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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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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