For the Birds

Sunday, January 31, 2027 | 3:00 PM
Agnes Flanagan Chapel | 615 S Palatine Hill Rd, Portland, OR 97219

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ABOUT THE CONCERT

We Listen Beyond Ourselves.

In partnership with Bird Alliance of Oregon, For the Birds invites us to reconsider music—and our relationship with the natural world.

Featuring our 2026–27 commissioning composer Judy A. Rose, photography by naturalist Ethan Allred, and Edie Hill’s poignant masterwork Spectral Spirits, a tribute to endangered and extinct birds, the program explores birdsong, migration, and the fragile interconnectedness between humans and the ecosystems we inhabit.

Works by Caroline Shaw and others round out a program that asks us to listen differently: to the sounds around us, to the creatures with whom we share this place, and to what might be lost if we stop paying attention.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

  • Judy A. Rose, 2026–27 Resonance commissioning composer

  • Edie Hill, Spectral Spirits

  • Caroline Shaw and others

  • Photography by naturalist Ethan Allred

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

Bird Alliance of Oregon

EVENT DETAILS

Sunday, January 31, 2027
3:00 PM Performance

Agnes Flanagan Chapel
615 S Palatine Hill Rd,
Portland, OR 97219

Season 18 subscriptions are on sale now, starting at $99, and include For the Birds

Tickets: $45 adult / $35 senior / $15 student, artist & veteran / $5 Arts for All

A SEASON OF SHIFT
For the Birds asks us to shift our perspective—to listen beyond ourselves and consider the world from a different point of view.

Wildlife photography by Ethan Allred,  Courtesy of the artist.

FOR THE BIRDS IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY

Ronni Lacroute, Rossotti Family Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Cultural Trust, Regional Arts & Culture Council, the City of Portland – Office of Arts & Culture, and Oregon Community Foundation.