Fear No Music

Nothing to fear but no music

Since 1992 fEARnoMUSIC has earned a reputation for pushing the boundaries and challenging ourselves with exciting programs and collaborations.

“It would be hard to top a concert by a group that lives up to its name – Fear No Music… one of the most unusual programs of the year.” —The Oregonian

fEARnoMUSIC has consistently pushed the limits of chamber music, performing works that have united them with a taiko ensemble, the zheng, the didgeridoo, the shakuhachi, the theremin, electronics, and multi-media videos. The group has worked to foster new audiences by regularly joining with local artists and collaborating with different genres.

In the summer of 2009 FNM was the only classical music group that performed at the PDX Pop Now 2009 Festival, and was received with great enthusiasm:

“Fear No Music just played the rockinest set that’s ever included a waterphone, I’d wager.” —pdxpop.

Also, we had our Pioneer Place debut as Oregon 150 partners at the HAPPY HOUR.

This fearless season

In the 2009–10 season we will be performing works by George Crumb, celebrating his 80th birthday, as well as Kaija Saariaho, Elliott Carter, Stephen Hartke, Michael Daugherty, Henri Dutilleux, Osvaldo Golijov, Elvis Costello, Lou Harrison, Bob Priest, Evan Kuhlmann, Gregory Vajda, Mary Wright, John Paul, and the students of the Young Composers Project.

Our collaborators will include Guest Artists Timothy Nishimoto of Pink Martini, Tears of Joy Puppet Theater, Do Jump Theater, and Paulann Petersen.

Brave new members

We are very excited to announce that we have two new members joining the group: violinist Paloma Griffin of Melegari Chamber Players, former Pink Martini member; and Nancy Ives, the Oregon Symphony’s Principal Cello.

Fearless new website

As you can see, we now have a brand new website by HELSINQI, with a new look to match our print programs, and a host of new features. Enjoy — and thanks for visiting us!