Noon Concert Series

Streaming live from the 1905 in North Portland, the Joe Manis Trio features Manis on tenor saxophone, George Colligan on organ, and Charlie Doggett on drums.

Damien Geter is a diverse artist whose credits include performances ranging from the operatic stage to the television screen. As a composer, Damien infuses classical music with various styles from the black diaspora to create music that furthers the cause for social justice.

Presenting a concert of solo piano music, Rory Cowal will perform works by Portland composers Darrell Grant, Deena T. Grossman, Caroline Louise Miller, and Kennedy Verrett, as well as a classic work by Anthony Davis, the most recent winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Music.

Called “contemporary chamber trailblazers” by the Boston Globe, Hub New Music – composed of flute, clarinet, violin, and cello – is forging new pathways in 21st-century repertoire. 

George Colligan is not only one of the great jazz pianists of his generation, but he has earned an international reputation as a multi-instrumentalist, composer, accompanist, teacher, and bandleader. 

A unique collective experience, chamber music ensembles at PSU are formed and run by our students with weekly coaching from faculty. The goal is learning how to delegate and collaborate with other student musicians in a small group setting.

The PSU Laptop Ensemble is an ensemble of humans, laptops, controllers, and speakers.