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Photo by Joe Cantrell

Screenshot of this month's Classical Up Close committee meeting. Starting at the top, left to right: Nancy Ives, Susan Shepperd, Emily Cole, Sarah Kwak, Vali Phillips, Joe Cantrell, Alicia Waite, Ruby Chen.

November 25, 2020

​While it's true that the Oregon Symphony will not perform together again for a long time, our crew of dedicated musicians has started the ball rolling on ideas for the 2021 Classical Up Close festival. We met by Zoom last week to discuss various scenarios for presenting performances across the metro area and we arrived at a couple of decisions.

Our main focus is that everyone — musicians and audience members alike — are safe and able to enjoy the performances. With that in mind, we have zeroed in on an outdoor festival comprised of intimate spaces in neighborhoods rather than trying to figure out how to perform in public buildings. We are still refining what this will look like, but we think it could be quite exciting as many of the performances will be held in musicians' neighborhoods! And as of now, the festival should take place from June 1 - 14, 2021 (subject to change, of course). As we get closer we will fill in more details!

For now, we wish you well and hope to see you in June.

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What is Classical Up Close? 

About this video:

"Mary Weisensee (Creative Services Manager at Tualatin Valley Community Television) contacted Classical Up Close in November 2018, and we expressed our interest in doing something with them. She facilitated a meeting with Thaddeus Girard, MACC Administrator and Kevin Howard, production manager, and we talked about Classical Up Close and what kind of production we could do together. Kevin has been the point person ever since. He’s wonderful to work with!"  said Nancy Ives, Classical Up Close co-founder and Oregon Symphony principal cello.

We are very grateful to Kevin for his hard work and the beautiful production of this video spotlight on our mission and music. It is currently playing on TVCT, but you can watch it anytime here. We hope you enjoy it!

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