March 6, 2025: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Rose City Trombones and harpsichordist Joyce Chen to All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall.
Rose City Trombones brings an ensemble of 8 trombonists, then, historical keyboardist Joyce Chen and Emma Simmons perform a program of Lenten Baroque music, as part of a new series of sacred music.
Join us Thursday at 3:00 PM PT at 89.9 FM in Portland, OR or from anywhere in the world on our website.
ABOUT
Rose City Trombones is a Portland’s premier professional trombone choir since 2011. Their ensemble can perform in formats as small as 3 players, up to 16. They perform a wide range of music including classical, jazz, pops, movie themes, and more.
Rose City Trombones has performed for audience of 20 in a private homes to 20,000 at the Moda Center. Their international travels included a China tour and the International Trombone Festival. Learn more at rosecitytrombones.com.
A native of Taiwan, Dr. Joyce Wei-Jo Chen 陳瑋若 is Assistant Professor of Historical Keyboards at the University of Oregon. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Music (Historical Musicology) and the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Humanities at Princeton University. Under the guidance of Wendy Heller, Joyce is currently working on her dissertation, “Musica Experientia/Experimentum: Acoustics and Artisanal Knowledge in the Global Seventeenth Century,” which explores the intersection between science, music, and aesthetics involving instrument-making, sensory experience, and the development of acoustical theory.
As a solo harpsichordist, Joyce has performed throughout the United States, France, Belgium, and Taiwan. Keep reading at joycechenmusic.com.
