Oregon Festival of American Music
oregon festival american music eclectic thematicallybased summer music festival held annually eugene oregon since produced john g shedd institute art ofam referred locally throughout history explored american music form recent year focused attention specifically great american songbook related genre oregon festival american music founded twoday summer orchestral pop festival dedicated championship american classical music american conductor marin alsop serving music director conductor festival designated resident company hult center performing art organization significantly expanded vision cultural service beyond orchestral repertoire led significant reorientation festival towards eclectic program american music including jazz historic popular diverse folk tradition alongside continued commitment american art music tradition principal supervision longtime executive director james ralph festival artistic leadership diverse group music director including cajun fiddle master michael doucet american conductor james paul jazz pianist composer dick hyman dual leadership hyman paul ofam undertook series highly diverse innovative program established doucet paul continued paul hyman festival introduced musical theater production mix shifted principal focus exploration celebration american songbook leaving art music initiative hand annual concert program jazz clarinetist ken peplowski served festival music director jazz saxophonist jesse cloninger served role remains active guest director vibraphonist chuck redd assumed role music director oregon festival american music expanded cultural service mix include yearround community music school yearround concert programming diverse musical genre packaged several concert series festival company moved eugene original first baptist church building adding culturaleducational venue management service officially changed name john g shedd institute art reserving oregon festival american music flagship august festival n march shedd institute introduced oneweek winter edition oregon festival american music intended companion twoweek summer offering oregon festival american music thematicallybased programming model fall distinct period music direction alsop festival largely summer symphony orchestra pop festival paul hyman ralph headed creative effort included balance orchestral jazz historic popular traditional musical genre regular commission often included ballet since festival focused specifically systematic annual treatment classic songbookgreat american songbook deemphasis art music favor musical theater concert focus various treatment songbook ranging musical theatre straight vocal interpretation standardsbased jazz theme run range american musical landscape dream america war winter ill seeing swing cool penny heaven music american hard time winter avalon birth american popular music reel music sampling soundtrack might well swing reflection age swing hand mus tribute songbook master mentor sweetest melody giant classic songbook gi jive good cheer home fine dandy age jazz – son hollywood songbook still movie – hooray hollywood songbook movie – le jazz hot america city light – marvelous word ella frank classic american song brush shakespeare literary romp songbook time time great moment american songbook history rainbow music america hard time richard rodgers sweetest sound irving berlin america cole porter night day fabulous fifty easy remember great american songbook gershwin transformation locomotion rhythm new world age machine le jazz hot american paris sweet sound gospel swing rag jazz blue boogiewoogie louisiana gumbo gottschalk zydeco broadway medley fiddler crossstitch classical needle country thread airwave silver screen harlem rhapsody james p johnson harlem renaissance real american folksong george gershwin american classic tradition shedd institute website