ELEVATE: the second installment of All Classical Radio’s award-winning Recording Inclusivity Initiative. Bringing to life the sonatas of Yuko Uébayashi and Nobu Kōda and a string quartet by Damien Geter, ELEVATE pairs deserving compositional talent with several of today’s leading classical performers — a synergetic testament to the power of uplifting each other in the […]
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We are excited to announce ELEVATE, the second installment and brand-new album from All Classical Radio’s Recording Inclusivity Initiative (RII) and GRAMMY® award-winning Navona Records and PARMA Recordings. ELEVATE will be released digitally on all streaming platforms on May 10, 2024, with CDs available for sale later this year. Continuing the mission of the Recording Inclusivity […]
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All Classical Radio is thrilled to share that our friends at WDAV Classical Public Radio in Davidson, NC have created their own regional Recording Inclusivity Initiative (RII)! On May 23rd at 7:00 PM, they will present a sparkling evening of music and community engagement to celebrate the release of three RII recordings: Damien Geter’s String Quartet […]
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The Institute for Composer Diversity (ICD) works to encourage the discovery, study, and performance of music written by composers from historically excluded groups. This is done to positively impact three important groups: the audiences and students who will engage with the music, the conductors, performers, and educators who serve to bring that music to those […]
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AMPLIFY, our Recording Inclusivity Initiative (RII)‘s inaugural album, was released on Friday, October 28, 2022! All Classical Portland’s Suzanne Nance and Adam Eccleston hosted a premiere broadcast celebration and on air release party that same day. If you missed the live event, never fear! You can listen on demand. Visit the All Classical Portland giftshop to […]
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The first episode of Season 5 of Melanated Moments in Classical Music, the award-winning podcast from Classical Music Indy, featured RII Chair and flutist Adam Eccleston! Melanated Moments is hosted by international opera soprano Angela Brown and music sociologist Joshua Thompson. Listen to their conversation here, or wherever you find your podcasts.
View More → All Classical Portland is thrilled to announce that the GRAMMY® award-winning Navona Records label will release AMPLIFY, our Recording Inclusivity Initiative (RII)‘s inaugural album, on Friday, October 28, 2022! The album marks the 1,000th release from the PARMA Recordings label group. All Classical Portland’s Recording Inclusivity Initiative is a response to the classical music industry’s […]
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All Classical Portland’s Recording Inclusivity Initiative (RII), launched in 2021, is amplifying artistic voices that deserve to be heard. Through RII: we are recording, releasing, and promoting classical music by women, composers of color, and others underrepresented in the industry. Since All Classical Portland launched RII in 2021, there has been an outpouring of support […]
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All Classical Portland is thrilled to announce that the Recording Inclusivity Initiative (RII) has been named the winner of Current’s 2021 Local that Works contest! RII was selected out of over 100 public service media organizations from across the United States, and voted the winner at Current’s Grand Finale on November 9, 2021. Local that Works recognizes excellence in media content, community engagement, […]
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All Classical Portland host Warren Black sat down with Composer in Residence Keyla Orozco outside the Hampton Opera Center in September 2021 to discuss her piece Souvenirs…and to talk about what concert she wished she could have attended. Check it out below!
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Our final recording of RII featured a first for us – a string quartet! Violinist Inés Voglar, violinist Keiko Araki, violist Hillary Oseas, and cellist Nancy Ives worked with Composer in Residence Keyla Orozco to capture the magic of her composition, Souvenirs. Made up of nine miniatures, Souvenirs tells the stories of places Keyla has lived or visited: […]
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Recording sessions for Composer in Residence Jasmine Barnes’ piece, Taking Names, took place in late August 2021. In the studio were soprano Karen Slack and pianist Yoko Greeney, along with Producer Suzanne Nance, Creative Consultant Mara Miller, Bodecker’s Creative Director Chris Funk, and Engineer Adam Lee. This powerful work features lyrics by Shana Oshiro. All photos […]
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Recording Inclusivity Initiative advisor Mara Miller sat down with RII recipient, Jasmine Barnes, at Bodecker Studios in August 2021 to discuss her piece “Taking Names.”
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We were thrilled to welcome our first Composer in Residence to Portland in July 2021: Lauren McCall! Her work, A Spark and a Glimmer, came to life at Bodecker’s Halfling Studio in NW Portland. Pictured musicians are pianist Monica Ohuchi, violinist Caitlin Edwards, and cellist Pansy Chang; all pictures by Christine Dong.
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Photographer Christine Dong visited the Bodecker Foundation studio in August 2021 during the recording of Mélanie Hélène Bonis‘ piece, “Femmes de légende.” Pianist María Garcia was joined in the studio by producer Suzanne Nance, as she recorded the seven pieces composed for solo piano.
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We were thrilled to kick off our first recording session as part of RII at the N M Bodecker Foundation studios with flutist Adam Eccleston and pianist Monica Ohuchi. Adam and Monica recorded Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sonata for Flute and Piano. This is the first time this work has ever been professionally recorded. Also present were […]
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On Air Host and RII Chair Adam Eccleston sat down with Composer in Residence Lauren McCall in July 2021 at the All Classical Portland studios to discuss her piece A Spark and a Glimmer. Watch the video below to learn more about Lauren and this exciting work!
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