OUR COMMUNITY

Radical collaboration is core to who we are at Resonance Ensemble. Here, we honor the hundreds of artists, ensembles, activists, community leaders, and organizations who have supported us throughout this incredible journey.

OUR COMMUNITY | performing artists

Guest performers Joe Williams and Kenneth Overton end with a flourish at the 2024 program “Black Art Song” at the Portland Art Museum

  • Bill Eddins | Alexander Lloyd Blake | Scott Tucker | Yaacov Bergman | Bruce Browne | Alfrelynn Roberts | Shohei Kobayashi | Damien Geter | Kathy Romney

  • Third Angle | Fear No Music | Portland Columbia Symphony | Kingdom Sound Gospel Choir | Oregon Symphony | Choral Arts Society of Washington | NEWorks Philharmonic Orchestra | Las Matices | Sweet Honey in the Rock | Four Directions Native Drumming Ensemble | Roomful of Teeth | Jecca Jazz Ensemble | Oregon Bach Festival Chorus | Orchestra Nova Northwest

  • Nancy Ives | Kenneth Overton | Brett EE Paschal | Sarah Tiedemann | Thomas Lauderdale | Hunter Noack | Chuck Israels | Barbara Heilmair | Shrikant Naware | Bernard Holcomb | Karmesha Peake | Brandie Inez Sutton | Norman Shankle | Jacqueline Echols | Nelly Kovalev | Ron Blessinger | Marilyn T. Keller | Marianna Thielen | Jennifer Craig | Greg Ewer

  • Hannah Brewer | David Saffert | Colin Alexsei Evans Shepard | Susan McDaniel | Kira Whiting | Jon Stuber | Susan DeWitt Smith | Janet Coleman | Hunter Noack

Katherine FitzGibbon leads Fear No Music and Resonance Ensemble musicians during the regional premiere of Mass for the Endangered at Earth’s Protection in 2023

OUR COMMUNITY | Creative artists

  • Renée Favand-See | Damien Geter | Melissa Dunphy | Joe Kye | Mari Esabel Valverde | Jasmine Barnes | Freddy Vilches | Cecille Elliott | Kimberly R. Osberg | Judy A. Rose | Kenji Bunch | Darrell Grant | Brandon Stewart | Ysaye Barnwell | Theresa Koon | Stephen Caldwell | Stacey Philipps | Joel Thompson | Duncan Neilson | Nikole Potulsky

  • S. Renee Mitchell | A. Mimi Sei | Ed Edmo | Anis Mojgani | Elicura Chihuailaf Nahuelpán | Estela Gamero López | Julieta Zurita Cavero | Rosa Chávez | Gustavo Zapoteco Sideño | Vin Shambry | Dane Figueroa Edidi | Sonya Renee Taylor | James DePreist and Family | Cecille Elliott

  • Rachel Hadiashar | Joe Cantrell | Tojo Andrianarivo | Deborah Johnson | Kenton Waltz | Henk Pander | Thérèse Murdza | Gina Emerson | Tom Emerson | Liz Gill Neilson

  • Oh! Creative Productions | All Classical Radio | Wolftraks Production | KBOO | Kenny Hamlett | Jodi Darby | Julie Perini | Erin Yanke | Abby McKee | Sarah Zwinklis

Shikant Naware performs tabla at Earth’s Protection in 2023.

Resonance at one of their first performances, Lewis & Clark College

OUR COMMUNITY | community leaders, Partners & Advisors

Resonance backstage with Sweet Honey in the Rock at the Reser Center (2024)

  • Taylor Stewart, Oregon Remembrance Project | S. Renee Mitchell, I Am M.O.R.E., SOUL Restoration Center | Laura Lo Forti, Vanport Mosaic | Deborah Porta, Pride NW | Miss Bird, EDPA2

  • Dinah Dodds | Marilyn Crilley | Donnah Dermond | Roger Robinson | Peter van Bever | Gregg Swanson | Catherine Crooker | Jasmine Love | Katy Murphy | George Rowbottom | Kiah Bacon | Nicholas Brownson | Bailey Dean | Rachel Hadiashar | Beth Madsen Bradford | John McCulloch | Randall Stuart | Michael Severson | Lily Sveinbjornsson | Elizabeth Bacon Brownson | Kristen Brayson | Judy A. Rose | Alonzo Chadwick | Josh Cramer-Montes | Katherine FitzGibbon | Dorothy Fuller | Laura Lo Forti | Damien Geter | Monica Hayes | Onry | Reverend Terry McCray Hill | Russell Kelban | Suzanne Nance | Barbara O'Hare | Derrick McDuffey | S. Renee Mitchell | Ombrea Moore | Chabre Vickers | Steve Wenig | Derrick and Dee McDuffey

  • Lewis & Clark College | Renegade Opera | In Medio | Portland Opera | Chamber Music Northwest | Bird Alliance of Oregon | Immigration Counseling Services | Bethel A.M.E. Church | First Presbyterian | BRAVO Youth Orchestras | Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon | Equitable Giving Circle | Institute for Christian and Muslim Understanding | McCulloch Foundation | Muslim Educational Trust | NAMI Multnomah | Regional Arts and Culture Council | Oregon ArtsWatch | The Oregonian

  • Kennedy Center | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | Lewis & Clark College | Portland State University | Historic Alberta House | Curious Comedy Theatre | Alberta Rose Theatre | Patricia Reser Center for the Arts | The Armory at Portland Center Stage | Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center | Roger O. Doyle Studio at All Classical Radio | Linfield College | Bethel A.M.E. Church | Yale Union | Hollywood Theatre | Dolores Winningstad Theatre

Resonance Ensemble at their performance of Rothko Chapel in the Portland Art Museum

OUR COMMUNITY | all of you!

Resonance Ensemble does what we do because of listeners, arts supporters, and community members like you.

Thanks to you, Resonance has been able to dream bigger, reach further, collaborate more widely, and impact listeners more deeply with each passing year. Your time with us has made all the difference, and we can’t wait to show you what we have in store for the next 15 years!