((L-R) Gina Chavez, Daniel Rodriguez, Goodnight Moonshine and Willi Carlisle) Gina Chavez is a multi-ethnic, queer, Catholic, internationally-acclaimed Latinx pop artist who is redefining Latin music in Texas and beyond. A 12-time Austin Music Award winner—including 2015 Musician of the Year and 2019 Best Female Vocals—Chavez is an Austin icon. And word is getting out….
(Photo courtesy of Tower Theatre) COYO Spring Concert Presented by Tower Theatre Foundation Thursday, May 18 at 7pm Revel in local music! This assembly of 35 music students of all ages from across the region is led by COCC music professor Travis Allen and conducted by Redmond Proficiency Academy’s Jonathon Moore. This year’s Spring Concert…
There are two events coming up this weekend that I think are pretty special and I encourage you to attend. First, the Cascade Winds Symphonic Band, one of the many ensembles I proudly direct, presents two first-call musicians from the LA film music industry, flutist Louise DiTullio and trumpeter Dr. Burnette Dillon, who will candidly…
(The Redmond Community Choir, pictured here at a holiday performance, has over 50 members and is open to all levels of experience | Photo courtesy of COCC) The Redmond Community Choir, a Central Oregon Community College community education program, will perform a free concert at 4pm on Sunday, May 21. The performance will feature a…
Whose Live Anyway? show added! Presented by Martin Media! Wednesday, May 31 at 7:30pm Due to high demand, Whose Live is coming back to the Tower for a third show! Prepare to laugh until you cry AGAIN when four of the world’s most masterful improv artists take you on the high-wire act of comedic…
(Alex Cuba | Photo courtesy of Sisters Folk Festival) Returning to Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) after a memorable appearance in 2019, his sound is the unique confluence of tradition and global influences in articulate arrangements that convey emotions through melody and lyric. His sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks and powerful guitar riffs, relinquish a conventional stereotype…
(Eric Genuis) Central Oregon Disability Support Network is excited to host a Benefit Concert with Eric Genuis on Thursday, May 25. Doors will open at 5:30pm and the concert will start at 6pm at Riverbend Church located at (334 NW Newport Avenue). Donations will be collected at the concert benefiting the Central Oregon Disability Support…
(Bud break photo taken May 6, 2023 — Pictured is one of several vitis vinifera (traditional European wine grape) varietals breaking bud at Maragas Estate Vineyard | Photo courtesy of Maragas Winery) Prolonged Cool Spring has Finally Eased Enough to Allow Bud Break Doug Maragas, winemaker and vineyard manager at Maragas Winery in Culver is very happy…
(Saxophonist Steve Treseler has been featured in the New York Times, DownBeat and on NPR. Photo by Ziggy Spiz) Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) Big Band Jazz group is performing concerts for the community on May 20, in Bend, and on May 21, in Redmond, both featuring Seattle-based tenor saxophonist and composer Steve Treseler. These are free concerts with…
