Summer Sings Series 3: New Works

AUGUST 16 | 7:00 PM | MULTNOMAH ARTS CENTER, PORTLAND, OR

FEATURING: JOSHUA SOMMERVILLE, JUDY ROSE, AND JAKE FUNK

Join us for our New Works Reading Session! Portland Symphonic Choir call for scores encourages the creation of new works by historically underrepresented composers, including BIPOC, LGBTQI+, and women. Of all those who submitted, we have chosen three scores to present for our last session of Summer Sings.

Whether you are an expert sight reader or learn mostly by ear, we provide a constructive and informal setting to promote discovery and discussion through singing for everyone—singers, composers, and conductors. In this way, all participants can gain a greater respect for the material and have a more profound understanding of its meaning. Today’s new works could be tomorrows masterworks!

Summer Sings Series 2

AUGUST 2 | 7:00 PM | CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, PORTLAND, OR

FEATURING GUEST CONDUCTOR JUDY ROSE

Admission is Free | Join us to learn and sing

Portland’s own Judy Rose leads our second Session with an Introspection on Black Women in Choral Music.

The compositions of Black women have helped to create a more diverse and inclusive musical landscape yet they have been historically marginalized in the larger canon of choral music.

In this session, Judy helps us take a closer look at how we can elevate and promote the compositions of Black Women Composers as part of a lasting legacy.

JULY 19 | 7:00 PM | MCGUIRE AUDITORIUM - WARNER PACIFIC, PORTLAND, OR

FEATURING GUEST CONDUCTOR SHOHEI KOBAYASHI

Admission is Free | Join us to experience and sing Mozart’s Requiem

Join us for our first evening of the Summer Sings 2023 series by singing along with Mozart’s Requiem, conducted by Shohei Kobayashi.

Insight, historical context, and interpretation, make this sing-through much more than a read-through of music. Dr. Kobayashi will lead us through an experiential and beautiful evening of singing the Mozart Requiem.

The Portland Symphonic Choir is proud to be part of Andrea Bocelli’s concert in Portland! The tour will feature music from Bocelli’s uplifting new album Believe, a poignant and personal collection of songs, celebrating the power of music to soothe the soul, as well as a selection of arias, his beloved cross-over hits and famed love songs. After a year of Bocelli’s record-breaking live-streamed performances that brought comfort to viewers around the globe during this challenging year, Bocelli is bringing his beloved live show to US audiences. As one of the most recognizable voices in the industry, Andrea Bocelli has been thrilling audiences for over 20 years and is ready to get back on the road. Don’t miss Andrea Bocelli’s return to the stage this Fall.

The Andrea Bocelli Foundation and “Believe” US Tour is proud to partner with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sale throughout the tour will go towards empowering people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, and distress due to illness and social exclusion. More at www.andreabocellifoundationorg and www.plus1.org.

Portland Symphonic Choir’s opening season Fall Gala is a celebration of the choral music of Argentina!  We are excited to present Carlos Guastavino’s Indianas as well as explore the rich heritage of dances and music that inspired the tango through the works of Piazzolla, Cangiano, and other composers. Stay after the event for post-concert wine, desert, and dancing featuring the music of Portland’s own Tango Pacifico.

General Admission tickets start at $35.

Join us for the final evening of our Summer Sings! 2019 series by singing along with Bach’s Magnificat and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms conducted by Wendy Bamonte and Mark Slegers.

In 1723 Johann Sebastian Bach, with his five children and new wife of two years, moved to Leipzig. During his first year in Leipzig, along with 40 new cantatas and more than 20 reworked pre-Leipzig ones, Johann created the Magnificat in E-flat for Christmas, later revising it to the Magnificat in D for Easter. It is an exhilarating and innovative ride through swift contrasts, alive with freshness and vitality, embodying Mary’s youthfulness in light of her profound task. Chichester Psalms, commissioned by the dean of England's Chichester Cathedral, was not a typical piece for the Anglican Church or for the 1960s avant-garde music world. Yet the work for boy soprano, solo quartet, choir, and orchestra reflects the rich variety of influences that characterized Bernstein’s life and music.

All events begin at 7pm at PCC Cascade Moriarty Arts Auditorium with a suggested $10 donation at the door.

Do you have a tablet and would like to use it at Summer Sings? Download a public domain copy of the Magnificat score!

Whether you sing in a professional choir, a school choir, or a choir for one in the shower, Summer Sings is for you! Three Wednesdays in August, music lovers of all stripes come to  sing through masterworks with members of the Portland Symphonic Choir. This year each of our sessions will be led by one of our new Artistic Consortium Leaders.

We provide the scores and the air-conditioning— you provide the enthusiasm!

Join us for our second evening of our Summer Sings! 2019 series by singing along with Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe, conducted by Dr. Alissa Deeter. This marvelous operetta has many of the qualities Gilbert & Sullivan fans admire; a ravishing overture, hilarious plot complications, scathing commentary on class distinctions, pointed and very funny dialogue, and some extraordinary music with one of Sullivan’s most epic and brilliant finales.

All events begin at 7pm at PCC Cascade Moriarty Arts Auditorium with a suggested $10 donation at the door.

Do you have a tablet and would like to use it at Summer Sings? Download a public domain copy of the Iolanthe score!

Whether you sing in a professional choir, a school choir, or a choir for one in the shower, Summer Sings is for you! Three Wednesdays in August, music lovers of all stripes come to  sing through masterworks with members of the Portland Symphonic Choir. This year each of our sessions will be led by one of our new Artistic Consortium Leaders.

We provide the scores and the air-conditioning— you provide the enthusiasm!

Join us for our first evening of the Summer Sings! 2019 series by singing along with Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor, conducted by Douglas Schneider. Composed after his marriage to Constanze between 1782 and 1783, it oddly remained unfinished. The Mass is, therefore, like the Requiem, a mighty torso. But, unlike the Requiem, it wasn't death that prevented its completion but, most likely, the pressures of life.

All events begin at 7pm at PCC Cascade Moriarty Arts Auditorium with a suggested $10 donation at the door.

Do you have a tablet and would like to use it at Summer Sings? Download a public domain copy of the Mass in C score!

Whether you sing in a professional choir, a school choir, or a choir for one in the shower, Summer Sings is for you! Three Wednesdays in August, music lovers of all stripes come to  sing through masterworks with members of the Portland Symphonic Choir. This year each of our sessions will be led by one of our new Artistic Consortium Leaders.

We provide the scores and the air-conditioning— you provide the enthusiasm!

Sunday, July 14, 4 p.m.
First United Methodist Church, Portland
Heather Phillips, soprano
Paul Max Tipton, baritone
​Portland Symphonic Choir
Oregon Festival Orchestra
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor

Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
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Requiem is the central work of Brahms' career. It not only contributed greatly to his popularity but established him as a composer of major stature by linking two of the most important spheres of his lifelong musical endeavor, the vocal and the symphonic. It is a sublime and moving work, in every way representing the quintessence of the 19th century Romanticism.

ABOUT THE SOLOISTS
​Heather Phillips, high lyric soprano
Her performances have been described by Opera News as “beautiful” and “shimmering”. She continues to garner critical acclaim with reputable performances on the opera and concert stage. Recent seasons brought Ms.Phillips debuts with New Orleans Opera, Opera Naples, The Austin Symphony Orchestra,  Boise Philharmonic and The Canton Symphony Orchestra, In the fall of 2018, she joined the roster of the San Francisco Opera for their production of Strauss's Arabella, covering the title role.

Paul Max Tipton, baritone
Described by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a dignified and beautiful singer, bass-baritone Paul Max Tipton enjoys an active career in opera, oratorio, and chamber music, performing and recording throughout North America, Europe, China, and Korea. A versatile singer, Mr. Tipton’s repertoire ranges from Schütz and Monteverdi to Britten and Bolcom, with his interpretations of the Bach Passions being acclaimed in particular for their strength and sensitivity.