Events in Oregon and Bend
Picking up where we left off pre-pandemic, this concert features many works and the guest artist originally intended for the May 2020 performances. The full brass section is back and is prominently featured in the music of Dimitri Shostakovich, Charles Gounod and Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Guest artist, Amy Kolb, is former COS principal oboe and Central …
Virginia Riggs Children's Concert named after a former Central Oregon Symphony cellist with a passion for educating young people, this 45-minute concert is fun, educational, and open to all. Saturday, February 25 at 10 AM at the Bend High School Auditorium. Musical Instrument Petting Zoo begins at 9 AM.
Our winter concerts will lead off with a suite of tuneful and varied dances by French composer, Cecile Chaminade, drawn from her ballet Callirhoe, and conclude with the Bohemian folk tune inspired Symphony No. 8 of Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. In between, and always an audience favorite, these concerts will also feature performances by winners …
Our winter concerts will lead off with a suite of tuneful and varied dances by French composer, Cecile Chaminade, drawn from her ballet Callirhoe, and conclude with the Bohemian folk tune inspired Symphony No. 8 of Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. In between, and always an audience favorite, these concerts will also feature performances by winners …
Our season finale features pianist Alexander Tutunov, performing Sergi Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto. Residing in Ashland, OR where he serves as Professor of Piano at SOU, Tutunov maintains an active performing schedule across the globe. The COS’s tradition of commissioning new orchestral works continues with the premiere performances of a new work by Los Angeles …
Our season finale features pianist Alexander Tutunov, performing Sergi Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto. Residing in Ashland, OR where he serves as Professor of Piano at SOU, Tutunov maintains an active performing schedule across the globe. The COS’s tradition of commissioning new orchestral works continues with the premiere performances of a new work by Los Angeles …
After a 13-year hiatus, the COS is proud to have pianist Robert Thies return to Central Oregon performing Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. Robert, a Gold Medal Winner at the International Prokofiev Competition in Russia, has been described by the LA Times as “a pianist of unerring warm-toned refinement, revealing judicious glimmers of power.” The rousing …
After a 13-year hiatus, the COS is proud to have pianist Robert Thies return to Central Oregon performing Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. Robert, a Gold Medal Winner at the International Prokofiev Competition in Russia, has been described by the LA Times as “a pianist of unerring warm-toned refinement, revealing judicious glimmers of power.” The rousing …