The Blacknificent 7
Damien Geter curates this concert of vocal music by a collective of leading Black composers known as the Blacknificent 7, a group that includes Geter, Jasmine Barnes, Jessie Montgomery, Shawn Okpebholo, Dave Ragland, Carlos Simon, and Joel Thompson.
Conducted by Katherine FitzGibbon and Shohei Kobayashi, one of the concert’s centerpieces will be the Oregon premiere of Geter’s Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow, with a soprano soloist and cellist Nancy Ives.
Adding to the excitement, Resonance will also debut their latest commission, by award-winning composer, Dave Ragland.
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CHOIR GRRRL
A concert celebrating phenomenal women working as composer/performers in Portland today.
Resonance treble singers join forces with the innovative talents of Ringdown—a new group featuring collaborators Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee. Described as an electronic cinematic pop duo, between the two of them they have a Pulitzer Prize, several Grammys, and a “Best Drum Major” Award.
The program will also feature a world premiere commission by Resonance-favorite, Cecille Elliott.
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Resonance Nova (Night 1)
Resonance Ensemble and Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra join forces to present Margaret Bonds’s Credo, Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands, and Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Dona nobis pacem.
Featuring special guests Lewis & Clark Cappella Nova Choir and Reed Collegium Musicum.
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Resonance Nova (Night 2)
Resonance Ensemble and Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra join forces to present Margaret Bonds’s Credo, Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands, and Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Dona nobis pacem.
Featuring special guests Lewis & Clark Cappella Nova Choir and Reed Collegium Musicum.
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We're Still Here
Resonance Ensemble joins Vanport Mosaic, artist Chisao Hata, and survivors of Japanese-American incarceration and their descendants, to acknowledge the little-known history of the Portland Expo Center and honor the survival and persistence of Japanese Americans in our region.
As part of the 10th Vanport Mosaic Festival, this event will activate the former WWII-era assembly center with historical photographs and video projections, a communal altarpiece, and musical and theatrical offerings — including new site-specific works conceived by Hata.
In tandem with Vanport Mosaic’s celebration of a decade of memory activism, this evening will be recorded for an ongoing digital memorial as we aim to recognize and ring out the whole of this space in sound, word, movement, and song.
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Resonance at Oregon Bach Festival!
RESONANCE AT OREGON BACH FESTIVAL
Sunday, July 14, 2024 | 2:30pm
@Hult Center for the Performing Arts
Resonance Ensemble will appear as part of the internationally renowned Oregon Bach Festival (OBF) for the season finale concert on July 14th. The 2024 Festival – themed “Ascending Voices” – invites audiences to explore the universal experiences of grief, healing, acceptance, and joy. The finale concert will feature Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers, Gabriela Lena Frank’s Pachamama Meets an Ode, and conclude with the iconic Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D Minor.
Tickets will go on sale May 1st through the Hult Center box office.
MISSION 15
Our fifteenth anniversary finale concert. We celebrate this special birthday with a performance of 15 audience-favorite Resonance commissions. This showcase speaks (sings) for itself, highlighting the mission-based art we have championed and the brilliant composers who created it.
Resonance-in-Residence: Lacroute Composer Readings Finale Concert
LACROUTE COMPOSER READINGS FINALE CONCERT
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 | 7:00 PM
@Vivian A. Bull Music Center, Delkin 145 - Recital Hall
Resonance Ensemble will conclude their residency as part of the Lacroute Composer Readings and Chamber Music Mentorship Program at Linfield University by performing works composed by Linfield students.
Join Resonance as we share the music of tomorrow by the voices of today!
You can read the full story about residency at Linfield by clicking here.
This event is free and open to the public - no pre-registration required to attend!
Sweet Honey in the Rock with Resonance Ensemble (Portland)
An unforgettable evening that resonates with the power of the human voice
Resonance opens for the multiple GRAMMY-nominated group Sweet Honey In the Rock® in two evenings of music that fuse the elastic possibilities of the human voice. Known as one of the most versatile performing collectives in music today with their deep catalog of socially conscious music rooted in African-American history and culture, Sweet Honey In The Rock® celebrates its 50th anniversary this season – and their legacy aligns perfectly with Resonance Ensemble’s mission of performing music that promotes meaningful social change.
As the producing organization, Resonance Ensemble will open for the main act with a set of selections from their own award-winning a cappella commissions for social justice. Works include pieces by composers Jasmine Barnes, Cecille Elliott, and Damien Geter.
Performances will include ASL Interpretation, provided by Sweet Honey In the Rock.
Sweet Honey In the Rock with Resonance Ensemble (Beaverton)
An unforgettable evening that resonates with the power of the human voice
Resonance opens for the multiple GRAMMY-nominated group Sweet Honey In the Rock® in two evenings of music that fuse the elastic possibilities of the human voice. Known as one of the most versatile performing collectives in music today with their deep catalog of socially conscious music rooted in African-American history and culture, Sweet Honey In The Rock® celebrates its 50th anniversary this season – and their legacy aligns perfectly with Resonance Ensemble’s mission of performing music that promotes meaningful social change.
As the producing organization, Resonance Ensemble will open for the main act with a set of selections from their own award-winning a cappella commissions for social justice. Works include pieces by composers Jasmine Barnes, Cecille Elliott, and Damien Geter.
Performances will include ASL Interpretation, provided by Sweet Honey In the Rock.
Under the Skin at the Hollywood!
Resonance is going to the movies!
As part of its ongoing mission to create powerful programs that promote meaningful social change, Resonance announces an exciting partnership with the historic Hollywood Theatre. Music and film lovers alike are invited to a special screening of the highly-acclaimed science fiction masterpiece, Under the Skin as part of the Hollywood’s Feminist March screening series.
All funds raised for Resonance Ensemble during the screening will go directly to supporting the REAP Initiative, which provides vital access to Resonance programming through film—supporting local filmmakers in creating music videos, livestreamed concerts, documentaries, interviews, and more.
Amendment: Righting our Wrongs at the Alberta Rose Theatre
Calling out for human rights.
A concert featuring trailblazing composers, poets, and activists showcasing dynamic new works that look to our past to inspire a better future. Join us and be the first to hear the world premiere of From the Book of Sankofa, a new work commissioned by Resonance Ensemble composed by critically acclaimed jazz pianist Darrell Grant (who ‘Gramophone’ calls “a composer of substance”) with poetry by award-winning writer, A. Mimi Sei.
The evening also includes:
Works by Joel Thompson, known for his powerful choral work Seven Last Words for the Unarmed and his opera The Snowy Day
Melissa Dunphy’s Amendment: Righting Our Wrongs, a piece that juxtaposes voices of the founding fathers with those of minoritized women fighting for universal voting rights, including Ida B. Wells and Stacy Abrams.
Guest performer Nancy Ives will play cello, both on the Grant world premiere and in the Dunphy
Taylor Stewart, the visionary founder of the Oregon Remembrance Project, who will share impactful stories throughout the performance, including those of Alonzo Tucker, Oregon’s most widely documented African American victim of lynching. Stewart, known for his thought-provoking TEDx Talk, "How do you reconcile a lynching?," will also highlight the Oregon Remembrance Project's groundbreaking work, aiming to reconcile Oregon's history of racial injustice and pave the way for meaningful social change.
Black Art Song
Curated by Damien Geter
Resonance Ensemble’s resident Artistic Advisor Damien Geter curates a recital of art song by Black composers, surrounded by – and in conversation with – the artworks of the Portland Art Museum’s “Black Artists of Oregon” exhibit, the first of its kind to consider the work of Black artists collectively in Oregon. Geter is joined by Resonance guest artists, with songs by composers Margaret Bonds, Geter, and more.
LISTEN: An album release concert (Performance 2)
Join Resonance Ensemble for a live performance of the music from our first album, LISTEN. This concert features a collection from the first ten years of Resonance’s innovative commissions and regional premieres.
LISTEN: An album release concert (Performance 1)
Join Resonance Ensemble for a live performance of the music from our first album, LISTEN. This concert features a collection from the first ten years of Resonance’s innovative commissions and regional premieres.
LISTEN: An album release concert
Join Resonance Ensemble for a live performance of the music from our first album, LISTEN. This concert features a collection from the first ten years of Resonance’s innovative commissions and regional premieres.