Join us on November 1st at Portland State University where we will premiere six commissioned compositions inspired by six Oregon Book Award finalists and winners’ works! The 12-member ensemble performance draws literature by Oregonians spanning from a children’s book reimagining a Japanese folktale to a guide to keeping chickens in the city in Playing With Words and the sounds presented on stage are equally expansive.

Friday, November 1st, 2024, PSU’s Lincoln Recital Hall- Tickets on sale now: https://pjce.org/event/playing-with-words-pjce-literary-arts/

Doors at 7 PM, music begins at 7:30 PM

The composer/literary pairings are: 

• Hans Barkliss inspired by Josephine Woolington’s Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest

• Nicole Buetti inspired by Tove Danovich Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them

• Andrew Durkin inspired by Erica Berry’s Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear

• Gordon Lee inspired by Stephanie Adams-Santos’ Dream of Xibalba

• Ryan Meagher inspired by Patrick DeWitt’s The Librarianist

• Tim Willcox inspired by Waka T. Brown’s The Very Unfortunate Wish of Melony Yoshimura