Resonance Ensemble’s 18th season centers music that urges you to shift your perspective and turn your attention. Deepen your connection to one another and the natural world through stories shaped by power and the lived realities of people, animals, and entire ecosystems.
Each concert invites you to listen more closely to the world around you –and discover how the simple act of listening can, in turn, transform the world.
Welcome to SHIFT.
BRUNCH & BAD CHOICES
Saturday, September 26, 2026
11:00 am | Alberta Rose Theatre
We throw the rulebook out the window.
Resonance singers take on songs you’d never expect in this boozy, brunchy fundraiser inspired by Miscast. Expect unexpected pairings, musical plot twists, and questionable decisions—all hosted by Poison Waters.
Pajamas encouraged. Decorum negotiable.
10 AM brunch + cocktails •
11 AM show • 1 PM dessert
Brunchy bites + complimentary signature cocktails included. Included with all season subscriptions. Single tickets $50, on sale September 1.
FOR THE BIRDS
Sunday, January 31, 2027
3:00 pm | Agnes Flanagan Chapel
We listen beyond ourselves.
In partnership with Bird Alliance of Oregon, For the Birds invites you to reconsider music and our relationship with the natural world.
Featuring our 2026–27 commissioned composer Judy A. Rose, photography by naturalist Ethan Allred, Edie Hill’s poignant masterwork Spectral Spirits—a tribute to endangered and extinct birds, alongside works by Caroline Shaw and others, The program explores birdsong, migration, and the fragile interconnectedness between humans and the ecosystems we inhabit.
CONQUEST REQUIEM
Saturday, March 13, 2027
7:30 pm | The Reser
Sunday, March 14, 2027
3:00 pm | Benson High School Auditorium
We explore histories that can’t be reduced to a single story.
Resonance Ensemble and Orchestra Nova Northwest, joined by Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland and guest soloists, present Gabriela Lena Frank's Conquest Requiem, Gabriela Lena Frank’s Conquest Requiem — a sweeping work exploring power, survival, and the many ways history can be understood through the figure of Malinche, an Indigenous interpreter in the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
The concert also features the world premiere of a new work by Portland-based Venezuelan composer Giancarlo Castro D’Addona, honoring Portland peace activist Del Greenfield and her commitment to justice.
ON THIS LAND
Sunday, June 27, 2027
3:00 pm | Agnes Flanagan Chapel
We ask: whose land is it?
Resonance is joined by Fear No Music and Las Matices Latin Ensemble for a powerful exploration of land, belonging, and memory. Kenji Bunch’s On This Land, commissioned by Resonance with text by Chisao Hata, reflects on Japanese American incarceration in the Pacific Northwest. Alongside Shruthi Rajasekar’s Whose Names Are Unknown and Freddy Viches’s Abya Yala, a multilingual suite created with Indigenous poets from across the Americas, these works reveal the many ways history and place are connected.