Our Mission:

Assemble classical orchestral volunteer musicians from around the Portland area for a summer concert to perform a Mahler Symphony, and to offer such performances to classical music lovers in Oregon and southern Washington for very reasonable ticket prices.

The Rationale:

To allow local musicians to play great large-scale works that require more players than many of the local community or professional orchestras have the resources to perform.

Participate!

The Oregon Mahler Festival is seeking talented volunteer musicians to perform. We will especially need a large number of string players. Exceptionally talented string players are needed to function as string section leaders. Dependent on response, seats for wind players may be limited and the committee will need to make part assignments.

2025 concert date is Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM.

We will perform Mahler's Symphony No. 1, plus Mahler's Blumine movement, Wagner's Overture to The Flying Dutchman, and Quinn Mason's She Dreams of Flying (2023)

Tickets available at Eventbrite.com - LINK HERE

 

We will do two reading sessions, where we just do one-time play-throughs of some great pieces.

      - On June 22 at 7:00pm -  Dvorak - Carnival Overture, Op.92 and Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

      - On June 28 at 7:00pm - Richard Strauss Till Euelspiegel's Lustige Streiche and Bela Bartok Concerto for Orchestra

See Oregon Mahler Festival media from earlier years here.