Reed College Performing Arts

Name: Reed College Performing Arts
Address: 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, OR, 97202, US
Telephone: +15037777284

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Reed College Performing Arts regularly hosts dance, music, and theatre events for the community. Hours vary by day and event schedule.

Reed College boasts two theaters, three dance studio/performance spaces, multiple conference and small performance spaces, practice rooms, and one large auditorium. Reed College hosts numerous performing arts events annually featuring both Reed College academic departments including dance, music, and theatre, as well as local arts institutions performances including, Chamber Music Northwest, Portl

and Baroque Orchestra, Portland Gay Men's Chorus, and Friends of Chamber Music. Click "Like" to keep abreast of the great things happening in the Performing Arts at Reed College. For more detailed event information, please contact the Box Office at (503) 777-7284.

11/09/2024

Don't forget to see the last night of Mulch, a Butoh-inspired improvisational dance performance created by thesis candidate Dani Peterson in collaboration with performers Julia Mascola and Aulani Hsiao!

The performance will happen tonight in the PAB performance lab; doors open at 7 and the show will begin at 7:30. The space will be open from 1-5 p.m, and you are encouraged to use the space to embark on your own embodied explorations, to simply inhabit and experience, or in any other way that feels meaningful to you.

Purchase tickets at the link below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040B4CA4AB2DA1FD0-52908028-mulch #/

11/08/2024

Join us for the annual fall choral concert, happening TONIGHT at 7:30 p.m.!
The performance will include the west coast premiere of a newly commissioned work by composer Shruthi Rajasekar!
Featuring Collegium Musicum, the Reed Chorus, and the Treble Voices Ensemble.
No tickets are needed to attend. See you there!

11/08/2024

We invite you to experience Mulch, a Butoh-inspired improvisational dance performance created by thesis candidate Dani Peterson in collaboration with performers Julia Mascola and Aulani Hsiao. We offer Mulch as a gift, a liminal space, and a guided meditation on our living bodies’ relationship to death, dying, and the dead. Join us as we slip into the space cradled in between things, uncovering what it might feel like for our bodies to lose their familiar shape and return to dirt.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. TODAY, 11/7 and Saturday, 11/8; performances at 7:30 p.m in the PAB Performance Lab.

The space will remain open following both performances and on Saturday, 11/8 from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. During these times, we encourage you to use the space to embark on your own embodied explorations, to simply inhabit and experience, or in any other way that feels meaningful to you.

Masks required (and provided). Shoes must be removed at the door (slippers provided).

Free and open to the public. Reservations required. Reserve your seat at the link below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040B4CA4AB2DA1FD0-52908028-mulch #/

11/07/2024

It's that time of week again!
This installment of Friday@4 will take place in the chapel, and will feature mixed solos including woodwind, piano, and voice!

Don't miss it!

10/16/2024

This week's Friday@4 will feature vocal performances by our talented Reedies!

For more information about upcoming Friday@4 events, please visit the link below:
https://events.reed.edu/event/friday4-music-series

10/14/2024

Join us in PAB 320 this Saturday, October 19th, at 7 p.m. in PAB 320 for Oregon Origins Project V: Keeping Traditions Alive!

Oregon Origins Project presents an extraordinary gathering of Native American artists and culture bearers from across Oregon. Join us for a celebration of Indigenous living traditions and creative expression through storytelling, dressmaking, basketry, and dance.

Oregon Origins Project V: Keeping Traditions Alive is generously supported by Ronni Lacroute, the Reed College Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program, Office of the Dean of the Faculty, Office of the President, and Dance Department.

Find out more and reserve tickets at the link in our bio or the link below:
https://www.oregonorigins.org/

10/12/2024

Don't forget to purchase your tickets for Portland Baroque Orchestra's Handel & Vivaldi: Autumn Light, happening TOMORROW at 3 p.m. in Kaul Auditorium!

To purchase tickets and for more information, please visit the link in our bio or the link below:

https://pbo.org/2024-25-season/autumn-light

10/11/2024

Reminder to come to PAB 320 TONIGHT at 7 p.m. to watch Silver Dollar Road, part 3 in professor Mark Burford's screening series Af-Am History Docs!

Silver Dollar Road (2023)
Directed by Raoul Peck

Silver Dollar Road follows the story of the Reels family as told by the matriarch Mamie Reels Ellison and her niece Kim Renee Duhon, two fierce women defending their rights and fighting to protect their ancestor’s land and their brothers and uncles Melvin and Licurtis, who were imprisoned for eight years—the longest sentence for civil contempt in North Carolina history. The film highlights the ways the legal system is exploited to limit land ownership in Black communities and further contributes to the racial wealth gap.

10/10/2024

Sunday, October 13th, at 3 p.m. in Kaul Auditorium, Portland Baroque Orchestra presents: Handel & Vivaldi: Autumn Light!

PBO opens this season of seasons by exploring the forces of nature. Vivaldi’s “Autumn” and “Winter” from The Four Seasons vividly depict elemental change, from vibrant hues to icy embraces, followed by Handel’s commanding Silete venti, where soprano Maya Kherani delivers us through the turbulence of fall storms into the comfort of long winter nights. Cozy up with this Italian-inspired concert as music and nature seamlessly entwine.

Join us one hour before the performance for a pre-concert talk about the program. To purchase tickets or to learn more, please visit the link below or visit the link in our bio.

https://pbo.org/2024-25-season/autumn-light

10/08/2024

We invite you to join us for Part III in a free series of four African American history–related documentary film screenings presented by professor of music, Mark Burford. This free screening will take place this Friday, October 11th, at 7 p.m. in PAB 320.

Silver Dollar Road (2023)
Directed by Raoul Peck

Silver Dollar Road follows the story of the Reels family as told by the matriarch Mamie Reels Ellison and her niece Kim Renee Duhon, two fierce women defending their rights and fighting to protect their ancestor’s land and their brothers and uncles Melvin and Licurtis, who were imprisoned for eight years—the longest sentence for civil contempt in North Carolina history. The film highlights the ways the legal system is exploited to limit land ownership in Black communities and further contributes to the racial wealth gap.

10/04/2024

Bring your lunch and join us for a noontime recital in the Performing Arts Building Atrium featuring Reed music students and faculty! This is a relaxed event so you may sit wherever you'd like on any of three atrium floors as the sound will be marvelous no matter where you are. Come for a few minutes or stay for the whole program--it's up to you! Admission is free.

10/01/2024

REMINDER to join us in Eliot Chapel TODAY, Tuesday, October 1st, for the performance Elderflora by Majel Connery, in partnership with Third Angle New Music and the Reed religion department!

Elderflora ("old trees") is told from the perspective of the tree itself and conjures a world where trees can talk to us. From birth by fire to death by lightning, we follow this ancient being’s inner thoughts and feelings in hyperreal detail.

Doors open at 7 p.m.
Show at 7:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public and all ages.

About the Artist:

Majel Connery is a composer, performer, and musicologist. Her voice has been called “superb” by the New York Times and her music “thoroughly Schubertian” by the Wall Street Journal. Connery’s work has appeared on Radiolab, Kennedy Center Live, and New Sounds radio. The Rivers are our Brothers, Connery’s first song cycle on ecological responsibility, has been performed around the U.S. and abroad, including Connery’s own recent tour with Bowerbird Collective to Carmel Bach Festival, and with Grammy-winning choir Chanticleer in a version for 12-part male choir. Connery has taught at Stanford, Berkeley, Wellesley and Princeton, and is a current teaching artist with Musicambia, teaching songwriting at Bedford Hills maximum security women’s prison. She is the host and producer of two podcasts, A Music of Their Own, on NPR, and Reverberations, with New Amsterdam Records. Connery holds an A.B. in music from Princeton and a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Chicago.

For more information, please visit the link below: https://events.reed.edu/event/elderflora

09/30/2024

POSTPONED: Reading of "The Inheritor" will not happen tonight as originally scheduled. Please stay tuned here for updates to know when it is rescheduled.

09/29/2024

Please join us in Eliot Chapel this Tuesday, October 1st, for the performance Elderflora by Majel Connery, in partnership with Third Angle New Music and the Reed religion department.

Elderflora ("old trees") is told from the perspective of the tree itself and conjures a world where trees can talk to us. From birth by fire to death by lightning, we follow this ancient being’s inner thoughts and feelings in hyperreal detail.

Doors open at 7 p.m.
Show at 7:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public and all ages.

About the Artist:

Majel Connery is a composer, performer, and musicologist. Her voice has been called “superb” by the New York Times and her music “thoroughly Schubertian” by the Wall Street Journal. Connery’s work has appeared on Radiolab, Kennedy Center Live, and New Sounds radio. The Rivers are our Brothers, Connery’s first song cycle on ecological responsibility, has been performed around the U.S. and abroad, including Connery’s own recent tour with Bowerbird Collective to Carmel Bach Festival, and with Grammy-winning choir Chanticleer in a version for 12-part male choir. Connery has taught at Stanford, Berkeley, Wellesley and Princeton, and is a current teaching artist with Musicambia, teaching songwriting at Bedford Hills maximum security women’s prison. She is the host and producer of two podcasts, A Music of Their Own, on NPR, and Reverberations, with New Amsterdam Records. Connery holds an A.B. in music from Princeton and a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Chicago.

For more information, please visit the link below:
https://events.reed.edu/event/elderflora

09/28/2024

Fear No Music's concert series Demystifying New Music starts this week on Sunday, September 29th, at 11 a.m. in Eliot Chapel!

Program 1: De-Mystifying New Music (Generations)
September 29, 2024 • 11 AM

Enjoy an intimate and interactive concert moderated by Fear No Music's artistic director, Kenji Bunch, and musicians. This concert features a selection of compositions by Henry Alexander, Cynthia Gerdes, and Kennedy Verrett from our full Reed College and TOC concert program.

Complimentary pastries and coffee graciously provided by Bella's Italian Bakery and Badbeard's Microroastery.

To purchase tickets, please follow the link below or visit the link in our bio.
https://ticketstripe.com/generations-DNM

09/27/2024

Reminder to join us TODAY at 7 p.m. in PAB 320 for Part II in a free series of four African American history–related documentary film screenings presented by professor of music, Mark Burford!

The New Black (2013)
Directed by Yoruba Richen

The New Black uncovers the complicated, intersecting histories of the African American and LGBTQ+ civil rights movements. The film documents activists, families, and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland and examines homophobia in an institutional pillar of African American communities: the Black church. The debate around gay rights has deepened some divides within Black communities while also opening a space for new conversations about overcoming oppression for everyone.

Admission is free.

For more Af-Am History Docs events, please visit the link below: https://events.reed.edu/event/af-am-history-docs-the-new-black-2013

09/27/2024

It's the second weekend of the dance performance "On the Velvet Grass," choreographed by Andrea Parson and performed by Carla Mann, Kemba Shannon, Suzanne Chi, Margretta Hansen, and Claire Olberding!

Presented by the Reed College dance department and Muddy Feet Contemporary Dance, this collage of movement, voices and sounds is inspired by a classic children's tale and pop icon Madonna.

The performance will take place September 27-29, and will be held in PAB 128, the Massee Performance Lab--Friday & Saturday @ 7:30 pm; Sunday @ 2pm.

Tickets: $26 general; $16 students, seniors, working artists, Reed faculty & staff

Purchase tickets at the link below or visit the link in our bio to be directed to more information:
https://reed.ticketleap.com/onthevelvetgrass/

09/26/2024

Reminder that Fear No Music: MainStage Concert Series starts this Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Eliot Chapel--grab your tickets before it's too late!

Program 1: Generations
September 27, 2024 • 7:30 PM

Fear No Music kicks off its 33rd consecutive season of celebrating the fertile and diverse ecosystem of Pacific Northwest creativity with a concert featuring the music of eight Portland composers spanning four generations, including Henry Alexander, Cynthia Stillman Gerdes, Charles Rose, Kimberly Osberg, Kennedy Verrett, Stephen Lewis, Bonnie Miksch, and Paul Safar.

To purchase tickets, please visit the link below:
https://ticketstripe.com/generations-reed-college

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