50th Season Archive
Reviews!
“ORS would do any musical community proud.”
– Peter Bruwasser
“Tremendous throughout…ORS under Ethan Sperry is a top-rank choir; recommended.”
–Colin Clarke
“A superb chorus, one that sings with an arresting tonal richness, beauty, and transparency. ”
– Ken Meltzer
“An acoustic ideal of humans in harmony.”
– Lowry Yankwich
A Golden Age for Choral Music: An Interview with Ethan Sperry
by Ken Meltzer
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Oregon Repertory Singers (ORS). 50, a new disc from Gothic Records, celebrates the chorus’s rich collaborative tradition. The following is my conversation with Ethan Sperry, the chorus’s artistic director and conductor.
Congratulations to you and the Oregon Repertory Singers (ORS) on the chorus’s 50th anniversary! Perhaps we could begin with a summary of the history of the ORS prior to your tenure that began in 2011.
Oregon Repertory Singers began in 1974 when the Portland Chamber Orchestra drafted a group of professional singers to form a chorus for a concert of Baroque music. …
Articles from 2022–2023 Season
