OBF Hayward: PICCFEST

The 350+ singers of Eugene's annual youth choral festival perform their annual kick off to the OBF.
Massed choirs of the Pacific International Children's Choir Festival

Inside Line: Robert Levin

The Harvard musicologist tells what to look and listen for in the B Minor Mass.
Robert Levin

Let's Talk: Helmuth @ 75

Join the fun as the Festival celebrates Helmuth Rilling's 75th birthday (May 2008) in this special edition of our Q & A talk series.

Inside Line: Rebecca Oswald

The composer guides listeners through her new work, "Man of Oregon," in this pre-concert talk.
Rebecca Oswald

Let's Talk: The 5 Browns

Meet the talented Juilliard-trained siblings of The 5 Browns.
Deondra, Desirae, Gregory, Melody, and Ryan Brown

On the House: Puttin' on the RITS

A concert of joy and colorful movement, with choral music and solos performed by singers of changed and unchanged voices grades five to nine, participants in the Regional Institute for the Teaching of Singing.
A concert by young singers; Sandra Brown Williams, director

OBF Hayward: Bach Remix

Enjoy the third annual mash-up of Bach and music from the area's best hip hop DJs. They'll compete for cash to put the best new spin on an old Bach groove, on Eugene 08's festival stage next to Hayward Field.

OBF Hayward: Trio Voronezh

Masters of Russian folk and classical music perform tunes that evoke the spirit of the Old Country.
Trio Voronezh

On the House: SFYCA Soloists

This free concert features outstanding high school vocalists from the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy.

Inside Line: Stephen Rodgers

Stephen Rodgers, in four lectures that accompany the residency of the Shanghai Quartet, will create insights and a cultural context for the wide range of chamber masterworks presented in the concerts. A theorist on the UO School of Music faculty, with a PhD from Yale, Rodgers has written for Chamber Music magazine and other publications on topics ranging from the music of Berlioz to classical music and Gen X to barbershop harmony.
Stephen Rodgers

OBF Hayward: The Shanghai Quartet

On the final day of the US Olympic Trials, the quartet offers the medalists a bridge to Beijing and the 2008 Olympic Games with excerpts from their collection, Chinasong.
The Shanghai Quartet

Inside Line: Thomas Somerville

The former director of the Festival's conducting master class previews the Bach and Haydn choral works.
Thomas Somerville

Let's Talk: The Shanghai Quartet

Meet the members of one of the world's leading quartets, in residence for four OBF concerts.

Inside Line: Stephen Rodgers

A preview of the night's Chinese, French, and American music.
Stephen Rodgers

Organ Interlude: ElRay Stewart-Cook

ElRay Stewart-Cook; Patricia Dewey, alto; Joanna Blendulf, viola da gamba

Inside Line: Stephen Rodgers

A preface to the French music program.
Stephen Rodgers

Let's Talk: Nicholas McGegan

Meet the globe-trotting artistic director of San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque, leader of the July 10 OBF orchestra concert that features The Four Seasons.

Inside Line: Stephen Rodgers

An overview of Schubert and the culture of Viennese salons.
Stephen Rodgers

Organ Interlude: Duoing Keyboards

Barbara Baird, Julia Brown

On the House: Mood Area 52

Enjoy the first event in a tango mini-fest with Eugene's homegrown romantics.
Mood Area 52

On the House: Do the Tango

Learn the basics of tango with instructor Rebecca Smith from Eugene's Tango Center and the musicians of Mood Area 52.