Mission
1. To explore and perform great music of the 20th and 21st centuries by:
- Commissioning new works;
- Building and developing relationships with world-class composers;
- Maintaining a special interest in performing works by Oregon and Pacific Northwest composers;
- Offering performances of the highest artistic quality.
2. To promote education and advancement of young composers by:
- Teaching, mentoring, and fostering the next generation of composers from 6th to 12th grade;
- Providing workshops and rehearsals with professional musicians performing their compositions;
- Presenting a public concert and recording of their works.
Ensemble Members
A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music, Joël Belgique has been an 8-year member of fEARnoMUSIC. He has performed at Italy’s Spoleto Festival, Alaska’s CrossSound Festival, Wyoming’s Grand Teton Music Festival, and Michigan’s Interlochen Center for Arts. In Portland, he is Principal Viola of the Oregon Symphony, has performed with the Oregon Symphony String Quartet, and with the faculty of Portland Summer Ensembles. He also is the Principal Viola and Orchestra Manager of the Astoria Music Festival and a frequent guest with Portland-based band Pink Martini.
Joel Bluestone, D.M.A., is entering his 18th year as co-founder and Percussionist with fEARnoMUSIC. His project The_Waters_Bluestone_Duel for percussion and live electronics has taken him all over the world. He has been the head of the Percussion department at Portland State University since 1989. Current love: performing and traveling all over the world with the San Diego based group Swarmius, where a sonic fusion of Hip-Hop and House-Lounge-Techno meets Modern-Classical.
Violinist Paloma Griffin is in her first year as member of fEARnoMUSIC. A former member of the Oregon Symphony, her concerto appearances include performances with the Oregon Symphony and the Fresno Philharmonic. As a member of Pink Martini, Paloma appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, at Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and “Late Night with David Letterman.” She can be heard on the Pink Martini albums Hang On Little Tomato and Hey Eugene, as well as The Shins album, Wincing the Night Away. Paloma is the founding director of the Melegari Chamber Players.
Nancy Ives is newly rejoined with fEARnoMUSIC this season, having been acting Artistic Director during the 2003-2004 season. She is Principal Cello of the Oregon Symphony, and most recently has been featured soloist with the Oregon Symphony, Cascade Festival Orchestra, Clark College Orchestra and the Vancouver Symphony. She is a member of the Rovetti Quartet and Trio Arete and has appeared with Chamber Music Northwest, Third Angle, New Music at Willamette, Music in Context, Friends of Chamber Music, the Oregon Symphony String Quartet, and the Astoria Festival.
Jeffrey Payne co-founded the fEARnoMUSIC ensemble with percussionist Joel Bluestone in 1992. As a member of the ensemble he has appeared in New York City, California, and Colorado, as well as throughout the Pacific Northwest. During his tenure as Artistic Director for the group he was responsible for presentation of twenty World premiere or American Premiere performances of works by Pacific Northwest composers. In 1997 he founded the Young Composers Project, as part of the mission of fEARnoMUSIC, and continues as its Director, overseeing the development of aspiring young creative minds around the region.
A Venezuelan native, Inés Voglar is in her fifth year as fEARnoMUSIC’s Artistic Director and its principal violinist. She has helped make fEARnoMUSIC one of the nations premier new music ensembles. She has reached out globally to find collaborations with the best composers as well as emphasizing the importance of the great local composers by featuring many performances of their music. She is currently a member of the Oregon Symphony violin section and has been a guest with the OSO String Quartet, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, and is the Concertmaster and chamber musician for the Astoria Music Festival. She was formerly a member of the prestigious Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble and the Free Marz String Trio. Her principal teachers are Roberto Valdés and Andrés Cárdenes where she is a graduate of Duquesne and Carnegie Mellon University.
Board of Directors
- Jeff Payne, chair
- Anne Hendren, secretary
- Keith Clark
- Inés Voglar
- Carol MacArthur
Artistic Advisory Committee
- Bob Priest, composer and Artistic Director of Marzena
- Agnieszka Laska, director of Agnieszka Laska Dancers
- Jack T. Gabel, composer and North Pacific Music founder
- Cary and Dorothy Lewis, Lernier Trio members
- Andrés Cárdenes, Concertmaster of Pittsburgh Symphony, Carnegie Mellon Professor
- David Stock, composer
- Anna & Leo Daedalus, HELSINQI directorate
Sponsors
Volunteers
- Inés Voglar, Artistic Director
- Jeff Payne, Young Composers Project Director
- JoAnne Crabtree, Associate director of the YCP
- Anne Hendren, Volunteer Coordinator
- Mary Wright, Inés Voglar & Jeff Payne, grant writing
- David Abel, editing & program notes
- Anna & Leo Daedalus / HELSINQI, program + website design
- Isabel Cattadoris- program graphic design
- Charles Noble, photos and brochure design
- Paloma Griffin, social media networking
- Matthaus Litteken- web tech
- Darius Kuzmickas- YCP photography
- Mary Norville- YCP reception
Links
Photographers
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