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Neave Trio Returns for Season Finale in HDCM Concert Series!



High Desert Chamber Music’s 2024-25 season, presented by Washington Trust Bank and Lynch Murphy McLane LLP, will conclude in April with the return of Neave Trio. This Grammy-nominated group has earned enormous praise for their engaging, cutting-edge performances. Gramophone has praised this Boston-based group's "taut and vivid interpretations," while The Strad calls out their "eloquent phrasing and deft control of textures”. 

This concert is brought to you by Drew Family Dentistry and will take place on Friday, April 18, 2025, at 7:30pm,  at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon. The program includes Mel Bonis’s Soir et Matin, Op.76, Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio in G minor, and Bedrich Smetana’s Piano Trio No.1 in G minor. Ticket holders may join the group for a concert preview with the musicians at 6:45pm. 

Tickets are available through HDCM online, by phone, or in person at their office in Downtown Bend. HDCM 2024-2025 title sponsors include Washington Trust Bank and Lynch Murphy McLane LLP, Pahlisch Homes, Miller Lumber, German Master Tech, Pine Tavern Restaurant, Drew Family Dentistry, Mission Building, Cascade A&E, Central Oregon Daily, and Newstalk KBND and 107.7 Radio.

Further information:
General Admission - $48, Child/Student Tickets $10
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon – 61980 Skyline Ranch Rd. Bend, OR 97703
Contact: 541.306.3988 / info@HighDesertChamberMusic.com / 961 NW Brooks St. (Downtown Bend)

High Desert Chamber Music’s mission is to bring exceptional chamber music and musicians to Central Oregon. Now in its seventeenth season, HDCM presents an acclaimed concert series featuring world-renowned artists and meaningful educational opportunities. Join us in experiencing the impact that live musical excellence can bring to our community!
 

April Music in Public Places!

Join us for our next Music in Public Places concerts on April 19th! Cascade Chamber Players will be performing at the La Pine Library at 2:00 pm. Lumina Flute Trio will be performing at the Redmond Library at 3:00 pm.


Admission is free. You can find more information at cosymphony.com.

Music Down in My Soul!

Sunday, Apr 27 | 7PM
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon

Join the Central Oregon Mastersingers for Music Down in My Soul, an evening concert celebrating the soul-stirring power of music and its ability to connect us across time and space. With a repertoire spanning centuries—from the timeless works of Orlando Gibbons to the vibrant spirituals of Moses Hogan and the folk brilliance of Bob Dylan—this program showcases music’s enduring ability to inspire!

We are especially excited to present Sacred Place, by Alex Berko.

From the composer:  "Sacred Place is an ecological service that connects the old with the new, the sacred with the secular, and the individual with their community. The outline of the work is a Jewish service. However, rather than Jewish prayers, the text is made up of various writers and thinkers who speak of the environment as a place of safety, comfort, and beauty. Written for SATB choir, piano, violin, and cello, the six-movement piece is at times a meditation and at times an impassioned prayer for the world we inhabit and share."

The performance will also feature Pärt Uusberg's Muusika, an enchanting meditation on music as the essence of the soul, alongside a haunting arrangement of The Times, They Are a-Changin’ and a brand new piece, Let Me Believe, with a reassuring message of hope.

This event is free. Suggested donation: $20

    Taizé! 



    A meditative interfaith service of music, prayer, silence

    NEXT: May 1, 2025
    St. Helen’s Hall
    Trinity Episcopal Church
    231 NW Idaho St, Bend (across street from Trinity sanctuary)

    Families Welcome!

    Location are wheelchair accessible

    Sponsored by
    Taizé Choir of Central Oregon
    taizebend@gmail.com
    541-815-5574
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    May Music in Public Places!

    Our Music in Public Places concerts in May will feature the Lumina Flute Trio and 27th Street Brass on May 10th at 2:00 pm. You can attend the Lumina Flute Trio’s performance at the Sunriver Public Library and 27th Street Brass at the Sisters Public Library.

    Admission is free. You can find more information at cosymphony.com.

    CO Symphony Spring Concert!

    The Central Oregon Symphony invites you to our Spring Concert Series. The concerts will be May 17 at 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm and May 18 at 2:00 pm. The venue for these dates will be Mountain View High School. You can learn more about the concerts and how to reserve your tickets at cosymphony.com. We look forward to a lovely weekend of music in May.
     
    Recently retired after nearly four decades playing clarinet and bass clarinet with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), we are honored to have J. Lawrie Bloom join the Central Oregon Symphony for our season finale. In addition to his work with the CSO, Lawrie has appeared throughout the world as a chamber musician and concerto soloist. He will be performing the sublime "Concerto for Clarinet" by W.A. Mozart. The second half of the concert will feature one of the staples of the symphonic repertoire, Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 4”. In this colossal four-movement work, Tchaikovsky wrestles with the idea of “fate” and all of its complex manifestations in our human existence.
     
    For ticket information, please visit cosymphony.com.

    SUNRIVER MUSIC FESTIVAL
    SELECTS ARTWORK
     BY
    DAVID YOUNG-WOLFF
    FOR 2025 SEASON!


    Sunriver Music Festival has selected David Young-Wolff’s “River Dreaming” as its featured artwork for 2025.
      
    Each year, the Festival features an artist local to Central Oregon for the season’s poster. Artists were invited to submit their artwork for consideration and a jury of professional artists from the Artist’s Gallery Sunriver assists in making the final selection. Young-Wolff’s digitally enhanced photograph, which has been printed onto 20x30 inch metal and custom-framed by Eastlake Framing, will be auctioned at the Raise the Baton fundraising party on June 21. Details and tickets at sunrivermusic.org.

    Fine art quality reproductions of this work will grace the cover of the brochure and program magazine for the 48th season of Sunriver Music Festival. Posters are available for $35. Framed posters are $85. Notecards with Festival art are $25 for a pack of 10. All merchandise is available at the Sunriver Music Festival office. Call 541.593.1084 or email information@sunrivermusic.org to purchase posters.


    About David Young-Wolff
    In the artist’s words: 

    “I was honored to have my work, “River Dreaming”, chosen for the 48th season of Sunriver Music Festival. The intention of “River Dreaming” is to illustrate how experiencing outside can alter your perception of being in nature. You can open up to nature in many different ways, from realistic to surrealistic and beyond. 


    David Young-Wolff's journey through the world of photography has always been guided by one constant: light. As a child, he was captivated by the way light danced through the leaves, wrapped around mountains and over every object in its path. He couldn’t resist following its journey as it traveled across people, faces, and shapes. This early fascination with light has defined his nearly 45-year career as a professional photographer in Los Angeles.
    David became one of the top producers of stock photography, before shifting his focus to creating powerful, evocative images for clients and embarking on his own personal photography projects.
      
    One of the defining moments of his career was working on the book Navajo Mothers and Daughters: Portraits of Beauty. Over the course of five years, David and his wife traveled more than 14,000 miles from Santa Monica to Flagstaff where they spent time on the Navajo reservation capturing intimate portraits of Navajo women for a project that was both technically demanding and personally fulfilling. It was an extraordinary opportunity for David, made even more meaningful by the close friendship with the book’s author, a longtime friend of his and his wife, Pam.

    David deeply appreciates a lifetime in photography, which has given him the opportunity to meet and collaborate with incredible people, learning from each interaction. Working on numerous creative projects has allowed him to experience the power of teamwork. At the same time, photography has also given him the freedom to create powerful images on his own, capturing moments through his unique perspective. 

    Today, David and Pam now reside in Sunriver, where his photography continues to evolve, shaped by a lifelong love of light.”

    www.davidyoung-wolff.com

    Sunriver Music Festival’s 2025 summer season will be held in Bend and Sunriver from August 2-13.Events are at the iconic Tower Theatre in downtown Bend and the historic Great Hall at Sunriver Resort. Artistic Director & Conductor Brett Mitchell will lead world-class orchestra musicians and acclaimed soloists in a remarkable 48th season.  For details and tickets, visit sunrivermusic.org.

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    Sunriver Music Festival is a year-round nonprofit presenting world-class orchestral performances and supporting music education throughout Central Oregon. Through a commitment to excellence, collaboration and innovation, the Festival seeks to foster a lifelong love of classical music in its many diverse forms. | sunrivermusic.org

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