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Season 2025-26 Soon to be announced! www.resonancechoral.org

A professional choral ensemble in Portland that is committed to innovative programming of exceptional music, specializing in concerts that explore resonances between music and other disciplines.

05/06/2026

Thank you textura.org for reviewing Resonance Ensemble's Safe Harbor:
"On the double-album release Safe Harbor, the innovative Portland-based choral outfit Resonance Ensemble performs twelve world-premiere commissions that capture the challenging times we live in and explore issues of race, sanctuary, resilience, and hope. Presented in two sections, REflect, which meditates on histories, and REimagine, which invites listeners to imagine a world of safety, inclusion, and connection, the recording aspires to be transformative and meets that goal. The works confront head-on real-world matters such as the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the dangers young Black men encounter in their dealings with the authorities. Whereas the titular work by Joe Kye grapples with another pressing issue, the immigrant experience and the ongoing humanitarian crises at our borders, the live rendition of Mari Esabel Valverde's We Hold Your Names Sacred honours the memory of transwomen of colour who've lost their lives. It's impossible to hear Safe Harbor and not be affected."
Read the rest: https://www.textura.org/archives/r/resonanceensemble_safeharbor.htm

04/30/2026

A Grain of Sand, Revisited comes to the Alberta Rose Theatre on June 7.

Resonance Ensemble’s season finale, in collaboration with A Thousand Tongues, features historic protest songs alongside new choral works from across the Asian diaspora.

Tickets now available: resonancechoral.org

04/29/2026

We’re grateful to share that Resonance Ensemble has been awarded a grant from the Rossotti Family Foundation—our first time receiving this support.

Grounded in a commitment to equity, education, and the power of the human voice, the Foundation supports organizations working to expand access and opportunity.

This funding strengthens the work you see on stage: commissioning new music, supporting artists, and building meaningful connections through music and community.

📸 Resonance Board Chair and composer Stacey Philipps with composer Joan Szymko at The Sound of Us, earlier this season. Both composers were featured in the program. Photo by Rachel Hadiashar:

Read more: https://www.resonancechoral.org/the-resonance-blog/2026/4/28/resonance-ensemble-awarded-rossotti-family-foundation-grant-to-advance-mission-driven-programming

04/28/2026

TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Season Finale · June 7 | 2PM

Resonance Ensemble closes the season with A Grain of Sand, Revisited, in collaboration with A Thousand Tongues.Inspired by the groundbreaking 1973 album by Chris Iijima, Nobuko Miyamoto, and Charlie Chin, this program brings historic Asian American protest songs into conversation with new choral works by composers across the diaspora.

Conducted and co-curated by Paolo Debuque, Adrianna Tam, and Shohei Kobayashi, the program features solo voices, storytelling, and archival imagery, asking us to consider what is at stake in revisiting and redefining Asian America today.

🎟️ Tickets: linked in comments below

04/24/2026

We are honored to share that Resonance Ensemble has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Dale Warland Singers Commission Grant, awarded by Chorus America in partnership with the American Composers Forum.

This national grant will support a new choral work by Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Caroline Shaw, to be premiered in our 2027–28 season for treble voices.

We are grateful for this opportunity to continue building meaningful, community-centered choral work alongside extraordinary collaborators.

Learn more at link below in comments.

Chorus America
American Composers Forum

04/01/2026

It's always lovely to get shoutouts like this from The Oregonian and be in the company of so many other cool things happening this spring! (Link to full article in the comments below)

03/31/2026

🌈 On Trans Day of Visibility, Resonance Ensemble honors transgender lives and raises awareness of the work still needed to end discrimination and harm.

It's the perfect day to watch “We Hold These Names Sacred,” a commissioned work featuring the poetry of Dane Figueroa Edidi and music by Mari Esabel Valverde. Resonance Ensemble commissioned this piece as one of 27 choruses across North America as part of GALA Choruses’ Commissioning Consortium and brought it to life as a film in 2021.

We stand with and uplift our trans and nonbinary community—today and every day—and are especially grateful for PFLAG, whose work supports trans and nonbinary loved ones year-round.

▶️ Full video & resources in the link in our bio and below in the comments.

PFLAG National

03/18/2026

🎶 Arts Madness Feature | Oregon Symphony! 🎻

MENDELSSOHN’S SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
March 19th & 20th | 7:30 PM | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
March 20th | 7:30 PM | Smith Auditorium (Salem)
March 21st | 2 PM | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Join Oregon Symphony for a sonic wander through Scotland’s misty moors in The Hebrides Overture and Mendelssohn's picturesque Third Symphony. Portland favorite Conrad Tao then dazzles in Mozart’s 21st Piano Concerto.

🏀 Thanks to our Arts Madness partnership, you can get 15% off these tickets with code MADNESS15 (all caps) at checkout.

🎶 Happy listening! 🎶

03/17/2026

🎶 Arts Madness Feature | In Medio ! 🎙

SING MY CHILD
Wednesday, March 18 | 7pm | Grant High School

In Medio's fifth annual high school invitational, Sing, My Child, brings together five high school choirs from across the Portland Metro area to sing side-by-side with In Medio. The culmination of their educational outreach program, it’s an evening full of energy, inspiration, and community spirit. Students take the stage with their peers and mentors, and they will award scholarships totaling $3,500 to support the next generation of singers. As Daryl Browne of Oregon ArtsWatch wrote: “It’s an excellent festival model.” Come experience the future of choral music!

🏀 While this event is pay-what-you-will, thanks to our Arts Madness partnership you can receive 50% OFF MERCH by mentioning "Arts Madness" at the merch table on concert night!

🎶 Happy listening! 🎶

03/16/2026

🎶 Arts Madness Feature | Oregon Symphony! 🎻

NATALIE MACMASTER, DONNELL LEAHY, AND THE CELTIC ALL-STARS
Tuesday, March 17th | 7:30 PM | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

On St. Patrick’s Day, Cape Breton’s celebrated Celtic icon Natalie MacMaster and acclaimed fiddle virtuoso Donnell Leahy will trace the rich threads of Celtic musical traditions across borders. Joining them on stage will be their talented daughter Mary Frances and guests including Tim Edey, Ross Ainslie, Karen Matheson, and Enda Scahill.

🏀 Thanks to our Arts Madness partnership, you can get 15% off these tickets with code MADNESS15 (all caps) at checkout.

🎶 Happy listening! 🎶

03/13/2026

☀️ Resonance is officially taking some well-deserved time off for the next two weeks!

🚨 Before we head out for our Spring Break, we want to make sure you’ve grabbed your tickets for our next program: A Grain of Sand, Revisited on June 7 at the iconic Alberta Rose Theatre. You can find a promo code in the comments below for a BOGO to this special performance as part of Arts Madness!

🎶 You’ll still see posts from us highlighting Arts Madness events and some of our favorite moments from this past season, but if you’re missing us already, check out our latest release, SAFE HARBOR, featuring Resonance-commissioned works from the last 15 years—available on Bandcamp and Apple Music.

🕶️ See you soon!

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3121 S Moody Avenue , Suite 130
Portland, OR
97239

Telephone

+15034278701

Website

http://linktr.ee/ResonanceEnsemblePDX, http://resonancechoral.org/

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