EMGO Events

Early Music Guild of Oregon

Upcoming Oregon Early Music Events

For more information write to neuman@emgo.org.

Cappella Romana: CYPRUS: BETWEEN GREEK EAST AND LATIN WEST. Artistic Director: Dr. Alexander Lingas. Friday, 16 May 2008 (8:00pm) St. Mary's Cathedral, 1716 NW Davis, NW 18th & Couch, Portland, Ore. and Saturday, 17 May 2008 (8:00pm) Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Avenue (at Seneca Street), Seattle, Wash. Single tickets are available $30/27/22/15 through Brown Paper Tickets: 1-800-838-3006. www.brownpapertickets.com.

Gayle and Philip Neuman and Andrew Harris will be playing sackbuts in the upcoming concert of the Willamette Master Chorus performing the Magnificat from Monteverdi's Vespers. Concert: Sunday, May 18, 2008. Location: Chapel at Mt. Angel Abbey (near Mt. Angel, Oregon.) Concert begins at 3 pm. Magnificat by Telemann also on the program.

Ancient Greek Music: Gayle and Philip Neuman will be performing at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. on September 18, 2008. Evening - exact time and location tba.

Oregon Renaissance Band will likely perform their Christmas Concerts at the Community Music Center (3350 SE Francis, Portland) on Dec. 26 and 27, 2008.

Oregon Renaissance Band will perform at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salem for their evensong service on Sunday, January 4, 2009, at 4pm. They will perform a concert following the service.

Oregon Renaissance Band will give a concert on Sunday, May 17, 2009, at 3pm as part of the Camerata Musica series in Salem, Oregon. The concerts are held at the Salem Public Library Loucks Lecture Hall.

Look for the book by Ross Duffin, "How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why you should care)" from W.W. Norton & Co. It's a wonderful treatment of the history of tuning systems written with humor and great expertise, and it includes some illustrations by Philip Neuman.