Bach Takes a Break
The 2020 Oregon Bach Festival has been postponed to 2021
For the first time in half a century, Eugene will have a summer without the sounds of Bach. Bowing to the danger of the novel … Continue reading
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Quarantine Space
Post coronavirus, local composer live streams musical improvisation — and tarot readings
Within a couple of hours after being temporarily furloughed from his job due to the coronavirus, contemporary classical composer Nicholas Chase was talking to his … Continue reading
Bring it on Home
Eugene Symphony’s Francesco Lecce-Chong brings love of classical music to your home
Francesco Lecce-Chong got stuck in quarantine earlier than most people. About three weeks ago, after flying back and forth from Miami Beach, Florida, where he … Continue reading
The (Piano) Keys To Quarantine
Local music teacher offers cheap — and inventive — online music lessons
Truth be told, the switch to online teaching in the age of coronavirus wasn’t that difficult for local piano teacher Matthew Pavilanis. “My earliest teaching … Continue reading
Jazzman Bucky Pizzarelli, Frequent Performer in Eugene, Died of COVID-19
The jazzman was a regular at the Oregon Festival of American Music
New York jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, who for more than a decade was a regular performer at The Shedd Institute in Eugene, died in New … Continue reading
Two Broke Boys, No Cadillac
The life of a lowly wordsmith rapping in Eugene
For local rapper Speno, the money is on his mind and his mind is on the money. But on his new EP Hand Me Downs, … Continue reading
Islands in the Stream
A Eugene Weekly music writer cozies up to live streaming in the time of COVID-19
On the first evening of spring, and a few days into self-quarantine, I sat in the kitchen of my west Eugene home, watching stand-up comedians … Continue reading
Giant Steps from Home
A jazz trio’s European tour cut short because of COVID-19 pandemic
Joe Manis should be in Europe right now. But because of the exponential spread of COVID-19, his tour with the David Friesen Trio Circle 3 … Continue reading
Mistakes Happen
Influential emo band, with a member living in Eugene, releases new EP after 16-year absence
The Beautiful Mistake, an early influential emo band, returns this month with You’re Not Broken. I am. The five-song EP is the group’s first new … Continue reading
The Sounds of Silence
Musicians adjust to life without music in the midst of coronavirus
The news came slow, then fast. On March 12, in hopes of mitigating the spread of the coronavirus and amid calls for social distancing in … Continue reading