Portland State Chamber Choir
2019-2020 Concert Season
All of our events have up to date event pages on our Portland State Chamber Choir Facebook page.
Global Rhythms IX: Legends of Rebirth
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Portland State Chamber Choir, Rose Choir & Thorn Choir
Ethan Sperry, conductor |
Friday, November 8, 2019 | 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 10, 2019 | 4:00 pm First United Methodist Church, Portland $15 general $7 students & seniors |
People love to sing, and they love to sing together: this has been true of people in every culture since the dawn of humankind. At this concert the Portland State Chamber Choir, Rose Choir and Thorn Choir explore the widest possible range of sounds and styles available for the human voice. Experience world travel through the spirit of music, focusing on legends of rebirth and renewal.
Eric Whitacre Storms Portland
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Portland State Chamber Choir, Rose Choir & Thorn Choir
PSU Wind Symphony High School Honor Choir Ethan Sperry, conductor |
Sunday, March 1 , 2020 | 4:00 pm PSU Viking Pavillion $25 and up |
The world’s best-known living choral composer conducts a concert of his own music! This magical tour de force includes favorites like “Water Night” and excerpts from “The Sacred Veil,” Whitacre’s newest major work. Then the Portland State choirs will be joined by the PSU Wind Symphony and a city-wide high school honor choir to form a massive ensemble of over 300 voices, creating a surround-sound experience of the hauntingly beautiful “Sleep.”
The Consolation of Apollo
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Portland State Chamber Choir
Ethan Sperry, conductor |
Sunday, May, 24, 2020 | 4:00 pm
First United Methodist Church, Portland $25 general |
The Portland State Chamber Choir presents the second ever performance of Kile Smith’s The Consolation of Apollo which they will also present at the 2020 World Symposium on Choral Music in Auckland, New Zealand - the most prestigious scholarly event on choral music in the world. The Consolation of Apollo combines the words of the Apollo 8 astronauts as they rounded the moon and saw earthrise for the first time are combined with text by the medieval scholar Boethius contemplating humanity’s place in the universe. The work culminates in the Genesis creation text, which the astronauts read to the world as humanity gazed at the earth for the first time via a television transmission. The concert will conclude with a series of Chamber Choir favorites as alumni join the current choir to celebrate the end of Ethan Sperry’s 10th season as conductor of the ensemble.
Additional Performances
Sibelius "The Tempest"
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Portland State Chamber Choir
Oregon Symphony |
November 23rd and 25th 2019 | 7:30 pm
November 24th 2019 | 2:00 pm Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall |
"Shakespeare and Sibelius, these two geniuses, have found each other,” commented one reviewer at the 1926 premiere of Shakespeare’s The Tempest with incidental music by Finland’s national hero, Jean Sibelius. Acclaimed stage director Mary Birnbaum, whose direction of Bluebeard’s Castle stunned audiences in 2016, returns to bring this iconic tale of magic and betrayal to life in a live dramatic production.
Portland State hosts Cornell University Choirs
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Portland State Chamber Choir
Ethan Sperry, conductor Cornell University Glee Club and Chorus |
Friday, May 17, 2019 | 7:30 pm
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral $20 - General $10 - Students & Seniors |
Game On!
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Portland State Chamber Choir
Oregon Symphony |
Saturday, February 1 | 7:30pm
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall |
The Portland State Chamber Choir joins the Oregon Symphony to perform music from World of Warcraft, Assassin’s Creed, and other blockbuster video games.
Voce d'Amore
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Portland State Chamber Choir and Soloist
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Saturday, February 8 2020
Lincoln Performance Hall |
University Choir & Community Chorus Winter Concert
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University Choir
Community Chorus |
Monday, March 10 at 7:00pm
Lincoln Recital Hall Free and Open to the Public |
The Moldau and Water Music
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Portland State Chamber Choir
Rose Choir & Thorn Choir Oregon Symphony |
June 6 & 8 at 7:30pm; June 7 at 2:00pm
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall |
The PSU choirs join the Oregon Symphony to perform Vaughan Williams’ masterful “Sea Symphony.”