Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra Concerts

2007-2008 SEASON

Beautifully BoldOctober 12 & 14, 2007

Daring DifferencesNovember 16 & 18, 2007

Holiday Gift of MusicDecember 7 & 9, 2007

Celebrate! Music from Around the World ~ Gala & AuctionJanuary 12, 2008

Distinctive AccentsFebruary 22 & 24, 2008

Generation GapsMarch 28 & 30, 2008

Romantic FinaleMay 2 & 5, 2008

Ticket Information

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Beautifully Bold

The orchestra bursts out of the gate for our 26th anniversary year with a fanciful journey through some of film's greatest music. Soloist Eloise Kim, local student of Kelli Stephens and Dr. Jean-David Coen, plays Grieg's Piano Concerto.

Rossini

Overture to William Tell

Grieg

Piano Concerto in A minor
Eloise Kim, piano

Handel

Overture to The Royal Fireworks

Mussorgsky

Night on Bald Mountain

Liszt

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Friday, Oct 12, 8:00 pm
(7:15 preconcert talk)
FUMC, Portland, Oregon

Sunday, Oct 14, 3:00 pm
(refreshments following)
GSCC, Boring, Oregon

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Daring Differences

Mighten Yip, though young in age, tackles the mighty Mozart and the orchestra perfects Elgar's rich Symphony No. 1.

Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 9
Mighten Yip, piano

Elgar

Symphony No. 1

Friday, Nov 16, 8:00 pm
(7:15 preconcert talk)
FUMC, Portland, Oregon

Sunday, Nov 18, 3:00 pm
(refreshments following)
GSCC, Boring, Oregon

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Holiday Gift of Music

Special ticket prices for these two performances only: adults/seniors $5 and children are FREE. Reserve your tickets today - these concerts will sell out! An instrument petting zoo is available one hour before each concert.

Prokofiev

Peter & the Wolf
Bill Barry, narrator
Puppets by Tears of Joy

Tchaikovsky

excerpts from The Nutcracker

Kid Favorites

Rudolph, Sleigh Ride, Frosty

Anderson

Fiddle Faddle

Handel

Overture to the The Royal Fireworks

Finnegan

Christmas Singalong

Mersereau, Brad

Christmas Carol

ChristyAnne Hamilton, soprano

Friday, Dec 7, 7:00 pm
FUMC, Portland, Oregon

Sunday, Dec 9, 3:00 pm
Sam Barlow High School, Boring, Oregon

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Distinctive Accents

Styles and sounds from Britain (Wales), Spain, and Austria overwhelm the senses in this sensitve and artful concert.

Vaughan Williams

Rhosymedre: Prelude on a Welsh Hymn Tune

Rodrigo

Concierto de Aranjuez
David Franzen, guitar

Schubert

Symphony No. 9 "The Great"

Friday, Feb 22, 8:00 pm
(7:15 preconcert talk)
FUMC, Portland, Oregon

Sunday, Feb 24, 3:00 pm
(refreshments following)
GSCC, Boring, Oregon

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Generation Gaps

CSO premieres a work by Portlander Amber Gudaitis, now an under-graduate student at Arizona State University. Jennifer Choi, now based in New York, graces the CSO stage for the third time.