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June 27

Live from KLCC: Tango Harmonica

6:30 pm  |  KLCC Studios
Joe Powers and friends perform in a live broadcast from KLCC's SELCO Performance Hall, a preview of the group's July 11-14 Festival tour of… more »
Joe Powers, harmonica; John Mery, guitar; Bernardo Gomez, bass

June 29

Inside Line: Music of Mendelssohn

6:30 pm  |  Soreng Theater
Linda Hathaway Bunza illustrates the musical high points and stories behind Mendelssohn's influential works to be heard in the opening night… more »
Linda Hathaway Bunza

Opening Ceremonies

6:45 pm  |  Hult Lobby
The Festival begins with a vocal salute by the 200 singers of the Pacific International Children's Choir, featuring choirs from across the… more »
Green Bay Boy Choir (Wisconsin), Nanaimo Youth Choir (British Columbia), Northwest Girlchoir (Washington), Oregon Festival Choirs (Oregon), Pacific Boychoir Academy (California), Pacific Youth Choir (Oregon), Rainier Youth Choirs (Washington), Rapid City Children's Chorus (South Dakota), San Diego Children's Chorus (California), The St. John's Boys' Choir (Minnesota), Youth Choir Merituuli (Finland)

June 30

On the House: PICCFEST Guest Choirs

1 pm  |  Hult Lobby
Singers from the Youth Choir Merituuli of Kantvik, Finland, and the St. John's Boys' Choir of Collegeville, Minnesota perform. Youth Choir… more »
Youth Choir Merituuli, St. John's Boys' Choir
SPONSOR: Oregon Urology Institute PC

OBF Cinema: We Grew Wings

9 pm  |  McDonald Theatre
World Premiere. We Grew Wings looks into the lives of top women track athletes from two different eras, 1985 and 2011-12, asking how… more »

July 2

Organ Interlude: ElRay Stewart-Cook

12 pm  |  Central Lutheran Church
The music director of Eugene's Central Lutheran Church offers a free concert performed on the church's Brombaugh organ.
ElRay Stewart-Cook
SPONSOR: Lee Kersten, Attorney at Law

SFYCA at RiverBend

4:30 pm  |  RiverBend
Nearly 100 singers strong, the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy presents a free public concert in the beautiful lobby of the Sacred… more »
Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy; Sonja Tengblad, soprano; Anton Armstrong, conductor

July 3

Let's Talk: Meet Matthew Halls

12 pm  |  The Studio
This visit with the Oregon Bach Festival's artistic director designate will shed light on his experiences with his own early music group the… more »
SPONSOR: Allergy & Asthma Center PC

July 5

Let's Talk: Meet John Scott

12 pm  |  The Studio
Organist John Scott, who made his Royal Albert Hall debut as the youngest organist to appear in the BBC Proms concert series, will discuss… more »
SPONSOR: Allergy & Asthma Center PC

July 6

On the House: SFYCA soloists

1 pm  |  Hult Lobby
Individual high school-age singers of the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy audition for the opportunity to step out as soloists and… more »
SPONSOR: Oregon Urology Institute PC

July 7

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »

Inside Line: Intro to A Child of our Time

6:30 pm  |  Soreng Theater
Linda Hathaway Bunza offers insights into the social and cultural forces that shaped Michael Tippett's A Child of our Time, a reaction to… more »
Linda Hathaway Bunza
SPONSOR: Duck Store

July 8

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »

July 9

Let's Talk: Meet Anton Armstrong

12 pm  |  The Studio
Anton Armstrong is conductor of the Oregon Bach Festival's Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy, which celebrates its fifteenth… more »
SPONSOR: Allergy & Asthma Center PC

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »

July 10

On the House: Boeckman/Linsenberg Recorder Duo

1 pm  |  Hult Lobby
Recorder specialists perform “Virtuosic Recorder Duos throughout the Ages,” with works from the Middle Ages to today by composers such… more »
Vicki Boeckman, Judith Linsenberg
SPONSOR: Oregon Urology Institute PC

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »

Inside Line: Intro to Debussy Soiree

6:30 pm  |  SOM 163
Stephen Rodgers of the UO music school details the life and vocal works of Claude Debussy, a prelude to the concert that celebrates the… more »
Stephen Rodgers
SPONSOR: Duck Store

July 11

Let's Talk: Meet The 5 Browns

12 pm  |  The Studio
The piano-playing siblings are delivering on their dream to wake up classical music by introducing it to the widest, largest and most… more »
SPONSOR: Allergy & Asthma Center PC

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »

Inside Line: Intro to Motets & Concerti

6:30 pm  |  SOM 163
Baroque specialist Marc Vanscheeuwijck of the UO music school gives a guided tour of the Bach works to be heard in the evening's Beall Hall… more »
Marc Vanscheeuwijck
SPONSOR: Duck Store

July 12

On the House: Young Chamber Players

1 pm  |  Hult Lobby
A variety of young teen soloists and ensembles from Corvallis and Eugene area music organizations offer this classical concert.
SPONSOR: Oregon Urology Institute PC

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »

July 13

Organ Interlude: The Hamburg Tradition and Organ Music of Northern Germany

12 pm  |  Central Lutheran Church
Hamburg was a financial and cultural center in the seventeenth century, attracting some of the finest poets, artists and musicians of the… more »
Julia Brown, organ
SPONSOR: Lee Kersten, Attorney at Law

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

4 pm  |  Bijou Art Cinema
Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »



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