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Portland Chamber Orchestra
The Portland Chamber Orchestra is an orchestra based in Portland, Oregon. It is considered the oldest chamber orchestra in the United States, founded in 1946 by Boris Sirpo, and hosted its first performance on May 27, 1947 at the Neighbors of Woodcraft Building, Neighbors of Woodcraft Auditorium. Its home venue is Lewis & Clark College. History At the time of the orchestra's founding, Boris Sirpo, the founder, was a faculty member at Lewis & Clark College. Its early performers were female stringed instrument students at the College; this later changed to include those not actively studying there. The first concert performed in 1947 was a tour de force of performance which included Gluck's ''Overture to Orfeo ed Euridice'', Arcangelo Corelli, Corelli's ''Concerto Grosso'', John Humphries (violinist), John Humphries's ''Concerto for Strings'', Carl Stamitz's ''Orchestra Quartet'', Paul Hindemith's ''Three Pieces for Strings'', Jean Sibelius's ''Romance in C'', A. Arensky's ''Varia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous county in Oregon. Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1840s, near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city's early economy. At the turn of the 20th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
