Announcing the 2021 Classical Up Close Festival

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

We are thrilled to announce the 2021 Classical Up Close festival schedule. This year's festival is composed of 14 outdoor concerts in neighborhoods that are near and dear to our musicians' hearts. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy life music at these casual, intimate, fun performances. We can't wait to see you.

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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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