October 24, 2025 | 7:30 pm
Benson High School Auditorium

A vibrant celebration of world-class music and musicians from your very own Rose City.” — Oregon Symphony

ABOUT THE CONCERT

Resonance Ensemble & Fear No Music open their 2025-26 seasons with THE SOUND OF US. As part of the Oregon Symphony’s Sounds Like Portland festival, this one-night only program showcases visionary works by composers living and creating in Portland today, including special guest performer/composer Bora Yoon and composers Cecille Elliott, Renée Favand-See, Sydney Guillaume, Lisa Neher, Stacey Philipps,Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw, and Joan Szymko.

The performance marks the first professional concert at the newly-renovated Benson Polytechnic High School Auditorium, a beautiful historic concert hall that once served as Portland’s Civic Theatre. The performance will engage young musicians through partnerships with Portland Public Schools and provide a platform for local voices.

PROGRAM
subject to change

Sospira, Respira
Stacey Philipps

Converge, Disperse
Stacey Philipps

Refugié, Mon Frère
Sydney Guillaume

so quietly
Caroline Shaw

it’s so quiet
Cecille Elliott

Semaphore Conductus
Bora Yoon

Seek and Find
Bora Yoon

Within a Dome of Sky
Lisa Neher

I want to be soft
Lisa Neher

Be it Therefore Resolved
Joan Szymko

Zero at the Bone
Renée Favand-See

PRESS & MEDIA

Oregon ArtsWatch A Wonderful Season of Singing —Preview

About the Sounds Like Portland Festival — The Oregon Symphony


THIS PERFORMANCE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY Resonance Donors for Black Excellence, The Dinah Dodds Fund for New Art, Ronni Lacroute, The Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Cultural Trust, Regional Arts & Culture Council, The City of Portland– the Office of Arts & Culture, and the Oregon Community Foundation

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