Oregon Symphony News Releases
October 2008
October 3, 2008
The Oregon Symphony In November: From Election Night To Holiday Pops
The Oregon Symphony's 2008/09 season roars full speed ahead in November with three Classical series programs, an election night special and a detailed look "Inside the Score" of a Brahms masterpiece. The month wraps up with a Thanksgiving weekend holiday Pops concert featuring the von Trapp family children. See complete details on all of the Oregon Symphony's November concerts.
September 2008
September 22, 2008
Oregon Symphony, Musicians Union Agree On New Two-Year Contract
Oregon Symphony musicians have voted to approve a new two-year contract that covers the orchestra's 2008/09 and 2009/10 concert seasons and increases musician compensation in both years.
September 11, 2008
The Oregon Symphony in October: The Lang Lang Phenomenon Storms
into Portland
The Oregon Symphony’s October concert calendar kicks off with one of the season’s blockbusters – the Oregon Symphony debut of Lang Lang, the young superstar pianist from China – and continues with the opening events of the orchestra’s Pops and Kids Concerts series as well as the season’s second classical series concerts.
September 8, 2008
An Unforgettable Opening Concert Sets the Tone for The Oregon Symphony’s New Season
One thing’s for sure: Nobody was using the words “same-old, same-old” Friday as the Oregon Symphony kicked off its 2008/09 concert season in Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall with a collaboration unlike anything else in its 113-year history.
August 2008
August 29, 2008
The Oregon Symphony in September: The TBA Festival, Two Specials and a Stellar Season Opener
The Oregon Symphony opens its 113th season in September with seven performances at downtown Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, including an unforgettable start to its Classical series season Sept. 27-29, when Music Director Carlos Kalmar leads three performances of the work that always finishes atop audience-favorite lists of the greatest classical masterpieces of all time: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Sellout crowds are expected.
August 8, 2008
Two Great Nights, Two Concerts, And It Won’t Cost A Penny: Oregon Symphony To Play In Portland Parks
What could be better for a Portland music lover on a warm summer’s night than an Oregon Symphony concert? How about a free Oregon Symphony concert, outdoors under the stars, in one of Portland’s parks? Or, better still, how about two of them?
August 1, 2008
Oregon Symphony Musicians Will Travel To Tillamook For 2008-2010 Community Music Partnership
Tiny Tillamook is justifiably known across Oregon for everything from the quality of its dairy products to its spectacular coastal scenery, but it could well acquire another reputation – as Music Central – when musicians from the Oregon Symphony adopt the coastal community as a sort of home-away-from-home during a special two-year collaboration.