a far cry, a conductorless string orchestra from Boston, will be making a Portland stop on their West Coast tour tonight, May 23 at the First Unitarian Church downtown at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and $20. You can order tickets online at Brown Paper Tickets.
My friend LC recommended this group to me, as she knows several of its members, and says that it should be a great show. Sounds interesting, and I plan to be there.
You can view a video of the group in action here, and you can read an article about the group here, and view a slide show here.
On a side note, this reminds me of the excellent group Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, also based in Boston, I believe, and I wonder if they still are concertizing as well, and if the two groups share any members. UPDATE: I was not able to find a working website for Metamorphosen, so I suspect they may have disbanded. UPDATE: SMB wrote to say that Metamorphosen suspended operations around 2004.
If anyone knows it they’re still playing concerts, leave a comment as to their status.