Sunday, October 30, 2011
Jasper String Quartet

Members of CMNW's debut Protégé Project (2010) return to Portland for string quartets by Kernis and Barber, plus Schubert's String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, "Death and the Maiden."

Sunday, December 4, 2011
Tallis Scholars

A holiday season concert featuring diverse composers' settings of the Magnificat. Led by founder and director Peter Phillips, the ensemble has spent nearly 40 years celebrating and revealing the ethereal beauty of the unaccompanied human voice. Let your spirits soar this holiday as "the rock stars of Renaissance vocal music" (The New York Times) lift their golden voices in this joyful program.

Friday, February 10, 2012
Music from 1912
Celebrating the Reed College Centennial

A musical toast to the centennial of our long-time partner Reed College, with music from 1912 — including Schoenberg's masterpiece, Pierrot Lunaire!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
East Coast Chamber Orchestra

Exhilarating music-making from the 18-piece, conductorless ECCO, whose young members come from the country's top string quartets and symphony orchestras!