Our 2021-22 Season
RECLAIM
Building a More Just and Hopeful Future
We are proud to announce our thirteenth season, “RECLAIM,” featuring visionary guest artists, inspired new commissions by celebrated composers, and a safe return to in-person performances.
The season will premiere new music from dynamic composers that explores the gap between housed and houseless communities, celebrates the identities of indigenous people, and honors past and present victims of racial violence.
Resonance will have limited numbers of in-person tickets available for subscribers who are fully vaccinated, in accordance with our Health and Safety protocols. In addition, Resonance is committed to continuing to offer virtual access to all of our concerts this year, with the announcement of the Resonance Ensemble Access Program (REAP), an initiative that ensures all Resonance concerts are available to the world both in-person and online and provides an opportunity for folks to support it.
As Dr. FitzGibbon shares, “We are following the latest scientific research to ensure everyone’s safety, and our vaccination and masking requirements are part of that commitment. We’re also thrilled to be able to livestream our performances, ensuring access for audiences globally.” Our final concert of the year, An African American Requiem, will be broadcast live by our partners at All Classical Portland and WQXR New York.
A Resonance Ensemble season is one where every concert is instilled with thought-provoking new vocal music, sung by the region’s finest singers. We are inspired by these times of intense political and social upheaval, and aim to reflect the world we want to see: people coming together to make music, gain new perspectives, and be moved by our shared humanity.
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HOME
a reclamation of space
Saturday, October 2 | 7:30 PM
Cerimon House | 5131 NE 23rd Ave.
For this concert, Resonance welcomes Alexander Lloyd Blake, the highly-regarded conductor of the Los Angeles vocal ensemble Tonality.
Dr. Blake has chosen a program exploring displacement, sharing the stories of poets and composers writing about houselessness, refugee experiences, and immigration.
ABYA YALA
a reclamation of place
Saturday, March 5, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 6 2021 | 3:00 pm
Cerimon House | 5131 NE 23rd Ave.
In this concert, Resonance partners with indigenous composers and poets, both locally and globally, who are creating works reflecting on “Abya Yala,” a term that describes the vision of interconnectedness between many indigenous cultures, and between the cultures and the land.
Resonance unveils the world premiere of our latest commission, the Abya Yala Choral Suite, by Chilean-born Portland composer Freddy Vilches, co-commissioned with the American Choral Directors Association.
AN AFRICAN AMERICAN REQUIEM
a reclamation of truth
Saturday, May 7, 2022 | 7:30 PM
The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
At last! Join us to experience the Resonance-commissioned world premiere of Portland composer Damien Geter’s bold, thought-provoking response to violence against African Americans in the United States. (In partnership with The Oregon Symphony)
Please contact us for more details on individual ticket pricing for
“An African American Requiem”
Dr. Alexander Lloyd Blake
Composer Freddy Vilches
Composer Damien Geter
Introducing the REAP Initiative:
Resonance Ensemble Access Project
The world looks a lot different now, but artists are still finding a way to safely create, foster community, and share powerful stories. Last year showed us at Resonance Ensemble the incredible global demand for free, online access to our programming - which is why we are proud to present the Resonance Ensemble Access Project (REAP), our initiative to ensure that all of our concerts are available to the world both in-person and online.