UPCOMING EVENTS

In person Fall 2024 Early Music Ensemble Classes through the Community Music Center. The term starts on Thursday October 3rd and meets in the auditorium and in Room 5 at the Community Music Center in Portland at 7:00pm. Instructors: Gayle and Phil Neuman. Intermediate and Advanced Ensembles meet separately, and the music is a choice selection of Renaissance, Baroque, and more for recorders and strings, early reeds and brass. The repertoire is different from that of the online Consort Classes.  To register, call the Community Music Center at (503) 823-3177.   Contact [email protected] for details about the class and music.

    • Advanced Consort Class Online Fall 2024 term: The 10 week term begins Wednesday October 2nd at 7:00pm PDT and Saturday October 5th at 10:00am PDT on Zoom.  Cost: $100*.  The 90 minute sessions include playing a mélange of renaissance, baroque, medieval and modern music with the ORB Trio in real time with performance advice, historical information and lively banter.  Come join the fun!  To register and pay, go to the Consort Class Online page and click on the appropriate link. See Consort Class Online for details.
    • Intermediate Consort Class Online Fall 2024 term: The 10 week term begins Tuesday October 1st at 7:00pm PDT and Saturday October 5th at 1:00pm PDT on Zoom. Cost: $100*. The 90 minute sessions include playing a mélange of intermediate level renaissance, baroque, medieval and modern music with the ORB Trio in real time with performance advice, historical information and lively banter.  Technique and interpretation advice and finger exercises will be geared towards players of intermediate ability, with a bit more repetition and somewhat fewer pieces than the advanced consort class. Come join the fun!  To register and pay, go to the Consort Class Online page and click on the appropriate link. See Consort Class Online for details.
      * If you take both Advanced and Intermediate online classes you get a $20 discount on the second class (the total would be $180 for both.)

    • Gayle and Phil Neuman perform Ancient Greek Music at the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. on Sunday, September 15th, 2024.
    • Gayle and Phil Neuman perform on Swiss Alphorns for Oregon’s Alpenfest in Joseph, Oregon September 26 – 29, 2024.
    • Pioneer Trombones (Dave Bryan, Andy Harris, Gayle Neuman and Phil Neuman) perform a variety of music for tenor, bass, and contrabass trombones, euphonium, cimbasso, and tuba, including music from Oregon 1840 – 1917, as well as selections by Haydn, Jobim, Piazzolla, Sousa, Weather Report, and much more. Sunday, October 20th, 2:00pm in the Pioneer Church at Baker Cabin, 18005 S Gronlund Rd, Oregon City, OR 97045. Tickets will go on sale, date TBA.
    • Pioneer Brass (Dave Bryan, Bruce Dunn, Andy Harris, Gayle Neuman, Phil Neuman and Scott Winks) perform a variety of historical music for cornets, trombones, euphonium, and tuba, including music from Oregon 1840 – 1917, and much more. Sunday, November 17th, 3:00pm in the Good Samaritan Episcopal Church 333 NW 35th St, Corvallis, OR 97330 . Ticket information TBA.