2022-23 Season
We are excited to welcome Paul Nickolas as our new artistic director! Read more about Maestro Nickolas here.
** All concerts are free admission. Donations gladly accepted **
** All concerts are free admission. Donations gladly accepted **
For the Love of Children
Sunday, May 7- 3:00 p.m. Franklin High School Conductor: Paul Nickolas Mother Goose March - John Philip Sousa Song For My Children - Andrew Boysen Jr. Children's March - Percy Grainger Third Symphony, Op. 89 - James Barnes |
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Celebracion!
Monday, February 13 - 7:30 p.m. Sherwood Center for the Arts Conductor: Paul Nickolas Danza Final from Estancia - Alberto Ginastera, arr David John Islas y Montañas - Shelly Hanson Machu Picchu - City in the Sky -Satoshi Yagisawa Mayagüez - Giovanni Santos Libertango - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Lorenzo Bocci Danzon No.2 - Arturo Márquez, trans. Oliver Nickel Tico-Tico - Zequinha Abreu, arr. Naohiro Iwai |
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Holiday Concert - Glad Tidings To All
Sunday, December 11, 2022 - 7:00 p.m. Sam Barlow High School Conductor: Paul Nickolas Guest Vocalist: Amber Schroeder Guest Narrator: Ken Boddie Fantasia in G - Timothy Mahr Second Suite in F - Gustav Holst Aspen Jubilee - Ron Nelson A Rhapsody on Christmas Carols - Claude T. Smith Dreidel Dance - Robert Thurston The Night Before Christmas - Randol Alan Bass Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson |
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Fall Concert
Monday, October 10, 2022 - 7:30 p.m.
Portland State University - Lincoln Hall
Conductor: Paul Nickolas
Liberty Fanfare - John Williams
Festal Scenes - Yasuhide Ito
Peace Dance - Jodie Blackshaw
A Movement for Rosa - Mark Camphouse
Variations on America - Charles Ives arch. William Schumann
Trail of Tears - James Barnes
Mother of a Revolution - Omar Thomas
Americans We - Henry Fillmore, ed. Fennell
Monday, October 10, 2022 - 7:30 p.m.
Portland State University - Lincoln Hall
Conductor: Paul Nickolas
Liberty Fanfare - John Williams
Festal Scenes - Yasuhide Ito
Peace Dance - Jodie Blackshaw
A Movement for Rosa - Mark Camphouse
Variations on America - Charles Ives arch. William Schumann
Trail of Tears - James Barnes
Mother of a Revolution - Omar Thomas
Americans We - Henry Fillmore, ed. Fennell
Past Concerts
Spring Concert
Sunday, April 24, 2022, 3:00 pm Roosevelt High School Conductor: Paul Nickolas Festival Overture on the American National Air - Dudley Buck Only Light - Aaron Perrine Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Paganini - James Barnes One True Life - David Gillingham Handel in the Strand - Percy Grainger Culloden, Mvt. III - Julie Giroux The Viking March - Karl King |
Winter Concert
Sunday, February 9, 2020, 3:00 pm Conductor: Travis Hatton Festival Prelude - Alfred Reed Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" - William Grant Still Canterbury Chorale - Jan Van der Roost The Sinfonians - Clifton Williams Pavanne from Symphony No. 2 - Morton Gould Symphony No. 6 - Vincent Persichetti Symphonic Songs for Band - Robert Russell Bennett |
Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 8, 2019, 3:00 pm Lincoln Hall, Portland State University Luminosity - Anthony DiLorenzo Mysterium - Jennifer Higdon A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi & Lee Mendelson Arr. Carl Strommen Fugal Overture - Gustav Holst Four Ancient Carols for Woodwind Nonet Russian Christmas - Alfred Reed Bleak Midwinter - Gustav Holst Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson |
Fall Concert
Sunday, October 20, 2019, 3:00 pm Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein The Nine - Randall Standridge Khan - Julie Giroux Give Us This Day - David Maslanka Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli Glitter and Be Gay from ‘Candide’ - Leonard Bernstein Dance Movements - Philip Sparke |