MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Music & the Arts

Big Move for All Classical Portland

All Classical Portland (one of the largest classical radio stations in the U.S.) today announced their relocation from the Portland Opera building to downtown Portland’s KOIN Tower in early 2024. The move will expand the range of activities All Classical can offer.

And it is hoped that this move will serve as a national beacon for arts-based urban regeneration at a time when many businesses and organizations have been moving out of downtown Portland. The new state-of-the-art location at KOIN Tower is in the heart of Portland’s downtown, where All Classical is building a new space to host community concerts and events. The recording studio will be made available to document local artists.

More on the move from Oregon Artswatch here.

Filed under: music news

James Díaz: Musical America’s New Artist of the Month

Credit: Mariangela Quiroga fotografia

Congratulations to composer James Díaz, Musical America’s New Artist of the Month for May 2023. My profile:

When he was 14, James Díaz started taking keyboard lessons thanks to the toss of a coin. His parents wanted to have one of their two sons receive training so as to be able to play in the local church. Díaz, born in 1990, would commute every day from his working-class district on the outskirts of Bogotá. …

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Filed under: artist profile, composers, Musical America

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