Details about the 2024-25 concert season will be announced soon. Stay tuned!
Portland Chamber Orchestra
hosts
Mei-Ting Sun Piano Masterclass
Thursday, August 29 at 3:00 p.m.
at
600 SE Stark St. Portland, OR
Mei-Ting Sun
Professor of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Critically acclaimed pianist, winner of the first Piano-e and National Chopin competitions. Mei-Ting has performed in many of the world's greatest concert halls performing an extensive repertoire.
He is also a gifted teacher, inspiring young pianists to excel in their technique and musicianship.
Jude Lockwood has been playing piano since the age of five. As an incoming junior at Rex Putnam High School, he has had the opportunity to accompany numerous choirs of all levels. He currently studies with Kristy Moore, preparing for level nine of Syllabus. In the fall of 2023, he placed second in the Sonatina Festival at the University of Oregon. As a composer he has been featured in a Young Composer’s Concert Series. Jude is a member of the award winning band and choir programs at school and aspires to play Bach’s “Little” Fugue on a pipe organ.
Born in Portland, Francis Ross has always had a great passion for classical music, particularly the works of Chopin and Rachmaninoff. He began learning the piano at the age of six and has been studying with Dr. Renato Fabbro. Francis has participated in local music competitions and achieved second place in the 2024 OMTA Suzanne Raines scholarship. Additionally, he plays the trombone in his middle school band.
Alexis Zou is a rising junior at Lake Oswego High School in Oregon. She has been studying with Dr. Renato Fabbro, playing piano since 7 years old and has won many piano competitions including first prizes at OMTA Cris Tapang Scholarship Competition, Tom O'Brien Jr. Scholarship Competition and OFMC Suzanne Raines Young Pianist competitions, second prizes at Oregon MTNA Junior Piano Competition, American Protégé International Piano and String Competition, and Bellagrande International Music Competition, etc. She also won the 2024 National MTNA Senior Piano Duet Competition in Atlanta after winning first place at the state and regional level. In addition to piano, Alexis enjoys writing, drawing, and playing golf.
About Portland Chamber Orchestra
The intimate symphony with intimate imagination…
OUR MISSION
TO PROVIDE AN EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH AN IMAGINATIVE FUSION OF THE ARTS
OUR COMMITMENT
TO BE A BEACON OF UNITY
THAT CELEBRATES, WELCOMES , AND EMBRACES ALL PEOPLE.
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The 2024-2025 season -
Pillars of Portland
Music Director:
Yaacov Bergman
A message to our patrons
“Dear Music Lovers, our history and lives have proven how music is a faithful companion. Both in times of despair and celebration, music is our purest expression of the human spirit, and generates a spark of eternal hope. As we look at our past, and tread carefully in the present, we continue our quest for excellence to secure the future of the PCO. And what a future it is! “