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February 5, 2020
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
photo by
j ose l uiz p ederneiras / courtesy W hite b ird
Vibrant Afro-Brazilian Movement
The White Bird Dance Series brings the hugely popular Grupo Corpo dance
company back to Portland for a 7:30 p.m. performance on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at
the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. The Brazil dance company, a group described by
Broadway World “as a hothouse of raw sensuality and vibrant effervescence with
inexhaustible performers,” will perform two new works. Tickets start at $30. Visit
whitebird.org or the Portland-5 Box Office.
Renowned jazz violinist Regina Carter will perform at the Arlene
Schnitzer Concert Hall with the Metropolitan Youth Symphony
Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble on March 8. Tickets start at $25.
Visit playmys.org or call 503-239-4566.
Jazz Violinist of
Her Generation
Youth
Symphony
Presents
Regina Carter
The Metropolitan Youth Sym-
phony is bringing jazz virtuo-
so Regina Carter to Portland to
front composer David Schiff’s
jazz violin concerto “4 Sisters,”
a West Coast premiere scheduled
for Sunday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert
Hall, downtown.
Carter, an African American
who was born in Detroit and con-
sidered one of the finest jazz vi-
olinists of her generation, made
her debut as a concerto soloist
performing Schiff’s work with
the Detroit Symphony in 2004,
which included the premiere of
a special solo at the beginning of
work composed just for her.
For the Portland concert, the
Grammy-nominated Carter will
also perform with the Metro-
politan Youth Symphony Jazz
Ensemble in an exhilarating set
of jazz classics from jazz leg-
end Charles Mingus, to a world
premiere by John Blewster, from
the Portland Jazz Composers En-
semble youth program.
Carter is widely hailed for the
mastery of her instrument and
her drive to expand its possi-
bilities. The Los Angeles Times
called her “a talented, charis-
matic player who is almost sin-
gle-handedly reviving interest in
the violin as a jazz instrument.”
Most recently, she was awarded
a Doris Duke Artist Award, and
in 2018 was appointed as the
Director of the New Jersey Per-
forming Arts Center’s All-Fe-
male Jazz Residency, a unique
summer immersion program for
aspiring women jazz profession-
als.
Tickets start at $25. Visit play-
mys.org or call 503-239-4566.