Category: News
Cappella Romana to Perform for Pop-Up Magazine Winter Issue 2019!
A NIGHT OF TRUE STORIES, DOCUMENTARY FILMS, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND RADIO FROM SOME OF OUR FAVORITE WRITERS, PERFORMERS, AND MUSICIANS. UNRECORDED, LIVE ONSTAGE. Cappella Romana, Portland’s professional vocal ensemble dedicated to ancient and modern music of the Christian East and West, will perform at Pop-Up Magazine’s Winter Issue live event. Pop-Up Magazine is self-described as “a…
KING FM Northwest Focus features Lost Treasures of Armenia
In the lead up to our Lost Treasures of Armenia series, Seattle’s KING FM will be previewing the performance on the Northwest Focus program Monday-Thursday this week (1/14-17/2019). Date Time Music Monday, January 14 9:19pm Adamis: Radiant Cloud Tuesday, January 15 8:00pm Dufay: Lamentatio Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae Wed, January 16 9:19pm Zes: Cherubic Hymn…
Cappella Romana BOGO Recording Sale
Give the gift of music with Cappella Romana’s acclaimed recordings. With every CD you’ll receive full texts and translations, biographies, and program notes to deepen your understanding and enjoyment of the music. Now through December 16, buy one CD and get the second CD FREE! Offer Ends December 16, 2018 at 11:59pm – so ORDER…
Cappella Romana Joins PBO for Handel’s Messiah
December 7-10, 2018, Cappella Romana joins Portland Baroque Orchestra in Portland’s only annual production of Handel’s Messiah on period instruments. The performance will feature guest-director and harpsichordist Desmond Earley, soprano Miriam Allan, mezzo-soprano Laura Beckel Thoreson, tenor Nils Neubert, and bass-baritone William Gaunt. Learn more at PBO.org
On #GivingTuesday, your gift will be doubled!
It’s #GivingTuesday, and we know all will be receiving many appeals to support the great work non-profits do in our communities. NEWS FLASH: Today we received word that the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund will match your gift made before Dec. 31. Your gift will be doubled! At Cappella Romana, giving is a year-round activity, and…
The Oregonian Features “They Are At Rest”
The Oregonian interviews Cappella Romana executive director Mark Powell for a feature on our They Are At Rest series: Cappella Romana appears to be the only professional artistic organization in Portland giving a performance commemorating the 100th anniversary of World War I’s end. “This is the right thing for us to do,” Mark Powell, Cappella…
KING FM Northwest Focus features They Are At Rest
In the lead up to our They Are At Rest series, Seattle’s KING FM will be previewing the performance on the Northwest Focus program Monday-Thursday of next week (11/5-8/2018). Date Time Music Monday, November 5 8:08pm Parry: Songs of Farewell – There is an old belief Tuesday, November 6 8:02pm Parry: Songs of Farewell…
Cappella Romana and Third Angle New Music share historic downtown workspace
PORTLAND, OR— The sounds of music, from medieval chant to math rock, are ringing out from a single set of offices in the Gus J. Solomon U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Oregon. Third Angle New Music is delighted to announce that it has established its new office in the top floor of the former courthouse, subleased…
KING FM Northwest Focus features Heaven and Earth: The Song of Creation
In the lead up to our Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation series, Seattle’s KING FM will be previewing the performance on the Northwest Focus program on Wednesday and Thursday of this week (10/10-11/2018). Date Time Music Wednesday, October 10 9:30pm Tikey Zes: Cherubic Hymn (from The Divine Liturgy) Thursday, October 11 8:29pm…
Notes on Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation
Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation Dedicated to Richard Toensing (+2014) and Archimandrite Ephrem Lash (+2016) of blessed memory Program Notes by Richard Barrett, Artistic Director, The Saint John of Damascus Society HEAVEN AND EARTH TICKETS 10/12 SEATTLE TICKETS 10/13 PORTLAND TICKETS 10/14 PORTLAND TICKETS The Saint John of Damascus Society is a sacred arts…
KING FM Northwest Focus features The Vigil
In the lead-up to The Vigil series, Seattle’s KING FM will be previewing the performance on the Northwest Focus program on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of this week (9/17,18,20/2018). See when to tune in to hear recordings from the Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil! When To Listen Date Time Music Monday, September 17 8:08 Rachmaninoff: Vespers…
Cappella Romana Welcomes Superstar Basso Profundo Glenn Miller for “The Vigil”
Among singers, they’re known as basso profundos. In Russian Orthodox music, they are referred to as oktavists. Whatever you call them, they are one of the rarest – and lowest – voice parts, often singing a full octave below the normal bass range, adding new dimension and depth to the sound of an ensemble. To…
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