2021 Festival

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 a blanket and enjoy live music at these casual, intimate, fun performances. 

WEATHER 
Performances could be delayed or cancelled if weather conditions threaten damage to instruments. We will use a canopy to protect the instruments when possible, and will do our very best to present each concert on time. Please plan accordingly for wet weather. Thank you!

Download Festival Schedule with Programs

June 1 
5-6 pm, 4939 SW 35th Pl., Portland, OR

• Rain date: June 5, 5-6 pm

Performers: Greg Ewer and Adam LaMotte, violins

​Selections from Leclair, De Beriot and Telemann violin duos

June 2 - Two Concerts
12 – 1 pm, Lake Music Parking Lot 15560 Boones Ferry Rd, Lake Oswego, OR 97035 

• Rain date:June 3, 7-8 pm

​Performers: Inés Voglar Belgique, violin; Hillary Oseas, viola; Trevor Fitzpatrick, cello; Colin Corner, bass; Martha Long, flute

Franz Anton Hoffmeister:  Solo Bass Quartet No. 4                         
Tom Knific:  Duo No. 2 for Violin and Double Bass “Zhang Song”    
Tom Knific:  Duo for Violin/Viola and Double Bass                             
Erwin Schulhoff:  Concertino for Flute, Viola and Contrabass 

5-6 pm, 3215 NE 16th Ave., Portland, OR

• Rain date:June 9, 5-6 pm

Performers: 
Pyxis Quartet: Ron Blessinger, Greg Ewer, violin; Charles Noble, viola and Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
Mousai REMIX: Shin-young Kwon, Emily Cole, violin; Jennifer Arnold, viola; Marilyn de Oliveira, cello

Entr'acte:  Caroline Shaw.
Voodoo Dolls: Jessie Montgomery
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson:  String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary"

June 3
5-6 pm, 1805 NE 56th Ave., Portland

• Rain date: June 4, 7-8 pm

Performers: Erin Furbee, Peter Frajola, violin; Robert Taylor, trombone

Tango Music

June 4
5-6 pm, 16306 S Hilltop Rd., Oregon City

• Rain date: June 6, 5-6 pm

Performers: Sarah Kwak, Chien Tan, Searmi Park, Ruby Chen, violin; Charles Noble, Vali Phillips, Kelly Talim, viola; Marilyn de Oliveira, Trevor Fitzpatrick, cello; Andy Akiho, percussion
        
Brahms:  Sextet in G Major, Op 36, movement 4
Strauss:  Sextet from the Opera "Capriccio"
Four pieces by Andy Akiho:
- the rAy’s end 
- Karakurenai 
- I falleN TwO 
- Aka 

June 5 - Two Concerts
2-3 pm, 6318 SE Lincoln St. Portland

• Rain date: June 6, 12-1 pm

​Performers: Rose City Brass Quintet: Joe Klause and Logan Brown, trumpets; Dan Partridge, horn; Lars Campbell, trombone; JáTtik Clark, tuba

Jennifer Higdon:  Fanfare Quintet
Axel Jorgensen:  Brass Quintet
Joyce Solomon Moorman: Jazz Quintet
Leonard Bernstein, arr Jack Gale: West Side Story Suite
Joey Sellers: Portland Mvt 3 SE

7-8 pm, 2966 NW Telshire Terrace, Beaverton

• Rain date: June 6, 7-8 pm

Performers: Emily Cole, Ruby Chen, Shin-young Kwon, violin; Charles Noble, viola; Ken Finch, cello; Karen Wagner, oboe and James Shields, clarinet

Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370
Bartok: Duos for Two Violins
Dohnanyi: Serenade in C Major for String Trio, Op. 10
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581

June 6
2-3 pm, 4037 SW Iowa St., Portland

• Rain date: June 6, 3-4 pm

Performers: Greg Ewer, Emily Cole, violin; Charles Noble, viola; Antoinette Gan, Marilyn de Oliveira, cello; Martha Long, flute

Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat Major   
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Assobio a Játo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in G Major

June 7
5-6 pm, 9516 SE Winsor Dr., Milwaukie

• Rain date: June 12, 5-6 pm

Performers: Sarah Kwak, Greg Ewer, violin; Charles Noble, Vali Phillips, viola; Nancy Ives, cello

Mozart: Duo in G major, K.423
Witold Lutoslawski: Bucolics for viola and cello
Mozart: String Quintet No.1 in B-flat Major, K.174

June 9
12 – 1 pm, 3779 SW 96th Ave., Portland

• Rain date: June 9, 5-6 pm

Performers: Jeffrey Work and David Bamonte, trumpets; Joe Berger, horn; Robert Taylor, trombone; JáTtik Clark, tuba; Sergio Carreno, percussion

A varied program of upbeat brass favorites, ranging from the Renaissance to the Jazz Age, will be announced by the musicians.

June 10
5-6 pm, 3512 NE Tillamook St., Portland

• Rain date: June 11, 7-8 pm

Performers: Erin Furbee, Peter Frajola, violin; Robert Taylor, trombone

Tango Music

June 11
5-6 pm, 7070 SW Ash Creek Ct., Tigard

• Rain date: June 13, 2-3 pm

Performers: Sarah Kwak, violin; Vali Phillips, viola; Cary Lewis, piano (keyboard)

Ignaz lachner: Piano Trio No.1 in B flat Major, Op 37
Ludwig Thuille: Piano Trio in E flat Major 

June 12
2-3 pm, 4810 SE Raymond St., Portland

• Rain date: June 13, 3-4 pm

Performers: Emily Cole, Greg Ewer, violins; Charles Noble, viola; Kevin Kunkel, cello; Jeff Johnson; Carin Miller Packwood, bassoon

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Ciranda Das Sete Notas
Wynton Marsalis: Meeelaan 
Haydn: String Quartet Number 46, opus 20, number 4
Jean Francaix: Divertissement 

June 14
12 – 1 pm, 810 SE Oak Grove Blvd., Milwaukie, OR

• Rain date: June 14, 5-6 pm

​Performers: Emily Cole, violin; Charles Noble, viola; Kevin Kunkel, cello; Kerry Kavalo, viola; Jeff Johnson, bass; James Shields, clarinet; Joe Berger and Alicia Waite, horns.

Carl Nielsen:  "Serenata in Vano"    
Alec Wilder:  Duets for Horn and Cello    
Louis Spohr:  Octet in E Major, Op. 32    

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