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Chorus: The Annual William Byrd Festival. Cantores in Ecclesia, Mark Williams, artistic director; Blake Applegate, conductor. Portland, Oregon, August 2024.

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Prelude Organist: Women’s Ordination Evensong. Directed by Dr. Katherine Webb. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, August 2, 2024.

Piano Accompanist: Thursdays at Three. With Jocelyn Claire Thomas, soprano and Zachary Lenox, baritone. All Classical Radio. September 26, 2024.

Piano Accompanist: Lieder & Lovers. Art song recital with Jocelyn Claire Thomas, soprano and Zachary Lenox, baritone. Music by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler. Ascension Episcopal Parish and St. John  the Baptist Episcopal Church. September & 29, 2024.

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harpsichordist, writer, actor

The Musical Salon of Sara Levy
June 4, 2023, 4:00 P.M.
The German American Society of Portland
Harpsichordist: Fantasia in D minor by W.F. Bach
Scriptwriter and Actor in the role of Sara Levy
The Bach Cantata Choir and Orchestra

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Chorus: O Sacrum Convivium. Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Blake Applegate. Music by Josquin, Messiaen, Duruflé, Palestrina, Byrd, and more. St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Portland. June 9, 2024. 

Spring 2024
The German Romantics
A Recital by Ensemble Boulanger
Emma Cowell, soprano, piano, & speaker | Hannah Brewer, piano
April 27, 2024, 4:00 P.M. | Ascension Episcopal Parish, Portland
May 11, 2024, 4:00 P.M. | St. Michael & All Angels Church, Portland
Music by Franz Schubert, Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Josephine Lang.

Jane Austen’s Parlor: Music from the Author’s Life and Times
Ensemble Boulanger
Hannah Brewer, piano | Emma Mildred Cowell, soprano, piano, lecturer
Ascension Episcopal Parish, St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, The Victorian Belle
Music by Joseph Haydn, Jane Savage, W.A. Mozart, Juliane Benda, and more

Fall 2023
From Paris to Chicago: A Recital of Music by French and American Women
Ensemble Boulanger
Hannah Brewer, piano | Emma Mildred Cowell, soprano, piano, lecturer
St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church
Music by Cécile Chaminade, Lili Boulanger, Nadia Boulanger, Amy Beach, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds

August 4-23, 2023
The 23rd Annual William Byrd Festival
Chorus: Cantores in Ecclesia

May 29, 2023, 7:00 P.M., Holy Rosary Church
Duruflé: Requiem
Chorus: Cantores in Ecclesia

May 12, 2023, 7:00 P.M.
St. Michael & All Angels Church
May 13, 2023, 4:00 P.M., Ascension Episcopal Parish
The Circle of Pauline Viardot
Ensemble Boulanger
Soloist: Music by Pauline Viardot, Maria Malibran, César Franck, Gabriel Fauré

March 10 & 11, 2023
Light Opera of Portland and Oregon Chorale
Arthur Sullivan: Festival Te Deum. Soprano Soloist, Movement IV
Gilbert & Sulllivan: Trial by Jury. Role: First Bridesmaid

November 27, 2022
Ensemble Boulanger
Recital: ”Sérénade d’Automne”
Art songs by Nadia Boulanger, Lili Boulanger, Fanny Hensel, Mel Bonis, Cécile Chaminade, Amy Beach

October 21-30, 2022
Light Opera of Portland
Gilbert & Sullivan’s Ruddigore
Role: Ruth
Swing: roles of Rose & Zorah

August 2022 - Chorister: Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Blake Applegate and Mark Williams. The 23rd Annual William Byrd Festival. Portland, Oregon

January 2020 - House Concert: Solo Recital with Hannah Brewer, piano. Clearings in the Sky: Music by Women of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Works by Clara Wieck Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Amy Beach, Lili Boulanger. Portland, Oregon.
Concert Program

November 8 & 9, 2019 - Solo recital with Hannah Brewer, piano. Clearings in the Sky: Music by Women of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Works by Clara Wieck Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Amy Beach, Lili Boulanger.
Ascension Episcopal Parish and St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Portland.
Concert Program

October 27, 2019 - Chorus: Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Blake Applegate. Tomas Luis de Victoria: Requiem. Portland, Oregon.

August 2019 - Chorus: Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Blake Applegate & Mark Williams. The 22nd Annual William Byrd Festival.

June 1, 2019 - Chorus: Jubilate Deo: Music for Eastertide. Cantores in Ecclesia, Blake Applegate, director. Works by Sweelinck, Byrd, Palestrina, L’Héritier.
Holy Rosary Church, Portland.

March 24, 2019 - Soloist: American Guild of Organists Portland Chapter Bach-a-Thon.
J.S. Bach: Songs from Schmellis Gesangbuch
with Hannah Brewer, organ
The Parish of St. John the Baptist, Portland.

September 28 & 29, 2018 - Divine Musick: Songs from Playford's Harmonia Sacra.
Solo Recital with Hannah Brewer, organ. Works by Henry Purcell, Pelham Humfrey, William Croft.
Ascension Episcopal Parish and St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Portland.
Concert Program

August 10-27, 2018 - Chorus: Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Blake Applegate, Jeremy Summerly & Mark Williams. The 21st Annual William Byrd Festival.

June 3, 2018 - Chorus: Duruflé Requiem and Poulenc Mass in G. Cantores in Ecclesia, Blake Applegate, director.
Mount Angel Abbey, Mount Angel, Oregon. 

March 25, 2018 - Chorus: Attende Domine: A Lenten Journey. Works by Villette, Purcell, Palestrina, Rheinberger, Byrd. Cantores in Ecclesia, Blake Applegate, director.
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Portland, Oregon. 

December 3, 2017 - Chorus: Ave Maria: Music in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Works by Josquin, Gabriel Jackson. Cantores in Ecclesia, Blake Applegate, Director.
St. Philip Neri Church, Portland, Oregon.

November 2, 2017 - Chorus: Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Blake Applegate. Duruflé: Requiem

May 26 & 27, 2017: Chansons de la Printemps
Solo Recital with Hannah Brewer, piano
Ascension Episcopal Parish and St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
Works by Duparc, Debussy, Milhaud, Fauré
Concert Program

February 20, 2017 - Chorus: Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by James O'Donnell
Stravinsky: Mass for Mixed Choir and Double Wind Quintet
Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir

December 11 & 24, 2016  - Soloist, Ascension Episcopal Parish.
Scheidemann: "Puer nobis nascitur" 

October 16, 2016 - Chorus: Cantores in Ecclesia.  Autumn in the Vineyard: An Afternoon Benefit for Cantores in Ecclesia.

August 4-20, 2016  - Chorus: Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Dana Marsh, Blake Applegate & Mark Williams.
The 19th Annual William Byrd Festival.

March 13, 2016 - The Bach Cantata Choir, Portland, Oregon
Charpentier: "Le reniement de Saint Pierre," soprano role

July 7-23, 2015  - Chorus: Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Jeremy Summerly, Blake Applegate & Mark Williams.
The 18th Annual William Byrd Festival

April 26, 2015 - Soloist: Ascension Episcopal Parish, Portland, Oregon
G. F. Handel, "He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd," from Messiah

February 2, 2015 - Soloist: The Bach Cantata Choir. Portland, Oregon
Antonio Lotti (1667-1740): "Gloria" from Missa Sapientiae. Soprano II role.

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Thursdays at Three. With Light Opera of Portland. All Classical Radio. June 20, 2024.

March 4, 2023
The Salon Series at Ascension Parish
Sacred Dialogues: Cantatas of Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
Continuo organist & lecturer
with Catherine van der Salm, soprano; Benjamin España, bass-baritone; Adaiha McAdam-Somer, cello & viol

January 22, 2022
Lecture-Recital: Dedicated with Friendship: 19th-Century Piano Music
Works by Mendelssohn, Hensel, Wieck-Schumann, Schumann, Brahms
Ascension Episcopal Parish

December 4, 2022, 4:00 P.M.
Christmas in the Parlor
Part of Ascension Music’s Salon Series
With Charlotte Engler, soprano
Music by Fanny Hensel, Adolphus Hailstork, Florence Price, and more

April 3, 2021, 2pm PST: - Passion Chorales: An Organ Recital for Holy Saturday
A livestream recital of chorale preludes for Holy Week. Works by Bach, Sweelinck, Pachelbel, Brahms, Telemann.

December 19, 2020, 4pm PST - A Baroque Organ Christmas
A livestream recital of Baroque music for small organ. Works by Sweelinck, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Corrette, Dandrieu, J.M. Bach.

October 9, 2020, 6pm PST - Lullabies & Nocturnes
A livestream piano recital featuring gentle music for the close of day. Works by J.S. Bach, Frédéric Chopin, Johannes Brahms, Lili Boulanger, Amy Beach, George Gershwin.

August 17, 2019: Hail, Sweet Love: Devotional Music by 17th Century Women.
With Samantha Arten, soprano
Works by Francesca Caccini, Barbara Strozzi, Claudia Francesca Rusca, Isabella Leonarda, Lucretia Orsina Vizzana, and Maria Francesca Nascinbeni.
Ascension Episcopal Parish
Concert Program

May 25, 2019: Il Bel Paese and The Land of the Rose: Songs of Renaissance Italy and England.
With Charlotte Engler, soprano; Amy Stuart Hunn, soprano; Griffin LaVictoire, tenor; David Foley, tenor; David DeWert, bass. Vocal works by Palestrina, Lasso, Monteverdi, d'India, and Robert White, and featuring antiphon settings by David Foley (b.1981).
Organ works by Robert White and Girolamo Frescobaldi
Ascension Episcopal Parish

March 9, 2019: Isabella Leonarda: Motets for Voices and Organ.
With Nan Haemer & Charlotte Engler, sopranos; Benjamin España, bass-baritone
Isabella Leonarda: Selected motets for voices & organ
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Suite in D minor from Pièces de Clavecin (1707)
Ascension Episcopal Parish
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August 18, 2018: Kleine geistliche Konzerte: Music of Schütz & Sweelinck
With Samantha Arten & Charlotte Engler, sopranos; Benjamin España, bass-baritone
Heinrich Schütz: Motets from Kleine geistliche Konzerte
J.P. Sweelinck: Chorale Variations
Ascension Episcopal Parish
Concert Program

July 16, 2018 - August 10, 2018 - Ballet Class Accompanist
The Northwest Dance Project's Summer Dance Intensive

February 9 & 10, 2018 - The Snow is Dancing, solo piano recital. Ascension Episcopal Parish.
Works by Claude Debussy, Jacques Ibert, Darius Milhaud.
Concert Program

January 13, 2018 - Recital with Josie Petersen, soprano. Portland State University.
Accompanied works by Byrd, Rossi, Handel, and others on harpsichord and piano. 

July 18 - August 11, 2017 - Ballet Class Piano Accompanist
The Northwest Dance Project's Summer Dance Intensive

March 19, 2017 - Harpsichordist, Cantata #198 by J.S. Bach
The Bach Cantata Choir Lenten Concert, Rose City Park Presbyterian Church, Portland, Oregon

August 3, 2016 - Piano Accompanist: Song Recital by Marion & Edward Edens.
Ascension Episcopal Parish. Portland, Oregon
Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, op. 48 (1840)
Roger Quilter: Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12 (1908)
Benjamin Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Vol. III: "The British Isles" (1947)

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May 19, 2024, 9:00 A.M.
Choral Evensong for the Day of Pentecost
Ascension Episcopal Parish
Music by Edward Bairstow, Amy Beach, E.M. Cowell, Blance Selva

December 17, 2023, 9:00 A.M.
Advent Service of Lessons & Carols
Ascension Episcopal Parish
Music by Palestrina, Willcocks, Demessieux

December 24, 2023, 4:30 P.M.
Christmas Eve Festival of Lessons & Carols
Ascension Episcopal Parish
Music by Bach, Willcocks, Pettman, Demessieux

May 21, 2023, 5:00 P.M.
Ascension Episcopal Parish
Evensong for the Sunday after the Ascension
Vaughan Williams: C Major Service and At the Name of Jesus
The Ascension Choir

December 24, 2019 - Christmas Eve Festival of Lessons & Carols
Ascension Parish Choir
Works by Willcocks, Reger, Warlock.

December 8, 2019 - Advent Service of Lessons & Carols
Ascension Parish Choir
Works by Willcocks, Ravenscroft, Poston, Archer, Cleobury

April 18, 2019 - Choral Mass for Maundy Thursday
Ascension Parish Choir
Gabriel Fauré: Tantum ergo; Plainsong Mass settings

December 24, 2018 - Christmas Eve Festival of Lessons & Carols
Ascension Parish Choir
Works by Rutter, Willcocks, Hadley, Vaughan Williams
Michel Corrette: Messe pour le tems de Noël

December 9, 2018 - Advent Service of Lessons & Carols
Ascension Parish Choir
Works by Cleobury, Willcocks, Poston, Warlock
Michel Corrette: Messe pour le tems de Noël

May 6, 2018- Season Finale Concert, The Bach Cantata Choir, Portland, Oregon
Isabella Leonarda: Dixit Dominus
Joseph Rheinberger: "Abendlied"

March 29, 2018  - Maundy Thursday Mass, Ascension Parish Choir
Gabriel Fauré: Messe basse pour voix de femmes
Rene Clausen: Set Me As A Seal
Maurice Duruflé: Ubi caritas et amor

March 25, 2018 - Lenten Concert, The Bach Cantata Choir, Portland, Oregon
Felix Mendelssohn: Cantata, Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten

February 4, 2018 - SuperBach Concert, The Bach Cantata Choir, Portland, Oregon
J.L. Bach: Unsere Trübsal

December 24, 2017 - Ascension Parish Choir
Festival of Lessons & Carols
Works by Willcocks, Cleobury, Yon, and traditional carols

December 22, 2017 - Annual Holiday Concert, The Bach Cantata Choir, Portland, Oregon
Dietrich Buxtehude: In dulci jubilo

November 12, 2017 - Reformation Celebration Concert, The Bach Cantata Choir, Portland, Oregon
Claude Goudimel: Ainsi qu'on oit le cerf bruire  (Psalm 42)
Johann Christoph Altnickol: Sanctus

May 14, 2017 - Season Finale Concert, The Bach Cantata Choir, Portland, Oregon
Isabella Leonarda: Magnificat op. 19 no. 10

March 19, 2017 - Baroque Lenten Concert, The Bach Cantata Choir, Portland, Oregon
Brahms: Schaffe in mir, Gott

February 5, 2017- SuperBach Sunday Concert, The Bach Cantata Choir, Portland, Oregon
Heinrich Schütz: Hodie Christus natus est
Thomas Tallis: O Nata lux

December 24, 2016 - Ascension Parish Choir
Christmas Eve Service of Lessons & Carols
Works by Willcocks, Vaughan Williams, Bainton, Terry, Rutter

November 13, 2016 - The Bach Cantata Choir, Portland, Oregon
Henry Purcell: O God, thou art my God

May 22, 2016 - Season Finale Concert, The Bach Cantata Choir, Portland, Oregon
Johann Ludwig Bach: Das ist meine Freude

February 7, 2016 - SuperBach Sunday Concert, The Bach Cantata Choir. Portland, Oregon
Schütz: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes

December 24, 2015 - Christmas Eve Mass. Ascension Parish Choir. Portland, Oregon
Works by Praetorius, Walford Davies, Charpentier, and Traditional Carols

December 20, 2015 - Advent Service of Lessons & Carols. Ascension Parish Choir. Portland, Oregon
Works by Palestrina, David Willcocks, Charpentier, and Traditional Carols

December 18, 2015- Baroque Holiday Concert, The Bach Cantata Choir. Portland, Oregon
Sweelinck: Hodie Christus Natus Est
Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium

July 25, 2015 - The Bach Cantata Choir, Newport, Oregon
Mvt. 3 from J.S. Bach, Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 4