Sunday Parkside Piano Concert Series …
This summer, we are excited to present a second season of our summer-time Parkside Piano Concert Series.
- First up, you won’t want to miss the Trillium Piano Quartet as they present a program featuring Robert Schumann and Danny Elfman on Sunday, June 23rd, 2024. A $15 donation is suggested and a champagne reception will follow.
- The second concert this season features Hammer & Peg with pianist Reece Marshburn and cellist Dylan Rieck. This wonderful duo will be presenting a program that pairs familiar classical repertoire with original compositions and will also feature new arrangements of non-traditional repertoire including a Bossa Nova, Ragtime, and even a beautiful ballad by Billy Joel. Hammer & Peg will be performing on Sunday, July 28th, 2024. A $15 donation is suggested and a champagne reception will follow.
- Finally, the Parkside Piano Series is excited to welcome back Timothy and Nancy LeRoi Nickel for our August concert! Join us on Sunday, August 11th, 2024 as they play a recital featuring piano duets by Clara and Robert Schumann and their friends Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. These impressive works will feature the parish’s new Mason & Hamlin double-B concert grand and frame two short pieces that will include the other keyboards in the room, two pipe organs by the local Bond Organ Builders: Gaetano Piazza’s “Sonata” for two organs and Leo Sowerby’s “Dialog” for piano and organ. A donation of $15 is suggested and a champagne reception will follow.
All of the concerts are at 4:00pm.
–Colin Stave, Director of Music Ministry
St. James began a new concert series last summer in 2023 to celebrate and dedicate the beautiful new Mason & Hamlin piano in our Sanctuary! Thank you for joining us for the fun concerts filled with beautiful music at 4:00pm on these past Sundays: June 25th, July 9th, and August 13th of 2023. There are still opportunities to support this endeavor through concert sponsorships, piano fund donations, and free-will offerings. Want to know more about how you can be involved? Please contact the front office.
The Parkside Piano Series was excited to welcome Timothy and Nancy LeRoi Nickel back to the St. James sanctuary with a program of music for one piano and four hands. Pacific Northwest pianists Timothy and Nancy have performed extensively throughout the US and Europe, championing the performance of original keyboard ensemble music for over four decades. We hope that you enjoyed the music of Dvorak, Schubert, and Brahms on Sunday, June 25th, 2023 at 4:00pm as well as the champagne reception which followed.
The Parkside Piano Series at St. James was excited to welcome baritone Kevin Walsh and pianist John Strege for a program of art songs that stretched from the 1600s into the 20th century. John Strege served for 37 years as the Canon for Music at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and has long been an active accompanist in the Portland area. Baritone Kevin Walsh is an acclaimed soloist whose appearances include the Portland Symphonic Choir, Bach Cantata Choir, Third Angle, and the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Music Series. We hope that you enjoyed the concert of Purcell, Brahms, Vaughn Williams, Beach and more on Sunday, July 9th, 2023 at 4:00pm as well as the champagne reception which followed.
THE PARKSIDE PIANO SERIES, on Sunday, August 13th, 2023 at 4:00pm was honored to welcome jazz pianist Darrell Grant for the third concert of the 2023 season. Acclaimed pianist and composer Darrell Grant (Frank Morgan, Tony Williams, Brian Blade, Esperanza Spalding) channeled the power of music to uplift, unite, and heal. In this solo concert, Grant evoked piano giants Ahmad Jamal, Ramsey Lewis, Joe Sample, and Herbie Hancock. We hope that you enjoyed exploring Darrell’s 30-year catalog of original compositions and arrangements and celebrating the release of his album Our Mr. Jackson.