Upcoming Concerts
Cascade Chamber Players | Prineville
Cascade Chamber Players | Crook County Public Library in Prineville
Music In Public Places | Redmond
Cascade Chamber Players | High Desert Music Hall in Redmond
Music In Public Places | Prineville
Dove String Quartet | Crook County Library in Prineville
Music in Public Places - Sisters
Music in Public Places provides an opportunity for Central Oregonians to hear chamber music close to home at libraries, and other public venues throughout Central Oregon, including Prineville, Redmond, Sisters, Sunriver, Madras, and La Pine.
27th Brass Quintet | Sisters Public Library
CONCERTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED.
Concerts are typically an hour in length.
Spring Concert Series 2024
Hailed as an “Astounding Virtuoso” and “Exhilarating” performer, the rising-star percussionist, Britton- René Collins, will join the COS for our season finale. Noted for her exceptional musicianship and active passion for creating social change through her music, Britton-René will perform a new work by Australian based composer, Sergei Golovko. Also featured on the concert will be a lightning-fast prelude from Wagner’s opera Lohengrin and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2, which LA Philharmonic program annotator, Orrin Howard, describes as “an abundance of gorgeously conceived lushness and tautly brilliant propulsiveness, both operating within orchestral textures of rich sonority.”
Spring Concert Series 2024
Hailed as an “Astounding Virtuoso” and “Exhilarating” performer, the rising-star percussionist, Britton- René Collins, will join the COS for our season finale. Noted for her exceptional musicianship and active passion for creating social change through her music, Britton-René will perform a new work by Australian based composer, Sergei Golovko. Also featured on the concert will be a lightning-fast prelude from Wagner’s opera Lohengrin and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2, which LA Philharmonic program annotator, Orrin Howard, describes as “an abundance of gorgeously conceived lushness and tautly brilliant propulsiveness, both operating within orchestral textures of rich sonority.”
Music in Public Places - Prineville
Music in Public Places provides an opportunity for Central Oregonians to hear chamber music close to home at libraries, and other public venues throughout Central Oregon, including Prineville, Redmond, Sisters, Sunriver, and La Pine.
27th Brass Quintet | Crook County Library
CONCERTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED.
Concerts are typically an hour in length.
Music In Public Places - La Pine
Music in Public Places provides an opportunity for Central Oregonians to hear chamber music close to home at libraries, and other public venues throughout Central Oregon, including Prineville, Redmond, Sisters, Sunriver, and La Pine.
Cascade Chamber Players | La Pine Library
CONCERTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED.
Concerts are typically an hour in length.
Chamber Concert | Charlene Chi, Mezzo-Soprano
The Central Oregon Chamber Orchestra, a small ensemble drawn from the musicians of the COS, will perform an assortment of works by Franz Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn, Max Bruch, and Ottorino Respighi. Our featured soloist will be mezzosoprano, Charlene Chi, whose powerful, yet sensitive singing is engaging and enrapturing.
Chamber Concerts are exclusive to COSA Members Only. Become a member today!
Winter Concert 2024
Following last year’s Central Oregon Chamber Orchestra performance of Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3, we are pleased to perform another work by this fantastic nineteenthcentury French composer, her Concert Overture No. 2. Jumping across the border to Spain, and forward three-quarters of a century, we will hear the soulful strains and driving rhythms of Spanish dance music drawn from Manuel de Falla’s ballet The Three-Cornered Hat. Additionally, the winners of the Central Oregon Symphony Association Young Artist Competition will be featured on this concert. Winners have been announced. See announcement here.
Winter Concert Series 2024
Following last year’s Central Oregon Chamber Orchestra performance of Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3, we are pleased to perform another work by this fantastic nineteenth century French composer, her Concert Overture No. 2. Jumping across the border to Spain, and forward three-quarters of a century, we will hear the soulful strains and driving rhythms of Spanish dance music drawn from Manuel de Falla’s ballet The Three-Cornered Hat. Additionally, the winners of the Central Oregon Symphony Association Young Artist Competition will be featured on this concert. Winners have been announced. See announcement here.
Virginia Riggs Children's Concert & Instrument Petting Zoo
Named after a former Central Oregon Symphony cellist with a passion for educating young people (and those young at heart), the Virginia Riggs Children's Concert is fun, educational, and open to all.
Come early for the instrument petting zoo, where children can enjoy an up-close experience with the instruments of the orchestra as symphony musicians play them. There is also the opportunity to try your hand at different instruments and find out where you might have a hidden talent or passion! Afterward, stay for an interactive concert designed with kids in mind.
This event is held at Bend Senior High School and will take place Saturday, February 24, 2024, starting at 9 am with the instrument petting zoo with the concert starting at 10 am.
Music In Public Places| Prineville
Cascade Chamber Players | Crook County Library in Prineville
Music in Public Places| La Pine
Dove String Quartet, Feat. Ryan Zwahlen | La Pine Library
Music in Public Places | Redmond
27th St. Brass Quintet | High Desert Music Hall in Redmond
Music in Public Places(MIPPS)
There are two MIPPS on December 9th in both La Pine & Redmond.
SATURDAY, December 9, 2023, 2 pm
27th St. Brass Quintet | La Pine Library
SATURDAY, December 9, 2023, 2pm
Dove String Quartet | High Desert Music Hall in Redmond
CONCERTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED.
Concerts are typically an hour in length.
Chamber Music Concert | Yu&I
YuEun Kim and Ines Thomé met in 2013 when they both had just moved to the US, YuEun from South Korea and Ines from Germany, serendipitously finding themselves as housemates in an old Victorian building in Los Angeles. They immediately connected through their love of chamber music and good Korean food. As winners of multiple solo competitions for their respective instruments, in addition to their award-winning work as a duo in Yu&I, YuEun and Ines couple exceptional musicianship with boundless charisma and virtuosity.
This concert is for donating members to the Central Oregon Symphony. We do not offer complimentary tickets for this concert. However, it is not too late to get tickets by becoming a member. Just click on the Take Action button above. $60 gets you a one-year membership with tickets to all our concerts. Donating members make it possible to do what we do. We are grateful for your support.
Music Masters Concert
Martha Conwell Long joined the Oregon Symphony as principal flute at the beginning of the 2016-2017 season. Previously she held the same position with the Fort Collins Symphony and the San Antonio Symphony. Martha appeared as a soloist several times with the San Antonio Symphony, performing works by J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, and G.P. Telemann.
Martha received her Bachelor of Music degree from The Colburn School in Los Angeles, where she studied with Jim Walker. Martha continued her studies at the New England Conservatory in Boston, where she completed a Graduate Diploma as a student of Elizabeth Rowe, principal flute of the Boston Symphony.
While in Los Angeles, Martha won first place at the Mid-South Flute Society Young Artist Competition and the Pittsburgh Flute Club Young Artist Concerto Competition and placed in the National Flute Association’s Orchestral Audition and Masterclass Competition. She is also a two-time winner in the NFA’s Masterclass Performer Competition and a past winner of the NFA’s Baroque Masterclass Competition. During the summer of 2015, Martha was a prize winner at the NFA’s Young Artist Competition.
Before joining the San Antonio Symphony, Martha performed with the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra and the American Youth Symphony, two pre-professional training orchestras in Los Angeles. She continued her orchestral studies during summers at Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, CA, and Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts. After two summers as a fellow at Tanglewood, Martha was invited to return in 2012 and 2015 as a New Fromm Player, working closely with the composition fellows and focusing on the study and performance of contemporary music.
Fall Concert Series 2023
After a 13-year hiatus, the COS is proud to have pianist Robert Thies return to Central Oregon performing Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. Robert, a Gold Medal Winner at the International Prokofiev Competition in Russia, has been described by the LA Times as “a pianist of unerring warm-toned refinement, revealing judicious glimmers of power.” The rousing “Jubilee” from American composer George Whitefield Chadwick’s Symphonic Sketches will open the second half of the concert followed by the iconic Firebird Suite, the composition that launched the storied career of twentieth-century musical pioneer, Igor Stravinsky.
Fall Concert Series 2023
After a 13-year hiatus, the COS is proud to have pianist Robert Thies return to Central Oregon performing Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. Robert, a Gold Medal Winner at the International Prokofiev Competition in Russia, has been described by the LA Times as “a pianist of unerring warm-toned refinement, revealing judicious glimmers of power.” The rousing “Jubilee” from American composer George Whitefield Chadwick’s Symphonic Sketches will open the second half of the concert followed by the iconic Firebird Suite, the composition that launched the storied career of twentieth-century musical pioneer, Igor Stravinsky.
Spring Concert
Our season finale features pianist Alexander Tutunov, performing Sergi Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto. Residing in Ashland, OR where he serves as Professor of Piano at SOU, Tutunov maintains an active performing schedule across the globe. The COS’s tradition of commissioning new orchestral works continues with the premiere performances of a new work by Los Angeles based composer Jennifer Stevenson and the festivities conclude with Franz Liszt’s dramatic tone poem, Les Preludes.
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Rachmaninoff Concerto for Piano No. 2
Stevenson Commissioned Work
Liszt Les Preludes
Spring Concert
Our season finale features pianist Alexander Tutunov, performing Sergi Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto. Residing in Ashland, OR where he serves as Professor of Piano at SOU, Tutunov maintains an active performing schedule across the globe. The COS’s tradition of commissioning new orchestral works continues with the premiere performances of a new work by Los Angeles based composer Jennifer Stevenson and the festivities conclude with Franz Liszt’s dramatic tone poem, Les Preludes.
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Rachmaninoff Concerto for Piano No. 2
Stevenson Commissioned Work
Liszt Les Preludes
Alias Brass
Described as “the only name for music innovation” by Martin Hackleman, formerly of the Empire and Canadian Brass, the Alias Brass blends virtuosic musicianship with a high level of engagement that has captivated and dazzled audiences across the Americas. With a passion for creating a gateway into classical music and a mission to ensure that music remains sustainable and thriving in today’s society, the five uniquely talented artists of Alias Brass are committed to setting the example that powerful music can be created by and for anyone.
This concert is for donating members to the Central Oregon Symphony. We do not offer complimentary tickets for this concert. However, it is not too late to get tickets by becoming a member. Just click on the Take Action button above. $60 gets you a one-year membership with tickets to all our concerts. Donating members make it possible to do what we do. We are grateful for your support.
Winter Concert
Our winter concerts will lead off with a suite of tuneful and varied dances by French composer, Cécile Chaminade, drawn from her ballet Callirhoë, and conclude with the Bohemian folk tune inspired Symphony No. 8 of Czech composer Antonin Dvořák. In between, and always an audience favorite, these concerts will also feature performances by winners of the Central Oregon Symphony Association’s Young Artist Competition. Winners and repertoire will be announced in December 2022.
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Chaminade Callirhoë Suite
Dvorak Symphony No. 8
Young Artist Competition Concertos