Schlaffer, received great acclaim and was played on NPR's All Things Considered. Idit has collaborated with Fireworks, Beta Collide and Third Angle (new music ensembles), and performed with the Oregon Symphony and the Eugene Symphony. Other appearances include the Northwest Percussion Festival, Electronic Music Midwest, the Oregon Bach Festival, and many North American Saxophone Alliance Conventions. During March 2006 she played in Israel as a featured soloist with a symphonic orchestra, and performed contemporary music at the national convention of the Society for Electro Acoustic Music in the US. Her last solo recital in Israel was broadcasted live on Voice of Music, a national public radio station. During 2005-2006 Idit played lead alto with Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra. Performing her own compositions in a jazz combo setting, she was selected to participate in Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead. Idit holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Oklahoma City University, a Masters degree in Music Education from University of Central Oklahoma, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from University of North Texas. Idit now teaches at the University of Oregon, as professor of saxophone and jazz studies. She was awarded two prestigious teaching awards: The 2015 Thomas F. Herman Award for Excellent in Pedagogy in areas of saxophone technique and chamber music coaching; and the 2016 University of Oregon Faculty Excellence Award. The transcript for this episode can be found here. For more information about Chamber Music America, please visit her website and Instagram.

Welcome to the Classical Currents podcast, I'm Charles Noble. Today I'm talking with the members of a fantastic and exciting new violin duo called Fifth Mirror. Those two violinists are Portland natives Hannah Tate and Lucia Atkinson. Between the two of them, they play with just about every premiere orchestral ensemble in the Portland area, including the Oregon Ballet Theatre orchestra, the Portland Opera Orchestra, and the Oregon Symphony. They're also fantastic chamber musicians, and that love of playing in smaller ensembles, along with their curiosity and passion for finding hidden gems of the violin duo repertoire led them to found Fifth Mirror together. Fifth Mirror makes their debut in a virtual concert produced by Great Arts Period which will air on Friday, September 17th at 7:30 PM Pacific time. You can find the link and more information at www.classicalcurrents.com/shownotes.

On this 2-part special edition of Life in The Grooves, I talk with GRAMMY Award-winning conductor, composer, arranger and trumpeter, Jeff Tyzik. As one of America's most innovative and sought-after pops orchestra conductors, Tyzik is recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming, and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages.  Jeff has led the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra as its principal pops conductor for more than 27 years. He is also the principal pops conductor for the Dallas Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, and the Oregon Symphony. Tyzik studied both classical and jazz at the prestigious Eastman School of Music where he earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees. He has also produced and composed theme music for many of the major television networks and released six of his own albums on Capitol, Polygram, and Amherst Records. In Part 1 of my conversation, Jeff talks about how he had to adapt and create new programming for orchestras during the Covid- 19 pandemic. Tyzik also looks back on some of his earliest musical experiences and the impact they had on his career. You'll also learn about the years Jeff spent touring, recording, and producing with GRAMMY Award-winning jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist, Chuck Mangione.  Committed to performing music of all genres, Jeff Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Megan Hilty, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison, Wynonna Judd, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Marilyn Horne, and the great Doc Severinsen.

The Oregon Symphony has chosen its new music director for the 2021-2022 season. David Danzmayr will take the place of Carlos Kalmar, who stepped down in 2020. Danzmayr grew up in Austria and came to the U.S. as the music director of the Illinois Philharmonic in Chicago. He will start at the Oregon Symphony in June. He joins us to talk about stepping into his new role.

Brian Davis playing pandeiro. Drums and gear direct from Brazil. GoSamba.net Bio:Brian Lavern Davis was raised in Portland, Oregon, and his musical studies have taken him to India, Japan, New York, Puerto Rico, Turkey, Jamaica, and Brazil. His teachers include Jorge Alabe, Obo Addy, Yacub Addy, Jose Ricardo Santos; Ballet Folklorico do Bahia, Colin Walcott, Michael Spiro, Ailton Nunes, Keith Terry, Los Muñequitos de Mantanzas, Bruno Moraes (Mocidade Indepente de Padre Miguel), Jorge Martins (Maracatu Estrella Brilante de Recife), Marcos Suzano, and Nana Vasconcelos. He has served on the faculties of Jefferson Performing Arts High school, Portland State, and Vancouver School of Arts & Academics, and conducted residencies at The Naropa Institute, Reed College, Lewis & Clark College, Portland State, and many others. Brian is an original touring and recording member of Pink Martini (13 CD's, 1 DVD, numerous world tours), is the founder and director of the Brazilian styled music and dance ensemble “The Lions of Batucada”, and formed and directs the 127 member “Ainsworth Jr. Escola” - a Portland youth samba bateria (2004 - present). He has toured and/or recorded with jazz legend Herbie Hancock, Kalapana, Upepo, Obo Addy, Dub Squad, Nu Shooz, McKinley, Dan Reed Network, and the show “BataKetu” among many others. He has performed with a variety of symphonies across the US, Canada, and Europe – including the Boston Pops, The San Francisco Symphony, The National Symphony at the Kennedy Center, The BBC Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall, The Los Angeles Philharmonic at Hollywood Bowl, and the Oregon Symphony – at venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to LA's Disney Concert Hall.Brian served as the conductor for the nationwide Oregon Big Beat event (2010/2011).His group The Lions of Batucada has shared the stage with David Byrne, Sean Lennon, and Fundo de Quintal, among many others. The Lions have collaborated with The Oregon Symphony, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Obo Addy, and rock legends Aerosmith, among others. They are featured on recordings with Pink Martini and the Von Traps.He has worked extensively with numerous dance companies in the US, including Do Jump Theater, Oslund; Company, and Linda K. Johnson. When not touring with Pink Martini, Brian teaches body percussion and samba throughout the Pacific NW as part of the Young Audiences or OR; WA program, teaches each Summer at the California Brazil Camp (2005 –present), and conducts samba workshops for a variety of baterias, schools, and music stores across the US, Taiwan, China, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.Recently inducted into the Hollywood Bowl of fame with Pink Martini, he has contributed articles to DRUM magazine (July 2013), and was featured in an interview/focus piece in Drumhead Magazine (issue # 29, September/October 2011).Brian is proudly endorsed by LP Music.Links:Pink Martinihttp://pinkmartini.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDSV39zQpxgLions of Batucadahttps://www.facebook.com/groups/42066218108http://www.lionsofbatucada.com/Sambasingapura:https://www.instagram.com/sambacingapura/ Brian Davis and Bruno Moraes

Hello Everyone and welcome back to The Business Lieder Podcast. I'm breaking my Corona slump and releasing two brand new episodes with the amazing Aubrey Foard of the Baltimore Symphony and Seth Horner of the North Carolina Symphony. This is a great time for a tuba twofer because Aubrey and Seth, along with a few other tuba geniuses are hosting a very exciting bootcamp for tuba and euphonium players next week! The camp is called Back to School Tune-Up With The Pros and the faculty is amazing. These virtuosos come from some of the top orchestras in the country and can be heard in movies like the live-action Lion King, IT 2, and Batman vs. Superman. This bootcamp is a week-long with lessons, masterclasses, evening Q&A sessions and panel discussions all for $260. The website is www.tubabootcamp.com or find them on Instagram @backtoschooltuneup, and I highly encourage you to attend if you are able. All that being said, I am very excited to introduce today's guest, Seth Horner. I've known Seth for a few years now and he is one of the smartest and kindest musicians you'll ever come across. I think you will really love hearing his story and approach to life and the instrument. I've attached his bio below for your reading pleasure:A native of Eugene, Oregon, Seth Horner joined the North Carolina Symphony as Principal Tuba in 2017. Horner was the acting principal tuba of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for three seasons and held faculty appointments teaching tuba and euphonium at Towson University and the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. At the age of 19, Seth served a one-year position as principal tuba of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop, and has held positions as the principal tuba of the West Virginia Symphony and the Oregon Ballet Theatre Orchestra. Horner attended the Peabody Institute, and was an honors graduate of the University of Oregon and valedictorian of his class at the Curtis Institute of Music.Horner performed frequently with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) prior to assuming a full-time position in 2014 including the BSO's west coast tour and its 2010 and 2014 Carnegie Hall appearances with Marin Alsop. He can be heard on the BSO's two most recent albums featuring the symphonies of Leonard Bernstein conducted by Marin Alsop. Horner has also performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, and New World Symphony among others. He has made chamber music appearances with the Washington Symphonic Brass, the Bay Street Brassworks, and the Clipper City Brass. Horner was a featured soloist with the Capital Wind Symphony in Vienna, VA, and received honorable mention at the 2010 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference.Seth Horner has served as a faculty member for Carnegie Hall's National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America as well as Carnegie's NYO2. In the summer, he has been on the faculty of Wyoming Seminary's Performing Arts Institute in Kingston, PA, as instructor of tuba and euphonium as well as performing with the Oregon Bach Festival and Britt Festival orchestras. Horner has been a visiting instructor at the University of Oregon and Ithaca College.

In this week's episode we feature Scott Showalter and Peter Frajola. Scott is the President and CEO of the Oregon Symphony, and Peter is an Associate Concert Master. The Oregon Symphony is the oldest orchestra west of the Mississippi, and under Scott's leadership is seeing record ticket sales and an expansion of their recordings. Following the interview, we came up with a possible new tag line: Oregon Symphony, very, sexy, cool.

The dynamic percussionist Colin Currie is back onstage this weekend with the Oregon Symphony. Midway through his artist's residency, he's performed with the Symphony as well as in non-traditional spots around the region. Currie visited our studio to talk about the composers and works that shaped him, and what he hopes new commissions can bring to life.

What happens when a conductor, a chanteuse, and a visual artist walk into a dance studio?To start out, you get words and descriptions like “floorography” and “it's jazz crabs versus hot rocks.” That is, if you're working with the likes of Pink Martini singer China Forbes, Oregon Symphony music director Carlos Kalmar, and artist Malia Jensen.The dance company BodyVox has always delighted in pushing boundaries, whether defying genre by mixing in things like opera or monsters, or defying physical laws by using video projection to make it look like they're dancing on the wall. Now they've invited eight well-known local artists to choreograph new dances for “The Pearl Dive Project.” Only catch? None of the artists are choreographers. Alongside Forbes, Kalmar and Jensen, there's a landscape architecture firm, a film director, a composer, and more.“We thought this has never been done: you find very highly evolved creative people in their field and then they jump from that field to our own and apply their creativity and imagination in choreography,” says BodyVox's co-artistic director Jamey Hampton. “So we became the curators of an absolute gusher of creativity.”Full story: http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/article/bodyvox-china-forbes-carlos-kalmar

Over the past decade, Astoria quietly became a hotbed for creatives looking for inspiration, community, space, and affordability. Now that economic times are on the rebound, how can Astoria keep its lifestyle affordable?This show was recorded before a live audience at the glorious Liberty Theater, home to the Astoria Music Festival and seasonal programming of all kinds.1:29 - We start out the show with one of Astoria's most vocal recent converts, writer Matt Love. He recently penned a self-declared love letter, "A Nice Piece of Astoria: A Narrative Guide."7:12 - Astoria Music Festival's artistic director Keith Clark and chamber music director Cary Lewis tell us about the history of festival, before being joined by Oregon Symphony concertmaster Sarah Kwak and Russian cellist Sergey Antonov for performances of Brahms Sonata for Piano and Violin, No. 2 in A major and Scriabin's romance for Horn & Piano. 28:16 - We sit down with Fort George Brewery co-founder Jack Harris, Clatsop County Commissioner Sarah Nebeker, and visual artist Darren Orange to talk about what what makes Astoria such an inspirational place for visual art, music, and the written word, and what might keep it that way in years to come.36:56 - After recording their first EP in an old cannery building in Astoria (and drawing their name from the Pilot boats that help guide freighters down the Columbia), Israel Nebeker and Ryan Dobrowski gained national attention with their band Blind Pilot. They were living in Portland at the time, but they've since moved to the Astoria area. They share the reasons for their move, as well as play a couple songs, including a new one, "And Then Like Lions."