Oregon Art Beat
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Episode 628: Thursday May 5, 2005
- Composer Bryan Johanson and Portland Symphonic Choir
- Johanson is an award-winning composer. He takes inspiration from sources as varied as poets Sappho and Samuel Beckett, medieval physiology, Roman history, and his personal experience. The Portland Symphonic Choir is featuring one of his compositions in their spring concert. We'll have behind-the-scenes coverage of his rehearsals with the choir and discover how a composer known for his guitar work fares with a full choir.
- Portland Symphonic Choir
- Thara Memory Leads the ACMA Jazz Band
- Portland jazz trumpeter Thara Memory has the jazz band at Portland's Arts and Communication Magnet Academy (ACMA) sounding great. So great they'e been invited to play at Carnegie Hall!
- www.acmajazz.org
- Glass Artists Roger Crosta
- He quit his job as a building designer and contractor when discovered glass blowing. Now Roger Crosta is one of the two people in the country working in a new, yet ancient, process of glass blowing called scavo.
- Watch this story now
- Ikabana Blown Glass
- Peter McGrain
- Stained glass has been used in churches for centuries to tell stories in pictures. Peter McGrain is breathing new life into the medieval art form by telling modern tales, featuring colorful characters and wild imagery. We'll visit his studio to learn about an original technique he calls "vitri fusallie".
- McGrain Glass International
