Event

Crazy Jane Prevails

Crazy Jane Composers return for their annual presentation of new chamber, vocal, and electronic music on Friday, November 13, at 7:30 pm. Hailing from the Portland-metro area, our composers will explore the notion of "prevailing" in all its permutations -- strength, triumph, persistence, overcoming, relentlessness, conquering, and victory.

Featuring performers from around the Portland-metro area, the concert includes music for various combinations of flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion, piano, voice, electronics, violin, and cello, including several world and west-coast premieres.

Our muse for this annual project is Crazy Jane, a fictional character created by Irish poet W.B. Yeats and based on a real person. Yeats admired Crazy Jane for her audacity, lust for life, and satirical eye. In the tradition of strong, mythical, Celtic women who feel they have earned the right to speak their minds, Crazy Jane defended herself and her passionate stance with a whimsical but no-nonsense attitude.

Crazy Jane Composers are members of Cascadia Composers, a regional chapter of the National Association of Composers USA. We are local, sustainable, and musical, and we invite you to enjoy our adventurous concert.

Crazy Jane Composers 2015
Jennifer Binkley
Elizabeth Blachly-Dyson
Cynthia Stillman Gerdes
Lisa Ann Marsh
Bonnie Miksch
Jan Mittelstaedt
Liz Nedela
Stacey Philipps
Christina Rusnak