2012-2013 ~ A SEASON OF FIRSTS
First of the FirstsOctober 12 & 14, 2012
Several FirstsNovember 16 & 18, 2012
A Holiday Gift of MusicDecember 2, 2012
Gala, Dinner & AuctionFebruary 16, 2013
A First Time for EverythingMarch 15 & 17, 2013
Elgar 2 + Strauss 4 = Huw FirstMay 3 & 5, 2013
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Tickets
You may purchase tickets through PCS at (503) 234-4077 or cso@pacifier.com
Tickets are also available at the door one hour before each performance.
Purchase and print tickets online from our partner
An additional fee may apply.
Single Tickets:
Click here to purchase individual tickets.
Adult: $30
Senior (60 and over): $25
Student (13 and over): $10
Child (12 and under): $5
Family Pass: $65 (good for 2 adults and all children in the family)
Season Ticket Package:
Includes five tickets good for any subscription concert at either location.
Purchase Season Ticket Package now.
Adult: $120
Senior (60+): $100
Student (13 and over): $40
Child (12 and under): $20
Wild Card Ticket Package:
Use these three-ticket packages in any combination for subscription concerts at either location. Purchase Wild Card Ticket Package now.
Adult: $81
Senior (60 and over): $66
Student (13 and over): $21
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First of the Firsts
October 12 & 14, 2012
Paul Haas, Guest Conductor
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Opening the first concert of our Season of Firsts, is Guest Conductor Paul Haas. He has been
called 'visionary' and 'on the brink of a noteworthy career.' He is currently the Music Director of the Symphony of
Northwest Arkansas (SoNA), and the founder and Artistic Director of Sympho as well as a guest conductor and an active
composer. Portlander Rosa Li returns to the PCSO stage from Indiana University where she studies with Andre Watts.
Monteverdi
Deposuit potentes de sede
Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Rosa Li, piano
Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Friday, Oct 12, 7:30 pm
First United Methodist Church,
1838 SW Jefferson St., Portland
Sunday, Oct 14, 3:00 pm
Good Shepherd Community Church
28986 SE Haley Rd., Boring
Several Firsts
November 16 & 18, 2012
Andres Lopera, Guest Conductor
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Andres Lopera, Metropolitan Youth Symphony's new Music Director, and Jessica Sindell, newly
appointed Oregon Symphony principal flute, make their Portland debut appearances on the stage of PCSO.
Lopera comes to MYS from the New England Conservatory Youth Symphony and Music Director of the Boston Latin-American
Orchestra. Ms. Sindell is a recent graduate of the Eastman School of Music and is completing her first season in her
role as principal flute.
Glinka
Russlan & Ludmilla
Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1, G major, K. 313
Jessica Sindell, flute
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1, F minor, Op. 10
Friday, Nov 16, 7:30 pm
First United Methodist Church,
1838 SW Jefferson St., Portland
Sunday, Nov 18, 3:00 pm
Good Shepherd Community Church
28986 SE Haley Rd., Boring
A Holiday Gift of Music
Sunday, December 2, 2012
3:00 pm
Good Shepherd Community Church
28986 SE Haley Rd, Boring
Andrew Sewell, Guest Conductor
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Now an annual musical-must for many families, our Holiday Gift of Music presents a wide range of
lively, festive music--the perfect way to kick off any holiday tradition you celebrate. Join us for a multi-media presentation of
Howard Blake's The Snowman, a tale of a boy who builds a snowman one winter's day. That night, at the stroke of midnight,
the snowman comes to life. Special ticket prices this performance only: adults/seniors $15 and children are $5. Reserve your tickets today - this concert
will sell out! An instrument petting zoo is available one hour before the concert.
Hayman
Carol of the Bells
Custer
It's Christmastime
Blake
THE SNOWMAN
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs by arrangement with © Snowman Enterprises Lt 2012. www.thesnowman.co.uk
Alistair Sewell, vocalist
Wendel
A Chanukah Overture
Lunn
Downton Abbey Suite
Wendel
A Little Bolero Boy
Polar Express and It's the Holiday Season
Portland Symphonic Girl Choir
under the direction of Roberta Jackson and Deb Burgess
Nelson-Rollins
Frosty
Ployhar
Rudolph
Finnegan
Christmas Singalong
A First Time for Everything
March 15 & 17, 2013
Andrew Sewell, Guest Conductor
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Pius Cheung, recognized as a master craftsman on his unusual instrument, will dazzle you in his first
PCSO solo performance. Guest Conductor Andrew Sewell, Music Director of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, takes the podium to
deliver his own brand of energy, vitality, and spirit. A native of New Zealand, Maestro Sewell received his music training
on the violin, piano and cornet, and began conducting at age sixteen.
Lilburn
Overture: Aotearoa
Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue for Marimba and Orchestra
Pius Cheung, marimba
Dvorak
Symphony No. 7, D minor, Op. 70
Friday, Mar 15, 7:30 pm (pre-concert conversation at 6:45)
First United Methodist Church,
1838 SW Jefferson St., Portland
Sunday, Mar 17, 3:00 pm
Good Shepherd Community Church
28986 SE Haley Rd., Boring
Elgar 2 + Strauss 4 = Huw First
May 3 & 5, 2013
Conductor Emeritus & Principal Guest Conductor Huw Edwards
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Huw Edwards returns to familiar territory as he takes the PCSO stage for the first time as
Conductor Emeritus and Principal Guest Conductor. Well loved and respected by our audiences and players for the last
twelve seasons, Edwards concludes our 31st concert season with Strauss' magnificent song cycle and Elgar's Symphony No. 2,
played by PCSO for the first time.
Strauss
Four Last Songs
Coral Walterman, soprano
Elgar
Symphony No. 2,E-flat major, Op. 63
Friday, May 3, 7:30 pm
First United Methodist Church,
1838 SW Jefferson St., Portland
Sunday, May 5, 3:00 pm
Good Shepherd Community Church
28986 SE Haley Rd., Boring
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Tickets
You may purchase tickets through PCS at (503) 234-4077 or cso@pacifier.com
Tickets are also available at the door one hour before each performance.
Purchase and print tickets online from our partner
An additional fee may apply.
Single Tickets:
Click here to purchase individual tickets.
Adult: $30
Senior (60 and over): $25
Student (13 and over): $10
Child (12 and under): $5
Family Pass: $65 (good for 2 adults and all children in the family)
Season Ticket Package:
Includes five tickets good for any subscription concert at either location.
Purchase Season Ticket Package now.
Adult: $120
Senior (60+): $100
Student (13 and over): $40
Child (12 and under): $20
Wild Card Ticket Package:
Use these three-ticket packages in any combination for subscription concerts at either location. Purchase Wild Card Ticket Package now.
Adult: $81
Senior (60 and over): $66
Student (13 and over): $21
(Return To Top)
First of the Firsts
October 12 & 14, 2012
Paul Haas, Guest Conductor
Purchase tickets now
Opening the first concert of our Season of Firsts, is Guest Conductor Paul Haas. He has been
called 'visionary' and 'on the brink of a noteworthy career.' He is currently the Music Director of the Symphony of
Northwest Arkansas (SoNA), and the founder and Artistic Director of Sympho as well as a guest conductor and an active
composer. Portlander Rosa Li returns to the PCSO stage from Indiana University where she studies with Andre Watts.
Monteverdi
Deposuit potentes de sede
Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Rosa Li, piano
Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Friday, Oct 12, 7:30 pm
First United Methodist Church,
1838 SW Jefferson St., Portland
Sunday, Oct 14, 3:00 pm
Good Shepherd Community Church
28986 SE Haley Rd., Boring
Several Firsts
November 16 & 18, 2012
Andres Lopera, Guest Conductor
Purchase tickets now
Andres Lopera, Metropolitan Youth Symphony's new Music Director, and Jessica Sindell, newly
appointed Oregon Symphony principal flute, make their Portland debut appearances on the stage of PCSO.
Lopera comes to MYS from the New England Conservatory Youth Symphony and Music Director of the Boston Latin-American
Orchestra. Ms. Sindell is a recent graduate of the Eastman School of Music and is completing her first season in her
role as principal flute.
Glinka
Russlan & Ludmilla
Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1, G major, K. 313
Jessica Sindell, flute
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1, F minor, Op. 10
Friday, Nov 16, 7:30 pm
First United Methodist Church,
1838 SW Jefferson St., Portland
Sunday, Nov 18, 3:00 pm
Good Shepherd Community Church
28986 SE Haley Rd., Boring
A Holiday Gift of Music
Sunday, December 2, 2012
3:00 pm
Good Shepherd Community Church
28986 SE Haley Rd, Boring
Andrew Sewell, Guest Conductor
Purchase tickets now
Now an annual musical-must for many families, our Holiday Gift of Music presents a wide range of lively, festive music--the perfect way to kick off any holiday tradition you celebrate. Join us for a multi-media presentation of Howard Blake's The Snowman, a tale of a boy who builds a snowman one winter's day. That night, at the stroke of midnight, the snowman comes to life. Special ticket prices this performance only: adults/seniors $15 and children are $5. Reserve your tickets today - this concert will sell out! An instrument petting zoo is available one hour before the concert.
Hayman
Carol of the Bells
Custer
It's Christmastime
Blake
THE SNOWMAN
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs by arrangement with © Snowman Enterprises Lt 2012. www.thesnowman.co.uk
Alistair Sewell, vocalist
Wendel
A Chanukah Overture
Lunn
Downton Abbey Suite
Wendel
A Little Bolero Boy
Polar Express and It's the Holiday Season
Portland Symphonic Girl Choir
under the direction of Roberta Jackson and Deb Burgess
Nelson-Rollins
Frosty
Ployhar
Rudolph
Finnegan
Christmas Singalong
A First Time for Everything
March 15 & 17, 2013
Andrew Sewell, Guest Conductor
Purchase tickets now
Pius Cheung, recognized as a master craftsman on his unusual instrument, will dazzle you in his first
PCSO solo performance. Guest Conductor Andrew Sewell, Music Director of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, takes the podium to
deliver his own brand of energy, vitality, and spirit. A native of New Zealand, Maestro Sewell received his music training
on the violin, piano and cornet, and began conducting at age sixteen.
Lilburn
Overture: Aotearoa
Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue for Marimba and Orchestra
Pius Cheung, marimba
Dvorak
Symphony No. 7, D minor, Op. 70
Friday, Mar 15, 7:30 pm (pre-concert conversation at 6:45)
First United Methodist Church,
1838 SW Jefferson St., Portland
Sunday, Mar 17, 3:00 pm
Good Shepherd Community Church
28986 SE Haley Rd., Boring
Elgar 2 + Strauss 4 = Huw First
May 3 & 5, 2013
Conductor Emeritus & Principal Guest Conductor Huw Edwards
Purchase tickets now
Huw Edwards returns to familiar territory as he takes the PCSO stage for the first time as
Conductor Emeritus and Principal Guest Conductor. Well loved and respected by our audiences and players for the last
twelve seasons, Edwards concludes our 31st concert season with Strauss' magnificent song cycle and Elgar's Symphony No. 2,
played by PCSO for the first time.
Strauss
Four Last Songs
Coral Walterman, soprano
Elgar
Symphony No. 2,E-flat major, Op. 63
Friday, May 3, 7:30 pm
First United Methodist Church,
1838 SW Jefferson St., Portland
Sunday, May 5, 3:00 pm
Good Shepherd Community Church
28986 SE Haley Rd., Boring
Portland Columbia Symphony
PO Box 6559
Portland, Oregon 97228
cso@pacifier.com ~ 503-234-4077