Celebration Works: If I Were A Bird (on-demand until 12/8/2020)
Free (Free)
Florence Price — Selected works
Gabriela Lena Frank — Selected works
Amy Beach — Selected works
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — Selected works
Celius Dougherty — Selected works
Charles Ives — Selected works
Franz Schubert — Selected works
Aaron Copland — Selected works
Richard Hundley — Selected works
Ryan Woodhouse — Selected works
Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano
Stephanie Thompson, piano
Mezzo-soprano Lisa Neher & pianist Stephanie Thompson will perform a concert of art song and piano solos exploring the human condition through the lens of birds, featuring Winged from Within, a new work by Portland composer Theresa Koon. This concert is brought to you in partnership with Portland Audubon. Learn more about their work for birds and their local habitats at www.audubonportland.org.
Free Admission!
Composers include:
Amy Beach, Franz Schubert, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Gabriela Lena Frank, Charles Ives, Florence Price, Richard Hundley, Ryan Woodhouse, Theresa Koon, Aaron Copland, and Celius Dougherty.
The concert streams December 5 (live) and 6 (rebroadcast) at 2 pm Pacific. The recording will be available for 48 hours after the final rebroadcast.
Link to donate: https://firstpresportland.ccbchurch.com/goto/giving
About Celebration Works Virtual Concert Series
https://www.firstpresportland.org/music-arts/celebration-works/
About Lisa Neher
Dr. Lisa Neher (she/her, "NEER") is an award-winning composer and new music mezzo on a mission to transform audiences through sound, story, and vulnerability. With a voice praised as "full and rich" and "especially alive" (Oregon ArtsWatch), Neher's performance credits include Third Angle New Music, Really Spicy Opera, Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Opera Theatre Oregon, New Music Gathering, Resonance Ensemble, Experiments in Opera, Renegade Opera, and Big Mouth Society. She is a member of Portland Opera Chorus and President of New Wave Opera.
Described as a "supremely talented," "visionary composer" (Willamette Week), "maestro of beautifully wacky noises" (Oregon ArtsWatch), and author of "liquid, impressionist piano writing and fluent melding" of voices (New York Classical Review), Neher's compositions are inspired by the climate crisis, the tender love of family and friends, and the eerie mystery of deep ocean life. She is Composer in Residence for the Beaverton Community Band. She has been commissioned and performed by the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Cincinnati Song Initiative, Third Angle New Music, FearNoMusic, Dinosaur Annex, New Opera West, Mirror Visions Ensemble, Alma Ensemble, Opera Elect, and Opera Santa Barbara, among others.
Her awards include the Flute New Music Consortium Competition, ICDA/ICF Choral Competition, Mirror Visions Ensemble Young Composer Competition and the Celebris Ensemble Choral Competition.
http://www.lisanehermusic.com/