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😍 While our Gordon House show this weekend is FULL, our Sunday morning program with Boyd Meets Girl & poet Kim Stafford still has space available! Join us for this incredible program, featuring music by our very own James Shields! 🎶 François Couperin :: Les Barricades Mystérieuses Stephen Goss :: Big Apple Coaster Rune Tonsgaard Sorensen :: Shine You No More James Shields :: Duo No. 1 for Bass Clarinet and Cello Paul Wiancko :: Clouds of Gill Pixingquinha :: Carinhoso Maurice Ravel :: Rigaudon from Le Tombeau de Couperin 🎻Laura Metcalf, cello & Rupert Boyd, guitar | Aidan Ip, Yuqi Li, & Emily Cole, violin | Wanlin Cui, viola | James Shields, clarinet | Kim Stafford, spoken word 🎟 Snag your seats for this glorious morning of MUSIC :: POETRY :: COFFEE at CHATTER PDX:::::ORG!

🚨 LOW INVENTORY ALERT! This Sunday is going fast - don't miss your chance to catch a rare performance of Messiaen's "Visions de l'Amen" for TWO pianos! ✋Ryan Francis :: Music for Four Hands 🙏Olivier Messiaen :: Visions de l'Amen 🎹 Jeff Payne & Jill Timmons, piano 🎤Andrea Hollander, spoken word ❤ Our thanks to Classic Pianos and the Yamaha Corporation of America for the use of two gorgeous pianos for this performance! 🕥10:30am :: Sunday, May 10 :: Pacific Center 🎟CHATTER PDX::::ORG

MUSIC :: POETRY :: COFFEE Tomorrow we kick off our May programming with an excerpt from Felix Mendelssohn and a rare performance of Ethel Smyth's Double Concerto for Horn and Violin! 🎶 Felix Mendelssohn :: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 49 (Mvt. 1) 🎶 Ethel Smyth :: Double Concerto for Horn and Violin 🎻Shin-young Kwon, violin 📯Alicia Waite, horn 🎻 Trevor Fitzpatrick, cello 🎹 Monica Ohuchi, Emily Liu,* piano 🎤 Betsy Fogelman Tighe, spoken word *Young Artists Professional Development Competition Winner ⏰ 10:30AM :: SUNDAY MAY 3 :: PACIFIC CENTER 🎟 $20 GA :: $10 <30 :: $5 <18 🟥 CHATTER PDX::::ORG

🌹 May is nearly here, and we couldn't be more excited for the month ahead! Snag your seats today for all these wonderful performances at Chatter PDX::org. 🎶 🎶 MAY 3 :: BREAKING THE MOLD •Felix Mendelssohn :: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 49 (mvt I) •Ethel Smyth :: Double Concerto 🎻Shin-young Kwon, violin | Alicia Waite, horn | Trevor Fitzpatrick, cello | Monica Ohuchi, piano | Emily Liu, piano (Young Artists Professional Development Competition Winner) | Betsy Fogelman Tighe, spoken word 🎶 MAY 10 :: VISIONS DE L'AMEN •Ryan Francis :: Music for Four Hands •Olivier Messiaen :: Visions de l'Amen 🎹 Jeff Payne & Jill Timmons, piano | Andrea Hollander, spoken word 🎶 MAY 17 :: BOYD MEETS GIRL (Portland) •François Couperin / arr. Elliot Cole :: Les Barricades Mystérieuses •Maurice Ravel / arr. Sean Moran :: Rigaudon from Le Tombeau de Couperin •Rune Tonsgaard Sorensen / arr. Dana Lyn :: Shine You No More 🎸 Boyd Meets Girl, guitar & cello | Aidan Ip & Yuqi Li, violin | Wanlin Cui, viola | James Shields, clarinet | Kim Stafford, spoken word 🎶 MAY 17 :: BOYD MEETS GIRL (Silverton @ Gordon House) 🍷Boyd Meets Girl solo set 🎶 MAY 24 :: SYMPHONIE & SEASCAPE •Ruth Gipps :: Seascapes •Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Tarkmann) :: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet •Charles Gounod :: Petite Symphonie 📯Zach Galatis & Emily Stanek, flute | Harrison Linsey & Jason Suddeth, oboe/english horn | James Shields & Louis DeMartino, clarinet/bass clarinet | Joseph Berger & Andrew Warfield, horn | Carin Miller & Kai Rocke, bassoon | Susan Nguyen, spoken word 🎶 MAY 31 :: BARTÓK & TURINA •Béla Bartók :: Contrasts •Joaquín Turina :: Piano Trio No. 2 🎻 James Shields, clarinet | Emily Cole, violin | Trevor Fitzpatrick, cello | María García, piano | Judith Barrington, spoken word

50 saxophones on stage! An inspiring performance by the Aruna Quartet! 🎷🎷🎷🎷 We had such an amazing SAXlandia! Thank you to @chatterpdx @arunaquartet @willpyle @psusaxophones @jasonhooperphoto @psu_somt

Can you loan us your mechanical metronome? As part of celebrations for our 100th show this summer, we are going to be doing a performance of Ligeti's Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes! We'll be sharing more about these celebrations soon, but reach out today if you have a metronome you can loan - info@chatterpdx ::org. More from us soon 👀

Aruna Quartet is arriving in Portland! 🎷Join us for this sax-tastic weekend of music: Thursday, April 23 :: Thursdays @ 3 :: 3pm @ All Classical Radio Saturday, April 25 :: SAXlandia (FREE!) :: 4pm @ PSU Lincoln Recital Hall Sunday, April 26 :: Chatter PDX :: 10:30am @ Pacific Center Sunday, April 26 :: Gordon House :: 5pm @ Gordon House (Silverton, OR) Secure your seats & explore these programs at CHATTER PDX::::ORG!

💃 Join us tomorrow for Dancing with the Shadow! 🎶 Franz Schubert :: Rondo in D major for Piano 4-hands, D. 608 Eleanor Alberga :: Dancing with the Shadow John Harbison :: Variations 🎹 Featuring performances by: James Shields, clarinet :: David Felberg, violin :: Judith Gordon & María García, piano :: Caitlin Dwyer, spoken word 🎟️ Tomorrow morning, 10:30am at the Pacific Center in downtown Portland! Get your seats at CHATTER PDX:::ORG.

One hour until downbeat! 🪵 @chatterpdx LATEWORKS

Tonight’s the night! The world premiere of a VERY BRAND NEW PIECE called “Slip”! Join us for this awesome evening of music, poetry, and more. Get tix at @chatterpdx or at the door — see you soon!!

🌙 TONIGHT! 🎶 Join us for our first LateWORKS at Hallowed Halls - presented as part of the Oregon Symphony's Bang It! Festival. 7:30PM :: Composer-Performer Speed-Friending with Rośsa Creen 8PM :: Doors Open 8:30PM :: Opening Set by Ryan Francis on Synthesizers 9PM :: Show Featuring a world premiere, poetry by John Beer, performances from the Oregon Symphony percussionists, and more! Snag your seats at Chatter PDX :: ORG. See you tonight!!

🎶 TOMORROW NIGHT!! 🍾 Presented as part of the Oregon Symphony’s Bang It! Festival, this late-night event celebrates the modern, experimental, and avant-garde within classical music in a relaxed setting. 🎶 HEAR WORKS FROM Andy Akiho :: Iannis Xenakis :: Kaija Saariaho :: James Shields :: John Luther Adams :: Kimberly Osberg (world premiere!) :: Steve Reich 🥁 FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY James Shields, clarinet :: William Pyle, soprano saxophone :: David Felberg, violin :: Trevor Fitzpatrick, cello :: Maria Garcia & Monica Ohuchi, piano :: John Beer & Kim Stafford, poetry :: Michael Roberts, Stephen Kehner, Sergio Carreno, Jon Greeney & Chris Whyte, percussion 🌙 JOIN US ALL NIGHT 7:30PM :: Composer/Performer Speed Friending with multi-genre artist & composer Rosśa Crean 8PM :: Doors Open to the General Public 8:30PM :: Opening Set by Ryan Francis on synthesizers 9PM :: Show 🎤 It’s all happening at The Hallowed Halls—with beer and wine available for purchase all evening at their Tiki Bar!—so come early, stay late, and make a night of it. 🚨 Admission is limited for this event, so secure your seats TODAY for this special evening at CHATTER PDX:::ORG