Jul. 11, 2026:Steven Banks -- performer, composer, teacher -- talks about his life and love affair with the classical saxophone. See Angela's story. Photo by Julia Varga.

Jul. 10, 2026:Chamber Music Northwest's Young Artist Institute's mega-talented students give a hint of classical music's future. See Angela's story. Photo by Jon Anthony Thomson.

Jul. 7, 2026:Check out a handful of musical postcards from the 10-day Canadian festival reviewing Hiromi, Joshua Redman, Béla Fleck's new trio, and Stacey Kent. See Angela's take. Photo by Jan van Santen.

May. 31, 2026:push/FOLD's annual festival showcases new premieres. See Angela's review of the late-spring show. Photo: Jingzi Zhao

May. 16, 2026:Darius Wallace and Jasnam Daya Singh reunite for a spoken-word program accompanied by jazzy music honoring Langston Hughes' poetry as the first offering of the Siletz Bay Music Festival on the Oregon Coast. See Angela's story. Photo by Norm Eder

Apr. 29, 2026:"Drawing on the Walls," a springtime collaboration of BodyVox's always surprising dancing backed by contemporary chamber music performed by WindSync, proved exhilarating. See Angela's review. Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert

Apr. 21, 2026:Portland State University opera students put on a refreshing, if long, Cosi fan tutti. See Angela's review in Oregon ArtsWatch. Photo: Chad Lanning.

Mar. 19, 2026:Madeleine Peyroux, Shelly Rudolph, and Brandon Woody's Upendo band showed up at the two-week jazz festival with mixed results. Read Angela's Oregon ArtsWatch reviews.

Jun. 13, 2025:James Bash and Angela Allen have taken leadership roles in the Music Critics Association of North America. Read more.