Thursdays at Three Episodes

October 13, 2022: Host Christa Wessel welcomes the Portlandia Brass Ensemble to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio for a live performance. ABOUT The Portlandia Brass Ensemble is a fun-loving group of active, professional musicians. They built their street cred at well-known music schools (including New England Conservatory, Eastman, UNT), symphonies (like Eugene and Salem),……

October 6, 2022: Host Christa Wessel welcomes the Big Horn Brass Quintet to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio for a live performance. They’ll preview their upcoming Fall Concert at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton, OR. ABOUT Founded in 1983 by Andrew Harris, the Big Horn Brass Quintet is made up……

September 29, 2022: Enjoy a special encore broadcast from July 14, 2022, when guest host Brandi Parisi welcomed soprano Arwen Myers and pianist Susan McDaniel to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Praised for her “crystalline tone and delicate passagework” (San Francisco Chronicle), Arwen Myers captivates audiences with her timeless artistry and exquisite interpretations. Susan McDaniel has appeared widely as a solo……

September 8, 2022: Host Christa Wessel welcomes 45th Parallel Universe and Portland Opera to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. 45th Parallel’s musicians violinist Ron Blessinger, flutist Martha Long, and pianist Maria Garcia will perform Bohuslav Martinu‘s Sonata for violin, flute, piano, John Cage‘s Nocturne for violin and piano, and more! ABOUT 45th Parallel Universe is a collective……

September 1, 2022: Host Christa Wessel welcomes pianist Mei-Ting Sun to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. The critically acclaimed pianist will share a preview of his upcoming performance at the Siletz Bay Music Festival happing in September 2022. ABOUT Critically acclaimed pianist Mei-Ting Sun began his life on the concert stage at the prestigious Spring of Shanghai……

August 25, 2022: Enjoy a special encore broadcast from July 7, 2022, when host Christa Wessel welcomed Indonesian-born pianist, composer, and arranger Lifia Teguh to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Lifia’s mission is to to change people’s lives through music. She performed a musical set of classical and Indonesian fusion. ABOUT As a classically trained pianist, Lifia Teguh has performed in……

August 18, 2022: Enjoy a special encore broadcast from June 16, 2022, when host Christa Wessel welcomed international guitar virtuoso Aaron Larget-Caplan for a special At Home episode. He performed some of his own compositions, as well as music by Bach and more! ABOUT Acclaimed international recording and touring guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan is an exciting and innovative leader in classical music….…

August 11, 2022: Enjoy a special encore broadcast from April 21, 2022, when host Christa Wessel welcomed pianist and music educator Julia Lee to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Join us at 3:00 PM PT for Thursdays @ Three at 89.9 FM in Portland or anywhere in the world via the live player on……

August 4, 2022: Host Christa Wessel welcomes soprano Angela Brown to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio for a special preview of Portland SummerFest‘s 2022 Opera in the Park! Soprano Angela Brown has graced the leading opera and symphonic stages across six continents. Her voice has been the inspiration for groundbreaking, new works by American opera and symphonic composers. She is……

July 28, 2022: Host Christa Wessel welcomes piano duo Stephanie & Saar to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Some of their most recent performances include their Lincoln Center debut with Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, and a collaboration with Philadelphia’s Orchestra 2001 in a complete performance of Frank Zappa’s The Yellow Shark and Symphony Space’s Wall to Wall Bernstein,……