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AUDITION FOR LC CHOIRS AND SINGING OPPORTUNITIES
Love to sing? All Lewis & Clark community members are warmly invited to audition for our fantastic choirs and singing opportunities on campus! There’s a place for everyone, whether you have years of singing experience or are new to singing!Join us for the Choir/Voice Meet-and-Greet on Tuesday, September 3rd at 5:00 p.m. in Evans Auditorium, where we’ll introduce the choir and voice faculty, answer all of your questions, and eat cookies!If you’re interested in being placed in one of our three amazing choirs, please sign up for an (easy, fun, and painless!) audition time with Kathy FitzGibbon by visiting her appointment page.- Cappella Nova – rehearses M/W 4:30-6, select chamber choir that also tours and performs off-campus, expectation of music reading- Voces Auream – rehearses Tu/Th 5-6:30, select treble choir- Community Chorale – rehearses Tuesday evenings 7-9:30, large symphonic-style choir with all community members warmly welcome (undergraduates, grad and law students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends!)Auditions will happen during the first week of classes, and our choirs will begin rehearsing during the second week of classes.If you’re interested in taking voice lessons or enrolling in the beginning voice class, please email Susan McBerry (mcberry@lclark.edu) to be matched with a teacher.
Rogers Concert 2023 Program
Kaleidoscope
James W. Rogers Concert
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
7:30pm, Agnes Flanagan Chapel
Professor’s Orchestral Suite Celebrates Indigenous Culture in Bolivia
Freddy Vilches, associate professor of Hispanic studies, composed a Latin American suite to help commemorate the 160th anniversary of Urubichá, Bolivia. In August, he traveled to the Bolivian town for a live performance, along with L&C orchestra director and Urubichá guest conductor Lance Inouye.
Luca Fazioli Visits Lewis & Clark College
Luca Fazioli, son of piano maker Paolo Fazioli, visited Lewis & Clark’s Agnes Flanagan Chapel in June 2022 to inspect the aging process of our 2012 Fazioli piano.
‘An African American Requiem’ Confronts Racial Violence Through Music
Portland’s Resonance Ensemble, led by L&C’s Kathy FitzGibbon, worked with artist-composer Damien Geter to present a bold, thought-provoking musical response to violence against African Americans in the United States. The Requiem premiered in Portland and was performed at the Kennedy Center in late May.
Darrius Wallace Portrayal of Frederick Douglass
Show/Performance title: The Starry Road To FreedomPrécis: This show takes us on the journey of what it truly means to be free. From Frederick Douglass as a young boy who is heavily influenced by his grandmother to self realization through the power of the written and spoken word we witness Douglass dramatic discovery of freedom through 7 different characters played by Phil Darius Wallace. He creatively uses song, poetry, monologue and speeches to bring the Frederick Douglass Story to life.
This show is to be held in Evans Auditorium Monday, April 11th from 4:30pm-5:45pm.
Call for Music: We’ll Pay You for Your Talent
Public Affairs and Communications is seeking all types of music for marketing purposes. We’ll pay you for your talent.
Susan DeWitt Smith Performs Thursdays @ Three
Associate Professor of Music, Director of Piano Susan DeWitt Smith performs on AllClassical Portland’s Thursdays at Three series this week. This performance will be a re-broadcast of a live performance that aired this past summer from her home. - EVENTS
Lost & Found: Madrigals of Maddalena Casulana
Lewis & Clark Department of Music welcomes In Mulieribus to campus for a performance at 12pm in Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
Percussion Ensemble Children’s Concert
This event will have 30 minutes of performance followed by 30 minutes of “Percussion Petting Zoo” where audience members get to come up to the stage and play the instruments!
Lewis & Clark Orchestra Performance
The Lewis & Clark Orchestra presents its first concert of the 2024-25 academic year on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 7:30pm in Agnes Flanagan Chapel. Lance Inouye, conductor
Pablo Mahave-Veglia, cellist
A professor at Michigan’s Grand Valley State University, cellist Pablo Mahave-Veglia visits Lewis & Clark College on Monday, October 21, 2024 for a 1:50pm performance in Evans Auditorium.
James W. Rogers Concert
The Lewis & Clark Department of Music presents its annual James W. Rogers Concert in memory of a beloved musical alumnus. This concert features a kaleidoscope of music programmed each year, featuring performances by Lewis & Clark faculty and students.
Stephen Drury, pianist
Lewis & Clark Department of Music welcomes Stephen Drury to campus for an evening performance in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
