From the Baroque to the Blues
Travel back in time for a while
At the moment, 21st-century America’s immediate future is looking a little scary. Maybe for just a few days, let’s try — musically at least — … Continue reading
Brett Campbell
Author: Brett Campbell
Pop Go the Classics
A week of everything from Renaissance to swing and beyond
Fleeing the centimeters of snow that turned what was once America’s hipster capital into an ice-bound hell, a pair of Portland bands brings music that … Continue reading
The Whole World is Watching – and Listening
Eugene Symphony’s search for its next music director plays to a national and international audience
Choosing a new Eugene Symphony music director is big news here, of course, but it’s also national news. That’s because our little symphony, in a … Continue reading
Travel back in time for a while
This Sunday afternoon, Jan. 15, at the Church of the Resurrection (3925 Hilyard St.), the Oregon Bach Collegium whisks us back to the 18th century … Continue reading
Triple Threat
Eugene Opera’s year-end production offers unintended political responses
An opera company that produces a New Year’s Eve show typically has two choices: It can present a full opera, often Richard Strauss’ Die Fledermaus … Continue reading
Berlin to Baroque
December music features everything from feminist capers to Fantasia
Ah, the holidays! Time for families and friends to get together and celebrate love and friendship and all those other virtues. So what’s the big … Continue reading
The New Classical
A new season, new cellist and new album featuring new music: Eugene’s Delgani String Quartet just keeps refuting the outdated notion that classical music is … Continue reading
The Romantic-Spooky Spectrum
From the Eugene Symphony’s Mahler moment to Vox Resonat’s cemetery Day of the Dead concert
The brilliant banter between Beatrice and Benedict in Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing, one of theater’s most entertaining duets, seems ideal for a musical … Continue reading
Much Ado About Something
Eugene Opera at 40
When Mark Beudert arrived as its artistic director in 2006, Eugene Opera was in trouble. It was losing so much money that it could only … Continue reading
Instrumental October
A great jazz keyboard-and-drum duo arrives at Sam Bond’s Garage Oct. 13: Matt Chamberlain is well known for drumming with jazz stars like Bill Frisell, … Continue reading