Some features will not work correctly. Experience stunning fire sculptures at Portland’s Winter Light Festival, Don your best onesie for this Portland pub crawl next month, There’s a massive magical wizards convention coming to Portland next year. 10am, John Burk: Evening host John Burk features a wide range of pieces drawn from the African-American experience, including Hailstork’s arrangement of We Shall Overcome for string quartet; performances by Leontyne Price and Paul Robeson; conductor James DePreist leading the Oregon Symphony; piano music of Florence Price; pianist André Watts performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. Ed Goldberg showcases music by Black composers after the broadcast. 7pm, The Concert Hall: Duke Ellington (1899-1974) composed his ballet suite, The River, during a very busy time touring with his band. Portland’s Black Communities have been shaping the city’s history, landscapes, and architecture since the city’s founding. Daily Hive is a Canadian-born online news source, established in 2008, that creates compelling, hyperlocal content. Celebrate Black History Month at Portland's 2020 Jazz Festival. 7pm, © 2020 All Classical Public Media, Inc. This suite is an ambitious, multi-movement piece of “orchestral jazz”. 5:15pm, The Concert Hall: The Ballad of the Brown King, an oratorio by Margaret Bonds (1913-1972), is a portrait of one of the three Magi who visit the baby Jesus. Migrations (2006), by Derek Bermel (b.1967), describes the movement of Black Americans from the South to the North between the two world wars. Opportunities to learn about and celebrate the rich history of African Americans in Oregon continue beyond Black History Month.
Soprano Patrice Michaels, joined by a classical piano trio, sings Ellington’s Paris Blues, and songs by Billy Strayhorn.

Lakshmi Sadhu | Dec 11 2019, 11:11 am. This 17th annual edition of the event will feature talent like Stanley Jordon, Jaimie Branch, Blue Cranes, Jimmie Herrod, and many more. Pianist William Chapman Nyaho introduces listeners to African-American composers and composers of the African continent. 5:15pm, The Concert Hall: Throughout February on The Concert Hall, host John Pitman celebrates with new CDs of works by, or about, the African-American community. Noah is a violinist, and in this episode of On Deck he dives into a topic not frequently discussed on the show: racism in classical music. Here’s a look at what’s coming up on All Classical Portland this February, in recognition of Black History Month. Central City Concern, current owner of the Golden West Building, offers both a permanent exterior exhibit and an online version that tells a social and ethnic story of the vibrant African-American community in Portland in the early 1900s and the successes and challenges of its residents.

PDX Jazz/Facebook. Black History Month will soon be upon us, and one of our favorite ways to mark the occasion is being a guest at the one and only PDX Jazz Festival. 7pm, On Deck with Young Musicians: Noah Carr is one of the youngest musicians to have appeared on On Deck. It’s a subject Noah cares deeply about. 10am, Where We Live: Host Andrea Murray previews the Black History Festival NW’s upcoming Gospel Roots concert and interviews Shalanda Sims, Founder of Black History Festival NW. 5:15pm, The Concert Hall: Bass-baritone Dashon Burton (PBO Messiah, 2016) sings Songs of Struggle and Redemption, including Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child and We Shall Overcome. For more information regarding times, locations, and ticket prices, click here. Buy tickets here. A post shared by PDX Jazz (@pdxjazz) on Dec 8, 2019 at 4:32pm PST, Sign up for our newsletter to get exclusive content, contests, and perks direct to you. This multi-venue event showcases incredible jazz artists — both international and local. This event is slated to take place February 19, 2020 to March 1, 2020. PORTLAND, Ore. — From jazz to poetry, book readings to movie screenings, gallery exhibits to traveling museums, there's still a lot left to do in Portland this February to honor Black History Month. Here’s a look at what’s coming up on All Classical Portland this February, in recognition of Black History Month. Business and Workforce Equity in Construction, Innovative Partnership Supports Local Business and Homeless during Coronavirus Crisis, Small Business Relief Fund Grants Demographic Data, Prosper Portland awards $1 million in small business relief grants.

Allen, owner of the Golden West Hotel at NW Everett and Broadway, the center for Portland’s African-American social and business life in the first decades of the twentieth century. 7pm, Where We Live: Host Warren Black interviews Darrell Grant to learn more about his composition, SANCTUARIES. 1, and many more. A post shared by PDX Jazz (@pdxjazz) on Nov 7, 2019 at 11:44am PST. 5:15pm, The Concert Hall: Host John Pitman debuts a major Naxos CD of 2019: Sanctuary Road, by American composer Paul Moravec. The Dessoff Choirs and Orchestra are conducted by Malcolm J. Merriweather.

Vocal soloists including Laquita Mitchell and Dashon Burton are joined by the Oratorio Society of New York Chorus and Orchestra. Saturday, February 1st. Moravec’s oratorio is based on the account of the migration of slaves in the South via the Underground Railroad. The Albany Symphony is joined by the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra and some top-notch soloists in this work commissioned by Wynton Marsalis. All Classical Portland highlights Black composers and artists year-round, but in February we like to take a closer look at the contributions that Black composers have made to classical music, and celebrate their music in an in-depth, robust way. Portland marks Black History Month with the PDX Jazz Festival, a citywide celebration of the art form created by African Americans. Fans from across Rip City joined us to honor and celebrate the Black and African American community. At the time of his chat with Christa Wessel, Noah was just 13-years old. The Metropolitan Opera: The Metropolitan Opera live broadcast features an all-Black cast in Porgy and Bess. The Metropolitan Opera: The Metropolitan Opera live broadcast features an all-Black cast in Porgy and Bess.
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7pm, Sunday Brunch: Suzanne Nance celebrates Black History Month on Sunday Brunch, including Still’s Little Folk Suites; Dances in the Canebrakes, by Florence Price; and the music of Joseph Boulogne, better known as the Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

Learn more about Oregon Black Pioneers, preserving the rich history of black pioneers throughout Oregon since 1933. Displaying this quilt, a valued part of the OHS collection, during Portland Textile Month emphasizes its political and cultural importance, both historical and present. Black History Month will soon be upon us, and one of our favorite ways to mark the occasion is being a guest at the one and only PDX Jazz Festival. For a full list of performers, check out their website here. 503-943-5828 | 211 SE Caruthers St. Suite 200, Portland, OR 97214, 211 SE Caruthers St. Suite 200, Portland, OR 97214. Kent Tritle conducts. */ On February 21, we hosted our Celebration of Black History during Black History Month. SANCTUARIES will use the rhythms of jazz and slam poetry to explore gentrification and the displacement of residents of color in Portland’s historically African-American Albina district. The Portland Jazz Festival returns every February with a stellar series of concerts and events celebrating Black History Month. As a major port city, Portland was both a stop on the Underground Railroad and home to a thriving community of free black people who worked the waterfront or for the commercial railroads. All broadcast times listed are Pacific Standard Time.

6pm, Where We Live: Brandi Parisi interviews Chris Herring, artistic director of Portland Winter Light Festival to learn more about this amazing Portland winter event. Portland Jazz Festival. Join the Oregon Black Pioneers at their 25th Anniversary Celebration, Saturday, March 2, 2019, featuring remarks by Oregon Supreme Court Justice the Honorable Adrienne Nelson, silent and oral auctions featuring artwork by gifted local and national artists, including Bill Rutherford, Mary Volm, Bonnie Meltzer and Emmett Wheatfall, and dancing to live music provided by Ocean 503. 5pm, Where We Live: Host John Pitman speaks with All Classical Portland’s 2020 Artist in Residence, Adam Eccleston about some of his favorite pieces of music by Black composers.

Through arts, education, and advocacy, 365 days a year the Black History Festival NW celebrates Black excellence, bridges gaps, amplifies truth, unity, and hope in the Pacific NW. Opportunities to learn about and celebrate the rich history of African Americans in Oregon continue beyond Black History Month.